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British Summertime
Alison can read anything: body language, the shape of a city, the odds on a footballer scoring a goal. She hates it, because what she's reading now is the End...
Writing and the Rise of Finance: Capital Satires of the Early
The early eighteenth century saw a far-reaching financial revolution in England. In this original study, Colin Nicholson reads familiar texts such as Gulliver's Travels, The Beggar's Opera and The Dunciad...
The Story of Writing
People can be interested in language, writing and scripts. They may wonder how, when and where did writing evolve? Do alphabets function better than hieroglyphs? And are we today, in...
Wild Cat Falling
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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark of Australian literature, Wild Cat Falling chronicles the restless, directionless life of a young half-caste Aboriginal...
Fermat's Last Theorem (Collins Modern Classics)
Author: Simon Singh Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 The extraordinary story of the solving of a puzzle that has confounded mathematicians since the 17th century. The solution...
Virtual Voyages: Travel Writing and the Antipodes 1605-1837
'Virtual Voyages' is a fascinating account of the European discovery of the elusive 'great south land' told through the literature of 'imaginary voyages'. Written at the height of the era...
Wormholes: Essays and Occasional Writings
This collection includes articles written for magazines, book reviews from the THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW and the IRISH PRESS and forewords and introductions he has written for books...
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
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Thesis and Assignment Writing
The book titled Thesis and Assignment Writing by the author Jonathan Anderson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Writing in the Dark: Bloomsbury, the Blitz and Horizon Magazine
As the streetlamps flickered out and lights were obscured behind brown-paper screens, a subdued atmosphere took hold of London in 1939. Cloistered in pubs and gloomy sitting rooms, London's young...
Letters That Paul Did Not Write: The Epistle To The Hebrews And The Pauline Pseudepigrapha
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Creased spine. Clean text. A rigorous work of New Testament scholarship, Letters That...
Beyond The Words: Eleven Writers In Search Of A New Fiction
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedAt the vanguard of Britain's literary avant-garde, Beyond the Words: Eleven Writers in Search of a New Fiction is a landmark anthology that assembles...
The Closed World: Computers and the Politics of Discourse in Cold War
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"The Closed World" offers an alternative to the canonical histories of computers and cognitive science. Arguing that we can make sense of computers as tools only when we simultaneously grasp...
Writing Home
Autobiographical and idiosyncratic, this is a collection of Alan Bennett's prose writings, assembled by Bennett himself from 25 years of diaries, reminiscences, broadcasting and reviews. It includes his address at...
Plumes And Arrows: Inside New Guinea
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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedFew lands have captured the imagination of the outside world quite like New Guinea — a vast,...
Colin Lanceley
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Author: Wright William & Robert Hughes (text); Colin Lanceley (paintings)Binding: PaperbackPublished: Craftsman House, Sydney, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image*Colin Lanceley* pairs...
Wild Cat Falling
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Author: Colin JohnsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus and Robertson , 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Worn and discoloured DJ with some ripping...
Essays In Criticism (First Series)
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageMatthew Arnold's Essays in Criticism (First Series) stands as one of the most influential works of...
'Cc' The Colin Mcdonald Story: Cricket, Tennis, Life (SIGNED)
$120.00 AUD
Edition: rev ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: SignedA compelling sports memoir, this work chronicles the remarkable life of Colin McDonald, the legendary Australian opening batsman whose stoic...
Liverpool Lamplight: A thrilling saga of bitter rivalry and family ties
Author: Lyn Andrews Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 Lyn Andrews' engaging and heart-warming saga LIVERPOOL LAMPLIGHT is not to be missed by readers of Kate Thompson and Kitty Neale...
Wilson
A literary jeu d'esprit, a modern-day Tristram Shandy, a hilarious satire on false scholarship, Wilson is David Mamet at his best and most mischievous. When the internet - and the...
Letters On Literature And Politics: 1912-1972
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the crossroads of literary genius and political conscience stands Edmund Wilson, one of twentieth-century America's most formidable intellectual voices, and Letters on Literature...
Collins English Dictionary and Thesaurus
The book titled Transformers: Retribution by the author David J. Williams. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Hardy Wilson And His Old Colonial Architecture
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Author: Cyril PearlBinding: HardbackPublished: Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Large folio. This historical account chronicles the life and work of Hardy Wilson, a...
A Bird in Winter: 'Nail-bitingly tense and compelling' Paula Hawkins
**AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW** OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES OF APPLE TREE YARD SOLD 'Louise Doughty leads her unnerved readers into dark territory.' HILARY MANTEL 'Doughty is a brilliant storyteller...
Collins Collector's Choice: Sara Dane; Blake's Reach; Fiona; A Falcon for a Queen
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA sweeping omnibus edition, Collins Collector's Choice brings together a selection of Catherine Gaskin's most beloved works of romantic suspense...
Joseph Andrews And Shamela
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Edition: First UK ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersFew authors in the English literary...
Daniel Andrews: The revealing biography of Australia's most powerful premier
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Hans Christian Andersen: European Witness
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Writing in the Dark: Bloomsbury, the Blitz and Horizon Magazine
As the streetlamps flickered out and lights were obscured behind brown-paper screens, a subdued atmosphere took hold of London in 1939. Cloistered in pubs and gloomy sitting rooms, London's young...
Art & Reality: John Anderson On Literature And Aesthetics
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark work in philosophical aesthetics, Art & Reality: John Anderson on Literature and...
One-Way Street and Other Writings
Introduction by Amit Chaudhuri; translated by J.A. Underwood Walter Benjamin - philosopher, essayist, literary and cultural theorist - was one of the most original writers and thinkers of the twentieth...
A Bird in Winter: 'Nail-bitingly tense and compelling' Paula Hawkins
OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES OF APPLE TREE YARD SOLD 'Psychologically acute. Terrific.' Daily Mail 'A page-turning read. Kept me reading well past bedtime!' VAL McDERMID 'Pacey and propulsive.' Guardian...
The Political Works of Robert Browning Volume 1
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Octopussy And The Living Daylights
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Edition: First EditionCondition remarks: Condition: Very Good to Near Fine. Jacket: Original pictorial dust jacket present; housed in a clear protective mylar. No obvious chips, tears, or major fading visible...
Of America East & West: Selections From The Writings Of Paul Horgan (SIGNED)
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Author: Paul Horgan; Introduction by Henry Steele CommagerBinding: HardbackPublished: Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Loose plate inscribed by the author...
The Work Of Writing: Literature And Social Change In Britain, 1700-1830
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAt the intersection of literary history and social transformation, Clifford Siskin's The Work of Writing presents a bold and provocative argument: that...
Anatomy of Restlessness: Uncollected Writings
This collection of essays and articles - taken from the late-1960s onwards - show Chatwin and every twist and turn of his career, from art expert to archaeologist, to journalist...
Colonial Writing and the New World, 1583-1671: Allegories of Desire
Colonial Writing in the New World 1583-1671 offers an account of the simultaneous emergence of colonialism and nationalism during the early modern period. It looks at the role that English...
Writing Home
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TOEFL Reading and Writing Skills: TOEFL iBT 100+ (B1+) (Collins English for the TOEFL Test)
Author: 0 Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 If you feel overwhelmed by the complexity of TOEFL, Collins Skills for the TOEFL iBT Test can help. This book helps you...