Sort by:
Hercules and the Farmer's Wife: And Other Stories from a Cumbrian Art
When Chris Wadsworth and husband Michael upped sticks in the South and moved north to the Lake District she had no inkling she was about to begin a new life...
Dear Writer: Pep Talks and Practical Advice for the Creative Life
'How I wish I'd had access to this book when I was first starting out as a writer! Maggie Smith has created an offering here of great substance and generosity...
The Dry Season: Finding Pleasure in a Year Without Sex
'Brilliant and powerful' ELIZABETH GILBERT 'S o full of wisdom and pleasure that you don't want it to end' MAGGIE NELSON In the wake of a disastrous two-year relationship, Melissa...
All of Us Atoms
You tell me we are made of seven billion billion billion atoms. I can feel every one of them as I write this all down. It's a rush to feel...
The Young Man
In her latest work, Annie Ernaux recounts a relationship with a student thirty years her junior - an experience that transforms her, briefly, back into the 'scandalous girl' of her...
The Moebius Book
The sudden, devastating breakup of a relationship in the winter of 2021 left Catherine Lacey depressed and adrift. She began cataloguing the wreckage of her life and the beauty of...
Metamorphoses: In Search of Franz Kafka
'A high-spirited, richly informed, and original portrait, a cross between biography, literary analysis and a study in modern canonisation: Karolina Watroba is an inspired guide and her book a pleasure...
Larry: A New Biography of Lawrence Durrell, 1912-1945
Lawrence Durrell was unquestionably one of the most distinctive, original and compelling literary figures of his age. From his childhood in India and Burma to his bohemian youth in London...
Licensed to Lie
This true legal thriller debunks everything the media and the government told us about the Department of Justice's destruction and prosecution of the venerable accounting firm Arthur Andersen, Merrill Lynch...
Where the Light Fell: A Memoir
'Not until college days do I discover the shocking secret of my father's death.' With a journalist's background Philip Yancey is widely admired for taking on the more difficult and...
The Lucy Family Alphabet
Judith Lucy has been cracking jokes about her parents for much of her career. But when a birth relative's casual comment implied that she must despise them, Judith was shocked....
Who am I, again?
A child of the Jamaican diaspora, Lenny Henry was one of seven children in a boisterous, complicated family. With honesty, tenderness and a glorious sense of humour, he conducts a...
The Disappearing Act: The Impossible Case of MH370
'People often say that non-fiction books read like fast-moving thrillers, but this one genuinely does... This is a splendid book - and highly recommended.' Daily Mail A remarkable piece of...
Out In The World: Selected Letters Of Jane Bowles 1935-1970
$60.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Yellowed cover, some minor peels to edges.Out In The World: Selected...
The Shoe In My Cheese: An Immigrant Family Experience
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Signed by author FEPThe Shoe In My Cheese: An Immigrant Family Experience chronicles the compelling journey of a family...
The Tamarisk Tree: My Quest For Liberty And Love
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling autobiography, The Tamarisk Tree: My Quest For Liberty And Love,...
The Private Lives Of The Tudor Monarchs
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: No slipcase. This compelling historical account, The Private Lives Of The Tudor Monarchs,...
A Law Unto Themselves: Twelve Portraits
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA compelling work of biographical history, A Law Unto Themselves: Twelve Portraits chronicles the lives of a dozen...
Edward Viii: A Biography Of The Duke Of Windsor
$30.00 AUD
Edition: 2nd impr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling biography chronicles the tumultuous life of Edward VIII, from his early years as Prince of Wales to...
Martin Boyd: A Life
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsBrenda Niall's Martin Boyd: A Life chronicles the intricate existence of the acclaimed Australian novelist, presenting a comprehensive portrait of...
The Unknown Orwell
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsThis compelling biography, The Unknown Orwell, uncovers the formative years and hidden influences that shaped one of the...
John Adams: Party Of One
$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling biography John Adams chronicles the extraordinary life and political career of America's second president. It presents a meticulous account...
The Memoirs Of The Rt. Hon. Sir Anthony Eden: Full Circle
$50.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling memoir, The Memoirs Of Sir Anthony Eden: Full Circle, chronicles the distinguished political career...
Coward: Why We Get Anxious & What We Can Do About It
After a decade of living with panic attacks and anxiety, Tim Clare made a promise to himself - he would try everything he could to get better, every method and...
Tough Outback
A Kiwi's stories of misadventure, mining and mayhem In 1989 Mike Bellamy set off for the remote town of Wiluna, on the edge of the Western Desert. Keen to make...
Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will
$15.00 AUD
From brilliant young polymath Andrew Rader--an MIT-credentialed scientist, popular podcast host, and SpaceX mission manager--an illuminating chronicle of exploration that spotlights humans' insatiable desire to continually push into new and...
Breaking the Stereotype: Chinese Indonesian Women Tell Their Stories
Dewi Anggraeni wrote this book because she saw that many things which did not fit the ethnic Chinese stereotype in Indonesia were rarely brought to the public's attention, as they...
Madonna
PACKED WITH STARTLING REVELATIONS AND METICULOUS RESEARCH, THIS IS THE BIOGRAPHY EVERYONE WANTS TO READ... Madonna is the undisputed female icon of our age. Widely admired for her independence, self-confidence,...
A First Rate Tragedy: A Brief History of Captain Scott's Antarctic
On November 12, 1912, a rescue team trekking across Antarctica's Great Ice Barrier finally found what they sought - the snow-covered tent of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott. Inside,...
Cacophony of Bone
LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023: NATURE AND TRAVEL When Kerri and her partner M moved to a small, remote railway cottage...
Smuggler: My Life as One of America's Most Wanted International Drug
$12.00 AUD
Richard Stratton was the unlikeliest of kingpins. A clean-cut college boy who entered outlaw culture on a university trip to Mexico, he saw his search for a joint morph into...
Graft: Motherhood, Family and a Year on the Land
A gorgeously written reflection, set in Tasmania, on motherhood, farming, nature and home. In my mind I walk over the land. I run my hands through the grass as if...
I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are: Essays and Other Stuff
'One of the funniest books of the year' - Guardian A collection of hilarious personal essays, poems and even amusement park maps on the subjects of insecurity, fame, anxiety, and...
Dreams of a Refugee: From the Middle East to Mount Everest
Born in Kuwait to Palestinian refugee parents, a chance meeting led Mostafa Salameh first to London and then to Edinburgh, where he partied to excess, despite having little money. Islam...
Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who
'As ferociously rude as anything Bourdain has done before' Guardian 'Terrific ... His love for his subjects - both the food and the cook - sings' Telegraph 'Bourdain has insight,...
Alex: The Life Of A Child
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsFrank Deford’s poignant biography, Alex: The Life Of A Child, chronicles the brief but impactful life of his...
John Barbirolli: A Biography
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling biography chronicles the remarkable life and career of the esteemed conductor John Barbirolli, tracing his journey from humble...
At The Barricades
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling memoir chronicles the extraordinary life of Wilfred Burchett, a journalist renowned for his unconventional...
Mussolini
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsThis authoritative biography, Mussolini, chronicles the tumultuous life and political career of Italy's fascist dictator. It...
The Movie Brats: How The Film Generation Took Over Hollywood
$80.00 AUD
Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThis compelling work of film history chronicles the seismic shift in Hollywood as a new wave of...
A Shotgun Life: The Road To Serenity
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling memoir chronicles one woman's tumultuous journey from chaos to inner peace. A...
Migrant with a Mission: Benjamin Short: 1883-1912 Grandfather's Story
The book titled Migrant with a Mission: Benjamin Short: 1883-1912 Grandfather's Story by the author Wilsie Short. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...
Paul Cézanne: Paintings From The Museums Of The Soviet Union, The Hermitage, Leningrad, The Pushkin Museum Of Fine Arts, Moscow
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling art volume presents a thorough examination of the life and artistic contributions of the influential Post-Impressionist painter, Paul...
Marching with the Devil: Legends, Glory and Lies in the French Foreign
'In 1894 a French Foreign Legion General said, Legionnaires, vous etes faits pour mourir, je vous envoie la ou on meurt. Legionnaires, you are made for dying, I will send...
Stay Alive, My Son
$12.00 AUD
In Stay Alive, My Son , Pin Yathay provides an unforgettable testament of the horror that ensued and a gripping account of personal courage, sacrifice and survival. Documenting the 27...
Lachlan Macquarie: His Life, Adventures And Times, With Reference Notes And Bibliography
$60.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis biography, Lachlan Macquarie: His Life, Adventures And Times, chronicles the remarkable journey of a pivotal figure in Australian history....