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The book titled Life in the Saddle: Ap Edition by the author Torenbeek Alwyn & Gilchrist David. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

From Alexa Hampton, one of today's greatest interior designers and owner of Mark Hampton LLC, comes a beautifully photographed memoir about her journey into design and the inspirations that shaped...

This volume presents one of the richest and most comprehensive collections of writings by Nikolai Tesla, a founding figure of the modern electrical power industry and long-time rival of Thomas...

There were many things that Hollie McNish didn't know before she was pregnant. How her family and friends would react; that Mr Whippy would be off the menu; how quickly...

An intimate portrait of Stephen Hawking -- the man, the friend, and the physicist An icon of the last fifty years, Stephen Hawking seems to encapsulate genius- not since Albert...

Once upon a time Linus Torvalds was a skinny unknown, just another nerdy Helsinki techie who had been fooling around with computers since childhood. Then he wrote a groundbreaking operating...

In the history of Australian diplomacy, the Jakarta post between 2004 and 2007 looms larger than any other. In the span of just a few years, a terrorist bomb attack...

At seventeen years old, Lily Arthur was caught between an era of women's liberation and the draconian ideology that young women should be punished for deviating from society's 'moral codes'....

'A stunning self-portrait of a woman trying to make sense of the misogyny and sexism she has faced throughout her life.' - TIME Magazine In early 2021, popular artist Anna...

Hunger Like a Thirst is a bold and deeply personal memoir from Besha Rodell; chief restaurant critic for The Age , New York Times contributor, and one of the most...

Virginia Trioli knows that the enduring joy of life is often found not in the big moments but in the small. When the main course is heavy going or unappetising,...

The long-awaited memoir of the legendary actor, for readers of Keith Richards' LIFE and Bruce Springsteen's BORN TO RUN From one of the most iconic actors in the history of...

The unbelievable true story of the Cold War's strangest proxy war , fought between the zoos on either side of the Berlin Wall. "The liveliness of Mohnhaupt's storytelling and the...

From the award-winning author of Soldier Girls and Just Like Us , an "extraordinary" ( The Denver Post ) account of refugee teenagers at a Denver public high school and...

'Warm, humorous, nature-packed restoration ... a story you can neither put down nor stop thinking about' Delicious 'Book of the Month' 'Full of hope and joy' - Garden News 'A...

Now an eight-part docuseries on Apple TV+ featuring Kim Kardashian, Amy Schumer, Goldie Hawn, Kate Hudson, Wanda Sykes, Megan Thee Stallion and more She couldn't have been more than seven...

The extraordinary true story of journalist Cheng Lei whose life was abruptly transformed when she was detained in China on false charges of espionage. Journalist Cheng Lei spent more than...

This book is a challenge to the church officials and a plea on behalf of the people of God for qualified married priests irrespective of gender.

The author of the award-winning "Nora: A Biography of Nora Joyce" examines D.H. Lawrence's restless life through his marriage. She presents not the bearded prophet with baleful eye, but an...

The book titled A Good German: Adam Von Trott Zu Solz by the author Giles MacDonogh. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

For hundreds of years the Irish Island of Great Blasket was home to a community of people who lived without gas, electricity or running water. In 1953 life there became...

A taste for adventure over a long weekend leads Michelle Pittman and her 9-year-old son, Dylan, to head out for a series of hikes through several of Australias beautiful national...

An irreverent and charming collection of deeply personal essays about the joys of low pop culture and bad taste, exploring coming of age in the 2000s in the age of...

For anyone who's ever avoided the mirror, skipped swimming or got stuck in a dress in a changing room . . . Almost every woman worries about her weight. For...

Is the "Book of Mormon" the Great American Novel? Decades before Melville and Twain composed their great works, a farmhand and child seer named Joseph Smith unearthed a long-buried book...

A biographical excavation of one of the world's great, troubled cities. Equal parts biographical puzzle, architectural meditation, and probing detective story, Adina Hoffman's Till We Have Built Jerusalem offers a...

A Los Angeles Times Bestseller A Lit Hub Chicago Review Ms. Magazine March pick A Lambda Literary Most Anticipated Book In this perceptive and provocative essay collection, an award-winning writer...

A powerful memoir exploring race and motherhood M(other)land is a thought-provoking memoir that expertly navigates the complex relationship between cultural identity and motherhood. Drawing on her personal experience as a...

The second instalment to the hugely successful Costa prize shortlister, The Salt Path, and the continued, powerful true story of the couple who lost everything Nature holds the answers for...

"A must-read ecological message of hope . . . Everyone with an interest in the future of this planet should read this book." --David Mitchell, The Guardian When climate activist...

True crime meets humour in this hilariously funny and eye-opening Kitchen Confidential of the criminal justice system Every day, criminal barrister Alex McBride stands up in court and attempts to...

One woman's investigation into the nature of memory, the past, and above all, love One woman's investigation into the nature of memory, the past, and above all, love. All families...

The ultimate visual portrait of Kamala Harris on her road to shattering America's highest glass ceiling and making history-selected from the official White House photographers and beautifully curated in the...

"I promise that you've never read anything like The Most Dangerous Animal of All. Mesmerizing from the first page, the story includes a shattering surprise that will sear itself in...

'A Year in Tibet' follows the author as she lives for eighteen months in a remote village in Tibet. Sun Shuyun, a Chinese writer and historian, takes the reader to...

A literary portrait of New Zealand's best-loved children's author Margaret Mahy's death on 23 July 2012 brought forth an unprecedented outpouring of grief and heartfelt tributes from around New Zealand...

John Birmingham is a master of good writing and funny lines. He has written a thousand stories, some true, some not so much. These are the best ones and they're...

In savage blizzards, blinding whiteouts and 60-below-zero temperatures, steel axles snap like twigs; brakes and steering wheels seize up; bare hands freeze when they touch metal. The lake ice cracks...

'Since Bob has appeared, I've made huge strides in my life. For more than a decade I was a homeless drug addict. I was lost to the world and had...

In this intimate and uproarious story, two daring New Yorkers convert an ancient, abandoned farm into a world-renowned winery. Finding your dream house with a vineyard in Tuscany is like...

The book titled The General by the author Paul Williams. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Biography of H V Evatt by the author Buckley/& Dale. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

In this gripping literary detective story, Kathi Diamant brings to light the amazing woman who captured Kafka's heart and kept his literary flame alive for decades. This was Dora Diamant,...

"Kiera Wright-Ruiz's My (Half) Latinx Kitchen is entirely singular: hilarious and poignant in its stories, precise and flavorful in its recipes, the book is a gem of memory and feeling...

The long-awaited memoir by Cameron Crowe-one of America's most iconic journalists and filmmakers-revealing his formative years in rock and roll and bringing to life stories that shaped a generation, in...

Sunday Times Bestselling author of The Traitor of Colditz Robert Verkaik reveals the incredible never-before-told story of the role played by the Cambridge Spies in the British defeat at Arnhem...

A man navigates the deep divisions in America today and discovers that sometimes change can start by finding common ground with your neighbours, in this immersive account by the Pulitzer...