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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Fade spine. Alexander Baron's There's No Home is a poignant work of post-war fiction that chronicles the struggles of a...

It is 1943. The allied invasion of Sicily. In a lull in the fighting, an exhausted British battalion marches into the searing summer heat of Catania, to be greeted by...

The day they moved in was a memorable one for me. Not because of them, for I couldn't know what they were to bring into my life, but because of...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Baron Bagge, a cavalry officer during the First World War, receives orders from his unhinged commander to ride into Russian machine...

Author: Alex Rowson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 'Popular history at its very best, thought-provoking and accessible. Underpinned by serious research, and written with panache, it summons up a...

A magical coming-of-age story about a boy spending his first weekend without his parents . . . and the lion who comes to babysit him. Get ready to fall in...

A compelling narrative of the life of the greatest conqueror of all time- Alexander the Great. Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), who led the Macedonian army to victory in Egypt,...

You've seen the show, you've sung the songs, now read the full story of America's most misunderstood founding father. 'I was swept up by the story. I thought it 'out-Dickens'...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodOne of the most flamboyant and extraordinary figures of the twentieth century, Baron Philippe de Rothschild lived a life so vast in its ambition and...

When Alexander McQueen committed suicide in February 2010, aged just 40, a shocked world mourned the loss of its most visionary fashion designer. McQueen had risen from humble beginnings as...

Penguin Classics relaunch. Although written over four hundred years after Alexander's death, Arrian's account of the man and his achievements is the most reliable we have. Arrian's own experience as...

Author: Professor Richard A. Gabriel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Over the years, some 20,000 books and articles have been written about Alexander the Great, the vast majority hailing...

Author: Adam Baron Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 A magical coming-of-age story about a boy spending his first weekend without his parents . . . and the lion who...

'A thrilling read' Tom Holland 'History-writing at its best' Barry Strauss By the end of his short life, Alexander the Great had redrawn the map of the ancient world to...

Author: Robert Fabbri (Author) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 'I foresee great struggles at my funeral games.' Babylon, 323 BC: Alexander the Great is dead, leaving behind...

Author: Alex Rowson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 'Popular history at its very best, thought-provoking and accessible. Underpinned by serious research, and written with panache, it summons up a...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A landmark exhibition catalogue, The Search for Alexander presents a sweeping visual...

Author: Alexander Bainbinding: SoftbackPublished: Adamant Media Corp., 2013Condition: book: Very good, jacket: No dust jacket, page: Good, markings: No markingsThis book is a reprint of the original work first published...

The Alexander Technique is a method of muscular re-education, which has become standard training for actors, dancers and singers, and is practised for health reasons all over the world. Its...

Alexander the Great (356-323BC) is arguably the greatest military strategist, tactician and ruler in world history. He reigned over Greece, conquered the Persians, and marched as far as India. His...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Some minor silverfish damage to FEP, rubbed edges and some chipping to DJ.In...

Join Alexander the Great on a journey to the end of the world, in the third book in a thrilling new children's history series 'His mind was clear. It was...

Author: Peter DixonBinding: SoftbackPublished: G. Bell, 1972Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides an insightful exploration of Alexander Pope, a prominent poet of the English Augustan...

In the second half of the fourth century BC, the Macedonian king Alexander the Great created the largest empire the world has ever known. On 11 June 323 BC, in...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the explosive heart of the Russian Revolution stood one man whose rise and fall encapsulates the tragedy of a nation torn...

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Secondhand Biography & Memoir Bargain Book Box SP2918 A diverse memoir box anchored by major literary and critical lives — Jeffrey Meyers on Edmund Wilson, John Barnes on Joseph Furphy,...

Author: Alexander HarrisBinding: HardbackPublished: ANGUS AND ROBERTSON, 1961Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling narrative uncovers the hidden life of a prominent figure, revealing a tapestry of intrigue...

The great novel of 1920s Berlin life, in a superb translation by Michael Hofmann The subject of this book is the life of the former cement-worker and haulier Franz Biberkopf...

Vivid biographies of famous characters from the Ancient Greek world, in a revised edition of Ian Scott-Kilvert's seminal translation The Parallel Lives of Plutarch are cornerstones of Western literature, and...

Author: Mike ButcherBinding: PaperbackPublished: Holland House Publishing for the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Bendigo and District Branch, 2000Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages:...

Author: Andrew Wilson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 When Alexander McQueen committed suicide in February 2010, aged just 40, a shocked world mourned the loss of its most visionary...

Edition: 5th ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedCondition remarks: price clipped dj. Set against the roaring furnaces and coal-blackened valleys of nineteenth-century Wales, Rape of the Fair...

Author: Paul Kingsnorth Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 'Like Robert Macfarlane re-written by Cormac McCarthy.' - Telegraph 'Beckett doing Beowulf.' - London Review of Books One thousand years from...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew cities have captured the imagination of Western writers and historians quite like Alexandria — and few guides...

In Justine, L.G. Darley attempts to reconcile himself to the recent end of his affair with the dark, passionate, multi-faceted Justine Hosnani. Balthazar is named for Darley's friend, a doctor...

Lawrence Durrell was one of the best-selling, most celebrated English novelists of the late 20th century. The Alexandria Quartet is unquestionably his most admired work, at heart a sensuous and...

Author: G. W. NobleBinding: HardbackPublished: The Council of the Shire of Alexandra., 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Some moisture damageMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Torn DJ with some minor discolouration, water...

Beautiful, romantic and spirited, Pannonica, known as Nica, named after her father s favorite moth, was born in 1913 to extraordinary, eccentric privilege and a storied history. The Rothschild family...

Author: Ryan Cady Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 168 Collects Heroes Reborn- Hyperion & the Imperial Guard (2021) #1, Heroes Reborn- Peter Parker, the Amazing Shutterbug (2021) #1, Heroes Reborn-...