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Commodities in Motion eBook Serie

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  • From the Sheep's Back

    Commodities in Motion

    door John W Gates ...
    Serie series Commodities in Motion
    In 1807 a single bale of colonial wool sold in London for ten shillings and fourpence a pound. Within a century, wool was the foundation of the Australian economy, and the nation rode on the sheep's back.From the Sheep's Back tells the whole story: the Macassan trepang fleets that were Australia's first export trade; Macarthur's merinos; the squatters, convict and Chinese shepherds, cameleers and ... Meer lezen

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    This bestselling book by the late Michael King is the unchallenged contemporary reference on the history of New Zealand. First published in 2003 and hailed as a triumph of careful research, wide reading and judicious assessment, it has been continuously in print for 20 years and has sold over 300,000 copies. It remains the definitive, yet highly readable, starting-point for anybody wanting to ... Meer lezen

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  • The Lie of the Land

    Who Really Cares for the Countryside?

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    WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION 2025A WATERSTONES AND GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2024'Both dynamite and medicine' AMY-JANE BEER'Timely and rousing' THE TIMES________________________________The lie of the land: that Britain’s landowners care for the countryside.Our landowning elite are paid billions of taxpayer pounds to be good s... ... Meer lezen

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  • The Winter Road

    A Story of Legacy, Land and a Killing at Croppa Creek

    door Kate Holden ...
    True crime writing at its finest, from the multi-award-winning, bestselling author of In My SkinWinner of the 2021 Walkley Book Award, 2022 NSW Premiers Literary Awards: Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction, and 2022 Sisters in Crime Davitt Award (non-fiction).In July 2014, on a lonely road at twilight outside Croppa Creek, New South Wales, 80-year-old farmer Ian Turnbull took out a .22 and shot ... Meer lezen

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  • The Ferals that Ate Australia

    The fascinating history of feral animals and winner of a 2022 Whitley Award from the bestselling author of The Dogs that Made Australia

    door Guy Hull ...
    Dangerous predators and ravenous herbivores: the story of Australia's feral nightmareWinner of the 2022 Whitley Award, for a book about invasive species zoology.Isolation was once the impenetrable barrier that protected Australia and its unique fauna. But a little over two hundred years ago a foreign power took possession and brought with it the foreign animals that now dominate the country's ... Meer lezen

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  • A Shorter History of Australia

    door Geoffrey Blainey ...
    A broad, concise and inclusive vision of Australia and Australians by one our most renowned historians.After a lifetime of research and debate on Australian and international history, Geoffrey Blainey is well-placed to introduce us to the people who have played a part and to guide us through the events that have created the Australian identity: the mania for spectator sport; the suspicion of the ... Meer lezen

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  • A Short History of New Zealand

    door Gordon McLauchlan ...
    A new edition of the bestselling short history on New Zealand, updated to include the Helen Clark years, the rise of John Key, the Christchurch earthquakes and the 2011 Rugby World Cup! A lively and accessible history written by one of New Zealands most well-known commentators on matters past and present. Succinct and well referenced, this book is the most accessible introduction to New Zealand ... Meer lezen

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  • Let the Land Speak

    A history of Australia - how the land created our nation

    door Jackie French ...
    From one of our most respected and award-winning authors, Jackie French, comes a fascinating and fresh interpretation of Australian history, focusing on how the land itself, rather than social forces, has shaped the major events that led to modern Australia.to understand the present, you need to understand the past. to understand Australia's history, you need to look at how the land has shaped not ... Meer lezen

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  • Quarterly Essay 66 The Long Goodbye

    Coal, Coral and Australia's Climate Deadlock

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    The Great Barrier Reef is dying. Extreme weather is becoming all too familiar. Yet when it comes to action on climate change, division and paralysis rule the land.In this vivid, urgent essay, Anna Krien explores the psychology and politics of a warming world. She visits the frontlines of Australia’s climate wars – the Reef, the Galilee and Bowen basins, South Australia. She investigates the Adani ... Meer lezen

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    No matter where you look in Australia, you’re more than likely to see a eucalyptus tree. Scrawny or majestic, smooth as pearl or rough as guts, they have defined a continent for millennia, and shaped the possibilities and imaginations of those who live among them.Australia’s First Nations have long knowledge of the characters and abilities of the eucalypts. And as part of the disruption wrought by ... Meer lezen

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  • The Story of Australia’s People Vol. II

    The Rise and Rise of a New Australia

    door Geoffrey Blainey ...
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  • What the Frack? Everything You Need to Know about Coal Seam Gas

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