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  • Cricket in the First World War

    Play up! Play the Game

    by John Broom ...
    As Europe descended into war over the summer of 1914, cricket in England continued as it had for the preceding few decades. Counties continued with their championship programme, clubs in the North and Midlands maintained their league and cup rivalries whilst less competitive clubs elsewhere enjoyed friendly matches. However, voices were soon raised in criticism of this 'business as usual' approach ... Read more

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  • A Coveted Possession

    The Rise and Fall of the Piano in Australia

    What has lived with us, entertained us, travelled with us and symbolised Australian aspirations, only to end up gathering dust or even at the tip? It’s not the car, or the washing machine, or the sewing machine . . . it’s the piano!The intriguing cultural history of the piano in AustraliaFrom the instruments that floated ashore at Sydney Cove in the late eighteenth century to the resurrection of ... Read more

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    The American Bee Journal (Unabridged)

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    The American Bee Journal is the “oldest bee paper in America established in 1861 devoted to scientific bee-culture and the production and sale of pure honey. This is the premier issue with topics such as Bee Culture, The Worker Bee, Structure of the Bee's Cell,The Italian Bee, Hives, Green Honey, and many others. ... Read more

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  • Michael Collins

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  • Canberra

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  • Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You

    The Biography

    'COMPREHENSIVE' The Sunday Times'BEAUTIFULLY DETAILED' The Guardian'UTTERLY COMPELLING' Nottingham Forest News'WONDERFUL' Forbes'INTIMATE' FourFourTwo20th Anniversary Edition - Fully revised and updated.In this authoritative, critical biography, Jonathan Wilson draws an intimate and powerful portrait of one of ... ... Read more

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  • Give Me Excess of It

    by Richard Gill ...
    Richard Gill is one of Australia's best-known - and best-loved - musical figures. His career has taken him from teaching music in Sydney's western suburbs to Music Director of the Victorian Opera, and along the way an involvement with almost every major opera company and orchestra in Australia.What truly distinguishes Richard is his passion and enthusiasm for spreading not just the joy of music, ... Read more

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  • Michael Collins

    A Biography

    When President of the Irish Republic Michael Collins signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921, he remarked to Lord Birkenhead, 'I may have signed my actual death warrant.'In August 1922 during the Irish Civil War, that prophecy came true – Collins was shot and killed by a fellow Irishman in a shocking political assassination.So ended the life of the greatest of all Irish nationalists, but ... Read more

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  • Rebel Ireland:From Easter Rising to Civil War

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    by Sean McMahon ...
    The stories of these conflicts, with their scores of killings, torture, reprisals and long- lasting bitterness are told concisely in this book. &newpara;Easter 1916 – the rebellion which took place in Ireland 90 years ago was arguably the most momentous event in this country's history. &newpara;The War of Independence – the guerrilla war, characterised by marvellous courage and miserable cruelty. ... Read more

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  • Waterfront

    Graft, corruption and violence - Australia's crime frontier from 1788 till now

    by Duncan McNab ...
    The colourful and exciting story of the larger-than-life characters who have populated Australia's docks, wharves and ports from the First Fleet to today - and the crime, violence and corruption that has always been present.Ever since the First Fleet dropped anchor, Australia's ports have been our opening to the world. They are also the breeding ground for many of Australia's most notorious ... Read more

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  • More Than A Game

    The Story of Cricket's Early Years

    by John Major ...
    The former Prime Minister examines the early history of one of the great loves of his life in a book that sheds new light on the summer game’s social origins.All his life John Major has loved cricket. In ‘More Than a Game’ he examines it from its origins up to the coming of the First World War. Along the way he considers the crucial role of the wealthy patrons who gambled huge sums on early ... Read more

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  • The Bloodied Field

    Croke Park. Sunday 21 November 1920

    by Michael Foley ...
    On the morning of 21 November 1920, Jane Boyle walked to Sunday Mass in the church where she would be married five days later. That afternoon she went with her fiancé to watch Tipperary and Dublin play a Gaelic football match at Croke Park. Across the city fourteen men lay dead in their beds after a synchronised IRA attack designed to cripple British intelligence services in Ireland. Trucks of ... Read more

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