Biography

Author: Sir Robert Gordon MenziesBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell London, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling memoir chronicles the distinguished career of a pivotal figure in 20th-century Australian politics....

Author: Kingsley MartinBinding: HardbackPublished: Readers Union; Phoenix House, 1958Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis collection, New Statesman Profiles, assembles a...

Author: Osbert SitwellBinding: HardbackPublished: MACMILLAN, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis volume, Laughter In The Next Room, continues Osbert Sitwell's acclaimed autobiographical saga, painting a vivid...

Author: Ai KobayashiBinding: HardbackPublished: School of Historical Studies, The University of Melbourne, 2009Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Some moisture damageMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Biographical thesis....

Author: Gillian WearingBinding: PaperbackPublished: Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 2006Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling art volume, Living Proof, chronicles...

Author: Wolfgang LaibBinding: PaperbackPublished: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2005Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWolfgang Laib presents a profound examination of...

Author: Gavin FryBinding: PaperbackPublished: Heide Art Gallery, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Flat signed on title page. Faded and creased cover....

Author: Martin GilbertBinding: HardbackPublished: Houghton Mifflin Company Boston, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical biography chronicles Winston Churchill's challenging period out of power, often referred to...

Author: K. A. AustinBinding: HardbackPublished: RIGBY LIMITED, 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markings"The Voyage of the Investigator 1801-1803 Commander Matthew Flinders R.N." by K. A. Austin is a historical account...

Author: Ricky SwallowBinding: HardbackPublished: National Gallery of Victoria, 2009Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis monograph presents the distinctive sculptural practice of an acclaimed contemporary artist. It chronicles the ingenious methods...

Just as Carla's Paris Tango unveiled the hidden delights of the world's most stylish city. Italian Joy is an insider's tribute to a country of grand passion and true beauty....

THE BOOKSHOP WOMAN IS A LOVE STORY, A LOVE STORY ABOUT BOOKS... A WATERSTONES NON FICTION MEMOIR OF THE YEAR 'Beautiful, very honest, and very good. I can't recommend it...

A funny and moving memoir of a young journalist on a mission to make sense of life in a part of the world that never makes sense... 'I grew up...

In 1993, writer and democracy activist Hwang Sok-yong was sentenced to five years in the Seoul Detention Center upon his return to South Korea from North Korea, the country he...

'A brilliantly candid, timely and perceptive account.' Andy Haldane 'Asks all the right questions.' Mark Carney Has the West gone bust? Or is there another way? In their new book,...

The 18th-century landscape garden is the only art form to have originated wholly in Britain which then went on to influence the rest of the world. Tim Richardson here tells...

This authoritative and now classic work of reference on the history of British architecture contains biographical information on some 2,000 architects who practiced in England, Scotland, and Wales from the...

The book titled The Merry Bronhill by the author J. Bronhill. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information.

Hu Feng, the 'counterrevolutionary' leader of a banned literary school, spent twenty-five years in the Chinese Communist Party's prison system. But back in the Party's early days, he was one...

A breathtakingly honest memoir about the complexities of forgiveness when a young widow discovers her husband's secret life after his death. Six months after the death of her husband, Julie...

The book titled Growing Up with Barnardo's by the author Allan Moore. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information.

What happens when it logically makes sense for your wife to go straight back to work (she makes more money), leaving you to master the various arts of changing vile...

At Carnegie the unwritten motto is "no pain, no gain", and injury is expected and expected not to interfere with the gruelling practice schedules. In this memoir, Ann writes about...

The book titled A Woman of No Character by the author Fidelis Morgan. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information.

This critical biography analyzes Tennyson's poetic development and his place in literature. It describes his influences, both classical and personal, and illuminates his working methods, for example: a constant revision...

Shortly before his death in 1978, Paul Scott won the Booker Prize for Fiction. In this biography, the author explores Scott's family background in North London, his war years in...

One of the most prolific letter writers of this century, Tolkien wrote to his publishers, to members of his family, to friends and to fans of his books, a mass...

Author: George Hogarth, Esq.Binding: HardbackPublished: James S. Virtue, 1111Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Rebound copy. Brittle pages. Vol I - some...

Author: Brendan CassidyBinding: HardbackPublished: HARVEY MILLER PUBLISHERS, 2011Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly biography The Life & Letters Of Gavin Hamilton: Artist & Art Dealer In Eighteenth-Century...

Author: Alison Littlemore; Kraig CarlstromBinding: HardbackPublished: (Sydney, ), 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling volume chronicles the lives and groundbreaking work of nine influential ceramic artists. It...

Author: Elisabeth Darby; Nicola SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Yale University Press, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Cult Of The Prince Consort presents a compelling historical analysis of Prince Albert's...

Author: Felix RiesenbergBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape, Ltd., 1925Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: FEP missingMarkings: Previous ownerThis maritime memoir, Under Sail, chronicles the adventures and challenges of life aboard a square-rigged...

Author: Sir James Bisset; In Collaboration With P. R. StephensenBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus and Robertson, 1961Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks:...

Author: Ray ParkinBinding: HardbackPublished: The Hogarth Press, 1960Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsOut Of The Smoke chronicles Ray Parkin's...

Author: Frederick PalmerBinding: HardbackPublished: JOHN MURRAY, 1917Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Worn and dull spine. Hinges cracked....

Author: Wilfrid HarrisonBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson University Library, 1961Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical collection, The Greatest Men Of...

Author: Jean BattenBinding: HardbackPublished: GEORGE G. HARRAP & CO. LTD., 1938Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerMy Life by Jean...

Author: John BeedeBinding: HardbackPublished: AUSTRALASIAN BOOK SOCIETY, 1965Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling historical account, They Hosed Them Out: A...

Author: Richard CobbBinding: PaperbackPublished: Penguin Books, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageRichard Cobb's A Classical Education presents a vivid, often humorous, memoir...

Author: David MarrBinding: HardbackPublished: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsDavid Marr's Barwick presents a compelling biography of Sir Garfield Barwick, a towering...

Author: Don LawsonBinding: HardbackPublished: ABELARD-SCHUMAN, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerFamous American Political Families chronicles the enduring legacies and intricate...

Author: Edmund HillaryBinding: HardbackPublished: THE VIKING PRESS, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsFrom The Ocean To The Sky chronicles an extraordinary journey of human endurance and discovery. This...

Author: W. Stanford ReidBinding: HardbackPublished: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling biography, Trumpeter Of God, chronicles the tumultuous life and profound influence...

Author: Meryle SecrestBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerMeryle Secrest's Kenneth Clark: A Biography chronicles the extraordinary life of one of the 20th century's...

Author: Admiral Lord MountevansBinding: HardbackPublished: COLLINS, 1961Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerSouth With Scott chronicles the epic and tragic British...

Author: A B LodgeBinding: HardbackPublished: Allen & Unwin , 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis work of military history presents a sharp account of Gordon Bennett’s wartime career,...

Author: BECKER, LUDWIG translated from the German by DARRAGH, THOMAS A. with an introduction and notes by DARRAGH, THOMAS A. & KOEHLER, MANFRED.Binding: HardbackPublished: Garravembi Press, Bacchus Marsh, 1993Condition:Book: Very...

Author: Agnes StricklandBinding: HardbackPublished: William Blackwood and Sons, 1852Condition:Book: Poor, ex-libraryJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsAgnes Strickland’s monumental...