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Elton: It's A Little Bit Funny
$15.00 AUD
Author: Bernie TaupinBinding: PaperbackPublished: Penguin Books, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis candid memoir, Elton: It's A Little Bit Funny,...
Turner Abroad: France Italy Germany Switzerland
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Author: Andrew WiltonBinding: PaperbackPublished: British Museum Publishers., 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image'Turner Abroad: France Italy Germany Switzerland' chronicles the extensive European...
Monet's Years At Giverny: Beyond Impressionism
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Author: Adele WestbrookBinding: PaperbackPublished: Metropolitan Museum of Art., 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis art history volume chronicles Claude Monet's pivotal artistic...
Peanuts Jubilee: My Life And Art With Charlie Brown And Others
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Author: Charles M. SchulzBinding: PaperbackPublished: Penguin, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imagePeanuts Jubilee: My Life And Art With Charlie Brown And Others...
With The Wind In My Face: The Story Of A Polish Fighter Pilot In The R. A. F. (SIGNED)
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Author: R.A.F. Falkowski, Jan (Wing Commander J.P. Falkowski, V.M., K.W., DFC.), Edited by Anderson, R.J., Amaraon, D.G., Art Work by Tanski-Falkowski, Alma-Maria, Foreward by McEnvoy, T.N., Aire Vice-Marshal, C.B., C.B.E.Binding:...
Wandering Through Life: A Memoir
The internationally bestselling author tells her own adventurous life story as she enters her ninth decade 'A delightful companion in life and on the page' The Times 'Donna Leon has...
Some Private Correspondence Of Sir John And Lady Jane Franklin (Tasmania, 1837-1845)
$25.00 AUD
Author: George MackanessBinding: PaperbackPublished: Review Publications Pty. Ltd., 1947Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: In excellent condition. Later reprint (not sure what year) states 1947.Some Private Correspondence...
All Good Things: From Paris to Tahiti: Life and Longing
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In this lushly written follow-up to Almost French , Sarah Turnbull explores a new paradise: Tahiti. Having shared her story in her bestselling memoir, Almost French , Australian writer Sarah...
An Immigrant Of 1824
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Author: N. J. B. PlomleyBinding: PaperbackPublished: TASMANIAN HISTORICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONCondition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAn Immigrant Of 1824 chronicles the arduous journey...
Memories Of Norman Lindsay And The Theatre (SIGNED)
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Author: Pearl GoldmanBinding: PaperbackPublished: J.A. Elliott for the Gold Coast and Hinterland Historical Society, 1999Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThis biographical account chronicles the vibrant life and theatrical connections...
Beyond the Big Run
Charlie Schultz was 19 years old in 1919 when he first came to manage remote Humbert River Station in the Northern Territory. This is the actual story, in Charlie's own...
Nature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick
At the end of the 18th century, Britain fell in love with nature. Thomas Bewick's History of British Birds marked the moment, the first 'field-guide' for ordinary people, illustrated by...
Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
A personal, spirited, and concise chronological timeline spanning from Biblical times to today that explores one of the most fascinating countries in the world-Israel. Israel. The small strip of arid...
Alone in the Mainstream: Looking Back on Public School as a Deaf or
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In 1975, federal legislation initiated drastic changes in the education of deaf and hard of hearing children. Public Law 94-142, later known as IDEA, proposed to provide the "Least Restrictive...
Dare to be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our World
How being called 'the world's ugliest woman' transformed one woman's life - and inspired millions of others. Because of a rare genetic condition, Lizzie Velasquez has dealt with harassment about...
Shattered Lives: A Brutal Murder, A Cop On The Edge
Suicides, hangings, shootings, car accidents, drownings, cliff falls, electrocutions ... Detective Peter Seymour has seen every type of death imaginable in his time in the NSW Coroner's Court and, after...
Fraser in Office
'Unique and important ... Fraser and his legacy as prime minister as perceived by one of his closest advisers' -- David Kemp Fraser in Office is a long-overdue reappraisal of...
Traitor'S Kiss: The Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan
A biography of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the writer of "The School for Scandal" and "The Rivals". The text argues that Sheridan's Irishness was a crucial factor in his drive for...
John Stuart Mill: Victorian Firebrand
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"A fine new biography," (The New Yorker) finally available in paperback Now in paperback, Richard Reeves's beautifully written book is the definitive life of one of the heroic giants of...
Chekhov: The Hidden Ground
The life of RussiaAIs greatest dramatist and storyteller examined within the context of the evolution of his art. A fine biography...a very well-written, intelligent account of ChekhovAIs remarkable literary career...
Private Equity: 'A vivid account of a world of excess, power,
A TIME MUST-READ FOR 2024 Named a most-anticipated book of 2024 by the Sunday Times , Financial Times , Stylist , Vogue , NPR.org, Oprah Daily , Town & Country...
George Best: A Memoir: A unique biography of a football icon perfect
One of the most famous footballers of all time, George Best is an icon to football fans all over the world. He lived a tumultuous life, and died in 2005...
Wilberforce
Recounts how William Wilberforce fought to end the lucrative slave trade and won.
Stage Directions: Writing on Theatre 1970-2008
Stage Directions covers half a lifetime and the whole range of Frayn's theatrical writing, right up to a new piece about his latest play, Afterlife. It is also a reflection...
Sniper One: On Scope and Under Siege with a Sniper Team in Iraq
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When Sgt. Dan Mills and the rest of the 1st Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment flew into Iraq in April, 2004, they were supposed to be winning hearts...
The Periodic Table
A collection of memoirs by Primo Levi, published in Italian as "Ii Sistema Periodico" in 1975. Regarded as his masterwork, it is a cycle of 21 autobiographical stories, each named...
Some People Want to Shoot Me: A memoir of living in two cultures
Discover the remarkable story of Wayne Bergmann, a Nyikina man and Kimberley leader who has dedicated his life to his community, in this moving memoir of living between two cultures....
Will: The Sunday Times Bestselling Autobiography
The 'Event' Autobiography of the Year now out in paperback - a brave, inspiring and wildly entertaining memoir full of self-help lessons for readers, from one of the world's most...
Queer Intentions: A (Personal) Journey Through LGBTQ+ Culture
'Eloquent, empathetic and passionate, this book will not just resonate with a new generation of queer people, but with all those who seek to be their allies. A brilliant book.'...
Confessions: A Life of Failed Promises
When you combine the deepest learning and the highest readability with the most plumptious story-telling, the result is A. N. Wilson ... Stephen Fry Known for his journalism, biographies and...
Solid Ivory
In Solid Ivory , the Academy Award-winning filmmaker James Ivory, a partner in the legendary Merchant Ivory Productions and director of A Room with a View , Howards End ,...
Where the Roots Reach for Water: A Personal and Natural History of
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Winner of the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir Jeffery Smith was living in Missoula, Montana, working as a psychiatric case manager when his own clinical depression...
The Puzzle People: Memoirs Of A Transplant Surgeon
Given the tensions and demands of medicine, highly successful physicians and surgeons rarely achieve equal success as prose writers. It is truly extraordinary that a major, international pioneer in the...
For the Love of My Son
This is the story of an ordinary woman whose grief - and love - for her only son compelled her to do something extraordinary. When Margaret Davis's beloved son Steven...
Visions of the Prophet
Each text in its own way invites reflection and meditation. The theme running through the pieces is love - a love that is coloured with both tears and smiles. Gibran's...
Incest: from "A Journal of Love": The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin
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The continuation of the story begun in Henry and June, exposing the shattering psychological drama that drove Nin to seek absolution from her psychoanalysts for the ultimate transgression. "It is...
Unjust Justice
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This is a true story. More than fifteen years after he left the scouts, the scout leader was falsely accused of raping a scout. What was the evidence? How could...
Mercenary Mum: My Journey From Young Mother To Baghdad Bodyguard
Mercenary Mum is the true story of a young single mother who went from working at her local Woolworths store to serving as a soldier in the Australian Army's elite...
Watching Neighbours Twice a Day...: How '90s TV (Almost) Prepared Me
'Read any history of the Nineties in Britain and you will read about Britpop, Blair, the birth of the Premier League and the rise of new lads. I played no...
Quilt on Fire: The Messy Magic of Midlife
A frank, funny and tender new book from Christie Watson about the search for meaning in mid-life 'A wildly entertaining and necessary book' ELIZABETH DAY 'A must-read for every woman'...
Alphabet Soup: My Life On And Off Screen
Australia's best loved morning TV presenter, Mel Doyle, invites you inside her home and her life. Now, for the first time, Mel shares what it is like to juggle a...
The Miracle of Love
When her daughter was a toddler, Ondine Sherman felt like her life was complete. She was married to a man she adored, had a loving extended family and was living...