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Architecture and explorations focusing on landscapes, forms, narrations sketched in pencil, pastels, watercolors that closely bind local tradition and modernity, taking inspiration from explosive nature. The author is Alberto Kalach,...

**WINNER OF THE T S ELIOT PRIZE FOR POETRY 2022** **SHORTLISTED FOR THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR POETRY 2022** **LONGLISTED FOR THE OCM BOCAS PRIZE 2023** With Sonnets for Albert ,...

Now in paperback, an "unforgettably good book [told] with compassion and sympathy" (Simon Winchester, New York Times ) about an eccentric aviator and the thrilling early days of flight. From...

In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Albert Einstein, the legendary scientist. Little Albert grew up in Germany, where...

Ian Brown and Eoin Clarke's brilliant Albert the Tortoise takes young children aged 0-3 on a journey around his garden home to introduce the concept of numbers and basic numeracy...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears firm with no loose pages. Stickers/Labels: None visible. A compelling...

For more than five decades Walter and Albertina Sisulu were at the forefront of the struggle against apartheid. As secretary-general of the ANC, Walter was sentenced to life imprisonment with...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew lives embody the full extremity of human endurance quite like that of Sir Albert Coates — surgeon, soldier, and survivor — whose extraordinary...

Stanley Weintraub, biographer of Queen Victoria and other major figures of her era, here unveils for the first time the largely hidden role of Prince Albert, establishing him as one...

Ian Brown and Eoin Clarke's brilliant Albert the Tortoise takes young children aged 0-3 on a journey around his garden home to introduce the alphabet and phonetics in this new...

When Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha married his cousin, the young Queen Victoria, in 1840, it was not only a match whose fertility and personal devotion provided a model for the queen's...

Author: Simon Garfield Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 One of the most beautiful handcrafted typefaces in the world, Albertus is also one of the most enduring. The face of...

In this companion biography to the acclaimed Victoria , A. N. Wilson offers a deeply textured and ambitious portrait of Prince Albert, published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of...

Author: Hermione HobhouseBinding: PaperbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, London, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis authoritative biography chronicles the remarkable life of Queen...

This publication explores the artistic lives of the young Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, from the Queens accession in 1837 to Prince Alberts death in 1861. These are the years...

Author: Samuel White BakerBinding: HardbackPublished: Horizon Press, NY, 1962Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markings This book details Samuel White Baker's explorations of the Nile sources, with...

Author: VariousBinding: HardbackPublished: OdhamsCondition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markings-

Walter Sisulu and Albertina Thethiwe were born in small rural villages just a few miles apart in the Eastern Cape hinterland. From these humble beginnings, they would become two of...

As she did in her critically acclaimed "The Last Days of the Romanovs," Helen Rappaport brings a compelling documentary feel to the story of this royal marriage and of the...

Author: Philip Hoare Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AN OBSERVER BEST ART BOOK OF 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO...

Author: Simon Garfield Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 One of the most beautiful handcrafted typefaces in the world, Albertus is also one of the most enduring. The face of...

Author: Albert Coates And Newman RosenthalBinding: HardbackPublished: Hyland House, Melbourne, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe Albert Coates Story chronicles the remarkable life of a celebrated musical figure,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew stories of human endurance and medical heroism from the Second World War are as extraordinary as that of Sir Albert Coates — Australian...

A spiritual biography of Albert Einstein that reveals for the first time the scientific and religious origins of his ethical philosophy Nearly everyone is familiar with Einstein's scientific accomplishments-but few...

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TIME invites readers to explore the life and times of one of history's greatest minds, the genius selected by TIME as the Most Infl uential Person of the 20th Century....

'Fascinating, hugely entertaining, instructive in the best sense. I always thought that writing could not be taught, only reading, but this book made me reconsider. I read it in one...

'Fascinating, hugely entertaining, instructive in the best sense. I always thought that writing could not be taught, only reading, but this book made me reconsider. I read it in one...

A fascinating biography of the drugmaker Albert Barnes, whose pioneering collection of modern art was meant to transform America's soul From prominent critic and biographer Blake Gopnik comes a compelling...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingFew lives encapsulate the full spectrum of human endurance quite like that of Albert Coates — a man whose extraordinary story moves...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsIn this profound and visually captivating photographic monument, celebrated filmmaker and photojournalist Erica Anderson...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBehind every great monarch stands a figure of equal brilliance, and in King Without a Crown, Daphne Bennett...

London, 1899. Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone on the site of a newmuseum being built, which she names as The Victoria and Albert Museum.Shortly after, Daniel Wilson and Abigail...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis scholarly collection presents a rich assembly of academic essays honoring Albertus Magnus, the thirteenth-century Dominican friar, philosopher,...

A fascinating biography of the drugmaker Albert Barnes, whose pioneering collection of modern art was meant to transform America's soul From prominent critic and biographer Blake Gopnik comes a compelling...

Alberta does dreadful things, and she always gets her own way. So when she doesn't listen to her mother's good advice and enters the wild and dangerous woods, it's no...

Author: George SeaverBinding: HardbackPublished: Adam & Charles Black, 1947Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has general wear and some light tearing at corners, dust jacket...

Author: -Binding: PaperbackPublished: The Albert Coates Memorial Trust, 2007Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Cover has some light tanning on back panelThe historical account The Volunteer:...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsBeyond the rigid etiquette of the royal court lies the story of a passionate and tumultuous partnership that redefined the British...