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A brilliant and very readable critical biography of, according to the author, 'the greatest single imaginative genius of the nineteenth century'. Winner of the John Llewelyn Rhys Prize. 'I have...

The book titled Daughter of the Sea by the author Sarah Woodhouse. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

An examination of the needs of human beings from a philosophical viewpoint. The book examines the long-term failure of religions and political thought to give a sense of community which...

The book titled Lock & Key: The Secrets of Locking Things up, in, and out by the author Stephen Tchudi. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...

The book titled Daniel Barenboim: A Life in Music by the author Daniel Barenboim. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

How could the West have better prepared for the fall of communism and gained a clearer picture of Russia's new political landscape? By cultivating an awareness, Nicolai Petro argues, of...

Freud is discredited, so we do not have to think about the darker strains of unconcious motivation anymore. We know what moves our political leaders, so we don't have to...

In 1980, the first part of the Collins History of the World in the 20th Century was published, covering the years 1900-1945. This is a revision of and extensive expansion...

The book titled The Practical Paleontologist by the author Steve Parker. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

This novel is about a biographer trying to find out the truth about a member of the british government in world war ii who collaborated with some of his peers...

Australians love Asian food. We love it for its flavours, healthiness, ease and affordability. Kim Terakes is passionate about the Asian food we enjoy here in Australia. In this book,...

When Deborah Thomson met Wayne, she was a shy, introverted 24-year-old student. He was a loud charismatic young man. His temper was an issue but one she hoped they could...

How does a wild, free-spirited, intelligent cockatoo pass the time during a 100-year life span? With play! This delightful book explores the antics of the popular sulphur-crested cockatoo. These infamous...

Is there a calling within you to step into your power? This book provides you with the inspiration, motivation and practical advice to show up as a leader and take...

Pragmatism is experiencing a powerful revival. But the new pragmatism has not yet expressed itself in a new aesthetic, and not since Dewey's "Art as Experience" (1934) has there been...

Tom Sorell's book concerns not simply capital punishment but the use of philosophical theories of right and wrong. He argues that such theories are not to be regarded as giving...

The book titled The Follyfoot Collection by the author Monica Dickens. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A tender and heartwarming collection of babies' first joys, as shared with loved ones. A tender and heartwarming collection of babies' first joys, as shared with loved ones. Playing, loving,...

"Tender and unsparing, this is a novel to hold onto." -Crystal Hana Kim, author of If You Leave Me A novel about family secrets and why we forgive our fathers...

Looking back at all he missed with his family while he built his empire, Quinn is consumed by guilt, focused only on escaping to the sea. But as his plans...

The book titled An Infamous Address by the author Roger Wilkes. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Brady and Hindley: Genesis of the Moors Murders by the author Fred Harrison. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A hugely significant political novel of the late 20th century from one of the outstanding writers of the modern era. In a London squat, a band of bourgeois revolutionaries are...

Airplane Baron von Crow is an airplane pilot. He is a daredevil who zooms through the air. Be more careful, Baron! Join Lowly Worm, Hilda Hippo and the Bear, Cat...

Martinique, 1765, and brothers Emile and Lucien are charged by their French master, Father Cleophas, with a mission. They must return to Grenada, the island they once called home, and...

The new novel from Milan Kundera 'Enchanting . it explores all aspects of a declining civilisation without taking any of them too seriously . In this novel of Flaubertian seduction,...

Few British schoolchildren of the seventies can have been as obsessed with the Tour de France as William Fotheringham, who smuggled copies of Miroir du Cyclisme into lessons to read...

A classic collection of Alan Bennett screenplays. Often imitated but never equalled, Alan Bennett's work for the screen gives as much enjoyment in the reading as it did in the...

An eye-opening survey of cricket, from the crowd violence and blatant match-rigging of the eighteenth century, down to the twentieth century's glaring abuses of the spirit of the game. Written...

The hero of Hanif Kureishi's debut novel is a dreamy teenager, desperate to escape suburban South London and experience the forbidden fruits that the 1970s seem to offer. When the...

Fritz Lang, director of films such as "Metropolis", "M" and "The Big Heat", established his reputation in Germany during the silent era. When Hitler rose to power, Lang emigrated to...

John Updike considers it one of the less elevated impulses, Norman Mailer sees it as an inevitable conflict, Wallace Stevens saw it as one of the greatest aspects of literature....

Boris Becker shot to fame in 1985 when at seventeen years old, he became the youngest player ever to win the men s final at Wimbledon. He went on to...

Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli, and Cesare Borgia-three iconic figures whose intersecting lives provide the basis for this astonishing work of narrative history. They could not have been more different,...

The book titled Motive to Murder by the author Georgina Lloyd. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled The Rock and the Sand by the author Mary Durack. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled To be Heirs Forever by the author Mary Durack. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The British Aesthetic Tradition: From Shaftesbury to Wittgenstein is the first single volume to offer readers a comprehensive and systematic history of aesthetics in Britain from its inception in the...

Thousands of people have died at the hands of terrorist groups who rely on state support for their activities. Iran and Libya are well known as sponsors of terrorism, while...

In this volume the Australian Academy of Science celebrates and assesses two centuries of Australian science. Authors with different fields of interest present a group of general surveys and case...

This book is a new translation of a classic work of modern social and political thought, Elements of the Philosophy of Right. Hegel's last major published work, is an attempt...

This is a volume of original essays written by philosophers and scientists and dealing with philosophical questions arising from work in evolutionary biology and artificial intelligence. In recent years both...

This book is an advanced critical introduction to Greek tragedy. It is written specifically for the reader who does not know Greek and who may be unfamiliar with the context...

Just how slow does a snail go? Are bugs afraid of the dark? Why do ants march in a line? Find out the answers to these and many more bug...

The book titled Metamorphoses: Greek Photographs by the author Daniel Schwartz. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A year-by-year history of people and events telling the story of jazz and the personalities which have formed this music style. Beginning at the turn of the century, the text...