Biography

In 1981, Rebecca Solnit rented a studio apartment in San Francisco that would be her home for the next twenty-five years. There, she began to come to terms with the...

Hector Guimard is the pre-eminent architect of Art Nouveau in France. He influenced French architecture and design in the first half of the 20th century. He was also the architect...

In the last half-century George Orwell's Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four have sold over 40 million copies. The adjective 'Orwellian' is now a byword for a particular way of thinking...

The book titled "Daily Telegraph" Book of Obituaries: v.5: 20th Century Lives. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

People and Places is a delightful collection of 22 articles and reviews written by Richard Cobb over the past ten years. The selections-- many appearing here for the first time--include...

If you could write a letter to your younger self, what would it say? Letter to My Younger Self is back with another incredible selection of letters from well-known figures....

"Hysterically droll, touching, elegant, and wise--a coming-of-age story from someone who possibly came of age before her parents" (Patricia Marx, New Yorker writer and bestselling author), Trying to Float is...

From the author of Fresh Off the Boat, now a hit ABC sitcom, comes a hilarious and fiercely original story of culture, family, love, and red-cooked pork Eddie Huang was...

The 13th century was the golden age of French verse hagiography, and more than half of the 200 extant French saint's lives date from this period. Among the saints exalted...

The book titled The Soldier of Freedom: Roosevelt by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Autobiography of Vinod Mehta, born 1941, Indian editor and journalist.

A House on the Ocean, A House on the Bay spans the heyday of Picano's life in the Pines and Manhattan during the 1960s and 1970s. He chronicles his love...

The book titled Talking to High Monks in the Snow: An Asian American Odyssey by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

'The pages sing in this beautiful book.' Bono 'Moving and lyrical, The Forest is the Path is an imaginative and deeply personal journey of self-discovery.' The Irish Times You're falling...

Reflecting on family, identity and nature, be/longing is a personal memoir about what it is to have and make a home. It is a love letter to nature, especially the...

When Shane McCrae was eighteen months old, he was removed from his parents and taken to suburban Texas. His mother was white and his dad was Black, and to hide...

Late one night, Rebecca Fogg's hand is partially amputated in an explosion in her flat. Quick thinking saves her life, but the journey to recovery is a slow one. As...

A riveting blend of science writing and true-crime narrative that explores the valuable but often shocking interface between crime and nature--and the secrets each can reveal about the other--from a...

Author: David LivingstoneBinding: HardbackPublished: Heron BooksCondition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis seminal work chronicles the extraordinary expeditions of a pioneering Scottish missionary across the vast, uncharted landscapes of nineteenth-century Africa....

Author: Maggie KeswickBinding: HardbackPublished: Octopus Limited, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling cultural history, The Thistle And The Jade, illuminates the intricate connections between Scotland and China...

Author: -Binding: HardbackPublished: Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsClaude Monet: Painter Of Light chronicles the...

Author: Jimmy PageBinding: HardbackPublished: Genesis Publications, 2014Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling memoir chronicles the extraordinary life and career of...

Author: Lucy Maud MontgomeryBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling non-fiction work uncovers the profound connection between celebrated author Lucy Maud Montgomery and...

Author: Alison WeirBinding: HardbackPublished: Review, 2021Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThis compelling historical non-fiction work chronicles the intricate lives and dramatic fortunes of...

Author: Patrick MccluskeyBinding: HardbackPublished: Bounce Books, 2016Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markings-

Author: Weston BateBinding: HardbackPublished: Museum of Victoria, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsHaving A Go!: Bill Boyd's Mallee chronicles the remarkable life of Bill Boyd, a figure deeply...

Author: Hugh Sawrey, Mary Durack, Marie Mahood, Keith Willey, R. M. Williams, Ron Iddon, Olaf RuhenBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling non-fiction work chronicles...

Author: R.A.A.F. Directorate Of Public RelationsBinding: HardbackPublished: Australian War Memorial, Canberra, A.C.T., 1943Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsRaaf Log chronicles the significant events and contributions of the Royal Australian Air...

Author: Colin EislerBinding: HardbackPublished: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis authoritative art history volume presents a comprehensive catalogue raisonné of Jacopo Bellini's artistic output....

Author: Charles OSBORNEBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCharles Osborne's Wagner And His World presents a comprehensive look into the life and times of...

Author: Arthur M. Schlesinger JrBinding: HardbackPublished: ANDRE DEUTSCH, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis Pulitzer Prize-winning historical account chronicles the pivotal years...

Author: John BorrieBinding: HardbackPublished: WHITCOULLS PUBLISHERS, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis poignant memoir, Despite Captivity: A Doctor's Life As Prisoner Of...

Author: Lloyd RhysBinding: HardbackPublished: Georgian House, Melbourne, 1946Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis poignant maritime tale, My Ship Is So Small by...

Author: Maurice EdmondsBinding: HardbackPublished: Edmonds Book Gallery, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis autobiography presents the life of a South Australian antiquarian bookseller who chronicles his rise from...

Author: Admiral Sir Edward R. G. R. EvansBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1111Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Fold-out map intact. South With Scott presents a firsthand...

Author: Noel CowardBinding: HardbackPublished: WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD, 1944Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling memoir chronicles Noel Coward's experiences and observations during his wartime travels through...

Author: James BarkeBinding: HardbackPublished: COLLINS, 1954Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThe Well of the Silent Harp presents a compelling historical narrative, immersing readers in the vibrant world of 18th-century Scotland....

Author: James BarkeBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1948Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Song In The Green Thorn Tree is a compelling historical novel that chronicles...

Author: Cole LesleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis definitive biography, The Life Of Noël Coward, chronicles the extraordinary journey of one of...

Author: Graham Payn And Sheridan MorleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Little, Brown and Company, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling collection presents the private thoughts and public observations of one...

Author: Lord HarewoodBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThe Tongs And The Bones: The Memoirs Of Lord Harewood presents an intimate look into the life...

Author: George Nathaniel CurzonBinding: HardbackPublished: SIDGWICK & JACKSON, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account, Curzon's Persia, meticulously chronicles the intricate political landscape and cultural nuances of...

Author: Paul HasluckBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling autobiography, Mucking About, chronicles the remarkable life and career of Paul Hasluck, offering an...

Author: Kenneth ClarkBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 2005Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis seminal work, Leonardo Da Vinci, presents a comprehensive and insightful examination of the Renaissance master's life...

Author: James Thrall SobyBinding: HardbackPublished: The Museum of Modern Art New York, 1955Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis definitive volume presents a comprehensive analysis of the...

Author: Miles SmeetonBinding: HardbackPublished: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1961Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsMiles Smeeton's A Taste Of The Hills recounts a thrilling adventure narrative, immersing...

Author: James Pope - HennessyBinding: HardbackPublished: Constable, 1949Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsJames Pope-Hennessy's Monckton Milnes: The Years Of Promise presents a compelling biographical account of...

Author: Andrew BoyleBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson of London, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, The Climate Of Treason: Five Who Spied For Russia, chronicles the intricate...