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How did early European artists of Australia and New Zealand perceive the Maori? What sort of images of Maori society and culture did they create? What ethnic preconceptions lay behind...

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) changed the world. This biography is a fully illustrated look at the man, his most famous invention - the telephone - and his myriad other achievements....

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Few figures in twentieth-century British intellectual life occupy as singular a position...

'You will not find a more devoted, thorough, loving and surprising book on the life of Leonard Bernstein - the most extraordinary man of extraordinary talents. Read it.' Lauren Bacall...

One of a series of hardback, colour illustrated books on great artists of the world, illustrating their major works.

Here is Leonard Bernstein, full scale and fully alive - the child prodigy, the man, the composer, the teacher, the hugely charismatic personality, the lover, the American folk hero. Everything...

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In 1876, at only 29 years old, Alexander Graham Bell completed the invention that would turn him into a household name: the telephone. What began as a tool for his...

James "Cool Papa" Bell was a legend in Black baseball, a lightning fast switch hitter elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. Bell's speed was extraordinary; as...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew literary lives have been as turbulent, brilliant, and ultimately tragic as that of Virginia Woolf — and few biographers were as uniquely placed...

The book titled Warning Bell by the author Lynne Reid Banks. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A Room of One's Own grew out of a lecture that Virginia Woolf had been invited to give at Girton College, Cambridge in 1928. Ranging over Jane Austen and Charlotte...

Author: Adrian BellBinding: HardbackPublished: FABER AND FABER LIMITEDCondition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: First EditionThis anthology, The Open Air: An Anthology Of English Country Life, presents a rich tapestry...

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Author: Ben Lewis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 An epic quest exposes hidden truths about Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, the recently discovered masterpiece that sold for $450 million-and...

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The extraordinary life of one of the world's greatest music and literary icons, in the words of those who knew him best.Poet, novelist, singer-songwriter, artist, prophet, icon-there has never been...

Author: John L Williams Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 Historian, revolutionary and cricket writer, CLR James was one of the truly radical voices of the twentieth century. Born in...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of art history, Jack Wasserman's Leonardo presents a comprehensive and authoritative examination of...

Author: Malcolm Dan, Ian Rutherford, David CastleBinding: HardbackPublished: Self-published, 2009Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsRemembering C. A. Bell is a poignant exploration of the life and legacy of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageD. M. Field's Leonardo Da Vinci chronicles the extraordinary life and unparalleled achievements of...

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before the age of cameras and computers, one man saw the world with impossible clarity — painting...

Author: Ben Lewis Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 In 2017 the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction for $450m. But is it a real da Vinci? In...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Mylar sleeve on jacket.Few figures in human history...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some minor edge wear and light soiling; price clipped. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. A richly illustrated biographical and...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn 1968, the city of Newcastle upon Tyne was shaken to its core when eleven-year-old Mary Bell was convicted of the manslaughter...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: wear and tear. Page Condition: Good. Few stories of aerial courage match that of Group Captain Leonard Trent VC, DFC — a New Zealand-born RAF...

Edition: aus ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Yellowed Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Yellowed pages with sun stained book block. Lockie Leonard: Scumbuster chronicles the tumultuous life of a teenage surfer navigating...

Leonardo Da Vinci was left-handed. That's probably why he wrote backwards from right to left to avoid smudging ink on his hand as he made notes on his latest works...

Few names in the history of Western civilisation carry the weight of Leonardo da Vinci — painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. This...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the crossroads of art and science stands one of history's most extraordinary minds — Leonardo da Vinci — and...

The book titled Leonardo by the author Maria Costantino. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew figures in human history have ignited the imagination quite like Leonardo da Vinci — painter,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew minds in human history have ignited the imagination quite like Leonardo da Vinci, and Leonardo's Inventions presents a captivating window into...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA richly illustrated work of art history and biography, Leonardo's Inventions by Jean Mathé presents a sweeping examination of the...

Stephen Jay Gould's writing remains the modern standard by which popular science writing is judged. Ever since the last 1970s, his monthly essay in Natural History and his full-length books...

When Elmore Leonard died in 2013, he left behind a 60-year legacy of crime novels, many of which have become modern classics. He also left behind a treasure trove of...

When Belle meets Luke, son of an alchemist and Scribe to the famous poet Chaucer, she is determined to travel with him to Canterbury on a pilgrimage. She hopes for...

Described by the Sunday Times as 'a fascinating revelation of an adventurous and protean spirit', this biography is the inspiration behind the 2024 film Lee , starring Kate Winslet as...