Biography

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodAt the height of the Cold War, two communist giants stood at the centre of the world's most consequential geopolitical rivalry — and Philip Short...

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodBehind every great spy thriller lies a real-world figure more fascinating than fiction — and Maxwell Knight, the enigmatic MI5 spymaster who inspired Ian...

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Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerLong before the cities rose and the roads were laid, the women of colonial Australia were quietly forging a nation —...

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Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodBehind the Iron Curtain, one man dared to speak truth to power — and paid a devastating price. History's Carnival is the unflinching...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedOne of the most remarkable figures in the history of Western dance tells her own story in Come Dance With Me, a...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageHeaven's Command: An Imperial Progress is a sweeping, magisterial chronicle of the British Empire at its zenith, tracing...

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBehind the gates of Jersey Zoo lies a world of glorious chaos — a roaring, squawking, slithering testament...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn an era when press freedom was under siege and corporate power shaped the news, Günter Wallraff became...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the electric world of late 1930s New York, a young woman navigates literary ambitions, romantic entanglements, and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the brutal theatre of the Pacific War, thousands of Australian soldiers endured unimaginable suffering as prisoners of...