Australians: A Short History
By: Thomas Keneally
4.02
Format: 992 pages, Hardcover
Thomas Keneally's widely acclaimed three volume history of the Australian people from origins to Vi…
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1. The Making of the Atomic Bomb
By: Richard Rhodes
4.39
Format: 886 pages, Paperback
Here for the first time, in rich, human, political, and scientific detail, is the complete story of… read more
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"Before it is science and career, before it is livelihood, before even it is family or love, freedom is sound sleep and safety to notice the play of morning sun."-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb
"Any account of science which does not explicitly describe it as something we believe in is essentially incomplete and a false pretense. It amounts to a claim that science is essentially different fro…"-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb
"For the scientist, at exactly the moment of discovery—that most unstable existential moment—the external world, nature itself, deeply confirms his innermost fantastic convictions. Anchored abruptly i…"-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb
"[Chemist Michael] Polanyi found one other necessary requirement for full initiation into science: Belief. If science has become the orthodoxy of the West, individuals are nevertheless still free to t…"-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb
2. Aboriginal Australians
By: Richard Broome
3.69
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A comprehensive history of black-white encounters in Australia since colonization, tracing the cont… read more
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3. The Men Who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible
By: Simon Winchester
3.75
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Atlantic delivers his first book about America: … read more
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4. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
By: Daron Acemoğlu , James A. Robinson
4.08
Format: 529 pages, Hardcover
Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the expert… read more
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"Central planning was just not good at replacing what the great eighteenth-century economist Adam Smith called the “invisible hand"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
"As mudanças graduais também impediram aventuras em territórios inexplorados. O derrube violento do sistema significa que é necessário construir algo inteiramente novo, em vez daquilo que foi eliminad…"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
"Sem o petróleo, os países do Médio Oriente são também todos pobres. (…) Foi a expansão e consolidação do Império Otomano, e é devido ao legado institucional desse império que o Médio Oriente continua…"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
"A América do Norte tornou-se mais próspera precisamente porque adotou com entusiasmo as tecnologias e os progressos da Revolução Industrial. (…) A desigualdade no mundo atual é, em grande medida, uma…"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
5. Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
By: Ben Macintyre
3.17
Format: 55 pages, Hardcover
Eddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a philanderer. He was also one of the most re… read more
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6. Dark is the Grave (DCI Duncan Bone #1)
By: T.G. Reid
4.21
Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition
A dead cop. A damaged detective. A copycat killer on the loose. When the chief suspect in the no… read more
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7. Day's End (Hirsch, #4)
By: Garry Disher
4.12
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Hirsch’s rural beat is wide. Daybreak to day’s end, dirt roads and dust. Every problem that besets … read more
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8. The Tilt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #2)
By: Chris Hammer
4.29
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
A man runs for his life in a forest. A woman plans sabotage. A body is unearthed. Newly-minted… read more
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9. The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3)
By: Chris Hammer
4.23
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
The latest stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Tilt. Chris Hammer's… read more
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10. Outback (DS Walker, #1)
By: Patricia Wolf
4.18
Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition
Two missing backpackers. One vast outback. DS Lucas Walker is on leave in his hometown, Caloodie… read more
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11. Fear: Trump in the White House
By: Bob Woodward
3.87
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
With authoritative reporting honed through eight presidencies from Nixon to Obama, author Bob Woodw… read more
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"He’s a fucking moron,"-Bob Woodward, Fear: Trump in the White House
"When Trump called Mexicans “rapists"-Bob Woodward, Fear: Trump in the White House
"Mr. President, you've got to buy some democrats," Graham said. The good news is they come cheap."-Bob Woodward, Fear: Trump in the White House
"For Mr. Trump, though, bringing in Mr. Bannon was the political equivalent of ordering comfort food."-Bob Woodward, Fear: Trump in the White House
12. Consolation (Hirsch, #3)
By: Garry Disher
4.16
Format: 393 pages, Paperback
Winter in Tiverton. Constable Paul Hirschhausen has a snowdropper on his patch. Someone is steal… read more
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13. The Broken House: Growing Up Under Hitler
By: Horst Kruger
3.99
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In 1965 the German journalist Horst Krüger attended the Auschwitz trial in Frankfurt, where 22 form… read more
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14. Mustang Ace: Memoirs of a P-51 Fighter Pilot
By: Robert J. Goebel
4.55
Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition
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15. The Brightest Star
By: Emma Harcourt
3.53
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
A thirst for learning and a passion for astronomy draw an extraordinary young woman deep into the i… read more
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16. The Long Gray Target: Don't Shoot--I'm Neutral!
By: Roger Maxim
4.30
Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition
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17. Whistler's Bones
By: Greg Barron
4.39
Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1880, at the age of fifteen, Charlie Gaunt left his home in Bendigo and signed on as a drover wi… read more
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18. The Cape Raider (Jack Pembroke Naval Thrillers #1)
By: Justin Fox
4.44
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
A fight to the death in foreign seas… 1940 Scarred – physically and emotionally – by the brut… read more
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19. Australians: A Short History
By: Thomas Keneally
4.02
Format: 992 pages, Hardcover
Thomas Keneally's widely acclaimed three volume history of the Australian people from origins to Vi… read more
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