Biography

On the eve of his 100th birthday, national treasure Dick Van Dyke brings us this autobiographical collection of life advice, stories, and reflections on how he's maintained good health and...

Whatever Jenn Ashworth turns her hand to, I'm there to read it' BENJAMIN MYERS, author of The Offing 'With honesty, humour and determination, Ashworth's journey takes the reader from coast...

The Paris Trilogy is celebrated French author Colombe Schneck's first English language publication, translated by Lauren Elkin and Natasha Lehrer. Writing in response to Annie Ernaux and in conversation with...

This Is Going to Hurt meets Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures) - a rollicking, smart and self-aware memoir about the extremes of the human experience, the limits to compassion,...

Great Australian Stories - Droving, Beer and Utes. Why is one of our prime ministers in the Guinness Book of Records ? How did beer save the life of a...

The book titled Our Private Lives: Jrnls, Notb by the author Daniel Halpern. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

John Butler Yeats was the father of the poet W.B. Yeats and the painter Jack Yeats. This selection of his letters covers the period 1898 to his death in 1922....

The book titled Watcher on the Cast-iron Balcony by the author Hal Porter. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Volume 1 of a three volume set containing Henry Handel Richardson's correspondence in its entirety. This three volume set marks the first time any Australian literary writer has had his/her...

A splendid study of Chekhov, this book is primarily an original, sympathetic and wonderfully insightful account of his evolution as a writer, especially of short stories.

In NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS: WOMEN REWRITE ROCK (Virago, 1995; published as GRRRLS: VIVA ROCK DIVAS in the US by St Martin's Griffin, 1996), writer and critic Amy Raphael interviewed...

Traveller and explorer, woman of letters, photographer and an experienced Arabist whose secret propaganda activities during World War II established her as a spokeswoman on Middle East affairs, Freya Stark...

General and students of nineteenth-century English literature and history.

For the first time in English, a catalog of the world through 14th-century Arab eyes--A Short History of Nearly Everything from the Islamic Golden Age A Penguin Classic For the...

An updated edition of Thoreau's most widely read works Self-described as "a mystic, a transcendentalist, and a natural philosopher to boot," Henry David Thoreau dedicated his life to preserving his...

A chemist by training, Primo Levi became one of the supreme witnesses to twentieth-century atrocity. In these haunting reflections inspired by the elements of the periodic table, he ranges from...

Seducer, gambler, necromancer, swindler, swashbuckler, poet, self-made gentleman, bon vivant, Giacomo Casanova was not only the most notorious lover of the Western world, but a supreme story teller. He lived...

In 1991, after the Wall came down and the archives of Eastern Europe opened up, Timothy Garton Ash walked into the building that housed the files of the Stasi, the...

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE A warm and witty memoir about the ever-changing relationships between mothers, mothers-in-law, and daughters that traverses two continents and multiple generations of...

A dazzling, evidence-based account of one man's quest to heal from complex PTSD by turning to endangered coral reefs and psychedelic plants after traditional therapies failed-and his awakening to the...

From the Vanity Fair and New York Times contributor comes a "masterful blend of humor, heartache, and unforgettable landscapes" (Adrienne Brodeur, New York Times bestselling author of Wild Game )...

Vic Wiggins has more reasons than most to feel like he has been 'stitched up' by life. In 1971, he was the youngest child in the UK to survive a...

Edward Hallet Carr is renowned as the historian of Soviet Russia, biographer of The Romantic Exiles, founder of the 'realist' approach to the study of International Relations and author of...

The men and women who slip beneath the world's radar and risk their lives for a cause - be it government, belief, country or money - command an irresistible hold...

From dealing with the cantankerous and cheapskate owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs to hosting radio hotline shows to anchoring a revolutionary late-night program, Sportsline , Mark Hebscher finally tells...

A book from the front lines of modern fatherhood. Welcome to Rob Sturrock's journey into parenting. Since the birth of his daughter, Rob has been passionate about being an active...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A moving portrait of friendship by Elyce Arons as she reflects on her long relationship with Kate Spade, whom she met in college and with whom...

From grief quests to altar-making, to dinner parties to Dungeons & Dragons, Renegade Grief is an "offering to the struggle and art of being human" (Krista Tippett, New York Times...

Shortlisted for the 2019 Edward Stanford Award 'My goodness, it is brilliant. Searingly honest, warm, bursting with humanity. Such brave and inspiring writing.' Kate Humble '[Simon] begins to fill in...

The uncensored, New York Times bestselling memoir by the polygamist stars of the hit show Sister Wives , Kody and his four wives openly discuss what it's like living in...

It's 12 October 1984. An IRA bomb blows apart the Grand Hotel in Brighton. Miraculously, Margaret Thatcher survives. In small-town Scotland, eight-year-old Damian Barr watches in horror as his mum...

The book titled The Real World of Sherlock Holmes: The True Crimes Investigated by by the author Peter Costello. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...

This hugely entertaining biography of the founding editor of "The New Yorker" tells the diverting story of how Ross and the brilliant group of people he gathered around him--including James...

One ordinary evening, Jeff Waters suffered a cataclysmic cardiac arrest that killed him instantly. He was clinically dead for one hour, so how did he live to tell the tale?...

All subjects related to the world of espionage are covered in this encyclopedia, from personalities to jargon, and from operations to organizations. 8 pages of photos.

'One day there is life . . . and then, suddenly, it happens there is death.' So begins Paul Auster's moving and personal meditation on fatherhood. The first section, 'Portrait...

The vivid and masterful story of Isabella Stewart Gardner-creator of one of America's most stunning museums-an American original whose own life was remade by art. Includes archival photos of Isabella's...

"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...

Filled with fresh new research and never-before-seen photos, this updated edition of the definitive biography of Coco Chanel deepens our understanding of the history and legacy of the incredible woman...

Liz Truss's journey from schoolgirl revolutionary to Britain's shortest-serving Prime Minister The Sunday Times Politics Book of the YearA Guardian Politics Book of the Year 2023 'An insightful and at...

'The finest book ever written about England and the English' Stuart Maconie 'J. B. Priestley is one of our literary icons of the 20th Century and it is time that...

Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year 2025 A Financial Times best summer travel book of 2024Travel Book of the Year at the Inspire Global Media Awards...

Rise Up: The #Merky Story So Far is a candid and inspiring biography that chronicles the meteoric rise of Stormzy, one of the UK's most influential grime artists and cultural...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A landmark work in Australian biographical literature, Portrait with...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A masterfully researched biography, Dashiell Hammett: A Life chronicles the turbulent and...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. A comprehensive reference work, The Macmillan Dictionary of Biography presents thousands of...

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