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Author: John Burney; John HallowesBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus and Robertson, Australia, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markings60 Minutes: The Book, compiled by John Burney and John Hallowes in 1983,...

This new biography of Bunyan, published to celebrate the tercentenary of his death, offers a reassessment of the man against in the context of his times. Bunyan is usually studied...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Christopher Hill Format: Hardback...

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...

Author: James Buchan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 528 At the summit of his power, John Law was the most famous man in Europe. Born in Scotland in 1671, he was...

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 —...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling biography chronicles the remarkable life of Fanny Burney, a pioneering...

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...

You've seen the worldwide #1 Netflix film - now read the latest breathtaking Gray Man thrillerCourt Gentry is caught between the Russian mafia and the CIA in the new novel...

Author: Kerry PinkBinding: HardbackPublished: The Burnie Port Authority., 1995Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the significant transformation and development of a vital Australian port during...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBehind the legend of one of Australia's most controversial and enigmatic figures lies a story far more compelling...

INTRODUCED BY MONISHA RAJESH, award-winning author of Around the World in 80 Trains 'If I were asked to enumerate the pleasures of travel, this would be one of the greatest...

Edition: 2nd ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Inscribed by the author's mother. - Worn...

Author: J. B. PriestleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1978Condition:Book: Acceptable, ex-libraryJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsThis compelling critical biography chronicles the multifaceted career...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingFew documents in the history of Christianity offer as intimate and electrifying a window into a spiritual revolution...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact. Journey to the Frontier chronicles the parallel lives of Julian Bell...

John McEnroe was just an eighteen-year-old amateur from Queens when he stunned the tennis world by making it to the Wimbledon semifinals in 1977. He turned pro the following year...

Something extraordinary happened to the UK literary scene in the 1980s. In the space of eight years, a generation of young British writers took the literary novel into new realms...

Vincent O'Sullivan draws on a large collection of personal papers, official records, and contemporary memoirs for this vivid portrait of a man who remains enduringly fascinating, emblematic of so much...

Generally regarded to be one of the greatest Rugby Union players in the world. Among his many sporting triumphs, he was hero of Australia's 1999 World Cup victory, and stands...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Remnants of previous price sticker to back of cover.Few Australian artists command the raw expressive power that John Howley brings to...

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY TARAN KHAN, author of Shadow City TRANSLATED FROM BENGALI BY NAZES AFROZ An intrepid traveller and true cosmopolitan, legendary Bengali writer Syed Mujtaba Ali spent...

INTRODUCED BY FIONA MOZLEY, Booker-shortlisted author of Elmet WITH EXCERPTS FROM ALL THE ROADS ARE OPEN BY ANNEMARIE SCHWARZENBACH 'We were both travellers - she always running away from an...

INTRODUCED BY CAROLINE EDEN, award-winning author of Black Sea, Red Sands and Samarkand 'Medieval pomp, splendour, and picturesqueness... a life that one can hardly even realize.' In 1912, Ella R....

Author: Max ColwellBinding: HardbackPublished: Paul Hamlyn, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account chronicles the ill-fated 1860-1861 Burke and Wills expedition, a...

Introduced by Jeet Thayli, author of Booker Prize shortlisted novel Narcopolis. At the age of 20, Dom Moraes - already a celebrated poet who would go on to be regarded...

The Forsyte Saga is the first part of John Galsworthy's magnificent, well-loved Forsyte Chronicles, which trace the changing fortunes of the wealthy Forsyte dynasty through fifty years of material triumph...

During the 1980s, Michael Milken at Drexel Burnham Lambert was the Billionaire Junk Bond King. He invented such things as "the highly confident letter" (I'm highly confident that I can...

Edition: 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodWhat separates those who rise to the top from those who sabotage their own success? Wareham's Way: Escaping the Judas...

Meet Johnny Bunko. He's probably a lot like you. He did what everybody - parents, teachers, careers advisors - told him to do. But now, stuck in a dead-end job,...

If you've ever streamed a show on HBO Max, seen a Formula One race, hummed a tune on SiriusXM, bought concert tickets via Ticketmaster, or watched an Atlanta Braves game,...

In August 1780 Sir Theodosius Boughton, a dissolute Old Etonian twenty-year-old and heir to a Warwickshire fortune, died in painful convulsions after taking his medicine. The following year after an...

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Wall Street Journal Top 10 Nonfiction Book of 2016 "As compelling and entertaining as a detective novel" ( The Economist ), the incredible true story--part...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the high-stakes world of competitive and combat shooting, the difference between victory and defeat...

'Joyspan is the book we all need. It helps us learn how to embrace aging through science, but with love, warmth and fun' - GABY ROSLIN 'This book completely changed...

A junkie lies dead in an Edinburgh squat, spreadeagled, cross-like on the floor, between two burned-down candles, a five-pointed star daubed on the wall above. Just another dead addict -...

Johnny West has lived in this area for the past decade and speaks fluent Arabic, and so has the skills and ability to talk to everyone from security guards to...

'The most sought-after tenor in the world', the greatest tenor of today', 'the new king of tenors' - for years Jonas Kaufmann has occupied a unique status among the world's...

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