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Unlike some of his fellow jockeys, Tony Byrne has never taken a bung and never ridden a dishonest race. All the same, his career is heading for the rocks, dragged...

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John Francome proves again that he's as skilled a writer as he was a jockey with his gripping new thriller. Jockey Pat Vincent has ambitions to become a wealthy sporting...

Author: John FrancomeBinding: PaperbackPublisher: headline, 1991Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageStud Poker plunges readers into the cutthroat world of...

Unlike some jockeys, Tony Byrne has never taken a bung and never ridden a dishonest race. All the same, his career is heading for the rocks, dragged down by weight...

A major new biography of Antoine Barnave-the politician and writer who advocated for a constitutional monarchy in revolutionary France Antoine Barnave was one of the most influential statesmen in the...

The book titled Franco by the author Juan Pablo Fusi. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Edition: cheap ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Fair. no DJ. Slight lean to book. Name penned on fep. Yellowed pages with signs of ageing. A biography of the French Barbizon painter Jean-François...

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David Malouf's first novel recreates the war-conscious forties, the pubs and brothels of the fifties, and the years away treading water overseas. 'Despite Johnno's assertion that Brisbane was absolutely the...

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Author: G. F. LambBinding: HardbackPublished: ERNEST BENN LIMITED, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsFranklin: Happy Voyager; Being The Life And Death Of Sir John...

Hollywood has given us no greater director than John Ford. Between 1917 and 1970, Ford directed and/or produced some 226 pictures, from short silent films to ambitious historical epics and...

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Ninette Dreyfus was a cosseted scion of one of France's most prominent Jewish families - a cousin to Albert Einstein and family friend to Colette. But when the Second World...

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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...

'John Charalambous captures the complexities and intricacies of Australian family as it exists today. He brings a distinctive new voice to Australian literature.' - Venero ArmannoNicky's a survivor. She's lived...

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Condition remarks: Condition: VG. Slipcase: good. Pages: Good. Markings: unmkd. The catalog documents the sale (Sale #8710) of Impressionist paintings and other significant artworks from the Loeb family estate.

The French call them 'the Dark Years'...This definitive new history of Occupied France explores the myths and realities of four of the most divisive years in French history.Taking in ordinary...

John Banville's stunning powers of mimicry are brilliantly on display in this engrossing novel, the darkly compelling confession of an improbable murderer.Freddie Montgomery is a highly cultured man, a husband...

Nobody captured the landscape and faces of the American people the way John Ford did, in films such as The Searchers, Stagecoach and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence. He...

There is no other organisation whose inner workings are more secretive than the Vatican - the spiritual and physical center - of the Catholic Church. Now, with a dynamic new...

John Fowles has been compared to Henry James and Virginia Woolf. Christopher Lehmann-Haupt in "The New York Times" hailed him as aa remarkable novelist, a and the novelist John Gardner...

John Abernethy has seized life with both hands. A man of the land and the sea, he fought in Vietnam, started a successful fishing charter business and owned a horse...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling biography chronicles the remarkable life and career of the esteemed conductor John Barbirolli, tracing his journey from humble...

John Julius Norwich's France: A History From Gaul To De Gaulle chronicles the sweeping narrative of a nation that shaped Western civilization. This authoritative work presents a comprehensive account, tracing...

Author: Matthew SpinkaBinding: HardbackPublished: Princeton University Press, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Cloth in good condition. Clean text. This biography chronicles the life and theological contributions...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew names in cinema history carry the weight of John Wayne — an icon so synonymous with American...

This biography presents Drake through the accounts of friends and enemies on both the national and personal level. From his family's fierce love of Protestantism, and their early poverty which...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling biography, John The Twenty-Third, chronicles the remarkable life and transformative papacy of Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, later Pope John...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew names in Hollywood history carry the weight of John Wayne, and The Films of John...

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Almost two decades after his death, John Wayne is still America's favorite movie star. More than an actor, Wayne is a cultural icon whose stature seems to grow with the...

'Exceptionally vivid and intense' Sunday Times 'A marvellously dark yarn' The Spectator 'Swaggering debut' Daily Mail But everyone expects at least a little bit of deception as they go through...

Four hundred years after his death, Sir Francis Drake remains one of the most legendary figures of history. His career is one of the most colourful on record. The most...

Author: Gerard HopkinsBinding: HardbackPublished: Bibliophile Books, 1984Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThe 'Francois Mauriac Omnibus' is a collection translated by Gerard Hopkins, showcasing the works of the...

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Author: Helen Carr Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Gaunt was son of Edward III, brother to the Black Prince, father to Henry IV and the sire of all those...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: DJ: faded with minor mark and rubbing on the rear panel. Binding: slight lean to book; light rubbing on...