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    Before I Forget

    Geoffrey Blainey

    Before I Forget is the long-awaited memoir from Professor Geoffrey Blainey - Australia’s most significant and popular historian - that tells the story of the first forty years of his…

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    A Very Short History of the World

    Geoffrey Blainey

    Tells the story of the world’s people. It begins before human beings moved out of Africa to explore and settle the other continents. It is a story of the inhabited…

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    The Story of Australia’s People Vol. I: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Australia

    Geoffrey Blainey

    Compelling, groundbreaking and brilliantly readable, The Story of Australia’s People- The Rise and Fall of Ancient Australia is the first instalment of an ambitious two-part work, and the culmination of…

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    The Story of Australia’s People Vol. II: The Rise and Rise of a New Australia

    Geoffrey Blainey

    The much-anticipated second instalment of Geoffrey Blainey’s history of Australia’s people - his most ambitious work to date - that completes Australia’s story from the Gold Rush to the present…

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    The Tyranny of Distance

    Geoffrey Blainey

    ‘One of the most illuminating books ever written on Australian history.

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    A Shorter History of Australia

    Geoffrey Blainey

    A broad, and concise vision of Australia and Australians. For this edition Blainey has rewritten or expanded on various episodes and themes, making changes to almost every page. A final…

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    Black Kettle & Full Moon: Daily Life in a Vanished Australia

    Geoffrey Blainey

    In the bestselling Black Kettle and Full Moon, master storyteller Geoffrey Blainey takes us on another absorbing journey - a guided tour of a vanished Australia. Covering the years from…

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    A History of Victoria

    Geoffrey Blainey (University of Melbourne)

    A lively account of the people, places and events that have shaped Victoria with new illustrations, photographs and maps.

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    Geoffrey Blainey: Writer, Historian, Controversialist

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    Geoffrey Blainey is often described as Australia’s greatest living historian, a writer whose prolific output includes such iconic books about the country’s past as The Tyranny of Distance and Triumph…

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    A Short History of the Twentieth Century

    Geoffrey Blainey

    Takes us on an incredible global journey through a tempestuous hundred years and brings to vivid life many of the events that marked the 20th century: two world wars, the…

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    Sea of Dangers: Captain Cook and his Rivals

    Geoffrey Blainey

    In 1769, two ships set out in search of a missing continent: a French merchant ship and a small British naval vessel, The Endeavour, commanded by James Cook. That Christmas…

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    A Short History of the World

    Geoffrey Blainey

    Touches on the trivial and the grand: on changes in diet and daily work and sport, on changing attitudes to the night sky, as well as on profound discoveries and…

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    A Game of Our Own: The Origins of Australian Football

    Geoffrey Blainey

    Today Australian Rules football is a multi - million - dollar business’ with superstar players’ high - profile presidents and enough scandals to fill a soap opera. The game has…

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    A Very Short History of the World

    Geoffrey Blainey

    This is the story of the world’s people during the last four million years. It begins before the human race moved out of Africa to explore and settle the other…

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    A Game of Our Own: The Origins of Australian Football

    Geoffrey Blainey

    Today Australian Rules football is a multi-million-dollar business, with superstar players, high-profile presidents and enough scandals to fill a soap opera. The game has changed beyond recognition - or has…

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    A Short History of Christianity

    Geoffrey Blainey

    Christianity has played a central role in world history, for better or worse, but beyond the story of Jesus, many people know little of this story. Geoffrey Blainey takes readers…

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    Captain Cook’s Epic Voyage

    Geoffrey Blainey

    In 1768 Captain James Cook and his crew set sail on a small British naval vessel, the boldly named Endeavour, bound for the Pacific Ocean. He was ordered to establish…

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    A Short History of Christianity

    Geoffrey Blainey

    For 2000 years, Christianity has had a varying but immense influence on world history. Who better, then, than Geoffrey Blainey, author of the best - sellingShort History of the World…

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    Sea of Dangers: Captain Cook and His Rivals in the South Pacific

    Geoffrey Blainey

    In 1769 two ships set out independently in search of a missing continent: a French merchant ship, the St. Jean-Baptiste, commanded by Jean de Surville, and a small British naval…

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    A Short History of the World

    Geoffrey Blainey

    Here is a masterly account of the grand adventure of human history, brilliantly narrated by a distinguished historian.

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    A Short History of the Twentieth Century

    Geoffrey Blainey

    Geoffrey Blainey’s talent for identifying the telling detail, the crucial event, the key personality makes for masterful storytelling, and his interest ranges wide over the fields of human activity–not only…

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    Before I Forget: An Early Memoir

    Geoffrey Blainey

    Before I Forget is the long-awaited memoir from Professor Geoffrey Blainey - Australia’s most significant and popular historian - that tells the story of the first forty years of his…

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    The Rush That Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining

    Geoffrey Blainey

    The Australian landscape is littered with mines. This text tells the story of Australia’s mineral discoveries, describes the giants of its mining history and records the tremendous influence that mining…

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    The Causes of War

    Geoffrey Blainey

    Based on a survey of international wars fought since 1700 and updated in this edition to include the nuclear era, this work examines the causes of war, arguing that the…

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    A Game of Our Own: The Origins of Australian Football (16pt Large Print Edition)

    Geoffrey Blainey

    Today Australian Rules football is a multi - million - dollar business’ with superstar players’ high - profile presidents and enough scandals to fill a soap opera. The game has…

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    Captain Cook’s Epic Voyage

    Geoffrey Blainey,Geoffrey Blainey

    The story of the astonishing voyage of Captain James Cook and the Endeavour, to mark the 250th anniversary of that voyage, and Cook’s claim to sovereignty.

    In 1768 Captain James…

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    A Short History of Christianity

    Geoffrey Blainey

    A vivid, concise and balanced history of the world’s largest religion, written for readers of all religious backgrounds

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    The Fuss That Never Ended: The Life and Work of Geoffrey Blainey

    Stuart Macintyre,Deborah Gare,Geoffrey Bolton,Tom Stannage

    In this volume, fellow historians take a fresh look at Blainey’s distinguished career. They examine his views on Aboriginality, ethnicity, environmentalism, gender, empire, immigration, technology, corporate history, labour, war, sport…

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    A Shorter History Of Australia , A

    Geoffrey Blainey

    A broad, and concise, vision of Australia and Australians. For this edition, Blainey has rewritten or expanded on various episodes and themes, making changes to almost every page. He has…

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    Captain Cook’S Epic Voyage

    Geoffrey Blainey

    In 1768 Captain James Cook and his crew set out on a small British naval vessel in search of a missing continent. 2020 marks the 250th anniversary of that voyage…

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    A Shorter History of Australia (Audiobook)

    Geoffrey Blainey

    A broad, and concise vision of Australia and Australians. For this edition Blainey has rewritten or expanded on various episodes and themes, making changes to almost every page. A final…

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    Captain Cook’S Epic Voyage

    Geoffrey Blainey

    In 1768 Captain James Cook and his crew set out on a small British naval vessel in search of a missing continent. 2020 marks the 250th anniversary of that voyage…

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    Shorter History Of Australia & Watkins Tench

    Geoffrey Blainey,Watkin Tench

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    Waltzing Matilda: Australia’s Accidental Anthem

    W. Benjamin Lindner

    Waltzing Matilda Australia’s Accidental Anthem written by a criminal barrister, is a forensic history of the events, the people and the places that led to the writing of Australia’s internationally…

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