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An encyclopaedic, eye-catching tribute to one of the world's most popular foods - the humble hamburger

This study of Ancient Rome offers a fascinating glimpse of what Roman society was like-from fashion, to food, to politics and recreation-gathered from literary works, art, and archaeological remains.

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The extraordinary revelations in Traitors detail the ugly side of war and power and the many betrayals of our ANZACs.

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The contributors to this text on the origins of modern Jordan have based their approach on original fieldwork and archives in Jordan, rather than on foreign archives, and avoid viewing the Jordanian state in the context of British imperial policy and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

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The colourful and gripping story of the criminal exploits, larger-than-life characters, the politics and the crooks who have populated Australia's docks, wharves and ports - from the First Fleet to today.

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'I remember standing on top of our local glen with a block of wood, expecting thousands of Germans coming down from the sky.

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On the two hundredth anniversary of the assassination of Spencer Perceval - the only British Prime Minister ever to have suffered that fate - this is the riveting untold story of the murder, the murderer and the repercussions of his act

In this unique encyclopedia, 120 leading scholars from around the world provide comprehensive treatment of the role of women in war, from the first written history to the present.

An academic undertaking that reflects a different vision of world history, this multivolume encyclopedia focuses on specific themes of human development across cultures, era by era, providing an in-depth presentation of the development of humanity from a global perspective.

This two-volume encyclopedia is the first to focus on the material life of slaves.

Although many encyclopedias discuss slavery, enslaved blacks, and African American life and culture, none focus on the material world of slaves, such as what they saw;

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Fully illustrated study of the famous Mitsubishi A6M Zero-sen in the Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force (IJNAF) campaigns between 1940-1943, focusing on the A6M2 and A6M2-N floatplane fighter variants.

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The RAF's first Cold War strategic bomber, the Vickers Valiant, was procured as an insurance measure in case either the Vulcan or Victor was found to have a serious flaw. The Valiant was the equivalent of the US B-47 Stratojet.

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A timely and unprecedented examination of how the modern Middle East unravelled, and why it started with the pivotal year of 1979

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Guy de la Bdoyre's gripping narrative history gives a sense of what it was like to be a soldier in the army that brought the Romans their empire

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Kings of Shanghai is at once the intimate story of two families and a sweeping account of how modern Shanghai was born.

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The account of what happened in Rwanda on 22nd April 1995 when a group of Australian UN peacekeepers were forced to watch helplessly while over 4,000 men, women and children were slaughtered at the hands of the Rwandan Patriotic Army. Stresses the weaknesses of the UN charter and what happens when 'good men do nothing'.

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The moving story of the unlikely friendship that developed between then 25 year old archaeologist John Henry Phillips and D-Day survivor Patrick Thomas, and their search for the wreck of Patrick's landing-craft command vessel off the coast of France: the final resting place of at least 35 of his shipmates.