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In 1937, as the invading Japanese Army closed on Nanking, then the capital of China, all foreigners were ordered to leave the city. One man, a mild 55-year-old German named...

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...

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'Johnny Cash ... Every man could relate to him, no man could be him, and only one man could get inside his head - Robert Hilburn' BONO People don't just...

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...

A beautiful introduction to the world of Dr. Seuss - for babies, and babies-on-the-way! An artful adaptation of and introduction to Dr. Seuss's work, this beautiful paperback edition is the...

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Like Pepys and Evelyn, John Aubrey is not only part of the landscape of the English past, but one of the eminences from which we view it. His fame rests...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: DJ: slightly worn; faded spine. Boards: slightly worn spine. Binding remains tight. Set against the sun-drenched, humid streets of...

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Author: John CareyBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber & Faber, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly biography offers a profound examination of John Donne, one of England's most...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor foxing and tears to DJ - encased in plastic slipcase.Top-edge discoloured from tanning....

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...

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...

Geoffrey Serle is a graduate of the University of Melbourne where he taught history before moving to Monash and the Australian National universities. He was general editor of the "Australian...

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...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedHe was the pope who threw open the windows of the Church and let the world breathe — and Peter Hebblethwaite's definitive biography, John...

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...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: One chip on bottom left of jacket - otherwise usual aging. A richly illustrated...

Author: Michael MansbridgeBinding: HardbackPublished: Rizzoli New York, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis authoritative volume offers a comprehensive architectural history, meticulously documenting the extensive oeuvre of a pivotal...

Author: John W. Wheeler-BennettBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1962Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography, John Anderson: Viscount Waverley, chronicles the remarkable career of a...

Author: Alan TrengoveBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell Australia, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Wear and chipping to DJ. Light denting to spine...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning. Markings: none. Binding condition: Good. Few poets have lived as turbulently and written as immortally as John...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA richly detailed biographical work, Meriol Trevor's Pope John chronicles the remarkable life of Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, the peasant-born cardinal...

To win glory and power, to be renowned throughout posterity-such was the ambition that fueled Dahlgren's controversial rise to eminence during the Civil War era. This rich, balanced portrait examines...

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Author: Catherine DupréBinding: HardbackPublished: COLLINS, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCatherine Dupré's John Galsworthy: A Biography chronicles the intricate life and literary career of the Nobel...

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...

Edition: First US editionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light chipping on back of jacket - otherwise fine...

Condition remarks:Book: PoorJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersFew Australian artists have lived as vividly and painted as fiercely as John Perceval,...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Few figures in Victorian intellectual life commanded...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew directors have left as indelible a mark on the cinematic landscape as John Ford — the gruff, visionary genius who gave the world...

Edition: Leatherbound special EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodFew figures in Australian history command as much admiration and complexity as Sir John Monash...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew figures in the history of British architecture cast as long a shadow as Sir John Soane, and this volume from the celebrated Architectural...

Weird and terrifying and that's the good guys ... SHAWN OF THE DEAD meets GHOSTBUSTERS filtered through a very twisted mind tHE LOCAtION: Undisclosed tHE tHREAt: UnconFirmed (but scary as...

Secrecy came naturally to John le Carr, and there were some secrets that he fought fiercely to keep. Adam Sisman's definitive biography, published in 2015, provided a revealing portrait of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFew literary careers illuminate the passage of an entire era quite like that of John Galsworthy — Nobel laureate, social...

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: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFew figures in Australian history command as much reverence and fascination as Sir John Monash — engineer, lawyer, and the brilliant military...