Biography - Secondhand

A treasure trove of illuminating and entertaining quotations from the legendary naturalist Here is Charles Darwin in his own words the naturalist, traveler, scientific thinker, and controversial author of On...

At the outset of his career Ted Hughes described letter writing as 'excellent training for conversation with the world', and he was to become a prolific master of this art...

A Muslim woman's harrowing story. When a woman with brains and beauty from a wealthy background decides to take her fate into her own hands and challenge the restrictions of...

From an award-winning artist who was featured in Humans of New York comes a bold collection of vignettes about overcoming family trauma, addiction, poverty - and forging a creative life...

Adele touches the hearts of millions of people who love her for her music and share the real and honest emotion she brings to each and every song. In a...

Elliott Johnston is a working class hero. He and Elizabeth Johnston became Communists in 1941 and he resigned only to join the South Australian Supreme Court Bench. His appointment as...

Ancient Egypt is one of the great wellsprings of human civilization, first developing around the city of Memphis on the Nile River in the fourth millennium BCE. Egyptian life was...

Everybody knows her smile, but no one knows her story: Meet the flesh-and-blood woman who became one of the most famous artistic subjects of all time-Mona Lisa. A genius immortalized...

From Montana award-winning author Jill Trevelyan comes the first biography of Peter McLeavey, the charismatic, pioneering art dealer who since the 1960s has shaped - even transformed - New Zealand...

Traces the life of the famous modern British composer, and looks at the production of each of his musicals

Inga Clendinnen is an historian of extraordinary insight and power. She is also one of those remarkable people able to summon the strength to use a serious illness to review...

The book titled Mem Fox: A Celebration by the author Jennifer Moran. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThe Macmillan Dictionary Of Biography presents an extensive collection of concise biographical entries, spanning various fields and historical periods. This...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: DamagedPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Rips along top/bottom of dust jacketThis biography chronicles the tumultuous life of Harry Crosby, a fascinating figure of...

'The first biography of Thom Gunn, and likely the definitive one. [...] Nott's book is one of the best versions of a gay relationship conducted over this half century.' Colm...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling biography chronicles an extraordinary transformation, tracing a remarkable individual's path from challenging...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThis compelling biography illuminates the multifaceted life and enduring legacy of George Bernard Shaw, one of the twentieth century's most...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Small splotch on FEP, otherwise fineFrederick J. Stopp's Evelyn Waugh: Portrait Of An Artist presents a...

Edition: 5th impr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis profound work, The Silent Road: In The Light Of Personal Experience, presents a compelling spiritual journey, chronicling...

Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis autobiography, Playing My Part, chronicles the extraordinary life...

Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Appears to be a facsimile copy of the original 1923 edition, rebound...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsThis authoritative volume chronicles the life and artistic journey of Russell Drysdale, a pivotal figure in Australian modernism. Geoffrey Dutton's...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Yellowed Markings: Previous ownerThis compelling biography chronicles the passionate and enduring love affair between two of Victorian England's most celebrated poets, Robert Browning...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsThis compelling biography chronicles the tumultuous American tours of the celebrated Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas. John Malcolm Brinnin,...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsThe memoir The Shabby Paradise: The Autobiography Of A Decade chronicles Eileen Baillie's deeply personal experiences during a...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Small rip on jacket spine, foxing on jacketThis gripping memoir recounts a young man's audacious solo...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling art history volume presents a comprehensive study of Honoré Daumier, the prolific 19th-century French artist renowned for his...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Large folio. Some marks and specks on boards. This performing‑arts volume...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLautrec chronicles the vibrant, often tumultuous life of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, the iconic French...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThis compelling biography chronicles the extraordinary life and artistic achievements of the renowned composer Richard Strauss. It presents a detailed...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsThis compelling memoir, I Leap Over The Wall, chronicles Monica Baldwin's extraordinary transition from...

Who is Ariana Grande? This candid book traces the US pop star's story from her childhood in Florida, through her teenage years on Broadway and Nickelodeon, and onto her gleaming...

Throughout her life Annie Chikhwaza has retained a heart for the marginalised. First in Holland, then in South Africa, now in Malawi, she has reached out with practical help. When...

'The best and most accurate first-person account of the long-overlooked western border war of 1863...[It] contributes to a richer understanding of the Civil War by establishing links between developments in...

A newly discovered and unique memoir from a soldier who fought in the First World War which challenges our perception of how British troops viewed the First World War.

What was childhood like for the princes and princesses in the Victorian and Edwardian period? Here their education, recreation and general upbringing is discussed, from Queen Victoria's isolated and lonely...

After two failed marriages, Nadine has sworn never to let another man dominate her life. But she meets Olivier, a French Australian who is griefstricken after the death of his...

The 1660s represent a turning point in English history and for all the main events - the Restoration, the Dutch War, the Great Plague and the Fire of London -...

Fanny Burney (1752-1840) is best known as the author of EVELINA, one of the most engaging novels of the eighteenth century. But for much of her long life, she was...

'Dazzling...full of special delights. Harman excels in the vivid presentation of scenes, the selection of detail...[a] marvellous and beautifully written book.' Elspeth Barker, Independent on Sunday At the age of...

Travel in Africa,the English aristocracy,the bungling and courage of military life,post 1945 America, all these are favourable sites for the diaries of one of the harshest and funniest English novelists...

Miami, 1963. A young boy from Louisville, Kentucky, is on the path to becoming the greatest sportsman of all time. Cassius Clay is training in the 5th Street Gym for...

'This book is about one super-important concept. You must learn about 'Strategic Inflection Points', because sooner or later you are going to live through one.' - Steve Jobs There are...

On 6th July 1868, when told of the birth of her seventh granddaughter, Queen Victoria remarked that the news was 'a very uninteresting thing for it seems to me to...

The book titled You Did What?!: Audacious Faith Adventures in the Life of David by the author David McCracken. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...

"It seemed like a good idea at the time". With these words young Australian veterinarian Jack Ayerbe takes up the challenge of transferring from a cosy London practice treating domestic...

In the 1890s Captain Joshua Slocum, an ageing Massachussetts merchantman, was the first man to circumnavigate the globe single-handed. He did so in a 37-foot sailboat he had rebuilt from...