Collection: Reference

Drawing from the best data available, this is an unprecedented guide to the state of the planet and our most pressing resource and environmental issues

Informative overview of the life and works of Rodin, who was the foremost sculptor of the 19th century. This book treats all his major works in their biographical, social and historical context

Ancient Olympic Games - Baron de Coubertin - 1896 Athens - 1900 Paris - 1904 St Louis - 1906 Interim Games - 1908 London - 1912 Stockholm - 1920 Antwerp - 1924 Paris - 1928 Amsterdam - 1932 Los Angeles - 1936 Berlin - 1948 London - 1952 Helsinki

An introduction to this vast land (4000 kilometres east to west, 3200 kilometres north to south), its history and people as seen from the perspective of where to stay and visit and what each destination has to offer the visitor.

Photographs of early settlement, suppression of the Aborigines, convict times, gold rushes, exploration, growth of transport and farming, towns and cities, bosses and unions, war and politics.