Biography - Secondhand

Author: Lord Normanbrook, John Colville, Sir John Martin, Sir Ian Jacob, Lord Bridges, Sir Leslie Rowan. Edited With An Introduction By Sir John Wheeler-Bennett.Binding: HardbackPublished: MACMILLAN, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no...

Author: Jay MartinBinding: HardbackPublished: Houghton Mifflin, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling narrative chronicles an American's profound experiences navigating the complex social and political landscape...

Author: Gladys MoncrieffBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, Adelaide, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerMy Life Of Song by Gladys Moncrieff presents an intimate look into the illustrious career of a...

Author: Charles HighamBinding: HardbackPublished: W.H. Allen, London, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling biography, Kate: The Life Of Katharine Hepburn, chronicles the extraordinary journey of one of...

Author: Bryan ForbesBinding: HardbackPublished: Little, Brown, Boston, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling biography, Dame Edith Evans: The Nad's Girl, chronicles the extraordinary...

Author: Frank Kelley And Cornelius RyanBinding: HardbackPublished: W. H. Allen, 1952Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerMacarthur: A Biography chronicles the extraordinary life and military...

Author: His FriendsBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1929Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerG.A. Studdert Kennedy By His Friends...

Author: James GleesonBinding: HardbackPublished: THAMES AND HUDSON, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsGleeson argues that Dobell achieved ''greatness while standing aloof from avant-garde developments'' and that...

This new book about the 1st Duke of Wellington provides a novel take on the traditional biography in that it explores the life of this complex man through portraits -...

Sally Bedell Smith's book on the Private World of the Kennedy White House, Grace & Power (also published by Aurum) was praised by Sarah Bradford in the Spectator as 'the...

Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942) was one of the most colorful and charismatic social scientists of the twentieth century. His contributions as a founding father of social anthropology and his complex personality...

Marcel Reich-Ranicki has lived a colourful and picaresque life. Born in 1920 of Polish Jewish parents, he spent his youth in Berlin until the Nazis came to power. In 1938...

A singer overwhelmed by his crowd. A dancer on ice above sea. A teenage girl, later to become a virtuoso conductor, jolted by the sound of a symphony. Two filmmakers...

This verse autobiography relates the story of the author's younger days set against the places and buildings that were significant in his youth - Highgate, Cornwall, Chelsea, Marlborough, Oxford quads,...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "I cannot express how many lives have been touched by Johnny, and how many of us owe him our lives." -Chris Kyle, author of American...

The perestroika years have awakened new hopes among the Soviet people for change and prosperity in their country. In this book, Raisa Gorbachev, wife of the President of the USSR,...

A Cosmological Manifesto This book consists of an essay, a credo, twelve poems and 205 aphorisms. The essay provides a personal, scholarly reflection on where Paul Monk started, forty years...

The most important step is the first one. Dive into Chip Gaines' personal playbook and start learning how to succeed in business-and in life. A New York Times , USA...

Fourteen years of friendship. Eight years of 'trying'. Eighteen rounds of IVF and now, one beautiful baby boy. The Power of Two is a remarkable true story that shows that...

PILGRIM STATE is a stunning literary memoir which tells the story of Dorothy Walker - equal parts beautiful, headstrong, brave and tragic. Her life is lovingly recreated by her daughter...

Exit! is the story of Grizelda Grootboom life of prostitution and her ultimate escape from it all. Grizelda's life was dramatically changed when she was gang raped at the age...

Author: Dennis WheatleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson & Co Ltd, London, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Light foxing on book...

Author: Vance PalmerBinding: HardbackPublished: Cheshire, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket price clipped and has some light general wear from useIntimate Portraits And Other Pieces...

Author: Lee Iacocca With William NovakBinding: HardbackPublished: Bantam Books, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has some sticker remains and very light general wear in...

Author: Elly FinkBinding: HardbackPublished: Golden Press, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has light general wear and some light tanningThis compelling art history volume presents...

Author: John HouseBinding: HardbackPublished: Art Exhibition Australia, 1994Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis biographical work chronicles the life and artistic evolution of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, a pivotal figure in...

Author: Frank Holland, M.B.E., Peter Stone (ed)Binding: HardbackPublished: Oceans EnterprisesCondition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Dust jacket has light tanning along spine and one spot of tearing front...

Author: David ArkellBinding: HardbackPublished: Persea Books, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis engaging biography, Looking For Laforgue: An Informal Biography, chronicles the life and work of the influential...

Author: Jane HowardBinding: HardbackPublished: Simon & Schuster, New York, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Remainder markMargaret Mead: A Life presents a comprehensive account of the influential anthropologist's journey. This...

Author: Richard Gid PowersBinding: HardbackPublished: Free Press, New York, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe authoritative biography The Life Of J. Edgar Hoover: Secrecy And Power chronicles the...

Author: Arturo BareaBinding: HardbackPublished: Reynal and Hitchcock, NY, 1946Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Yellowed boards with foxing. Yellowed pages with...

Author: Andrew BoyleBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins 14 St. James's Place, London, 1955Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Name on back endpaper. This compelling biography...

Author: Louis De WohlBinding: HardbackPublished: London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1950Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Name on back endpaper. Louis De Wohl's The Quiet Light...

Author: Angus McmillanBinding: HardbackPublished: Kenneth Cox, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Minor wear on corners and spine. This historical biography chronicles the...

Author: François Mauriac; Translated by Gerard HopkinsBinding: HardbackPublished: EYRE AND SPOTTISWOODE, 1960Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsMémoires Intérieurs presents a profound journey into the spiritual and...

Author: James Pope HennessyBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1971Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Clean text,James Pope Hennessy's acclaimed...

Author: James PennerBinding: HardbackPublished: New Hope Publishing Company, Inc, 1992Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsGOLIATH: The Life of Robert Schuller presents a commanding...

Author: Barry Jones And M. V. DixonBinding: HardbackPublished: MACMILLAN, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive reference work, The Macmillan Dictionary Of Biography: Fully Revised And Updated Edition,...

Author: Tom PriorBinding: HardbackPublished: Hargreen Publishing Company, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Inscribed by the subject. Boards in good condition. Minor rubbing on edges. Sturdy...

Bestselling author Niall Ferguson reveals for the first time the true extent of Siegmund Warburg's influence-and the lessons we can learn in a time of crisis from the last of...

In a chest of drawers bequeathed by his grandmother, author Randal Keynes found the writing case of Charles Darwin's beloved daughter Annie, who died at the age of ten. Within...

The talents Maxwell Perkins nurtured were known worldwide: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe among numerous others. But the man himself remained a mystery, a backstage presence who served...

These are the escapades of a little lost white tribe of South Africa.Idealistic visionary hippie alternatives who search for justice, truth, freedom and spiritual enlightenment in a country at the...

Heartwarming, honest and very funny - the story of a young boy growing up in a close and quirky 'coloured' community under apartheid. In 1962, at the age of five,...