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Writers And Hampstead: Observations On The Place And The People, 101 Commentators From Domesday To Drabble

Writers And Hampstead: Observations On The Place And The People, 101 Commentators From Domesday To Drabble

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Author: Ian NorrieBinding: HardbackPublished: High Hill Press, Hampstead, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account, Writers And Hampstead: Observations On The Place And The People, 101 Commentators...
Schindler's Ark

Schindler's Ark

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Author: Thomas KeneallyBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsSchindler's Ark presents a powerful historical narrative, recounting the extraordinary efforts of Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who...
William Frater: A Life With Colour

William Frater: A Life With Colour

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Author: Dick WittmanBinding: HardbackPublished: THE MIEGUNYAH PRESS, 2000Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography chronicles the vibrant life and artistic contributions of William Frater, a pivotal figure...
Merric Boyd And Murrumbeena: The Life Of An Artist In A Time And A Place

Merric Boyd And Murrumbeena: The Life Of An Artist In A Time And A Place

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Author: Colin G. SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: The author Murrumbeena, 2014Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis biographical work chronicles the artistic journey of Merric Boyd,...
The Art Of Blamire Young

The Art Of Blamire Young

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Author: Elly FinkBinding: HardbackPublished: Golden Press, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe Art Of Blamire Young by Elly Fink presents a comprehensive look into the life and work of...
The Art And Architecture Of C.F.A. Voysey: English Pioneer Modernist Architect And Designer

The Art And Architecture Of C.F.A. Voysey: English Pioneer Modernist Architect And Designer

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Author: David ColeBinding: HardbackPublished: images Publishing, 2015Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive volume chronicles the influential career of C.F.A. Voysey, a pivotal figure in English modernist architecture...
The Life Of Guido Reni

The Life Of Guido Reni

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Author: Carlo Cesare MalvasiaBinding: HardbackPublished: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1980Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis foundational work in art historical biography offers an intimate look into...
Alvise Vivarini: His Art And Influence

Alvise Vivarini: His Art And Influence

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Author: John SteerBinding: HardbackPublished: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work presents a comprehensive study of the Venetian Renaissance painter Alvise Vivarini, meticulously examining...
Hossein Valamanesh: A Survey

Hossein Valamanesh: A Survey

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Author: Hossein ValamaneshBinding: PaperbackPublished: Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 2001Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageHossein Valamanesh: A Survey presents a comprehensive...
Inge King: Sculpture

Inge King: Sculpture

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Author: Geoffrey EdwardsBinding: PaperbackPublished: National Gallery of Victoria, 1992Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling volume chronicles the remarkable career of Inge...
Imants Tillers: Venice Biennale 1986

Imants Tillers: Venice Biennale 1986

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Author: Imants TillersBinding: PaperbackPublished: The Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council, Sydney and Art Gallery Board of South Australia, Adelaide, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks:...
The Illustrated Journeys Of Celia Fiennes: 1685-1712

The Illustrated Journeys Of Celia Fiennes: 1685-1712

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Author: Celia FiennesBinding: HardbackPublished: Macdonald & Co. and Webb & Bower, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe compelling The Illustrated Journeys Of Celia Fiennes: 1685-1712 chronicles the remarkable...
John Borrack: A Retrospective 1956-1990

John Borrack: A Retrospective 1956-1990

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Author: John BorrackBinding: PaperbackPublished: City of Whittlesea, 1996Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling art volume presents a comprehensive overview of John...
On Paper 1958-1990

On Paper 1958-1990

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Author: Robert JacksBinding: PaperbackPublished: University of Melbourne, 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling art volume presents a comprehensive survey of Robert...
Stripperama

Stripperama

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Author: Richard Larter, Kelly GellatlyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Heide Museum of Modern Art, 2002Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageStripperama presents a vibrant and uninhibited...
The River People

The River People

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Author: James CowanBinding: HardbackPublished: A.H. & A.W. Reed, Sydney & Wellington, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: medium rip/chip on spineThe River People...
William Pitt, Earl Of Chatham (Two-Volume Set)

William Pitt, Earl Of Chatham (Two-Volume Set)

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Author: Albert Von RuvilleBinding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann; G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1907Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Vol....
Small Fires: An Epic in the Kitchen

Small Fires: An Epic in the Kitchen

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Why do we cook? Is it just to feed ourselves and others? Or is there something more revolutionary going on? In Small Fires , Rebecca May Johnson reinvents cooking -...
The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod

The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod

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Henry Beston planned to spend only two weeks in his newly built cottage on the outer beach of Cape Cod. As summer drifted into autumn, however, he found himself so...
Arrangements in Blue: Notes on Love and Making a Life

Arrangements in Blue: Notes on Love and Making a Life

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Is it possible life without romantic love isn't so bad? An essential memoir about building life on your own terms Is it possible life without romantic love isn't so bad?...
Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After

Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After

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An Amazon Best Memoir of the Month One of Elle Magazine's Best Books of 2017 Goodreads Best of the Month Daily Beast, "Books I Can't Live Without" Good Housekeeping, Best...
Tissue

Tissue

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'wide-ranging, defiant and impassioned' - Fiona Wright, author of The World Was Whole What does it mean to terminate a pregnancy? In Tissue, Madison Griffiths turns her keen eye to...
Tested: Reflections and conversations on leadership and resilience

Tested: Reflections and conversations on leadership and resilience

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Australia's Test Cricket Captain in conversation with remarkable leaders and achievers - from Julia Gillard to Dennis Lillee. Finalist at the Australian Business Book Awards - Leadership Category 2025 When...
Journey to the Sun: Junipero Serra's Dream and the Founding of

Journey to the Sun: Junipero Serra's Dream and the Founding of

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The fascinating narrative of the remarkable life of Junipero Serra, the intrepid priest who led Spain and the Catholic Church into California in the 1700s and became a key figure...
The Age of Deception: Nuclear Diplomacy in Treacherous Times

The Age of Deception: Nuclear Diplomacy in Treacherous Times

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When, in 1997, the International Atomic Energy Agency unanimously elected Mohamed ElBaradei as its next Director General, few observers could have forecast the dramatic role he would play over the...
Sorrow Mountain: the Remarkable Story of a Tibetan Warrior Nun: The

Sorrow Mountain: the Remarkable Story of a Tibetan Warrior Nun: The

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The book titled Sorrow Mountain: the Remarkable Story of a Tibetan Warrior Nun: The by the author Ani Pachen. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...
Speech-Less: Tales of a White House Survivor

Speech-Less: Tales of a White House Survivor

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From a top speechwriter to President George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld, this may be the most deliciously candid memoir ever written about official Washington - a laugh-out-loud cri de...
Snake Oil And Other Preoccupations

Snake Oil And Other Preoccupations

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At the time of his death from cancer on 1 March 2001, journalist and broadcaster John Diamond had completed six chapters of what was to be "an uncomplimentary look at...
Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration, Survival, and

Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration, Survival, and

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" "Wide-ranging yet consistently affecting, these pieces offer a crucial and inspired survey of the immigrant experience in America." " - Publishers Weekly "[These contributions] touch on so many different...
Driving To Treblinka: A Long Search For A Lost Father

Driving To Treblinka: A Long Search For A Lost Father

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An award-winning journalist tells her haunting family story. Diana Wichtel was born in Vancouver. Her mother was a New Zealander, her father a Polish Jew who had jumped off a...
Waleed Aly (I Know This To Be True): On sincerity, compassion &

Waleed Aly (I Know This To Be True): On sincerity, compassion &

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Waleed Aly is an Australian broadcaster, journalist, academic and musician. As co-host of The Project , a daily primetime television news and current affairs programme, he is one Australia's leading...
Being Peta: living with leukaemia

Being Peta: living with leukaemia

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Being Peta provides a brave, honest firsthand account by a young person of what it's like to live with leukaemia. It is a book that will provide comfort and companionship...
Bury Me Vertical

Bury Me Vertical

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In his latest collection, Ryle brings together the best cock and bull stories from the local pub, the sale yard, the track and his own remarkable life. Have you heard...
The Hidden Journey: Melanoma Up Close and Personal

The Hidden Journey: Melanoma Up Close and Personal

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Christine is in a purple patch of her life. Recently retired, she has big plans for the future and decides to keep a journal. This is her time: time to...
Rural Tranquillity to National Crisis: A Farm Vet's Story

Rural Tranquillity to National Crisis: A Farm Vet's Story

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Born in rural Worcestershire in 1950, David Harwood learnt about keeping animals from an early age, before going on to study veterinary medicine at London's Royal Veterinary College. Once qualified,...
Lorenzo The Magnificent

Lorenzo The Magnificent

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Author: Hugh Ross WilliamsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical biography Lorenzo The Magnificent chronicles the extraordinary life of one of the Renaissance's...
Heroes: Women In Snowboarding

Heroes: Women In Snowboarding

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Author: Jerome TanonBinding: HardbackPublished: ACC ART BOOKS, 2020Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: slighly worn binding'Heroes: Women In Snowboarding chronicles the groundbreaking achievements and inspiring journeys of female athletes...
The Final Curtain: A Celebration Of The Life Of Frank Sinatra

The Final Curtain: A Celebration Of The Life Of Frank Sinatra

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Author: Stan BrittBinding: HardbackPublished: Carlton Books, London, 1998Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis biography, The Final Curtain: A Celebration Of The Life Of Frank Sinatra, chronicles the extraordinary life...
Wharlie

Wharlie

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Author: Wal Stubbings And Lesley SyngeBinding: PaperbackPublished: Zing Stories, 2017Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image A wandering storyteller crosses paths with a...
My Story: Harry M Miller As Told To Denis O'Brien

My Story: Harry M Miller As Told To Denis O'Brien

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Author: Harry M MillerBinding: HardbackPublished: M, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerMy Story chronicles the extraordinary life and career of a legendary figure in the entertainment world, offering an...
David Bowie: Rock 'n' Roll with Me

David Bowie: Rock 'n' Roll with Me

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David Bowie: Rock 'n' Roll with Me is Geoff MacCormack's remarkable photographic memoir, charting his lifelong friendship with David Bowie. Images bring MacCormack's stories to life, showing the places he...
Mum's the Word

Mum's the Word

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Author: Marea StenmarkBinding: HardbackPublished: North Rocks Press, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markings-
Atlantis Is Missing: A Gripping True Story Of Survival In The Australian Wilderness

Atlantis Is Missing: A Gripping True Story Of Survival In The Australian Wilderness

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Author: Barbara WinterBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson Melbourne, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis gripping non-fiction account chronicles a truly extraordinary event in Australian history. It details the...
Saint Bridget Of Sweden: Volume II

Saint Bridget Of Sweden: Volume II

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Author: Johannes JørgensenBinding: HardbackPublished: Longmans Green and Co, 1954Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly biography chronicles the profound spiritual journey of...
Farewell Israel!

Farewell Israel!

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Author: Ephraim SevelaBinding: HardbackPublished: -Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Title page missing. Farewell Israel! by Ephraim Sevela presents a sharp, often humorous, look at the complexities...
New York Jew

New York Jew

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Author: Alfred KazinBinding: HardbackPublished: American Book-Stratford Press, 1111Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerNew York Jew chronicles the formative experiences of a renowned literary critic, presenting a vivid portrait...
Wollaston's Picton Journal (1841-1844): Volume I Of The Journals And Diaries (1841-1856)

Wollaston's Picton Journal (1841-1844): Volume I Of The Journals And Diaries (1841-1856)

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Author: Revd. John Ramsden WollastonBinding: HardbackPublished: Paterson Brokensha, 1111Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis historical non-fiction work chronicles the daily life and observations of...
The Crossing Of Antarctica: The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58

The Crossing Of Antarctica: The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58

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Author: Sir Vivian Fuchs And Sir Edmund HillaryBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell - London, 1958Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThe Crossing of Antarctica presents a monumental account of...