Biography

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the chaos of wartime Shanghai, a young English boy named Jim is separated from his parents and...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodIn the raw and restless years of colonial Australia, one man's correspondence offers an intimate and vivid window into a...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodAt the pivot point of the twentieth century, one man's decisions would alter the course of history forever — Threshold of War by Waldo Heinrichs...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedWhat does it mean to grow up in the shadow of a legend — to be named after a celestial body by a father...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedLong before she became one of Britain's most beloved comic actresses, Joanna Page was just a girl from Swansea with big dreams and an...

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Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedWhen the King of Rock 'n' Roll died on August 16, 1977, the world mourned — but none felt the loss more...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedIn the blazing arenas of Spain, two legendary matadors — Antonio Ordóñez and Luis Miguel Dominguín — waged a bitter rivalry that would come to...

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Edition: celebratory editionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedIn the red-dust country of colonial Victoria, a bushranger writes furiously against time, determined that his son will one day know the...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerAt the turn of the twentieth century, one singular voice rose above the colonial landscape of Australian letters...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageClara Maugham, a girl forged in the cold, repressive furnace of a northern English provincial town, arrives in...

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners,Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageSet against the turbulent backdrop of 1949–1950...

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before the term became a cultural shorthand for disaffected youth, Generation X — the original sociological study...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOn the morning of December 7, 1941, the United States was forever changed when Japanese forces launched a...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the sun-scorched battlefields of Gallipoli to the jungles of New Guinea and beyond, The Commanders presents a sweeping, authoritative portrait of the men...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the sun-bleached landscapes of colonial settlement to the bold experimentations of the modern era, Place, Taste and...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedIn one of the most audacious aviation feats ever undertaken by an Australian, Our Fantastic Planet chronicles...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the tradition of oral history and community documentation, A Community Portrait: Lifetimes in the City of Whittlesea...