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The Upside of Down: A Memoir
Susan Biggar fell in love with a New Zealander. Maybe as an American, she saw Darryl as a ticket to an exhilarating, global life. When her first son arrived, he...
Polanski
Fifty years ago, a young director named Roman Polanski made his first complete film a two-minute student exercise which he called Murder. In the half-century since, Polanski has become an...
Home to Biloela: The story of the Tamil family that captured our
It was dawn in the small rural town of Biloela. Loud thumps on the front door signalled the start of a four-year odyssey that would catapult Priya and her family...
The Empire Actors: Stars Of Australasian Costume Drama 1890-1920S
$20.00 AUD
Author: Veronica KellyBinding: HardbackPublished: CURRENCY HOUSE, 2009Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Empire Actors: Stars Of Australasian Costume Drama 1890-1920S chronicles the captivating careers of the leading performers who...
I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell
"My name is Tucker Max, and I am an asshole." With these words Tucker Max launched a classic humor bestseller that has sold more than two million copies in the...
Learning to Dance: Elizabeth Jolley - Her Life and Work
Reveals the most intimate writing of one of Australia's most loved and acclaimed authors. Through these pieces we discover where Elizabeth's writing has come from and how her thinking has...
Pushkin
beaurocrats who blocked him at every turn, and after a hopelessly unsuccessful marriage he was murdered in a dual aged 37.
Docile: Memoir of a Not So Perfect Asian Girl
From Texas sugar cane fields, Ivy League halls to her homeland of South Korea and back again this memoir is a journey through identity crises, mental health struggles, and the...
Mum & Dad Made History
$20.00 AUD
Author: Chris McconvilleBinding: HardbackPublished: Museum of Victoria, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis heartwarming narrative chronicles the extraordinary, yet often overlooked, contributions of everyday parents to the fabric...
Leon Underwood
$20.00 AUD
Author: Christopher NeveBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive volume chronicles the remarkable career of British artist Leon Underwood, a pivotal figure in...
A Man Of The People: From Boilermaker To Governor-General The Career Of The Rt. Hon. Sir William Mckell Pc, Ocmg, Qc
$20.00 AUD
Author: Vince KellyBinding: HardbackPublished: ALPHA BOOKS, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Wrinkled jacketA Man Of The People...: From Boilermaker To Governor-General chronicles the remarkable...
James Edward Neild: Victorian Virtuoso
$20.00 AUD
Author: Harold LoveBinding: HardbackPublished: MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some foxing on top of blockThis biography chronicles the remarkable life of James Edward Neild,...
This Accursed Land
$15.00 AUD
Author: Lennard BickelBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the harrowing 1860-61 Burke and Wills expedition, the first to traverse the Australian continent...
Hawke: The Definitive Biography
$15.00 AUD
Author: John HurstBinding: HardbackPublished: ANGUS & ROBERTSON PUBLISHERS, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Tanning and foxing on top of blockThis compelling biography chronicles the...
Abraham Lincoln: A History; Volume Nine
$70.00 AUD
Author: John G. Nicolay And John HayBinding: HardbackPublished: The Century Co., New York; T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1890Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning...
The Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone from Judys Point of View, as Shewn in Her Cartoons During the Last Ten Years
$120.00 AUD
Author: JudyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Judy Office, 1878Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Stiff cardboard. All plates in very good...
Brecht
$20.00 AUD
Author: Jan Needle And Peter ThomsonBinding: HardbackPublished: The University of Chicago Press, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Folding on back of dust jacketThis insightful volume presents a...
Robert J. Hawke: A Biography
$20.00 AUD
Author: Blanche D'AlpugetBinding: HardbackPublished: Schwartz, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Light chipping to perimeter of DJ. Light denting to spine and some...
Larrkin Crook: The Rise And Fall Of Squizzy Taylor
$20.00 AUD
Author: Hugh AndersonBinding: HardbackPublished: Jacaranda Press, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Light chipping to perimeter of DJ. Minor denting to...
A Family Friend: There was only one man Sammy could turn to...
The new fostering memoir from The Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson. With his young mother in and out of prison, Sammy has been in care since he was nine...
Elizabeth & Alexandra
$20.00 AUD
Author: Antony LambtonBinding: HardbackPublished: Quartet Books, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling historical biography chronicles the intertwined destinies of two formidable women, Elizabeth and Alexandra, whose lives...
Strangers In Paradise: The Hollywood Emigres 1933-1950
$15.00 AUD
Author: John Russell TaylorBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber and Faber, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the remarkable influx of European...
Final Dress
$140.00 AUD
Author: John HousemanBinding: PaperbackPublished: SIMON AND SCHUSTER, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling memoir by a titan of the stage and screen chronicles the intricate world of...
Beyond Desire: A Novel Based On The Life Of Felix And Cécile Mendelssohn
$20.00 AUD
Author: Pierre La MureBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical novel chronicles the passionate and intricate lives of the...
Little Gloria... Happy At Last
$20.00 AUD
Author: Barbara GoldsmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight fading to spine of DJThis compelling biography chronicles the tumultuous life of a young heiress, detailing...
A Recipe for Dreaming
A Recipe for Dreaming is a little treasure of wise words and beautiful images. With insight, humour and a deep sense of humanity, Bryce Courtenay inspires us to become dreamers...
Degas: His Life, Times and Work
$40.00 AUD
Author: Roy McMullenBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Wear and discolouration to white DJ. Some chipping...
The Life Of Mayakovsky
$40.00 AUD
Author: Wiktor WoroszylskiBinding: HardbackPublished: Victor Gollancz, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded DJ spine. Light chipping and minor rip to...
Australian Biographical And Genealogical Record: Series 2, 1842-1899, Volume 3
$45.00 AUD
Author: Kenneth J. Cable, Jane C. MarchantBinding: HardbackPublished: A.B.G.R. in association with the Society of Australian Genealogists, 1988Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No...
Hanns Eisler: Political Musician
$30.00 AUD
Author: Albrecht BetzBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Faded DJ with discolouration to spine and back. Light denting to spine...
Tylor
$30.00 AUD
Author: Dr. R. R. MarettBinding: HardbackPublished: Chapman and Hall, 1936Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Worn and faded DJ....
An Essential Vision: The Art Of Anne Graham
$30.00 AUD
Author: Joan AcklandBinding: HardbackPublished: Greenhouse Publications, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded and worn DJ with some chipping around perimeter. Light chipping...
Grey Of Fallodon: Being The Life Of Sir Edward Grey Afterwards Viscount Grey Of Fallodon
$20.00 AUD
Author: George Macaulay Trevelyan, O.M.Binding: HardbackPublished: Longmans, Green and Co., 1937Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: yellowed block, foxing on pages, faded spineThis compelling historical biography, Grey...
Entally (1821): Pageant Of A Pioneer Family 1792-1912
$20.00 AUD
Author: Karl Von EvigliteBinding: PaperbackPublished: SCENERY PRESERVATION BOARD, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical account chronicles the enduring legacy of a...
Ride On: Hope, healing and getting back on the horse
The Melbourne Cup: the most prestigious horse race in Australia and never won by a female jockey-until 2015. When Michelle Payne swept past the post, she made history and galloped...
The Last Year Of Leo Tolstoy
$20.00 AUD
Author: Valentin BulgakovBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Clear cover over DJ. Discolouration to back of DJ. Denting to spine of...
Bertolt Brecht In America
$12.00 AUD
Author: James K. LyonBinding: PaperbackPublished: PRINCETON, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly biography chronicles the tumultuous years Bertolt Brecht spent in...
Margin Released: A Writer's Reminiscences And Reflections
$25.00 AUD
Author: J. B. PriestleyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Mercury Books, 1966Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis insightful volume presents J. B. Priestley's candid reflections on...
Dear Me
$15.00 AUD
Author: Peter UstinovBinding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann Ltd, 1977Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis captivating autobiography, Dear Me, chronicles the extraordinary life and multifaceted career of a...
My Childhood In Siberia
$20.00 AUD
Author: Tatiana TchernavinBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, 1972Condition:Book: Acceptable, ex-libraryJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Cut on title page. Clean text. This...
Down Under To Up Over
$20.00 AUD
Author: John And Molly O'GradyBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, Australia, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis captivating memoir chronicles a remarkable journey of relocation and cultural adaptation. It details...
The Orderly Disorderly House
$30.00 AUD
Author: Carol Erwin With Floyd MillerBinding: HardbackPublished: Souvenir Press, London, 1961Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis insightful volume uncovers the humorous realities...
Fake: The Passing Fortunes Of A Counterfeiter
$80.00 AUD
Author: Robert BaudinBinding: HardbackPublished: Eyre - Methuen, 1977Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis gripping non-fiction narrative chronicles the tumultuous life of a master counterfeiter,...
Ralph Darling: A Governor Maligned
$50.00 AUD
Author: Brian H. FletcherBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Light wear and discolouration to DJ. Light denting to spine of...
A Life In Our Times: Memoirs
$20.00 AUD
Author: John Kenneth GalbraithBinding: HardbackPublished: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA Life In Our Times: Memoirs presents the compelling autobiography of...
Sherlock Holmes: The Man And His World
$20.00 AUD
Author: H.R.F. KeatingBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames & Hudson, London, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsSherlock Holmes: The Man and His World chronicles the cultural, historical, and personal contexts that...
True Life Stories Of... Freaks, Fate & Fortune
$35.00 AUD
Author: Castle BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Universal Books, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling collection, True Life Stories Of... Freaks, Fate & Fortune, chronicles extraordinary individuals whose...