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Melbourne, Brunswick: Scribe Publications, 2019. 1st ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, small scuff front cover, minor edgewear. 151 pp. This is the first book since the Christchurch massacre to trace the fascist roots of the terrorist, and what it represents. Jeff Sparrow traces the history of the far right, showing how fascists have adapted to the new politics… Read more about this item

Adelaide, Mile End: Wakefield Press, 2022. Paperback wide trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos, small crease top edge few pages, top corner two pages creased (bookmark), bottom corner front cover little creased. 234 pp. Tim Reeves reveals he true story of the drowning of University of Adelaide law lecturer Dr Duncan in the River Torrens in… Read more about this item

Sydney: Simon & Schuster, 2017. 1st p/b ed.. Paperback trade, very good plus condition, black & white & colour photos centre spread, minor edgewear. 320 pp. In 1838, eleven convicts and former convicts were put on trial for the brutal murder of 28 Aboriginal men, women and children at Myall Creek in New South Wales. The trial created… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Scribe Publishers, 2019. Reprint ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, slight crease front & rear cover join to spine, minor edgewear. 362 pp. Daniel Ziffer, a finance reporter on ABC-TV, covers not just the big shocks, but the small moments which get lost in daily reporting of the Hayne Banking Royal Commission. The author brings out the colour… Read more about this item

Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2022. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, sepia (brown-tinted) & black & white & few colour photos, minor edgewear. 413 pp. David Dufty provides the real story of the hunt for the Kelly Gang over two long years. For the first time, he recounts the story from the perspective of the lawyers who brought… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP), 2019. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white & colour photos, bottom corner tip laminate coating minimally lifting, minor edgewear. 338 pp. In 1978, Evan Pederick, a naive 22-year-old involved in a radical Indian religious cult, Ananda Marga, claimed to put a large bomb outside Sydney's Hilton Hotel, where an Indian… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Oxford University Press (OUP), 2012. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, map, sepia (brown-tinted) & black & white & few colour photos, tiny scuff front cover, minor edgewear, faint sticker mark front cover. 258 pp. Ian Macfarlane writes a controversial book that re-examines the story of the Kelly Gang in detail and with new insights. The other… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Vintage / Penguin / Random House Australia, 2019. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. 382 pp. Kate McClymont examines the complex business relationship between Michael McGurk and Ron Medich that lead Medich to order the murder of McGurk. Based on dozens of interviews, including with associates of the main characters, some of whom, fearing retribution,… Read more about this item

Sydney: NewSouth / University of New South Wales Press, 2012. 1st ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, few black & white text-photos, map, minor edgewear. 221 pp. True Australian crime. In 1948 a man was found dead on an Adelaide beach. Six decades later he is still a mystery. The facts are stranger than fiction, and the case has… Read more about this item

Sydney: Derek Mortimer / Printed by Hippo Books, 2001. 1 ed.. Paperback large wide octavo, very good condition, black & white photos center spread, bottom corner tip front cover little creased, minor edgewear. 111 pp. This is the true story of a young man aged 16 who was shot by a police officer while he was sitting in… Read more about this item

Milton Keynes: Authentic Media, 2017. Reprint ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, lightly toned, spine ends little scuffed, corners covers & bottom corner tips last few pages little creased, minor edgewear. 305 pp. Eric Metaxas writes a gripping narrative that paints a detailed portrait not only of William Wilberforce himself and the Abolitionist Movement, but also other contemporary concerns… Read more about this item

Melbourne, Scoresby: Five Mile Press, 2011. Paperback octavo, good plus condition, black & white photos, front cover creased, bottom corner tips covers creased, crease in front cover, some edgewear. 250 pp. In 33 wide-ranging chapters, Paul Taylor examines some of Australia's best-known (some very surprising) rip offs: defined broadly to include frauds, hoaxes, shams, deceptions and stings. Includes Field… Read more about this item

Sydney, Annandale: Hawkins Press / Federation Press, 1997. Paperback large trade, very good condition, pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear. 250 pp. The three editors have produced the first collection of ten essays dedicated to the issues of hate crimes in Australia. The essays illustrate popular contemporary perceptions of minorities in an imagined homogeneous Australia. Topics covered include… Read more about this item

Sydney: Institute of Criminology, 2004. Paperback trade, very good condition, few figures, corner tips covers slightly creased, minor edgewear, red texta remainder mark fore-edge. 333 pp. Scott Poynting and colleagues look at public worrying over 'ethnic crime' and what it tells us about Australia today. The book argues that we are seeing the emergence of the 'Arab Other' as… Read more about this item

Sydney: NewSouth / University of New South Wales Press, 2016. Paperback trade, very good condition, few light marks covers, minor edgewear. 403 pp. On 13 February 1978, as regional heads of state met at Sydney's Hilton Hotel, a bomb exploded outside. Two garbage collectors and a police officer were killed. The crime is still unsolved, and it is… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Penguin / Random House Australia, 2021. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition. 382 pp. Kate McClymont examines the complex business relationship between Michael McGurk and Ron Medich that lead Medich to order the murder of McGurk. Based on dozens of interviews, including with associates of the main characters, some of whom, fearing retribution, have asked to remain anonymous.… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. 1st ed.. Paperback small (with flaps), very good plus condition. 158 pp. A short snappy introduction to the complex topic of terrorism. Is one person's terrorist another's freedom fighter? Is terrorism crime or war? Can there be a 'War on Terror'? Prompted by the terrorist attacks of September 2001 , which changed the… Read more about this item

Sydney: Vintage / Random House Australia, 2014. 1st printing ed.. Paperback thick octavo, as new condition. 418 pp. Queensland had the Fitzgerald Inquiry and the Moonlight State. New South Wales has Eddie Obeid, a minister in the Labor Government. Two senior reporters from the Sydney Morning Herald expose the brazen misdeeds of Australia's most corrupt politician, perhaps on a… Read more about this item

New York: Routledge, 2012. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition, figures, boxes, tables, minor edgewear. 204 pp. A comprehensive, up-to-date look at the major issues that teachers, school administrators, counselors, social workers, and parents need to be aware of with respect to cyberbullying identification, prevention, and response. This easy-to-read book provides educators, parents, psychologists, and policymakers with… Read more about this item

London: Robson Books, 1992. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos centre spread, spine lettering jacket little faded (flaps little foxed), minor edgewear. 231 pp. Nick Yapp provides an entertaining examination of hoaxes and hoaxers, including the famous Cottingley Fairies, Piltdown Man and the Hitler diaries. Includes chapters on the psychology of… Read more about this item