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Nobel Life: Conversations with 24 Nobel Laureates on their Life

Nobel Life: Conversations with 24 Nobel Laureates on their Life

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Few people have changed the world like the Nobel Prize winners. Their breakthrough discoveries have revolutionised medicine, chemistry, physics and economics. Nobel Life consists of original interviews with twenty-four Nobel...
Lessons on Living: Finding Your Way Through Life's Ups and Downs from

Lessons on Living: Finding Your Way Through Life's Ups and Downs from

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Bestselling author Nigel Latta's simple psychological toolkit for life's ups and downs. What do you do when you're told you only have months to live? If you're like Nigel Latta,...
Trail Magic: Going Walkabout for 2184 Miles on the Appalachian Trail

Trail Magic: Going Walkabout for 2184 Miles on the Appalachian Trail

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Trevelyan Quest Edwards wore out two pairs of boots in five months. He walked THRU the Appalachian Trail of 2,184 miles northwards from Atlanta, Georgia to Mt Katahdin in Maine...
My Father's List: How Living My Dad's Dreams Set Me Free

My Father's List: How Living My Dad's Dreams Set Me Free

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WINNER OF THE ONE CITY, ONE BOOK AWARD Featured in New York Post and People Magazine On the cusp of middle age, a newlywed journalist discovers and finishes the bucket...
Stories of Friendship

Stories of Friendship

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Here is the 'best of the best': a collection of heart-warming, inspiring, challenging and uplifting stories of Friendship overcoming the odds. Most have been carefully selected from Guideposts Magazine, known...
The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota and an American Inheritance

The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota and an American Inheritance

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Growing up, Rebecca Clarren only knew the major plot points of her immigrant family's origins. Her great-great-grandparents, the Sinykins, and their six children fled antisemitism in Russia and arrived in...
No Baggage

No Baggage

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When Clara Bensen arranged to meet Jeff Wilson on the steps of the Texas State Capitol, after just a few email exchanges on OK Cupid, it felt like something big...
Water Mirror Echo: The Making and Meaning of Bruce Lee

Water Mirror Echo: The Making and Meaning of Bruce Lee

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" Water Mirror Echo is a remarkable story of a man, the traditions and communities that created him, and the new worlds he made possible. Like Bruce Lee himself, Jeff...
Inside: Winning. Losing. Starting again.

Inside: Winning. Losing. Starting again.

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'One of the most incredible and moving books that we've read, ever.' The High Performance Podcast Sitting in the prison classroom each morning, reading the pages in my book, listening...
Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War

Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War

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The extraordinary story of American special operator and trailblazer Shannon Kent, who hunted high value targets on classified missions in the most dangerous locales on earth while trying to balance...
The Illustarted Tesla

The Illustarted Tesla

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Collected here are twenty of Nikola Tesla's essays, letters, and speeches all with figures. In total there are some 214 figures. Now you can read these famous articles as they...
Making a Scene

Making a Scene

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From influential and iconic star Constance Wu, a powerful and poignant memoir-in-essays full of funny and intimate observations that will resonate with readers everywhere. 'Like her, the book is bold,...
Dragonflyers Dragonflyers: Prominent Expatriates' Influential Roles in

Dragonflyers Dragonflyers: Prominent Expatriates' Influential Roles in

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The book titled Dragonflyers Dragonflyers: Prominent Expatriates' Influential Roles in by the author Christine Velde. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
A Wing and a Prayer: The Race to Save Our Vanishing Birds

A Wing and a Prayer: The Race to Save Our Vanishing Birds

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A captivating drama from the frontlines of the race to save birds set against the devastating loss of one third of the avian population. Three years ago, headlines delivered shocking...
So I Hit Him: Neglected, Abused, Triumphant

So I Hit Him: Neglected, Abused, Triumphant

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So I Hit Him is an extremely powerful memoir that will shock many people, yet is intensely inspirational. Born in a former workhouse hospital in Manchester, England with multiple disabilities...
The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Crazy Adventure in a Crazy War *SOON TO

The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Crazy Adventure in a Crazy War *SOON TO

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*** SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOVIE STARRING ZAC EFRON, RUSSELL CROWE AND BILL MURRAY THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'An extraordinary story.' - Daily Mail 'An unforgettable, wild ride...
What We Say Goes: Conversations on Us Power in a Changing World

What We Say Goes: Conversations on Us Power in a Changing World

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'An indispensable review of the hottest issues in international affairs today, with the bestselling author of Hegemony or Survival.' The Boston Globe The world's foremost critic of US foreign policy,...
Alice's Book: How the Nazis Stole My Grandmother's Cookbook

Alice's Book: How the Nazis Stole My Grandmother's Cookbook

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"A remarkable and important story" BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour "Unputdownable . . . Urbach has also retold the tragic Holocaust story in quite unforgettable lines" A.N. Wilson "This fascinating...
Bird School: A Beginner in the Wood

Bird School: A Beginner in the Wood

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'This is some of the best English prose of our time' SPECTATOR 'A feast for mind and soul' ISABELLA TREE 'A marvellous and revelatory guide to our native bird-life' DAILY...
Bush School

Bush School

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There was a bed, a timber floor, thin tar paper on one side for privacy from the nearby road but nothing else. The flimsiest of 'walls', no pegs or nails...
A Single Lifeline

A Single Lifeline

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'The saying goes that time heals. I guess that's partly true. But time also makes you more aware of what has been lost. We find new points of reflection, like...
Love From Venice: A golden summer on the Grand Canal

Love From Venice: A golden summer on the Grand Canal

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In the summer of 1957, rebelling against her family and anxious to impress an admirer who had moved to Paris, Gill Johnson, aged twenty-five, gave up her comfortable job at...
Time in Our Hands: Semi-Precious Gemstones, Keys to the Geological

Travels with Grandma

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The book titled Travels with Grandma by the author Toby Richards. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
V.S. Pritchett

V.S. Pritchett

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V. S. Pritchett (1900-1997) - VSP as he was affectionately known - was the greatest British short-story writer of the twentieth century, and one of its liveliest and most humane...
Hinch Yourself Happy: All The Best Cleaning Tips To Shine Your Sink

Hinch Yourself Happy: All The Best Cleaning Tips To Shine Your Sink

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So much more than a cleaning book; this is a holistic guide to achieving a happy home and a happy mind Cleaning isn't just necessary; it can be incredibly therapeutic,...
Cruising Attitude: Tales of Crashpads, Crew Drama, and Crazy

Cruising Attitude: Tales of Crashpads, Crew Drama, and Crazy

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Flying the not-so-friendly skies... In her more than fifteen years as an airline flight attendant, Heather Poole has seen it all. She's witnessed all manner of bad behavior at 35,000...
A House in St John's Wood: In Search of My Parents

A House in St John's Wood: In Search of My Parents

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An intimate portrait of Stephen Spender's extraordinary life written by his son, Matthew Spender, with new insights drawn from personal recollections and unpublished archives. Stephen Spender's life, with all its...
Dare To Dream: The Memoirs Of Tom And Audrey Mcdonald

Dare To Dream: The Memoirs Of Tom And Audrey Mcdonald

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Author: Tom And Audrey McdonaldBinding: HardbackPublisher: Audrey and Tom McDonald, East Gosford, 2016Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling memoir, Dare To Dream: The Memoirs Of...
Fever Pitch

Fever Pitch

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Author: Nick HornbyBinding: PaperbackPublisher: PENGUIN BOOKS, 2010Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA poignant and humorous memoir, Fever Pitch chronicles...
Fighting Spirit

Fighting Spirit

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Author: Lauren BurnsBinding: PaperbackPublisher: CLAREMONT, 2003Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLauren Burns’s Fighting Spirit chronicles the author's journey through...
Will To Live

Will To Live

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Author: Matthew And Diane Ames With Kate AmesBinding: PaperbackPublisher: MICHAEL JOSEPH an imprint of PENGUIN BOOKS, 2014Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as...
Greer: Untamed Shrew

Greer: Untamed Shrew

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Author: Christine WallaceBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Picador, 1997Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageGermaine Greer put theory...
Much Given: Memoir Of A Vietnam Vet, Catholic Clergyman And Grandfather

Much Given: Memoir Of A Vietnam Vet, Catholic Clergyman And Grandfather

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Author: Mark KellyBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Sid Harta Books, 2023Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn Much Given, Mark Kelly chronicles a...
Knockout Entrepreneur

Knockout Entrepreneur

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Author: George Foreman With Ken AbrahamBinding: PaperbackPublisher: THOMAS NELSON, 2009Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the ring to the...
A Singular Marriage: A Labour Love Story In Letters And Diaries

A Singular Marriage: A Labour Love Story In Letters And Diaries

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Author: Ramsay And Margaret MacdonaldBinding: HardbackPublisher: Harrap, 1988Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsA compelling biographical work, A Singular Marriage: A Labour Love Story In Letters And...
Granville Sharp Pattison: Anatomist And Antagonist 1791-1851

Granville Sharp Pattison: Anatomist And Antagonist 1791-1851

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Author: F.L.M. PattisonBinding: HardbackPublisher: CANONGATE, 1987Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis biographical work chronicles the tumultuous life and career of Granville Sharp Pattison, a prominent anatomist...
Heroines Of Dixie

Heroines Of Dixie

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Author: Katharine M. JonesBinding: HardbackPublisher: Smithmark, 1995Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsHeroines Of Dixie chronicles the untold stories of remarkable women who shaped the American South...
Rhythm And Swing: An Autobiography With Richard Becht

Rhythm And Swing: An Autobiography With Richard Becht

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Author: Richard HadleeBinding: HardbackPublisher: Moa, 1989Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling autobiography chronicles the remarkable career and personal journey of a cricketing legend. It uncovers...
Something Better: Autobiographical Essays

Something Better: Autobiographical Essays

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Author: Shaw CliftonBinding: HardbackPublisher: Salvation Books, 2014Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsSomething Better...: Autobiographical Essays presents a compelling collection of personal narratives. This volume chronicles Shaw...
A Simpler Time: A Memoir Of Love, Laughter, Loss And Billycarts

A Simpler Time: A Memoir Of Love, Laughter, Loss And Billycarts

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Author: Peter FitzsimonsBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Harper Collins, Sydney, 2010Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis poignant...
Steve Jobs (Em Portuguese do Brasil)

Steve Jobs (Em Portuguese do Brasil)

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Author: Walter IsaacsonBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Companhia das Letras, 2011Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis definitive biography, Steve Jobs, chronicles the...
Always A Gentleman: A Memoir Of My Dad, Reginald Musgrove

Always A Gentleman: A Memoir Of My Dad, Reginald Musgrove

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Author: Kaye MusgroveBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Self published, 2018Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis poignant memoir, Always A Gentleman, chronicles the...
The Impossible Long Run

The Impossible Long Run

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Author: Janet PatkowaBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Kindle Direct Publishign, 2019Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA story of endurance, determination, and the...
Sowing: An Autobiography Of The Years 1880 To 1904

Sowing: An Autobiography Of The Years 1880 To 1904

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Author: Leonard WoolfBinding: HardbackPublisher: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1960Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerSowing: An Autobiography Of The Years 1880 To 1904 presents...
Boy: Tales Of Childhood

Boy: Tales Of Childhood

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Author: Roald DahlBinding: HardbackPublisher: JONATHAN CAPE, 1984Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThis captivating memoir chronicles the extraordinary childhood of a literary master, recounting...
Out On A Limb

Out On A Limb

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Author: Shirley MaclaineBinding: HardbackPublisher: Bantam Books, 1984Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThis compelling memoir, Out On A Limb, chronicles a renowned...
A Marvelous Ministry: How The All-Round Ministry Of Charles Haddon Spurgeon Speaks To Us Today

A Marvelous Ministry: How The All-Round Ministry Of Charles Haddon Spurgeon Speaks To Us Today

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Author: Tim Curnow, Erroll Hulse, David Kingdon, Geoff ThomasBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Soli Deo Gloria Publications, 1993Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown...
Boswell In Holland 1763-1764: Including His Correspondence With Belle De Zuylen (Zélide)

Boswell In Holland 1763-1764: Including His Correspondence With Belle De Zuylen (Zélide)

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Author: Frederick A. PottleBinding: HardbackPublisher: William Heinemann Ltd, 1952Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: DamagedPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: long tears along spineThis compelling biographical account chronicles James Boswell's...