Biography - Secondhand

This is the first full account of one woman's heroic struggle against SLORC, the brutal military junta in power in Burma since 1988, and an expose of one of the...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.A deeply moving and resilient life story, The Fifth Sparrow chronicles the brave...

For most of his varied and colorful career, Colonel Robert R. McCormick was the self-proclaimed emperor of "Chicagoland," a Middle America of his own imagination, forever at odds with the...

The book titled Sartre: A Life by the author Solal Annie Cohen. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerA definitive critical biography that illuminates the profound synergy between Thomas Hardy’s life and the geography of his fictional Wessex....

The book titled Inside Memory: Pages from a Writer's Workbook by the author Timothy Findley. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled A Stranger in Tibet: Adventures of a Zen Monk - Life of Kawaguchi Ekai by the author Scott Berry. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Pages clean and bright. Binding tight. Shelf wear. Good copy.Step into the fascinating, gritty world of 18th-century...

Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerA warm and witty work of humorous nonfiction, How to Be...

I was eleven, no more, when the wish came to me to be a writer; and then very soon it was a settled ambition. But for the young V. S....

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly detailed work of art criticism and biography, this volume chronicles the life and creative vision of Andrew Sibley,...

Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly illustrated art monograph, The Baroque World of Fernando Botero presents a comprehensive examination of the Colombian master's singular...

Condition remarks:Book: Good , ex-libraryJacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: Ex-library with usual markingsA richly detailed work of horticultural memoir and garden history, Thenford: The Creation of an English Garden chronicles...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA richly illustrated work of art history and biography, Leonardo's Inventions by Jean Mathé presents a sweeping examination of the...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Signed by Jolley (Miles Franklin winner, AO recipient, deceased 2007), Judith Wright (one of Australia's greatest poets,...

Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Signed ephemera laid-in. Only Time Will Tell (Book 1, 2011, 1st edition, 1st pr.,) — A poor Bristol...

David Williamson is one of Australia's most significant and celebrated cultural figures. For over thirty years his plays have been the mirror to which many Australians have turned to see...

Both highly readable and carefully researched, Keeper of the Faith reassesses the part Jim Cairns played in shaping Australian public life. Jim Cairns is a familiar sight around the markets...

The first objective biogrphy of Frank Sinatra since Kitty Kelley's opus - an entirely new assessment of the most important figure in 20th century entertainment. This book discusses Sinatra the...

204 black-and-white and colour illustrations, 30 removable artifacts and a 60-minute CD. Created in conjunction with The Frank Sinatra Estate, The Sinatra Treasures tells the story of Sinatra's life with...

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) changed the world. This biography is a fully illustrated look at the man, his most famous invention - the telephone - and his myriad other achievements....

Drawn from the archives at CBS News, this work reconstructs the life and events of one of the most beloved American presidents. Filled with full-color photos, this beautiful little volume...

No one thought that Elizabeth would live to become Queen of England. Her father, Henry VIII, beheaded her mother, Anne Bolyn, for treason in 1536. He then disowned his daughter,...

The book titled Victory: 100 Great Military Commanders by the author Nigel Cawthorne. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Few people these days would question Mozart's rating as the most popular of all classical composers. Yet there exists no substantial, up-to-date English-language study of the man and his works....

There s never been a period when Shakespeare was out of fashion. In his lifetime he was incredibly successful, and soon after his death his works were published to the...

When Dawn Annandale's marriage fell apart, she was overwhelmed by debt and turned to prostitution to support her family. After one year, a near-fatal car crash and numerous encounters with...

Hoping to improve her Chinese and broaden her cultural horizons, Rachel DeWoskin went to work for an American PR firm in China. Before she knew it, she was not just...

The story of Nelson Mandela, a young black lawyer and found himself drawn deep into the fight for black freedom.

Written in 1878, The Jerilderie Letter is Ned Kelly's own account of his family's persecution and the events that led to his becoming one of the most famous outlaws in...

The life of John Reith is a classical tragedy, but one of baroque proportions. Reith founded, and for its first 14 years directed, the BBC, imbuing it with that Reithian...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling biography chronicles the extraordinary life of Dian Fossey, a pioneering primatologist who dedicated her existence to the study and...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling biography, Einstein: A Life, chronicles the extraordinary journey of one of history's most brilliant minds, Albert Einstein. It uncovers...

Edition: 2nd impr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Binding remains tight....

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: small tear on back left of jacket seamLong regarded as a shocking innovator of...

Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markings'Unfinished Journey chronicles the extraordinary life of a musical prodigy, tracing his path from early childhood virtuosity to his...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Binding remains tight. Clean copy. Signed ephemera laid-in. The memoir "'Tis" by Frank...

Condition remarks:Book: Acceptable Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Good Markings: Reading copy with markingsCondition remarks: Moderate markings in grey lead. Vol I - 1979...

Edition: First American editionCondition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Appears unread. This historical novel reimagines the life and legend of Australia's most infamous outlaw, Ned...

Edition: First UK EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: British Empire issue, with the publisher's label affixed to...

A monumental work that draws on specially collected oral history to portray fully the person, work and teaching of one of the most important figures in modern Christianity. Francis Schaeffer...

When Ground Shifts is the extraordinary first-hand account of the United Arab Emirates' successful bid to host the first World Exposition ever to be held anywhere in the Middle East,...

Discover how Zendaya conquered the worlds of film, TV and fashion to become the face of a generation. Zendaya is a phenomenon. Beginning as a precocious child star on the...

'Fearsome wit' Elle 'Charming' Buzzfeed 'Ridiculously entertaining' Associated Press 'Endearingly honest' Guardian A collection of humorous autobiographical essays by the Academy Award-nominated actress and star of Pitch Perfect , Twilight...

The book titled Immersed in God by the author Cesare Cavalleri. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

When Neil Cross was five years old, his mother left him. No note, no phone call, just an empty house and a brow-beaten father. Two years later, she came back...

A major biography of one of the world's most captivating movie stars. Actor, humanitarian, mother, icon: Angelina Jolie is a larger than life character, beautiful, compassionate and fascinating in her...