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The Anatomists Library is a fascinating chronological collection of the best anatomical books from six centuries, charting the evolution of both medical knowledge and illustrated publishing.There is a rich history...

Author: Colin Salter Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Remarkable Treks is a compendium of exhilarating walks from around the planet - some lasting weeks, some lasting just a few...

Oscar Wilde once wrote "I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on the train." This book is your opportunity to discover a compendium...

Oscar Wilde once wrote "I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on the train." This book is your opportunity to discover a compendium...

A charmingly illustrated telling of the remarkable stories behind over 30 of the world's most iconic timepieces.From the humble digital watch to luxury examples of haute horology from Switzerland, a...

First time in Modern Classics and for Penguin to publish one of the great American writers of the last 50 years. Captain Cleve Connell arrives in Korea with a single...

' Ambitious, gruesome and appallingly fascinating ' - The Guardian In a rotten and bloody world, four magical rivals are forced to work together to avoid certain death in a...

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Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize 'An amazingly vivid and joyful novel.' - The Times Alford, the youngest son of a poor farm worker, has risen above his class to...

Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize 'An amazingly vivid and joyful novel.' - The Times Alford, the youngest son of a poor farm worker, has risen above his class to...

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...

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Author: Frank SalterBinding: HardbackPublished: Sydney, Wildcat Press, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor chips to corners of DJ, tanning and...

A beyond-the-boundaries guide to an outstanding decade of New Zealand sporting conquest, catastrophe and commentary as seen through the eyes of the Alternative Commentary Collective. Lean into the unhinged world...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersIn 1963, a landmark government report reshaped the future of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedFew intellectuals have navigated the ideological battlegrounds of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries with as much candour and conviction as Robert Manne, and this...

STUART TURTON'S INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE LAST MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD NOW IS OUT NOW 'If you read one book this year, make sure it's this...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn a world where words are wielded with great intention, it is the unintended ones that prove most...

Edition: limited to 2000 copiesCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodFew lives in the annals of maritime exploration burn as brightly as that of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBefore Juliet, there was Rosaline. Fair Rosaline by Natasha Solomons boldly reclaims the silenced voice of Romeo's...

Author: Frederick ForsythBinding: HardbackPublisher: CRESSET EDITIONS, 1988Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA masterclass in suspense and political intrigue, this novel plunges readers into a high-stakes world of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedIn one of the most audacious aviation feats ever undertaken by an Australian, Our Fantastic Planet chronicles...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe skies over Britain in the summer of 1940 became the stage for one of history's most desperate...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew figures in American history have captured the imagination of the world quite like Abraham Lincoln, and Stefan...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed,Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Faded and creased cover. Name penned on fep. Flat signed by Spreadborough on the title...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAustralia's earliest artistic voices speak across centuries in Colonial Painters 1788–1880, a richly authoritative survey that chronicles the...

'Dickensian is a language, not an adjective. Conrad speaks it fluently.' -- Spectator World 'Marvellous... the best book on Dickens since G.K. Chesterton's. -- A. N. Wilson, The Oldie A...

EQUAL PARTS HILARIOUS AND PROFOUND, THE ALTERNATIVES IS A POWERFUL NEW NOVEL ABOUT FOUR GIFTED IRISH SISTERS, FROM A MAJOR LITERARY VOICE. PERFECT FOR FANS OF JONATHAN FRANZEN, MAGGIE O'FARRELL...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark contribution to the study of antipodean modernism, Modern Painters 1931–1970 presents a sweeping survey...

There is a war on truth. And the liars are winning. There is an increasingly large number of weapons in the arsenal of the rich, the powerful and the elected...

'This compilation shows he was so much more than the sum of his television work' Spectator THE MAN BEHIND THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, TONY , STARRING DOMINIC SESSA & EMILIA...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew voices in twentieth-century British theatre crackle with as much wit, sophistication, and emotional precision as that of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of ambition and access, Patterns and Policies in Higher Education presents a rigorous and timely...

'Stunning.' - Andre Aciman 'These days I am admiring and re-admiring Lawrence Durrell.' - Elif Shafak Cyprus, 1953. As the island fights for independence from British colonial rule, ancient conflicts...

*Large-format hardback edition* The 159th edition of the most famous sports book in the world - published every year since 1864 - contains some of the finest sports writing of...

Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis book examines British identity through the lens of its personalities, politics, and culture. Essays within consider the nuances...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew military history publications have matched the meticulous, on-the-ground rigor of After the Battle, the legendary British magazine...

When President Bush announced in a televised speech the week after September 11 that he wanted Osama bin Laden "dead or alive," a grieving America seeking justice and revenge roared...

Spinning out of the events of Dark Crisis, the Guardians of Oa at the heart of the Green Lantern Corps have quarantined Sector 2814, home of the planet Earth-and its...

The internet is no longer new, it is part of our everyday lives, and as a commonplace, we rarely take time to contemplate what we have made together. In these...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerBefore he became the most iconic president in American history, Abraham Lincoln was a man shrouded in mystery...