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Facing Empire

Indigenous Experiences in a Revolutionary Age

by Kate Fullagar, Michael A. McDonnell ...

A major reframing of world history, this anthology interrogates eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European imperialism from the perspective of indigenous peoples.Rather than casting indigenous peoples as bystanders in the Age of Revolution, Facing Empire examines the active roles they played in helping to shape the course of modern imperialism. Focusing on indigenous peoples' experiences of the ... Read more

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A major reframing of world history, this anthology interrogates eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European imperialism from the perspective of indigenous peoples.Rather than casting indigenous peoples as bystanders in the Age of Revolution, Facing Empire examines the active roles they played in helping to shape the course of modern imperialism. Focusing on indigenous peoples' experiences of the
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Bennelong and Phillip

A History Unravelled

by Kate Fullagar ...

The first joint biography of Bennelong and Governor Arthur Phillip, two pivotal figures in Australian history – the colonised and coloniser – and a bold and innovative new portrait of both.S****hortlisted for the 2025 National Biography AwardWinner of the 2024 ACT Literary Award, Non-FictionWinner of the Canberra Critics’ Circle Award 2024, History/BiographyShortlisted for the 2024 Prim... ... Read more

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The first joint biography of Bennelong and Governor Arthur Phillip, two pivotal figures in Australian history – the colonised and coloniser – and a bold and innovative new portrait of both.S****hortlisted for the 2025 National Biography AwardWinner of the 2024 ACT Literary Award, Non-FictionWinner of the Canberra Critics’ Circle Award 2024, History/BiographyShortlisted for the 2024 Prim...
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The Global Age of Revolutions

A History from 1650 to Today

by Denise Z. Davidson, Katlyn Marie Carter, Dan Edelstein, Beatrice A. de Graaf, Miguel Abram La Serna, Christy L. Pichichero, Lynn Hunt, Andrew WM Smith, Noah Shusterman, Erin Zavitz, William A. Booth, Nagmeh Sohrabi, Gideon Fujiwara, Bronwen Everill, Professor Laurent M. Dubois, PhD, Junko Thérèse Takeda, Kate Fullagar ...

Series series The Revolutionary Age
Redrawing the map and resetting the clock of the Age of RevolutionsIn 2015, Bryan Banks and Cindy Ermus launched Age of Revolutions, a website offering critical reconsideration of the foundational concept of revolution and centered on three key questions: What was the Age of Revolutions? Where was the Age of Revolutions? And are we still living in an Age of Revolutions? This collection represents ... Read more

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Redrawing the map and resetting the clock of the Age of RevolutionsIn 2015, Bryan Banks and Cindy Ermus launched Age of Revolutions, a website offering critical reconsideration of the foundational concept of revolution and centered on three key questions: What was the Age of Revolutions? Where was the Age of Revolutions? And are we still living in an Age of Revolutions? This collection represents
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The Warrior, the Voyager, and the Artist

Three Lives in an Age of Empire

by Kate Fullagar ...

Series series The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
A portrait of empire through the biographies of a Native American, a Pacific Islander, and the British artist who painted them bothThree interconnected eighteenth-century lives offer a fresh account of the British Empire and its intrusion into Indigenous societies. This engaging history brings together the stories of Joshua Reynolds and two Indigenous men, the Cherokee Ostenaco and the Raiatean ... Read more

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A portrait of empire through the biographies of a Native American, a Pacific Islander, and the British artist who painted them bothThree interconnected eighteenth-century lives offer a fresh account of the British Empire and its intrusion into Indigenous societies. This engaging history brings together the stories of Joshua Reynolds and two Indigenous men, the Cherokee Ostenaco and the Raiatean
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Bennelong and Phillip

A History Unravelled

by Kate Fullagar ...

Narrated by Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood ...

Unabridged

9 hours 24 min

The first joint biography of Bennelong and Governor Arthur Phillip, two pivotal figures in Australian history – the colonised and coloniser – and a bold and innovative new portrait of both.S****hortlisted for the 2025 National Biography AwardWinner of the 2024 ACT Literary Award, Non-FictionWinner of the Canberra Critics’ Circle Award 2024, History/BiographyShortlisted for the 2024 Prim... ... Read more

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The first joint biography of Bennelong and Governor Arthur Phillip, two pivotal figures in Australian history – the colonised and coloniser – and a bold and innovative new portrait of both.S****hortlisted for the 2025 National Biography AwardWinner of the 2024 ACT Literary Award, Non-FictionWinner of the Canberra Critics’ Circle Award 2024, History/BiographyShortlisted for the 2024 Prim...
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Here One Moment

by Liane Moriarty ...

Narrated by Caroline Lee, Geraldine Hakewill ...

Unabridged

15 hours 53 min

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the beloved author of Big Little Lies, Apples Never Fall, and The Husband’s Secret comes a moving novel of love, marriage, family, and trying to find certainty in a fragile world.“The premise is irresistible—a woman on a flight from Hobart to Sydney begins predicting the age and manner of death of her fellow passengers. Beautifully written, this propulsive novel ... Read more

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the beloved author of Big Little Lies, Apples Never Fall, and The Husband’s Secret comes a moving novel of love, marriage, family, and trying to find certainty in a fragile world.“The premise is irresistible—a woman on a flight from Hobart to Sydney begins predicting the age and manner of death of her fellow passengers. Beautifully written, this propulsive novel
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The Art of the Engine Driver

by Steven Carroll ...

Narrated by David Linski, Tom Bromhead, Fiona Hardingham ...

Unabridged

6 hours 24 min

On a hot summer’s night in the 1950s, the old and the new, diesel and steam, and town and country all collide—and nobody will be left unaffected.As a passenger train leaves Spencer Street Station on its haul to Sydney, a family of three—Vic, Rita, and their son, Michael—are off to a party. George Bedser has invited the whole neighborhood to celebrate the engagement of his daughter. Vic is an ... Read more

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On a hot summer’s night in the 1950s, the old and the new, diesel and steam, and town and country all collide—and nobody will be left unaffected.As a passenger train leaves Spencer Street Station on its haul to Sydney, a family of three—Vic, Rita, and their son, Michael—are off to a party. George Bedser has invited the whole neighborhood to celebrate the engagement of his daughter. Vic is an
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Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray

River of Dreams

by Anita Heiss ...

Narrated by Tamala Shelton ...

Unabridged

10 hours 5 min

**‘There are books you encounter as an adult that you wish you could press into the hands of your younger self. Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray is one of those books – a novel that turns Australia’s long-mythologised settler history into a raw and resilient heartsong.' – Guardian***WINNER 2022 NSW PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD INDIGENOUS WRITER'S PRIZE******2022 ABIA SHORTLIST******2021 ARA HISTORICAL ... Read more

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**‘There are books you encounter as an adult that you wish you could press into the hands of your younger self. Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray is one of those books – a novel that turns Australia’s long-mythologised settler history into a raw and resilient heartsong.' – Guardian***WINNER 2022 NSW PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD INDIGENOUS WRITER'S PRIZE******2022 ABIA SHORTLIST******2021 ARA HISTORICAL
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A Man Called Ove

The global bestselling phenomenon

by Fredrik Backman ...

Narrated by Joan Walker ...

Unabridged

9 hours 12 min

The international phenomenon: quirky and bittersweet, heartbreaking yet outrageously funny. Perfect for fans of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of a Window and Disappeared.The million-copy bestselling phenomenon: Soon to be a major film starring Tom Hanks.Fredrik Backman's heartwarming debut is a funny, moving, uplifting tale of love and community ... Read more

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The international phenomenon: quirky and bittersweet, heartbreaking yet outrageously funny. Perfect for fans of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of a Window and Disappeared.The million-copy bestselling phenomenon: Soon to be a major film starring Tom Hanks.Fredrik Backman's heartwarming debut is a funny, moving, uplifting tale of love and community
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12 Years a Slave

by Solomon Northup ...

Narrated by Mirron Willis ...

Unabridged

8 hours 10 min

Solomon Northup was born in the early 1800s in New York, and was born as a free man. He lived as a free man for over 30 years, until he was tricked into moving to Washington, D.C. by men offering him a job as a musician. Once he made it to D.C., he was kidnapped and sold into slavery in Louisiana, where he was forced to work on a plantation until he could make his escape. His family had no way of ... Read more

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Solomon Northup was born in the early 1800s in New York, and was born as a free man. He lived as a free man for over 30 years, until he was tricked into moving to Washington, D.C. by men offering him a job as a musician. Once he made it to D.C., he was kidnapped and sold into slavery in Louisiana, where he was forced to work on a plantation until he could make his escape. His family had no way of
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Truth-Telling

History, Sovereignty and the Uluru Statement

by Henry Reynolds ...

If we are to take seriously the need for telling the truth about our history, we must start at first principles. What if the sovereignty of the First Nations was recognised by European international law in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? What if the audacious British annexation of a whole continent was not seen as acceptable at the time and the colonial office in Britain understood that ... Read more

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If we are to take seriously the need for telling the truth about our history, we must start at first principles. What if the sovereignty of the First Nations was recognised by European international law in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? What if the audacious British annexation of a whole continent was not seen as acceptable at the time and the colonial office in Britain understood that
... Read more
Colonial America

A Very Short Introduction

by Alan Taylor ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
In the traditional narrative of American colonial history, early European settlements, as well as native peoples and African slaves, were treated in passing as unfortunate aberrations in a fundamentally upbeat story of Englishmen becoming freer and more prosperous by colonizing an abundant continent of "free land." Over the last generation, historians have broadened our understanding of colonial ... Read more

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In the traditional narrative of American colonial history, early European settlements, as well as native peoples and African slaves, were treated in passing as unfortunate aberrations in a fundamentally upbeat story of Englishmen becoming freer and more prosperous by colonizing an abundant continent of "free land." Over the last generation, historians have broadened our understanding of colonial
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