Biography

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew figures in the history of Western music cast as long a shadow as Igor Stravinsky, and Stravinsky: In Pictures and Documents presents an...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodThe nineteenth century was an era of breathtaking transformation — a time when empires rose and fell, technology reshaped the world, and humanity dared...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn one of the most extraordinary acts of defiance and documentation in the history of warfare, a young...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerLong before the age of social media, the English kept diaries — and in doing so,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerWhen the roar of aircraft engines became the sound of royal ceremony, the story of British monarchy took to the skies —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the shadow of the Baw Baw Ranges, young men from rural Australian communities answered the call of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the intersection of art and conflict, A. Henry Fullwood: War Paintings stands as a definitive chronicle of one of Australia's most gifted war...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the summer of 1940, as Nazi Germany hurled the full force of the Luftwaffe against a beleaguered Britain, a small band of Australians...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the helm of one of history's most audacious maritime undertakings, Arthur Phillip — naval officer, visionary administrator, and reluctant empire-builder — charted a...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the age when monarchs commanded empires and dynasties shaped the destiny of nations, Milestones of History 7: Twilight of Princes chronicles the turbulent...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMalaysia is like a flower blossoming — a sentiment inscribed on the cover that perfectly encapsulates Victoria Bowater-Wright's heartfelt tribute to one of Southeast Asia's most...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingIn the rugged and culturally rich landscape of New Zealand's Bay of Plenty, law and order was never a simple matter of...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: Tear on back of jacket repaired with non-acidic tape.Few epochs in human history have produced a flowering of...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersIn the jungles of Burma during the darkest years of World War II, one of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodIn the blood-soaked waters of the Pacific during World War II, the men of the Australian Navy faced death not in glorious battle, but in the...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the smoky back rooms of New Orleans to the glittering concert halls of New York, The World of Jazz is a sweeping, authoritative...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodLong before satellites mapped the skies and autopilots ruled the cockpit, a generation of daring aviators threw themselves into the unknown — and The...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodShe was called La Stupenda for a reason — Dame Joan Sutherland stands as one of the greatest operatic sopranos the world has ever witnessed,...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodHe was the greatest — and he made sure the world never forgot it. Muhammad Ali: A Portrait in Words and Photographs presents an...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom its founding as a utopian social experiment in 1836 to its centenary and beyond, Adelaide has always stood apart from other Australian cities...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFor anyone captivated by the mysteries locked within their own bloodline, Stella Colwell's The Family History Book: A Guide to Tracing your Ancestors is...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the feverish boom years of 1880s Melbourne, fortunes were made overnight and lost just as swiftly, as speculators, swindlers, and dreamers rode a tidal...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodLong before the term nature journaling entered the cultural lexicon, Edith Holden was quietly chronicling the world around her with an eye of uncommon beauty...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodBehind the gilded formality of the Victorian court lay a monarch of surprising artistic sensitivity — Queen Victoria's Sketchbook by Marina Warner presents a fascinating...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the golden glow of Hollywood's golden age to the silver screen legends who defined modern cinema, The World's Great Movie Stars and Their...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageShe was the most enigmatic face in Hollywood history — and Alexander Walker's Garbo: A Portrait is the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat if a city itself could be read as a novel — its streets, pubs, and alleyways forming the very architecture of a literary...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodThere are places in Australia so raw and remote that only the most restless of souls would dare call them home — and Journey...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew films in Hollywood's golden age captured the world's imagination quite like Ninotchka, Ernst Lubitsch's sparkling 1939 masterpiece...

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