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First Among Men
George Washington and the Myth of American Masculinity
In this accessible, detailed narrative, Valsania presents a full, complete portrait of Washington as readers have rarely seen him before: as a man, a son, a father, and a friend.
ISBN-13: 9781421444475 (Hardback)
Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Maurizio Valsania
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AUD $69.99
Stock: 4 in stock
Local release date: 10/02/2023
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Categories: Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]History of the Americas [HBJK]Gender studies, gender groups [JFSJ]

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1939-1945 As I Remember
The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry at War
A senior non-commissioned officer in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry describes the final years of mounted cavalry in the British Army. The regiment's campaigns in the Middle East, El Alamein, and the fight through Italy in 1944 are described by the author who is later commissioned; always working tirelessly to keep his regiment supplied in war.
ISBN-13: 9781781558652 (Hardback)
Publisher: FONTHILL
Imprint: FONTHILL
Leslie C. Wheeler, Stephen Keoghane
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AUD $80.99
Stock: 4 in stock
Local release date: 27/05/2022
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Categories: Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]Regiments [JWTR]c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) [3JJH]

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Understand the Weapon, Understand the Wound 2/e
Poems and letters about love, war and suffering from anti-fascist Byronic figure, killed during battle in 1936
ISBN-13: 9781784102487 (Paperback)
Publisher: CARCANET PRESS
Imprint: FYFIELD BOOKS
John Cornford
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AUD $24.99
Stock: 4 in stock
Local release date: 13/09/2016
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Categories: Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]

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Four Wars, Five Presidents
A Reporter's Journey from Jerusalem to Saigon to the White House
Terence Smiths memoir recounts his extraordinary journalistic career with The New York Times, CBS News and PBS, covering everything from the inner workings of the White House to fours wars and stories drawn from the daily lives of people in 44 countries. He also provides a first-hand account of the evolution of journalism from print to digital.
ISBN-13: 9781538160619 (Hardback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Terence Smith
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AUD $57.99
Stock: 2 in stock
Local release date: 15/10/2021
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Categories: Biography & True Stories [B]Biography: general [BG]Biography: historical, political & military [BGH]Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]

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A Bradford Pal
`It was Simply Heart Breaking' - From Mill Town to the Battlefields of F
This is the story of an individual soldier's service in a Pals battalion based on his 1916 diary and researched and presented by his son.
ISBN-13: 9781911604945 (Hardback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS
Imprint: UNICORN PRESS
John Broadhead
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AUD $44.99
Stock: 2 in stock
Local release date: 08/07/2019
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Categories: Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]Diaries, letters & journals [BJ]First World War [HBWN]c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1) [3JJF]

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Liberators Over the Atlantic
A compelling account of a young man's flying experiences over the north Atlantic during WW2. Joining the RAF in October 1940 aged 21 Jack is sent to Canada to learn to fly. On becoming a Pilot/Navigator he joins Coastal Command on Liberators based in Iceland, renowned for its bad weather. The difficulties encountered hunting U-boats are relived.
ISBN-13: 9781781556504 (Hardback)
Publisher: FONTHILL
Imprint: FONTHILL
Jack Colman, Dr. Richard Colman
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AUD $66.99
Stock: 2 in stock
Local release date: 01/03/2018
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Categories: Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]Air forces & warfare [JWG]Military aircraft [JWMV3]

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The Vanished People
Ion Idriess documents the mysteries and customs of the Aboriginal people from Oenopelli in the Kimberley through Northb Queensland and on to the Torres Strait Islands. First published in 1955, now in Imprint Classics.
ISBN-13: 9781923205161 (Paperback)
Publisher: ETT IMPRINT
Imprint: IMPRINT CLASSICS
Ion Idriess
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AUD $29.99
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Local release date: 01/08/2024
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Categories: Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]

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Lightning Ridge 23/e
The Land of the Black Opals
In the 23rd edition of this Imprint Classic, Ion Idriess tells of his beginnings, of his childhood in Lismore, Tamworth and Broken Hill, of his apprenticeship in bushcraft, and of the growing love for the Australian Outback which illumines all his work. He tells of the jobs he had, - as rouseabout, horse breaker, horse tailer, shearer - and of his ......
ISBN-13: 9781923205116 (Paperback)
Publisher: ETT IMPRINT
Imprint: IMPRINT CLASSICS
Ion Idriess
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AUD $29.99
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Local release date: 01/07/2024
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Categories: Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]

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Our Flying Aces
With the success of The Desert Column in 1932, Idriess wrote this series of mini-biographies on Australia's World War One Flying aces - John Duigan, Harry Cobby, Ross Smith, Oswald Watt, Gordon Taylor, Frank McNamara - our first V.C. aviator, and the post war acrobatics of Macintosh and Paper. Introducing the lot with a background piece on ......
ISBN-13: 9781922698254 (Paperback)
Publisher: ETT IMPRINT
Imprint: IMPRINT CLASSICS
Ion Idriess
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AUD $29.99
Stock: 0 in stock
Local release date: 01/05/2024
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Categories: Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]