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1st ed. Paperback trade, very good condition. 245 pp. This book is a timely reassessment of Australian cultural life - from sport, to food and film. It is a collection of lively essays by Australia's leading cultural commentators on the pursuits and concerns that give meaning and significance to everyday life.

Paperback small octavo (with flaps), very good condition. 185 pp. The Masters thesis of the noted Australian historian, published posthumously. Alexis de Tocqueville (1805 - 1859) was one of the greatest political theorists of the 19th century. Reads more like a discussion in political philosophy than a history thesis. His underlying concern was how to ensure that civil liberties and democratic institutions are not used by those opposed to them as stepping-stones to dictatorship.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. inscribed by author on half-title page. text clean and unmarked. binding tight. covers have some rubbing to surface color at head and foot of spine and light wear along edges. edges of pages have light toning and light wear. former owner's embossed blind stamp and name written on title page. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Bend to back cover left tail corner. Crown or Country is about republicanism's historical and cultural presence in Australia. The republican debate - neither new nor even recent - commenced with the arrival of the First Fleet. It has been conducted with greater or lesser vigour ever since.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Interior and binding are still very good. ? Makers of Miracles allows us to see behind the public activities of these men and women and to understand their private thoughts and aspirations. It is a book not so much of politics as of personalities, bringing the creators of our Commonwealth vividly to life.