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The Art of Losing Control: A Philosopher's Search for Ecstatic

The Art of Losing Control: A Philosopher's Search for Ecstatic

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Jules Evans is lying at the bottom of a mountain after a skiing accident. But he's not thinking about his broken femur. He's having an ecstatic revelation. Jules's brush with...
Aboriginal Men of High Degree: Initiation and Sorcery in the World's

Aboriginal Men of High Degree: Initiation and Sorcery in the World's

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The first book to reveal the secret and sacred practices of Aboriginal shamans, Aboriginal Men of High Degree presents an extraordinary series of rites by which the young Aboriginal male...
Articulate: A Deaf Memoir of Voice

Articulate: A Deaf Memoir of Voice

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Named a best book of the year by Kirkus Reviews Named a Notable Book of 2025 by the Washington Post A deaf writer's exploration of language, communication, and what it...
Million First Dates

Million First Dates

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The untold story behind the rise of online-dating and what the latest technology means for our relationships. ** Previously published in hardcover as Love in the Time of Algorithms **...
Podium: What Shapes a Sporting Champion?

Podium: What Shapes a Sporting Champion?

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What does it really take to make the podium? Which of the biological, environmental and psychological factors really shape a champion's route to the top? To answer these questions, Ben...
Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear

Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear

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We are the safest humans who ever lived - the statistics prove it. And yet the media tells a different story with its warnings and scare stories. How is it...
Lessons In Liberty: Thirty Rules For Living From Ten Extraordinary

Lessons In Liberty: Thirty Rules For Living From Ten Extraordinary

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"Smart, patriotic, and readable, this book is what our cynical culture needs." - Pete Hegseth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Battle for the American Mind America is full...
After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order

After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order

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'The twenty-first century's counterpart to Hobbes's Leviathan ' EMMANUELE COCCIA What has happened to the nation-state? From a prizewinning writer, After Nations offers a sweeping history of this most unquestioned...
Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed

Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed

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The No1 Sunday Times Bestseller A Waterstones Best Politics Book 2024 A Mail on Sunday 'Best Holiday Read 2024' 'A searing expose' Glamour 'A timely reminder of the dangers posed...
Mother of Invention: How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built

Mother of Invention: How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built

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WATERSTONES BEST POLITICAL BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2021 LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL 'I am absurdly excited for this book' Caroline Criado Perez Bestselling author Katrine Marcal reveals the...
Variable Winds At Jalna

Variable Winds At Jalna

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Edition: bceCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingSet against the sweeping grandeur of the Whiteoak family estate, Variable Winds at Jalna draws readers back into the...
Exposed!: Hauntings, Scandals, Murders & Mysteries Of Beechworth & The Ovens District

Exposed!: Hauntings, Scandals, Murders & Mysteries Of Beechworth & The Ovens District

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBeneath the sun-bleached façade of Beechworth and the Ovens District lies a world of shadows — of restless...
The World's Most Evil Murderers

The World's Most Evil Murderers

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; creased cover.From Jack the Ripper to Ted Bundy, humanity has long been haunted by the question of...
Fight Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here

Fight Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn an era defined by staggering inequality and the unchecked consolidation of power, Bernie Sanders issues a thunderous...
To The Bullfight Again

To The Bullfight Again

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Edition: revised and enlarged ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedIn the sun-drenched arenas of Spain, where the roar of the crowd mingles with the thunder of hooves,...
Rupert Murdoch: A Business Biography

Rupert Murdoch: A Business Biography

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew figures in modern history have reshaped the global media landscape with the audacity and ambition of Rupert Murdoch, and Simon Regan's Rupert Murdoch:...
Fair Girls And Gray Horses

Fair Girls And Gray Horses

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFrom the sun-baked plains of the Australian outback to the rolling highlands of his native Scotland, Will Ogilvie's Fair Girls...
Notes On A Scandal

Notes On A Scandal

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat begins as an unlikely friendship between two teachers at a London comprehensive school spirals into an electrifying...
The Reluctant Fundamentalist

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the charged atmosphere of a Lahore café, a bearded Pakistani man named Changez engages a wary...
Power Without Glory

Power Without Glory

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBilled as the book that tore Australia apart, Frank Hardy's monumental Power Without Glory is a searing fictional...
Arcadian Adventures With The Idle Rich

Arcadian Adventures With The Idle Rich

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingA razor-sharp comedy of plutocratic excess, Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich transports readers to the fictional Plutoria...
The Year Of The Angry Rabbit

The Year Of The Angry Rabbit

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Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: price clipped dj; minor foxing along the book block; boards remain square and tight; In a darkly...
Aussie Talk: The Macquarie Dictionary Of Australian Colloquialisms

Aussie Talk: The Macquarie Dictionary Of Australian Colloquialisms

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodEver wondered what it truly means to speak Australian? Aussie Talk: The Macquarie Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms is the definitive guide to the vibrant,...
Mallee Roots To New Horizons

Mallee Roots To New Horizons

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; faded and creased cover; In the vast, scrubby heartland of Australia's Mallee region, where red...
Modern Chinese Readers: Book I

Modern Chinese Readers: Book I

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFor students of Mandarin seeking a rigorous and authentic foundation in the language, Modern Chinese Readers:...
Great Commercial Disasters

Great Commercial Disasters

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat do the Edsel, the Titanic's cargo manifest, and the most catastrophic product launches in business history all...
One Man's Journey: The Memoirs Of Ewing C Stevens

One Man's Journey: The Memoirs Of Ewing C Stevens

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOne Man's Journey is a candid and compelling memoir that chronicles the life of Ewing C Stevens, a...
Gandhi: A Memoir

Gandhi: A Memoir

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew figures in modern history have commanded both the moral imagination and the political stage quite...
Hoyle's Card Games

Hoyle's Card Games

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe name Hoyle has been synonymous with card game authority for nearly three centuries, and Hoyle's Card Games...
General Economic History

General Economic History

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Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodAt the crossroads of history, sociology, and political economy, Max Weber's General Economic History stands as one of the most...
The Plague Dogs

The Plague Dogs

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingTwo dogs escape from a brutal animal research laboratory in the English Lake District — and what follows in Richard Adams's The...
An Outline History Of Switzerland: From The Origins To The Present Day

An Outline History Of Switzerland: From The Origins To The Present Day

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the ancient Alpine tribes who first carved out a life among the mountains to the sophisticated modern...
The Deming Dimension

The Deming Dimension

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the world of modern management theory, few names carry the transformative weight of W. Edwards Deming, and...
Torn Lace Curtain

Torn Lace Curtain

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBehind the polished doors of the White House lies a world of secrets, power, and startling human drama...
Sir Michael And Sir George: A Tale Of Comsa And Discus And The New Elizabethans

Sir Michael And Sir George: A Tale Of Comsa And Discus And The New Elizabethans

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingIn the grand tradition of British satirical fiction, Sir Michael and Sir George skewers the pomp and...
Wonder Hero

Wonder Hero

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingIn the glittering yet hollow world of manufactured celebrity, Wonder Hero strips bare the machinery of fame...
Margin Released: A Writer's Reminiscences And Reflections

Margin Released: A Writer's Reminiscences And Reflections

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingFew writers of the twentieth century possessed the breadth of experience and sheer literary range of J.B....
Delight: Self-Selected Essays

Delight: Self-Selected Essays

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingFew writers of the twentieth century possessed J. B. Priestley's rare gift for finding profound joy in...
Angel Pavement

Angel Pavement

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingIn the grey, grinding heart of 1930s London, a small, unremarkable veneer-trading firm called Twigg & Dersingham...
Literature And Western Man

Literature And Western Man

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingA sweeping and magisterial survey of five centuries of Western literature, Literature and Western Man is J....
Journey Down A Rainbow

Journey Down A Rainbow

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingWhat happens when two of Britain's sharpest minds — a celebrated novelist and a distinguished archaeologist —...
The Way Of All Flesh

The Way Of All Flesh

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingFew novels have cut as deeply into the hypocrisy of Victorian family life as Samuel Butler's The...
Barchester Towers

Barchester Towers

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingIn the cloistered world of a mid-Victorian cathedral city, a bitter war for ecclesiastical power ignites the...
London: The Glamour Years 1919-39

London: The Glamour Years 1919-39

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodBetween the armistice of 1918 and the gathering storm of the Second World War, London blazed with an extraordinary energy...
Kyabram Cannery: 1922 - 2022

Kyabram Cannery: 1922 - 2022

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFor one hundred years, the Kyabram Cannery stood as the beating industrial heart of a proud Victorian country...
Essays On Ancient Israel In Its Near Eastern Context: A Tribute To Nadav Na'Aman

Essays On Ancient Israel In Its Near Eastern Context: A Tribute To Nadav Na'Aman

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodA landmark contribution to the field of ancient Near Eastern studies, Essays on Ancient Israel in Its Near Eastern...
Poesie Siciliane

Poesie Siciliane

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image **ITALIAN TEXT ONLY**From the sun-drenched island of Sicily rises the irreverent and deeply human voice...
Double Time: Women In Victoria - 150 Years

Double Time: Women In Victoria - 150 Years

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark contribution to Australian social history, Double Time: Women in Victoria - 150 Years presents a richly...