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  • Hawaiian Antiquities
    David Malo
    Hawaiian Antiquities (1898) is an ethnography by David Malo. Originally published in 1838, Hawaiian Antiquities, or Moolelo Hawaii, was updated through the end of Malo’s life and later translated into English by Nathaniel Bright Emerson, a leading scholar of Hawaiian mythology. As the culmination of Malo’s research on Hawaiian history, overseen by missionary Sheldon Dibble, Haw...
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    15,83 €

  • Dear Fran, Love Dulcie - LARGE PRINT
    Victoria Twead
    When Dulcie Clarke picks up her fountain pen to write her first letter to her penpal, Fran, she is unaware that their friendship will continue for decades. Both are newly-weds; Dulcie has a baby girl and Fran is expecting a baby. But there the similarities end. Fran is a Detroit city girl enjoying modern conveniences. Dulcie is a pineapple farmer’s wife enduring the extremes of...
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    30,35 €

  • The Journals of Captain Cook
    James Cook
    Depicted by the man himself, The Journals of James Cook is an intimate first-hand account, providing an uncensored and reliable narrative of adventures spanning across the globe. The Journals of James Cook depict three of Captain James Cook’s most glorious expeditions, starting in 1768 and leading to Cook’s tragic death in 1779. Having ventured all over the Pacific, Cook enc...
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    28,16 €

  • The Legends and Myths of Hawaii
    David Kalakaua
    Originally released in 1888, The Legends and Myths of Hawaii is a stirring account of Hawaii’s most culturally significant stories presented by King David Kalākaua. It highlights important moments in the island’s history before and during its political transitions.The Legends and Myths of Hawaii is often considered a historical narrative as opposed to fables. It details critica...
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    25,12 €

  • Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen
    Liliuokalani / Lili’uokalani
    Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen (1898) is an autobiography by Lili’uokalani. Published in 1898, the book was written in the aftermath of Lili’uokalani’s attempt to appeal on behalf of her people to President Grover Cleveland, a personal friend. Although it inspired Cleveland to demand her reinstatement, the United States Congress published the Morgan Report in 1894, which deni...
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    21,50 €

  • Operation Galvanic
    Daniel Wrinn
    "Una tremenda historia de los héroes estadounidenses que dieron cada onza de su fuerza y ​​coraje para abrir la puerta a Tokio". - Revisor Explora la batalla por Tarawa bajo una nueva luz fascinante. La guerra por el Pacífico continúa. Estados Unidos ha puesto sus ojos en el atolón de Tarawa, una isla pequeña pero vital que, si se captura, les daría a los aliados un poderoso tr...
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    9,82 €

  • Operation Backhander
    Daniel Wrinn
    "Una descripción sobresaliente de una batalla brutal". - Revisor Una visión apasionante de la guerra por Nueva Guinea y la operación por el cabo Gloucester. Decidida a capturar una isla fundamental en su guerra contra los japoneses, la 1.ª División de Infantería de Marina de los EE. UU. Se enfrentó a una tarea desafiante: aterrizar en la península fortificada de Cabo Gloucester...
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    9,28 €

  • Balas y Alambre de Púas
    Daniel Wrinn
    "Un relato reflexivo y apasionante de los inicios de la Guerra en el Pacífico". - Revisor Descubra una nueva apreciación de la guerra en el Pacífico. Desde las costas del cabo Gloucester hasta los tranquilos atolones e islas del Mar de Salomón, la Segunda Guerra Mundial dejó una profunda huella en este rincón protegido del mundo, que se sentiría durante las próximas décadas. At...
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    16,34 €

  • DEATH SHIPS
    Doug Limbrick
    This is the account of what took place on the Death Ships during the journey to the colonies...In 1851, the discovery of gold in Australia had a huge and almost immediate impact on the colonies, as many went to seek their fortune. Shiploads of gold seekers sailed in from the United Kingdom and from around the world. Melbourne was inundated and thus became the world’s busiest po...
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    26,27 €

  • The Story of Paddy Hannan
    Esme Kent
    The story of Paddy Hannan is an exciting tale of of exploration and the discovery of a gold mining town in outback Western Australia. Paddy Hannan’s statue proudly sits in the city of Kalgoorlie/Boulder honoring the towns as the founding father of a thriving gold mining city. The story of how Paddy discovered gold is brought to life by Esme Kent in this historical ballad, origi...
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    15,49 €

  • Dear Fran, Love Dulcie
    Victoria Twead
    Imagine a true story that unfolds in the harshness of Australia’s outback, beginning in 1957 and spanning decades. Imagine Dulcie’s battle to keep her family and animals alive despite bushfires, floods, cyclones, droughts, dingo attacks and terrible accidents.The story of Dulcie, a simple Queensland pineapple farmer’s wife, has so many twists and turns that it will leave you ga...
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    25,18 €

  • Dear Fran, Love Dulcie
    Victoria Twead
    When Dulcie Clarke picks up her fountain pen to write her first letter to her pen friend, Fran, she is unaware that their friendship will continue for decades. Both are newly-weds; Dulcie has a baby girl and Fran is expecting a baby. But there the similarities end. Fran is a Detroit city girl enjoying modern conveniences. Dulcie is a pineapple farmer’s wife enduring the extreme...
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    19,61 €

  • Dear Fran, Love Dulcie - LARGE PRINT
    Victoria Twead
    Imagine a true story that unfolds in the harshness of Australia’s outback, beginning in 1957 and spanning decades. Imagine Dulcie’s battle to keep her family and animals alive despite raging bushfires, floods, cyclones, droughts, dingo attacks and terrible accidents.The story of Dulcie, a simple Queensland pineapple farmer’s wife, has so many twists and turns that it will leave...
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    24,78 €

  • The Story of CY O’Connor
    Esme Kent
    The story of CY O’Connor is brought to life in this historical ballad that describes the amazing engineering accomplishment he achieved in providing a water supply to the Goldfields in Kalgoorlie from the City of Perth 600 km’s away. CY O’Connor showed courage and determination in achieving this impossible 'Goldfields Pipeline' which still supplies water to the Eastern Goldfiel...
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    13,18 €

  • Outlaws of the Leopolds
    Ion Idriess
    North West Australia - in the Wunaamin Miliwundi Ranges, formerly known as the King Leopold Ranges between 1879 and 2020, is the setting for the story of Aboriginal leader Jandamarra and his fight against white invasion of his country.Jandamarra, who was also known as Pigeon, had been a blacktracker of great prowess in the Kimberleys before he suddenly turned against the whites...
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    24,48 €

  • Over the Range
    Ion Idriess
    This book may interest Australians in one of the wildest areas left in their continent - that north of the King Leopold Range. And it may reveal a little of a most interesting man - the stone-age man of thousands of years ago. If it should influence Australians to do something towards curing his ills and allowing him to retain his liberty, I shall be glad. - Ion IdriessThe late...
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    24,56 €

  • Insanity, identity and empire
    Catharine Coleborne
    Based on over 3000 institutional records, Coleborne’s study will have wider relevance outside of the history of medicine and psychiatry. It has a global perspective but focuses on specific destinations, and in so doing, contributes in an innovative way to global history and the history of human migration. ...
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    36,98 €

  • Only the Brave
    Don Keith
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    22,69 €

  • Operazione Torre di Guardia
    Daniel Wrinn
    'Una lettura formidabile sulla battaglia cruciale di Guadalcanal.' Un potente resoconto della campagna del teatro del Pacifico durante la seconda guerra mondiale. Al culmine della seconda guerra mondiale, le forze statunitensi lanciarono una lunga ed estenuante campagna per conquistare l`isola di Guadalcanal, organizzando il primo grande attacco terrestre contro le forze giappo...
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    14,30 €

  • CY O’Connor
    Esme Kent
    The story of CY O’Connor is brought to life in this historical ballad that describes the amazing engineering accomplishment he achieved in providing a water supply to the Goldfields in Kalgoorlie from the City of Perth 600 km’s away. CY O’Connor showed courage and determination in achieving this impossible 'Goldfields Pipeline' which still supplies water to the Eastern Goldfiel...
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    20,64 €

  • All I See Is Mud
    Andrew Dunkley
    Try for a moment to imagine what it must have been like to face the horrors of the trenches during WWI, the mud, the blood, the rats, the lice and the constant fear of death. Now try to imagine being there at the age of 16.All I See Is Mud is the story of Pvt. Stan Dunkley as we follow his journey from Sydney to the battlefields of France and Belgium in the latter stages of the...
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    21,89 €

  • Mabo’s Cultural Legacy
    Geoff Rodoreda
    This book examines the broader impacts on Australian culture and cultural practice of the Australian High Court’s landmark Mabo decision of 1992. It considers how history, linguistics and anthropology as well as film, fiction, poetry and memoir writing have been challenged or transformed by Mabo. ...
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    180,36 €

  • Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes
    W D Westervelt / W. D. Westervelt
    Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (1916) explores Hawaiian folktales and myths collected by W. D. Westervelt. Connecting the origin story of Hawaii to the traditions of other Polynesian cultures, Westervelt provides an invaluable resource for understanding the historical and geographical scope of Hawaiian culture. Beginning with the origin story of Pele, the goddess of volcanoes, W...
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    9,93 €

  • Pele and Hiiaka
    Nathaniel B Emerson / Nathaniel B. Emerson
    A colorful illustration of Hawaii’s most cherished origin story, the myth of Pele and Hiiaka.Pele and Hiiaka: A Myth From Hawaii (1915) is a collection of folktales by Nathaniel B. Emerson. Drawing from written histories, personal experience, and extensive interviews, Emerson provides a lyrical account of the myth surrounding these goddess sisters. Pele, the goddess of volcanoe...
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    12,84 €

  • Legends of Maui
    W D Westervelt / W. D. Westervelt
    Legends of Maui (1910) is a collection of Hawaiian folktales and myths anthologized by W. D. Westervelt. Paying homage to the importance of Maui across Polynesian cultures, Westervelt introduces his groundbreaking collection of legends on Hawaii’s founding deity.Westervelt’s collection connects the origin story of Hawaii to the traditions of other Polynesian cultures, providing...
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    9,18 €

  • Cannibal-Land
    Martin Johnson
    Cannibal-Land: Adventures With A Camera In The New HebridesThis book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional la...
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    9,59 €

  • The Headmaster
    Jeff Hopkins
    Frederick Charles Faulkner (1852 - 1924) was the longest serving Headmaster at the Perth High School (the present-day Hale School) from (1890-1914). Arriving to take up the Headmastership as a bachelor, he married into one of Perth’s most prominent families and then proceeded to revolutionise secondary education in Western Australia.Working in ramshackle buildings, that were ba...
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    37,22 €

  • Palace of Enigma
    Ghost Tours Asylum
    Palace of Enigma'The moment the outer gates admit you into the ground you prepare yourself to be surprised at nothing. You are entering an inverted world, a world of caprice, a world without law, and a world which, if left to itself, would soon be a worse pandemonium than Dante ever imagined.'Ovens and Murray Advertiser. 6th June, 1903Herein lies a madness of buildings, a colle...
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    9,41 €

  • The Murchison Murders
    Arthur W. Upfield / Arthur WUpfield
    Somewhere within Arthur Upfield’s travelling dray were the clues to uncovering three acts of murder involving the grifter, Snowy Rowles. Once Upfield had published his crime thriller, The Sands of Windee, West Australian police gave chase, starting with the esteemed author of the Bony detective novels. Here is the evidence.The Murchison Murders were a series of three murders, c...
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    19,83 €

  • The Story of a New Zealand River
    Jane Mander
    The Story of a New Zealand River was the first and most acclaimed novel by Jane Mander, one of New Zealand’s most controversial writers. Republished here for a new audience, readers will delight in Mander’s liberal views-written in a time when New Zealand was at its most conservative-her social liberalism and her obvious love of Northland. The book views New Zealand settler soc...
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    29,13 €


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