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Discover the inspiring voices that have changed our world, and started a new conversation. A sister title to Great Women's Speeches (2021), and the pocket edition of Loud and Proud...

The 'Great Lives in Graphics' series is a new way of looking at the lives of famous and influential people. It takes the essential dates and achievements of each person's...

Great Lives in Graphics: Coco Chanel graphic retelling of Chanel's story gives children a visual snapshot of her life and career, while educating them on everything from the history of...

Great Lives in Graphics: David Attenborough gives young readers a visual snapshot of his life and television career, while educating them on topics from documentary filmmaking to climate change and...

Great Lives in Graphics: Muhammad Ali is an illustrated retelling of Ali's life and sporting career, encompassing topics from the history of boxing to the Civil Rights movement in the...

When Union General George McClellan marched toward the Confederate capital of Richmond in 1862, he encountered the Warwick River -where it wasn't supposed to be.- McClellan was following a map...

Author: Godfrey EatonBinding: HardbackPublished: Octopus Books Limited., 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight water damage to back of dust jacket and some...

Author: Aymer Vallance, William Morris, Lewis F. Day, Walter CraneBinding: HardbackPublished: Calla Editions / An Imprint of Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 2017Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in...

The myth of the Universal Museum, a place where cultures and the arts would be documented and preserved for future generations, inspired by the tradition of the Museum and the...

'The art of music-making', writes Michael Shmith, 'is a frighteningly intangible abstract thing that is as easy to describe as it is to contain murcury in your hand. Music, a...

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Author: Huntington Cairns & John WalkerBinding: HardbackPublished: MacMillan, 1952Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has discolouration along edges and some wear and tear to edges and corners...

Author: Douglas CooperBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1963Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Price clipped, dust jacket shows very light wear along some edgesThis compelling non-fiction work...

Tying in with a BBC2 series, this book comprises accounts of six international train adventures undertaken by well-known personalities. Chat-show host Clive Anderson travels from Hong Kong to Mongolia; ballerina...

Author: Michael Frayn, Ludovic Kennedy, Miles Kington, Michael Palin, Eric Robson, Brian Thompson, Michael WoodBinding: HardbackPublished: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis collection chronicles remarkable...

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Author: Vezio MelegariBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld & Nicolson London, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has slight peel to spine...

Author: Geraint Thomas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Across the UK, into Europe and further afield, these are the training rides, races and journeys closest to his heart. From...

Author: Geraint Thomas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Across the UK, into Europe and further afield, these are the training rides, races and journeys closest to his heart. From...

Across the UK, into Europe and further afield, these are the training rides, races and journeys closest to his heart. From one-day classics in the Peak District and Snowdonia to...

Across the UK, into Europe and further afield, these are the training rides, races and journeys closest to his heart. From one-day classics in the Peak District and Snowdonia to...

Author: Rom HarréBinding: HardbackPublished: Phaidon, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerRom Harré's Great Scientific Experiments: Twenty Experiments That Changed Our View Of The World chronicles the profound impact...

Six men made major scientific breakthroughs during the First World War and in doing so altered its course. Lawrence Bragg pinpointed the position of enemy artillery pieces with sound ranging,...

Six men made major scientific breakthroughs during the First World War and in doing so altered its course. Lawrence Bragg pinpointed the position of enemy artillery pieces with sound ranging,...

Author: Amity Shlaes Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 528 The New York Times bestselling author of The Forgotten Man and Coolidge offers a stunning revision of our last great period...

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Author: Patrick Pesnot Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 0 Heroes to some, traitors to others, spies and intelligence officers continue to fascinate and enthrall us with their abilities to operate...

Author: John Le Carré, Eric Ambler, Francis Clifford, Ian FlemingBinding: HardbackPublished: Octopus Books, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Bumped spine. Light yellowing.This compelling anthology, "Great Spy...

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Author: Sigmund SpaethBinding: HardbackPublished: Garden City Publishing Co., 1936Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: No dust jacket, previous owner name inside, pages have light tanningThis compelling...

Author: Theodore H. FederBinding: HardbackPublished: Abbeville, 1982Condition:Book: FairJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis art history volume, "Great Treasures of Pompeii & Herculaneum" by Theodore H. Feder, presents a comprehensive...

Author: Allen DullesBinding: HardbackPublished: Castle/Book Sales, New York, New York, U.S.A, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling collection, Great True Spy Stories: 39 True Accounts From Greek...

Author: Jacques BrosseBinding: HardbackPublished: Doubleday., 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling historical account, Great Voyages Of Exploration: The Golden Age Of Discovery In The Pacific, chronicles the...

The third in a series of five titles, which will cover each year of the war graphically. Many thousands of pictures were taken by photographers on all sides during the...

For decades Canada Steamship Lines proclaimed itself as the world's largest transportation company operating on inland waters. Its passenger and freight vessels could be found on the Great Lakes as...

Author: Claire Saxby Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 A stunning addition to the Nature Storybooks series, Great White Shark tells the real story about one of the planet's most...

The 1975 film "Jaws" tragically and erroneously marked the great white shark as a savage man-eating monster. Three decades later conservationists are still trying to dispel that myth. Great White...

Written for wine lovers who want to discover more about the places where wine is made, this book conveys the ambience, unique features, vineyards, villages and cuisine of 24 wine-producing...

Author: Phaidon Editors Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 348 A sumptuous survey of over 300 women painters and their work spanning almost five centuries Great Women Painters is a groundbreaking...

In Great World Wonders , travel enthusiast and writer Michael Turtle offers a curated guide to the best UNESCO World Heritage sites around the globe, each with a fascinating tale...

Coinciding with Australia's Bicentennial is this exciting, terrifically funny portrait of the authors' outrageous trip through the ever-surprising, always challenging Australian Bush and its indomitable inhabitants. Illustrated.

Are you in a hurry to wonder and worry That new things you try won't go right? When they simply don't work, don't go all berserk Mistakes can grow wings...

This first book on greedy approximation gives a systematic presentation of the fundamental results. It also contains an introduction to two hot topics in numerical mathematics: learning theory and compressed...

Author: D.M. FieldBinding: HardbackPublished: Chartwell Books, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has some very minor wear and tear at some edgesThis comprehensive volume chronicles...

Author: Alice Von HildebrandBinding: HardbackPublished: George Braziller, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Board in good condition. Minor surface wear on DJ. Clean text. This volume presents...

Author: Gilbert NorwoodBinding: HardbackPublished: Methuen & Company, 1948Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis book examines the profound and enduring impact of Greek tragedy on Western literature and thought. It...