Biography

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerAt the intersection of ambition, power, and ruthless capitalism stands one of the most...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedAt the intersection of neuroscience and the human mind stands Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, one of the most towering scientific intellects...

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Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedCondition remarks: dj showing signs of delamination.Few lives cut as wide a swathe through Australia's modern history as that of Major...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedPublished in 1960 to mark a significant centenary, this work stands as a rare and invaluable record of civic and community life in Kew,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the turbulent years following the Sand River Convention, a young British officer stationed in the newly established Orange River Sovereignty set down his...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn one of the most extraordinary survival narratives of the twentieth century, Alexander Dolgun — an ordinary American embassy clerk living in Moscow...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; slightly creased spine. In the fertile river country of southern Queensland, a war was fought...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedLong before Papua New Guinea emerged as an independent nation, one man walked its untamed highlands, jungles, and remote valleys...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerIn A Light That Shone: A Portrait of J. A. L. Gunn, Dorothy Ruth Gunn presents an intimate...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the heart of one of England's most turbulent and transformative centuries stands Samuel Pepys — diarist, civil servant, and,...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodBehind every great economy stands a story of meticulous expertise, professional integrity, and institutional memory — and River of Experience:...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn September 1991, two hikers stumbled upon a frozen corpse high in the Ötztal Alps — and what...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the mud-soaked trenches and thundering cavalry charges of the Western Front, The Diary of a World War I Cavalry Officer presents an intimate and...

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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingIn the fifth volume of his monumental six-part memoir, Winston S. Churchill chronicles the critical turning...

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedFew figures in Australian political history commanded as many roles as Sir Earle Page — surgeon, statesman,...

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodIn the summer of 1914, the great empires of Europe stumbled into a catastrophe of their own making — and Barbara W. Tuchman's magisterial...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodOne of the most intimate and vivid windows into seventeenth-century England, Pepys' Diary stands as an unparalleled masterpiece of personal writing — a candid,...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAlong the winding banks of the Salt Water River, a remarkable generation of Irish women carved out lives...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn one of the most harrowing accounts to emerge from the darkest theatre of the Second World War,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew historians have captured the sweep of Australia's past with the clarity and conviction of Geoffrey Blainey, and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodLong before Australia became a federation, the women who shaped its vast and unforgiving landscape were quietly forging one of history's most remarkable stories...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodBehind the formidable image of an empire's sovereign lay the tender hand of a devoted artist — and Queen Victoria's...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the colonial militia of the 1800s to the modern fighting force that has served across the world's...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCricket's greatest stage — Test cricket — has produced thousands of players across more than a century of international competition, and The...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodA rich tapestry of Australian heritage and memory, In Trust by Anne Green is a compelling work that chronicles the stories, places, and legacies...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew minds in human history have ignited the imagination quite like Leonardo da Vinci, and Leonardo's Inventions presents a captivating window into...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the sun-scorched plains of Australia and New Zealand, a generation of young men marched into the crucible...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the red dust of Gallipoli, the sons of Western Victoria answered a nation's call — and many...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the skies over the Pacific and beyond, a squadron of Australian airmen carved out a legacy...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOne of the darkest and most harrowing chapters of the Second World War unfolded in the jungles of...