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The Sixties: Diaries 1960-1969

The Sixties: Diaries 1960-1969

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Appears intact. No stickers or labels visible. A landmark work of twentieth-century autobiographical...
Breaking With Moscow

Breaking With Moscow

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Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very Good, minimal wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Firm and intact. No stickers or library markings visible. A gripping Cold...
Ford Madox Ford

Ford Madox Ford

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Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very Good, no tears, minor shelf wear. Page Condition: Good, clean pages, no yellowing. Markings: Previous owner. Binding: Tight and secure. No stickers or...
Brecht: A Biography

Brecht: A Biography

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Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. No stickers or labels visible. Ronald Hayman's Brecht: A Biography presents...
Pushkin: Poet And Lover

Pushkin: Poet And Lover

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some chipping and wear along the spine and corners - now in mylar sleeve. Page Condition: Yellowed with age. Markings: No visible markings...
Hugging The Shore: Essays And Criticism

Hugging The Shore: Essays And Criticism

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Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good, minimal wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Tight and intact. No stickers or price tags visible. A landmark collection...
Bech: A Book

Bech: A Book

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Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very Good, no tears, minor wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact hardcover. No stickers or labels visible on cover. A...
A Voyage In Vain: Coleridge's Journey To Malta In 1804

A Voyage In Vain: Coleridge's Journey To Malta In 1804

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Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good, minor wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. A richly detailed biographical account, A Voyage in Vain chronicles Samuel Taylor Coleridge's ill-fated...
The Life Of Bertrand Russell

The Life Of Bertrand Russell

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears but some chipping. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact hardcover. A sweeping and authoritative biography, this work chronicles the...
Laughter And The Love Of Friends: A Centenary History Of The Melbourne Savage Club 1894–1994 And A History Of The Yorick Club 1868–1966

Laughter And The Love Of Friends: A Centenary History Of The Melbourne Savage Club 1894–1994 And A History Of The Yorick Club 1868–1966

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Edition: Edition 851 of 1500Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. A richly detailed work of Australian cultural and social history,...
Gunfire!: A History Of The 2/12 Australian Field Regiment 1940-1946

Gunfire!: A History Of The 2/12 Australian Field Regiment 1940-1946

$100.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Dust jacket present, slightly worn/faded with minor edge wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Previous owner. Binding: Firm and intact. A detailed military history, Gunfire!...
Melba: A Family Memoir

Melba: A Family Memoir

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Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very Good, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight and intact. No stickers or labels visible. A richly personal biography, Melba:...
The Dead Don't Need Reminding: In Search of Fugitives, Mississippi,

The Dead Don't Need Reminding: In Search of Fugitives, Mississippi,

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This brilliant, adult nonfiction debut from the acclaimed MG author and poet weaves two wrenching personal narratives of recovery and reclamation, spliced with a dazzle of pop-culture The Dead Don't...
The Road is Good: The inspiring memoir from the star of The Residence

The Road is Good: The inspiring memoir from the star of The Residence

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A powerful, timely memoir of Black immigrant identity, maternal love, and a unique coming-of-age story by Emmy-winning star of The Residence and Orange Is the New Black Uzo Aduba. Actress...
Cezanne: A Life

Cezanne: A Life

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With 32-pages of full-color inserts, and black-and-white illustrations throughout. Alex Danchev gives us the first comprehensive assessment of the revolutionary work and restless life of Paul Cezanne to be published...
Ruskin Park: Sylvia, Me and the BBC

Ruskin Park: Sylvia, Me and the BBC

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Can we ever really know the truth about our parents? From the popular journalist, podcaster and tweeter about his rescue dog #SophiefromRomania comes a moving memoir in search of the...
You Got This: Motivational quotes for fierce females

You Got This: Motivational quotes for fierce females

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A self-empowerment gift book for woman of every age, these quotes and slogans are guaranteed to bring out your inner badass. Celebrating female power and potential, the sayings will inspire...
Still Pictures: On Photography and Memory

Still Pictures: On Photography and Memory

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For decades, Janet Malcolm's books and dispatches for the New Yorker have poked and prodded at biographical convention, gesturing towards the artifice that underpins both public and private selves. Here,...
Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir

Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir

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Taking in the jazz and blues icons whom Jefferson idolised as a child in the 1950s, ideas of what the female body could be - as incarnated by trailblazing Black...
Like Father, Like Son: A family story

Like Father, Like Son: A family story

$49.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
'a quietly impressive book, which does something most celebrity autobiographies shy away from: it seeks the truth and, more often than not, finds it.' - THE MAIL A look at...
The Royal Insider: My Life with the Queen, the King and Princess Diana

The Royal Insider: My Life with the Queen, the King and Princess Diana

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THE BRAND NEW REVELATORY ROYAL MEMOIR FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR PAUL BURRELL. 'A moving and at times jaw-dropping account - not just of his...
What I Was Made For: The Little Guide to Billie Eilish

What I Was Made For: The Little Guide to Billie Eilish

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Dark, bold, and unapologetically original - Billie Eilish has redefined what it means to be a modern music icon. From her whisper-soft vocals to her powerful, soul-shaking belts, she has...
Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis: The long-awaited memoir

Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis: The long-awaited memoir

$65.00 AUD$32.50 AUD
'This intimate new book will change the way we think about the King of Rock 'n' Roll' Telegraph 'A rollercoaster of love and loss' Washington Post The long-awaited, candid memoir...
Dark Squares: A cult leader, a child prodigy and the chess revolution

Dark Squares: A cult leader, a child prodigy and the chess revolution

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Educated meets The Queen's Gambit in this extraordinary memoir by International Master and Chess.com co-founder Danny Rensch, who describes his upbringing in an abusive cult - and how chess ended...
Giving Up the Ghost: A Memoir

Giving Up the Ghost: A Memoir

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In postwar rural England, Hilary Mantel is a fierce, self-possessed child, schooling herself in "chivalry, horsemanship, and swordplay" and convinced that she will become a boy at age four. Catholic...
Home & Dry in Normandy: A Memoir of Eternal Optimism in Rural France

Home & Dry in Normandy: A Memoir of Eternal Optimism in Rural France

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Home and Dry in Normandy is the first of two books following the adventures of George and Donella East as they try to realise their dream of surviving a year...
Under a Wing

Under a Wing

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The world knew Charles Lindbergh as a daring aviator, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and controversial isolationist in World War II; his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, was also famous, the author of...
On Living: Dancing More, Working Less and Other Last Thoughts

On Living: Dancing More, Working Less and Other Last Thoughts

$29.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
This isn't a book about dying - it's a book about living. Each of Egan's patients taught her something; in this moving and beautiful book, she imparts their poignant and...
More Matter: Essays and Criticism

More Matter: Essays and Criticism

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This is a rich collection of John Updike's more recent essays, critical writings and reflections. Wide ranging, incisive, witty and always superbly written, "More Matter" has something to say about...
Absent Friends

Absent Friends

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Memories of friends past are as important as, and more sustaining than, memories of times past. Geoffrey Wheatcroft found his thoughts turning again and again to a number of people...
Notes of a Non-conspirator

Notes of a Non-conspirator

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The book titled Notes of a Non-conspirator by the author Allan Wynn. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Antonia White: Bound to the Fiery Wheel

Antonia White: Bound to the Fiery Wheel

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Antonia White is best known for her masterpiece Frost in May, for having come back from Bedlam and madness, and for the public feud between her daughters over the editing...
Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison-Solitary Confinement, a

Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison-Solitary Confinement, a

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The Inspiration for the New Podcast Featuring Jason Rezaian. "544 Days" is a Spotify original podcast, produced by Gimlet, Crooked Media and A24. The dramatic memoir of the journalist who...
Dancing to the Precipice: The Life of Lucie de la Tour Du Pin,

Dancing to the Precipice: The Life of Lucie de la Tour Du Pin,

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"[A] remarkable biography....Moorehead deftly wields periods detail...to tell the story of a captivating woman who kept her sense of self amid the vicissitudes of politics." -- Vogue From acclaimed biographer...
Arthur Koestler: The Story Of A Friendship

Arthur Koestler: The Story Of A Friendship

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Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good, dust jacket present with minimal wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Pencil underlining. Binding: Tight and secure. No stickers or library stamps visible....
Mao Tse-Tung

Mao Tse-Tung

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: worn/fade no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible. A landmark work in the field of political biography, Stuart...
The Octobrists In The Third Duma, 1907-1912

The Octobrists In The Third Duma, 1907-1912

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: dust jacket in good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Previous owner. Binding: Appears intact. No stickers or labels visible. A scholarly work of Russian political...
Prancing Novelist: In Praise Of Ronald Firbank

Prancing Novelist: In Praise Of Ronald Firbank

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Dust jacket present, slightly worn and faded with minor edge wear; some tears. Page Condition: Good, likely some minor tanning given age. Markings: No visible...
Roy Campbell: A Critical Biography

Roy Campbell: A Critical Biography

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Condition remarks: Condition: Very good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. No stickers or labels visible. This authoritative literary biography chronicles the turbulent...
A Right To Song: The Life Of John Clare

A Right To Song: The Life Of John Clare

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Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good, clean with minimal wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight and secure. A richly detailed literary biography, A Right to...
The Complete Notebooks Of Henry James: The Authoritative And Definitive Edition

The Complete Notebooks Of Henry James: The Authoritative And Definitive Edition

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Condition remarks: Condition: very good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. No stickers or labels visible. A landmark work in American literary scholarship,...
Gustav Mahler: Selected Letters

Gustav Mahler: Selected Letters

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Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: some wear along the spine. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Firm and intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible. A landmark collection in music...
The Nabokov-Wilson Letters: 1940-1971

The Nabokov-Wilson Letters: 1940-1971

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. A remarkable volume in literary correspondence, The Nabokov-Wilson Letters: 1940-1971 presents the full and fascinating...
William Morris: His Life, Work And Friends

William Morris: His Life, Work And Friends

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some chipping and edge wear. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact. A richly detailed biography, William Morris: His Life, Work...
Towards Tomorrow: The Autobiography Of Fenner Brockway

Towards Tomorrow: The Autobiography Of Fenner Brockway

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: worn/faded; no tears. Page Condition: Slightly yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding: Intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible. Towards Tomorrow is the compelling autobiography of Fenner Brockway, one...
The Confessions Of Nat Turner

The Confessions Of Nat Turner

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Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very Good, no tears, minimal wear; price clipped. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Firm and intact. No stickers...
Virginia Woolf Life & London: A Biography Of Place

Virginia Woolf Life & London: A Biography Of Place

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Dust jacket present, some light wear and fading. Page Condition: some foxing on prelims and book block. Markings: remainder mark. Binding: Intact and firm. A...
Under Siege: Literary Life In London 1939-45

Under Siege: Literary Life In London 1939-45

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. A richly detailed work of cultural history, Under Siege: Literary Life In London...