Biography

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodIn Journey to the Ends of Time: Volume 1: Lost in the Dark Wood, Sacheverell Sitwell — one of the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the waning years of the Second World War, one man quietly crisscrossed England, not as a soldier or statesman, but as a custodian...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingOne of the most astonishing true stories to emerge from the Australian frontier, Buckley's Hope chronicles the extraordinary life of William Buckley —...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodThe Scalpel, the Sword is the definitive biography of one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary and selfless humanitarians —...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFor anyone who has ever wondered who their ancestors were or where they came from, Roots and Branches: Ancestry for Australians is the definitive guide...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the jungles of Gombe Stream Reserve on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, a young woman named Jane Goodall did what no scientist had...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodSydney has always harboured its share of rebels, rogues, and remarkable women — and Wild Women of Sydney by George...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the turbulent early decades of European settlement in Australia, one man was dispatched to investigate the colonies of New South Wales and Van...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedAt the dawn of the twentieth century, one man's vision would shatter an empire and reshape the...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: Minor chipping to edges of DJ.She was Karl Marx's youngest daughter, a passionate orator, a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the sun-drenched poverty of postwar Naples to the glittering heights of international stardom, Sophia: Living and Loving — Her Own Story chronicles one of...

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Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodIn the treacherous depths of the Mediterranean during the Second World War, one man and his crew aboard HMS Unbroken defied impossible odds to...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAt the crossroads of the twentieth century's most turbulent decades, Edgar Snow — the celebrated American journalist and author of Red Star Over China...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodA landmark work in the study of Gaelic civilisation, Irish Life in the Seventeenth Century presents a richly detailed portrait of Ireland during one of its...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFrom one of the twentieth century's most celebrated wits and cultural critics comes a collection of essays that...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the height of imperial ambition, Kaiser Wilhelm II presided over a Germany intoxicated by nationalism, military might, and dynastic pride — and The...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerBehind the polished facades of embassy ballrooms and the hushed corridors of foreign ministries lies a world of...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodOne of the most extraordinary and haunting stories in maritime history, The Strange Voyage of Donald Crowhurst chronicles the doomed solo circumnavigation attempt of...

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Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: DJ: chipped and worn - repaired with tape; some moisture damage. Boards: slightly discoloured. Page:...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedIn 1969, a 29-year-old British merchant navy officer named Robin Knox-Johnston sailed into history, becoming the first person to complete a solo, non-stop circumnavigation...