Biography - Secondhand

Author: Arthur RubinsteinBinding: HardbackPublished: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerMy Young Years chronicles the formative experiences of a legendary classical pianist, uncovering the early...

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: Lionel GodfreyBinding: HardbackPublished: ROBERT HALE LIMITED - LONDON, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling biography chronicles the extraordinary life and career of Hollywood's quintessential leading man. The...

Author: Frank James PriceBinding: HardbackPublished: Louisiana State University Press, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFrank James Price's Troy H. Middleton: A Biography...

Author: Josephine ButlerBinding: HardbackPublished: Blaketon-Hall, 1983Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsChurchill’s Secret Agent: Codename Jay Bee is the memoir/autobiographical account by Josephine Butler, in which she reveals for the...

Author: Dirk U. StikkerBinding: HardbackPublished: HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerMen Of Responsibility: A Memoir chronicles a life dedicated to significant undertakings, presenting a reflective...

Author: Andrew PotokBinding: HardbackPublished: Arbor House, New York, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Bumped spine. Lovely clean copy.This compelling memoir, My Life With Goya, chronicles Andrew...

Author: F.W. WinterbothamBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper & Row., New York, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe historical thriller The Nazi Connection: The Adventures Of A Master Spy Inside Hitler's...

Author: Robert Henderson CrollBinding: HardbackPublished: Robertson & Mullens Limited, 1939Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis work presents a captivating...

Author: Peter BullBinding: HardbackPublished: Peter Davies., 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight discolouration to DJ from age, minor...

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...

Since the 90s, Britney has been the queen of our hearts and radios, delivering an endless list of iconic tracks and defining pop cultural moments, from the VMAs to her...

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 -...

By 2007 Viktor Bout had become the world's foremost arms dealer. Known as the 'Merchant of Death' he was both "Public Enemy No. 1" to the global intelligence agencies and...

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...

The life of RussiaAIs greatest dramatist and storyteller examined within the context of the evolution of his art. A fine biography...a very well-written, intelligent account of ChekhovAIs remarkable literary career...

During World War II, Mittelbau Dora Concentration Camp housed the most top-secret factory in Germany. Deep in a labyrinth of dark underground caves running through the Harz Mountains, emaciated slave...

Beautiful and talented, versatile and charismatic, Elizabeth Robins was one of the foremost actresses of her day. Yet, this enduring character was also an active and lifelong feminist. This biography...

Recounts how William Wilberforce fought to end the lucrative slave trade and won.

Our recipe for success- pure, fresh and unadulterated We started making smoothies in 1999. On that first day we sold twenty-four bottles, and now we sell over 2 million a...

A remarkable insight into the birth of a writer, and the moving discovery of family secrets.When Hanif Kureishi discovers an abandoned manuscript of his father's his understanding of the family...

Routledge Performance Practitioners is a series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the last century. Each volume explains the background to and the work of one of the...

Konstantin Stanislavski was a Russian director who transformed theatre in the West with his contributions to the birth of Realist theatre and his unprecedented approach to teaching acting. He lived...

"This is the most complete description yet available in English of Stanislavski's real life in art" (New York Times) Jean Benedetti's critical biography of Konstantin Stanislavski, one of the towering...

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 collection of memoirs by Primo Levi, published in Italian as "Ii Sistema Periodico" in 1975. Regarded as his masterwork, it is a cycle of 21 autobiographical stories, each named...

At the end of the 18th century Dora Jordan was the greatest comic actress the British theatre had known, adored by the public and high society alike. She became the...

And Bring the Darkness Home is a haunting exploration of how the mental scars of war destroyed an international cricket career, tore a family apart and left destitute a man...

At various stages of his life, the celebrated American writer William Faulkner (1897-1962) presented himself as a literary dandy, a shabby bohemian, a wounded war veteran, a humble farmer, a...

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...

Kenneth Rose was one of the most astute observers of the post-war Establishment. The wry and amusing journals of the royal biographer and historian made objective observation a sculpted craft....

What goes into the making of a chef, a restau rant, a dish? And if good ingredients make a differ ence on the plate, what makes them good in the...

Throughout the years, Gloria Steinem is perhaps the single-most iconic figure associated with women's rights, her name practically synonymous with the word "feminism." Documenting everything from her boundary-pushing journalistic career...

Beyonce. Her name conjures more than music, it has come to be synonymous with beauty, glamour, power, creativity, love, romance and sex appeal. Her performances are legendary, her album releases...

If you're working harder, but enjoying work less; questioning whether your current level of success is worth the sacrifices you are making; keen to leave a legacy beyond your career...

Real Life Portrait is the compelling and powerful story of Wallace Anderson, a noted Australian sculptor from the 1920s to the 1950s; a time when being an artist was considered...

In My Life As A 10 Year Old Boy Nancy Cartwright exposes the behind-the-scenes world of The Simpsons through her own 'rather curious' perspective, and charts its stratospheric rise from...

Manchester United scooping the treble, Schumacher barging Hill off the track, Tyson chewing Holyfield, England being beaten on penalties by just about everyone, name a defining sporting moment of the...

Each text in its own way invites reflection and meditation. The theme running through the pieces is love - a love that is coloured with both tears and smiles. Gibran's...

To comprehend the Freudian revolution, it is necessary to understand the private as well as the public man. This work, which uses illustrations assembled from family collections, manuscripts, letters and...

An astonishing story of bravery and honour: One man's quest-against incredible odds-to make a stand against crime...and to uncover the painful truths of his own background. From the sagging row...

This is a true story. More than fifteen years after he left the scouts, the scout leader was falsely accused of raping a scout. What was the evidence? How could...