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Author: Eric GurneyBinding: HardbackPublished: Frederick Muller, London, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerGurney's Guide To Feathered Friends presents a delightful and often...

Washington, DC-area architect Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, designs ecologically aware modern homes using natural materials and varied construction methods. This latest volume in IMAGES' Master Architect Series features photography and...

Michael Calvey's story starts with a dawn raid on his Moscow apartment by armed FSB agents, following accusations of embezzlement relating to a commercial deal turned sour. In truth, no...

An essential part of a journalist's responsibility is to listen, observe, ask good questions, and then listen some more. For too long, too few journalists have taken this responsibility seriously....

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Page cut on fep. Winifred Gérin's The Young Fanny Burney chronicles the formative years...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA vivid work of travel writing and political observation, My African Journey chronicles Winston Churchill's 1907 expedition through British East Africa and...

From the U.S. Vice President, the New York Times bestseller about the core truths that unite us and the shared values that will see us into the future. Read the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew women of the eighteenth century wielded a pen with such quiet brilliance as Frances Fanny Burney — novelist, diarist, and reluctant courtier —...

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Thurgood Marshall became a living icon of civil rights when he argued Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court in 1954. Six years later, he was at a...

Author: Jon Gertner Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 A riveting, urgent account of the explorers and scientists racing to understand the rapidly melting ice sheet in Greenland, a dramatic...

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Author: Brad Ricca Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 Brad Ricca's Olive MacLeod is my favorite sort of woman from history--bold and unconventional, utterly unsinkable--and her story is so full...

Author: Charles Johnson, Patricia Smith, And The Wgbh Series Research TeamBinding: PaperbackPublished: A Harvest Book - Harcourt Brace & Co.,, 1999Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks:...

WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGED begins in 1960 when American women actually had to get their husband's permission to apply for a credit card. In the years since, American women have witnessed...

A shattering narrative of how a nation embraced "separation" and its pernicious consequences. Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court case synonymous with "separate but equal," drew remarkably little attention when...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Pages clean and bright. Usual aging. Shelf wear. Faded spine. A vivid work of mid-twentieth-century travel writing, Four...

Author: George Francis TrainBinding: HardbackPublished: Sampson Low, Son, & Co., 1857Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Damaged green...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsPeter Schmid's Beggars On Golden Stools: A Journey Through Latin America chronicles a vivid and often stark expedition...

Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: SignedA work of literary travel writing, "American Journeys" takes Don Watson across the breadth of the United...

Bill Bryson's hilarious return to live the American Dream. Bill Bryson has the rare knack of being out of his depth wherever he goes - even (perhaps especially) in the...

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Stryker McGuire covered the Nicaraguan revolution for Newsweek, and twenty years later drove 20,000 miles from North America to the end of South America. The result is Streets with No...

Full of captivating profiles and expert insights into the lives and lifestyles of the nouveau riche, Richistan looks behind the glitz to find the real story behind new money and...

"Twitty makes the case that Blackness and Judaism coexist in beautiful harmony, and this is manifested in the foods and traditions from both cultures that Black Jews incorporate into their...

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Author: Elspeth HuxleyBinding: HardbackPublished: THE REPRINT SOCIETY LONDON, 1955Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsFour Guineas: A Journey Through West Africa chronicles an extraordinary expedition across the diverse landscapes...

A captivating new saga set in Liverpool and Ireland, from the bestselling author of DAYS OF HOPE and FAR FROM HOME - 'An outstanding storyteller' Woman's Weekly Angela O'Rourke is...

Author: Dan Franklin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 'Electric Wizard is heavy, man - we don't sing about love and flowers.' Jus Oborn In 1993, in the market town...

Author: VariousBinding: PaperbackPublished: Discovery House Publishing, 1111Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis seventeen-volume devotional set guides readers through a structured, verse-by-verse engagement with Scripture, offering theological insight and practical reflection...

Author: Emma Fick Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 An illustrated travelogue that brilliantly captures artist and illustrator Emma Fick's epic train journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway-from Beijing through Mongolia...

Zadie Smith introduces eighteen stories by the very best young American writers. Step forward Dave Eggers, David Foster Wallace, Jonathan Lethem, Matthew Klam, Myla Goldberg, Jonathan Safran Foer, Rick Moody,...

A captivating new saga set in Liverpool and Ireland, from the bestselling author of DAYS OF HOPE and FAR FROM HOME Angela O'Rourke is six when her parents hand her...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingIn the darkest years of the Second World War, journalist and war correspondent Alaric Jacob...

The book titled Prehistoric Life: an Evolutionary Journey from Big Bang to T: The Rise by the author Norman. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...

In the 1970s Shiva Naipaul travelled to Africa, visiting Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia for several months. Through his experiences, the places he visited and his various encounters, he aimed to...

'A wonderful debut by a talented and exciting young historian' Peter Frankopan ' Simultaneously capacious and personal...a masterful achievement ' Tom Holland 'Elegant and powerful, Pepera's magnificent book elevates our...

The remarkable conservation story of one of the world's most iconic animals Deep in the forests of Northeast Asia roams the majestic and revered Amur tigers, more popularly known as...

Author: Robert J. Mrazek Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 "An American hero-long forgotten-finally gets her due in this riveting narrative. You will absolutely love Florence Finch: her grit, her...