Second-hand Books

Without the mechanization of the household, most women would still be bent over the kitchen sink, and yet we know extraordinarily little about the origins of the machines, which, in...

Author: Jean RacineBinding: HardbackPublished: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: small chip on spin dust jacketJean Racine's Andromache...

Author: Maggie WeidenhoferBinding: HardbackPublished: Currey O'Neil, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling social history illuminates the often-overlooked lives of women during the colonial era. It uncovers the daily...

Author: Cynthia FreemanBinding: HardbackPublished: ARBOR HOUSE New York, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: FEP missingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Mild chipping on dust jacket, mild yellowing on...

Author: Kenneth MuirBinding: HardbackPublished: Clarendon Press Oxford, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some yellowing on blockThis compelling Shakespearean drama, Troilus And Cressida, presents a cynical and...

Author: Joe GoresBinding: HardbackPublished: The Mysterious Press, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis gripping crime novel, Come Morning, plunges readers into a world of intricate investigations and relentless...

Author: Georges FeydeauBinding: HardbackPublished: Penguin Books, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis collection presents three uproarious theatrical works from a master of French comedy. It chronicles the absurdities...

Author: Jonathan Periam, R. W. Emerson Macivor, Graham MitchellBinding: HardbackPublished: McNeil & Coffee, 1884Condition:Book: PoorJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition...

Author: E. L. BentleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Orient Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., 1111Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis specialized reference work presents an...

Author: VangelisBinding: HardbackPublished: THE POLYDOR & VERTIGO RECORDINGS, 2017Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: CDs and Poster included. Slightly soiled slipcase.This box set compiles thirteen remastered albums, including...

Author: W. E. H. StannerBinding: HardbackPublished: Australian National University Press, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis collection, White Man Got No Dreaming: Essays 1938-1973, presents a...

A study of the many techniques employed by medieval embroiderers, and the materials they used, illustrated to show various examples of their work. A further title from the MEDIEVAL CRAFTSMEN...

Intended for the general reader, "the illustrated natural history of canada" will be a visually stunning, simply written and authorative presentation of this country's natural history. The text and 200...

Reveals the most intimate writing of one of Australia's most loved and acclaimed authors. Through these pieces we discover where Elizabeth's writing has come from and how her thinking has...

This is a title about the marriage of food and wine; of icons and ideas. A marriage that spans geographical barriers to create sensuous pleasure. The players are international, the...

In this intriguing and very personal book, part diary, part memoir, P. D. James considers the twelve months of her life between her 77th and 78th birthdays, and looks back...

In his first full length work since Shortcomings in 2007, Adrian Tomine has produced another unforgettable collection of stories and characters: 'Amber Sweet' shows the disastrous impact of mistaken identity...

Dismas Hardy defends Maya Townshend, the beautiful socialite niece of the San Francisco's mayor, who is suspected of killing a charming ex-convict. This is a timely legal thriller filled with...

New York Times bestseller Lescroart returns with an ambitious, torn-from-today's headlines thriller featuring his trademark blend of real people and real suspense.

An electrifying thrill-ride of a novel that peeks behind the white picket fences of suburbia, The Innocent is at once a twisting, turning, emotionally-charged story, and a compelling tale of...

The call comes at midnight. It looks like a tragic and petty murder -- a rising star in San Francisco's legal firmament found shot in a dark alley. But for...

An important tribute to the work and life of an extraordinary Aboriginal activist. William Cooper's passionate struggle against the dispossession of Aboriginal people and the denial of their rights and...

William Butler Yeats was not only one of the most beloved and honored poets of this century. Playwright, essayist, theatrical impresario, occultist, politician, famously hapless lover--he was also one of...

The Seventy Great Inventions of the Ancient World traces the course of human ingenuity and innovation from the first crude stone tools of our earliest ancestors two and a half...

The Nancy Drew series, first published in 1930, has sold more than 65 million copies! This new edition, with a stylish new cover that harkens back to the era in...

In the early days of World War II, Great Britain and Australia fell tragically at odds. Australia had always rallied to the British colors, confident the Mother Country would reciprocate....

Meet George Mahoney, designer of refrigerators and a real middle-of-the-road kind of guy. Even his wife describes him as "passive-passive." What changes all this is the arrival of a new...

Richie Benaud was captain of Australia in 28 of the 68 Tests he played. Now he is a TV commentator and columnist in England and Australia. In this book he...

In the near future, when danger is in the mind and violence lurks behind every smile, a rural community foster a terrorist group called The Little Red Hen to defend...

In a kingdom of merciless tyrants, Jebel Rum's family is honored as royalty because his father is the executioner. But Rashed Rum is near retirement. And when he goes, there...

Fans of the #1 New York Times bestselling Twilight Saga will treasure this definitive official guide! This must-have hardcover edition-the only official guide-is the definitive encyclopedic reference to the Twilight...

At the nexus of high finance and sophisticated computer programming, a terrifying future may be unfolding even now. Dr. Alex Hoffmann's name is carefully guarded from the general public, but...

In the dramatic years between 1870 and the end of World War II, a number of prominent French Jews-pillars of an embattled community-invested their fortunes in France's cultural artifacts, sacrificed...

beaurocrats who blocked him at every turn, and after a hopelessly unsuccessful marriage he was murdered in a dual aged 37.