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A man starts driving without knowing where he is going. He alternates be-tween turning right and left, and finally he gets stuck at the end of a forest road. Soon...

Melancholy I-II is a fictional invocation of the nineteenth-century Norwegian artist Lars Hertervig, who painted luminous landscapes, suffered mental ill-ness and died poor in 1902. In this wild, feverish narrative,...

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 In the title work, a loosely autobiographical narrative covers infancy to awkward adolescence, unearthing the moments of childhood that linger longest in...

In her old house by the fjord, Signe lies on a bench and sees a vision of herself as she was more than twenty years earlier: standing by the window...

'If there's any metaphor I would use for the act of writing, it would have to be listening,' says Jon Fosse in A Silent Language , the lecture he delivered...

A child who will be named Johannes is born. An old man named Johannes dies. Between these two points, Jon Fosse gives us the details of an entire life, starkly...

Jatgeir has come from Vaim to the big city, Bjorgvin, on his wooden boat, Eline, named after the long-lost love of his teenage years. He intends to buy a needle...

'Reads like a house on fire' - the extraordinary new novel by Iain Reid , the acclaimed author of I'm Thinking of Ending Things You think you know everything about...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling biography chronicles the extraordinary life of Dian Fossey, a pioneering primatologist who dedicated her existence to the study and...

The book titled Woman in the Mists: Story of Dian Fossey and the Mountain Gorillas of by the author Farley Mowat. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for...

Author: Mark BakerBinding: PaperbackPublished: The University of Melbourne, The History Department, 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis academic collection, History On The...

A mini-monograph on Samuel Fosso, the renowned Cameroon-born Nigerian photographer. Samuel Fosso (b. 1962) is one of Central Africa's leading contemporary artists, whose playful and perceptive work investigates Pan-African identity...

Author: Townsend HoopesBinding: HardbackPublished: Andre Deutsch, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has tanning along spine and some minor wear to corners, previous owner name...

Author: Iain Reid Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 'Reads like a house on fire' - the extraordinary new novel by Iain Reid, the acclaimed author of I'm Thinking of...

As Text continues the re-release of J. M. Coetzee's major works, this second instalment of four titles - with introductions from top emerging and established writers - will win over...

'Reads like a house on fire' - the extraordinary new novel by Iain Reid , the acclaimed author of I'm Thinking of Ending Things You think you know everything about...

One of the most remarkable fossil finds in history occurred in Laetoli, Tanzania, in 1974, when anthropologist Andrew Hill (diving to the ground to avoid a lump of elephant dung...

Author: Michael SkalleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Superior maritime classics, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis non-fiction work chronicles the rich history of Foss Maritime Company, a prominent American tugboat company, spanning...

Photographs by Chip Clark. Main Selection of the Natural Science Book Club. This book provides the first comprehensive set of illustrations of the life forms revealed in the Burgess Shale....

When Foster Dade arrives at Kennedy, an elite boarding school in New Jersey, the year is 2008. Barack Obama begins his first term as president; Vampire Weekend and Passion Pit...

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...

A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER First responders run toward things the rest of us run away from. What makes a person want to become a first responder As in...

Discover how fossils hold the clues to what life was like on Earth millions of years ago.Read all about fossil- hunters and some of the amazing discoveries they have unearthed.One...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFor anyone captivated by the deep history written in stone, Fossils of the World stands as the definitive companion to the ancient record of life...

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...

The Italian's mandate: she will fulfil her vows! Heir to Italy's most illustrious estate, power is at Ettore Marchesi's fingertips. Yet, an inheritance clause demands he has a wife by...

A story of desire within marriage from the stars of the hit feminist erotic podcast, Dirty Diana 'Deliciously entertaining, funny, tantalizing' Demi Moore The satisfying conclusion to the sizzling Dirty...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew biographies of an artist carry the intimacy and authority of a memoir written by a close personal friend, and...

When Giant Baby finds a very small something lost in the woods, he only wants to help. He takes the Very Small home to meet his very big mummy and...

The book we've all been waiting for, national treasure Judi Dench opens her almost inexhaustible collection of memories from life and acting. You might think you know Judi Dench. In...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe Langton Quartet by Martin Boyd is a four-volume family saga of Australian literary fiction that...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedLife on the remote Scottish island of the Hebrides is not for the faint-hearted, and Lillian Beckwith's The Sea for Breakfast captures...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodLaughter, it turns out, is one of the most faithfully recorded phenomena in human history — and The Folio Book of Humorous Anecdotes is its...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingSet against the brooding, mist-laden highlands of Scotland, A Falcon for a Queen draws readers into a world of mystery,...

The ultimate guide to survival, this edition now includes the most essential urban survival tips for today, supplementing the fully updated original, bestselling handbook. The original and best survival guide...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersA cornerstone of Australasian literary...

Kingsley had decided to own a human. This was not a decision to be taken lightly. After all, owning a human is a responsibility. But finding the right kind of...

*HIGHLY COMMENDED ('BUSINESS JOURNEY' CATEGORY), BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2026* 'An inspiring story of a life well lived.' MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG, Founder of Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies The Stoic ideal...

From the creators of BabyLit (R), open a window on history while teaching toddlers the ABCs . . . Teach brilliant babies about history and their ABCs with Greg Paprocki's...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodFew figures in the annals of colonial administration loom as large — or remain as fascinating — as Sir...