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'A brilliant personal account of China's borderlands and peoples' Francis Fukuyama'A splendid journey through eighty years of Chinese history ... Edward Wong is about as knowledgeable a guide to China...

FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2025 'A brilliant personal account of China's borderlands and peoples' Francis Fukuyama 'Edward Wong is about as knowledgeable a guide to China as a reader...

'A brilliant personal account of China's borderlands and peoples' Francis Fukuyama'A splendid journey through eighty years of Chinese history ... Edward Wong is about as knowledgeable a guide to China...

FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2025 'A brilliant personal account of China's borderlands and peoples' Francis Fukuyama 'Edward Wong is about as knowledgeable a guide to China as a reader...

FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2025 'A brilliant personal account of China's borderlands and peoples' Francis Fukuyama 'Edward Wong is about as knowledgeable a guide to China as a reader...

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Author: Gideon Haigh Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 Gideon Haigh has written numerous acclaimed books on both cricket and true-crime - now he's unearthed a gripping story...

Uplifting, passionate and compelling, From the Heart is a wonderful new collection from your favourite Australians of note. 'Letters, we have witnessed firsthand, stir some unusually beautiful things in people,'...

The book titled China: The Land of the Heavenly Dragon by the author Edward L. Shaughnessy. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A dazzling study of four figures who flourished in - and defined - the early years of the twentieth century. In his account of four characters, each of whose importance...

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Author: L.E. JonesBinding: HardbackPublished: Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1956Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsL. E. Jones’ four-volume autobiographical series—A Victorian Boyhood (1956, Reprint), An Edwardian Youth...

Author: Gideon Haigh Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Gideon Haigh has written numerous acclaimed books on both cricket and true-crime - now he's unearthed a gripping story that combines...

Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and the Superpower Future of China shatters the many myths and caricatures that shroud one of the world's most secretive political organisations...

Author: George HutchinsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Quartet Books., 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor sun fading to spine, foxing on page edges.This biographical work...

Author: Colin CunninghamBinding: HardbackPublished: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work chronicles the architectural and social significance of municipal...

Mary Ward (1851-1920) had a furiously active public career, her literary and philanthropic activities transforming her from an eminent Victorian into a pre-eminent Edwardian. The granddaughter of Thomas Arnold, she...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodStep back in time to the golden gaslit age of Melbourne, when the city was transforming from a colonial outpost into one of the...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis comprehensive volume chronicles the evolution of photography during the pivotal Victorian and Edwardian periods. It presents a detailed examination...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Pages & binding clean. A charming work of autobiographical memoir, An Edwardian Youth chronicles...

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Author: L. E. JonesBinding: HardbackPublished: MACMILLAN & CO LTD; ST MARTIN'S PRESS, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsAn Edwardian Youth chronicles the formative years of an...

Author: A. Stuart Gray FribaBinding: PaperbackPublished: Gerald Duckworth, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis authoritative reference work chronicles the lives...

Richard Fellows' book explores the many influences on Edwardian architects. New methods and techniques, a mixture of tradition and progress, as well as the influence of the arts and crafts...

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Three works of erotic prose fusing sex and spirituality, new to Penguin Modern Classics In these three works of erotic prose Georges Bataille fuses sex and spirituality in a highly...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodLong before the term nature journaling entered the cultural lexicon, Edith Holden was quietly chronicling the world around her with an eye of uncommon beauty...

Author: John S. GoodallBinding: HardbackPublished: Pan Macmillan, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has tanning along spineEdwardian Entertainments by John S. Goodall chronicles the vibrant...

Author: Richard A. FellowsBinding: PaperbackPublished: A. Zwemmer Ltd., 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageArchitects In Perspective: Sir Reginald Blomfield; An Edwardian Architect...

Author: Gregory D. PhillipsBinding: HardbackPublished: Harvard University Press, 1979Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the intricate world of the British aristocracy during the Edwardian...

Temporarily forsaking the Cunard Line to work as private detectives aboard the Minnesota, a combination freighter and passenger ship owned by the Great Northern Steamship Company, the pair of shipboard...

Author: Helen BradleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape, 1971Condition:Book: FairJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis charming memoir, And Miss Carter Wore Pink: Scenes From An Edwardian Childhood, chronicles the vivid recollections...

Author: Colin GordonBinding: HardbackPublished: Elm Tree Books London, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsA Richer Dust: Echoes From An Edwardian Album chronicles the lives and times of individuals...

Condition remarks: Hardcover - dust jacket Secondhand book: generally 'Very Good' to 'Excellent'. These are books which may have some slight wear and tear or sun fading on the edges....

Author: Colin GordonBinding: HardbackPublished: Elm Tree Books, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsA Richer Dust: Echoes From An Edwardian Album chronicles the lives and times of...

'The very best sort of panoramic portrait' David Kynaston'The Edwardians have long been the lost decade of British history, yet they are that history at its climax. Alwyn Turner sets...

Author: John Betjeman And A.L. RowseBinding: HardbackPublished: London; Batsford;, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsVictorian And Edwardian Cornwall From Old Photographs presents a captivating...

'The very best sort of panoramic portrait' David Kynaston'The Edwardians have long been the lost decade of British history, yet they are that history at its climax. Alwyn Turner sets...

'The very best sort of panoramic portrait' David Kynaston'The Edwardians have long been the lost decade of British history, yet they are that history at its climax. Alwyn Turner sets...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: yellowed with signs of aging. Markings: inscription on fep. Binding: Intact. No stickers or library stamps visible. A charming and...

The "golden age" between 1901 and the outbreak of World War I was generally a time of innocence and joy for Edwardian children. They were, however, still closely supervised and...

Based upon the author's large personal collection of beautiful fashion postcards from Edwardian times, this book takes the reader on a journey through that era covering the hat fashions and...