Biography

In a riveting and candid autobiography, music legend Brian Wilson reveals the truth about his meteoric rise to superstardom, his total breakdown, and his long, miraculous struggle back to the...

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I kept putting myself in danger, and I couldn't make it stop. It rarely felt like a choice, though, of course, in some ways it was. It's only the death...

Dozens of people have helped to create a new world over the past hundred years - some well remembered and some that have been forgotten. "People Who Influenced the World"...

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) changed the world. This biography is a fully illustrated look at the man, his most famous invention - the telephone - and his myriad other achievements....

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly intimate biographical portrait, Stranger and Brother: A Portrait of C.P. Snow chronicles the life and legacy of the celebrated...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Usual wear on jacket. Pages bright and cleanA gripping work of narrative history, When F.D.R. Died...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA landmark work of wartime social history, Nella Last's War: A Mother's Diary 1939-45 chronicles the daily life of an...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Usual aging - otherwise in good conditionA richly detailed literary biography, The Case of Walter Pater presents a penetrating...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Usual aging otherwise as new.Frank Tate: A Biography is the definitive account of the man who single-handedly revolutionized the...

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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA landmark work of literary biography, Richard Aldington's Portrait of a Genius, But... chronicles...

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Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsA sweeping work of autobiographical fiction, Shantaram chronicles the extraordinary journey of Lin, an Australian fugitive...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA gripping work of Australian historical biography, this account chronicles the turbulent life of Ned Kelly, the legendary...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Clean text. A reflective and quietly moving work of autobiographical...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA sweeping work of political biography and twentieth-century history, The History Makers: Leaders and Statesmen of the 20th Century presents...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA deeply personal and emotionally resonant work of creative nonfiction, A Letter to Our Son chronicles the harrowing experience of...

Edition: 2nd impr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. A work of regional history and community storytelling, Like the...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA deeply personal work of autobiographical prose, In Mine Own Heart chronicles the inner life and reflective journey...

Australian rock music never encountered a frontman quite like Jimmy Barnes. And it probably never will again. Barnes' life story is one of extremes, overflowing with stories of the extraordinary,...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThe story is set in northern Queensland during the mid-1930s and follows an Aboriginal character named Jacko Cobbett.

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Previous ownerDiscovery (Volume 1) Edge of Nowhere (Volume 2) The Mountain Men (Volume 3) Southward Ho! (Volume 4) The River Riders (Volume 5)...

Edition: First Editions, First ImpressionsCondition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsThomas Keneally's "Australians" trilogy stands as one of the most ambitious works of narrative history ever...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsThis three-volume collection brings together the raw, uncensored heart of Henry Miller’s autobiographical journey. Originally banned...

Many of the worlds greatest pioneers, record- breakers, and achievers over the last century have been women. This anthology highlights some of the most accomplished women in the fields of...

The Paris Trilogy is celebrated French author Colombe Schneck's first English language publication, translated by Lauren Elkin and Natasha Lehrer. Writing in response to Annie Ernaux and in conversation with...

Motherhood revealed-by a high-profile celebrity mom, dynamic CEO, and "Dancing with the Stars" co-host and winner. Brooke Burke knows all too well that when you're raising four children, running a...

In this inspiring book of divine discovery, poet and seeker Arundhathi Subramaniam gives us a glimpse into the lives of four self-contained, unapologetic female spiritual travelers. "Among the finest pieces...

Guardian columnist Madeleine Bunting is one of the most high-profile left-wing commentators in Britain. But her father was deeply conservative, with romantic, old-fashioned views about England. A complex man, he...

To the uninitiated, tango is just a dance, albeit a dance with an exotic and sensuous allure. To the true tanguero, it is something akin to a religion, attracting the...

Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of narrative nonfiction, Five Patients chronicles Michael Crichton's firsthand observations as a medical student...

Edition: 1st aus ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA warm and witty memoir, The Drums Go Bang chronicles the early years of two of Australia's...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA sharp and authoritative work of military history, Hitler's Mistakes presents a systematic analysis of the strategic, political,...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA sweeping work of biographical fiction, The Young Cosima chronicles the turbulent early life of Cosima Liszt, daughter...

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