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The book titled Where I Fell to Earth: A Life in Four Places by the author Peter Conrad. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

The book titled Where I Fell to Earth: A Life in Four Cities by the author Peter Conrad. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

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Author: Peter ConradBinding: PaperbackPublished: Thames & Hudson, 1999Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageModern Times Modern Places: Life & Art In The 20Th...

People who saw the first moving pictures at the end of the nineteenth century were delighted by a new art that communicated without words - yet they were also alarmed...

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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: Peter Conrad Format: Hardback...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOpera has always been an art form of breathtaking extremes — of soaring passion, devastating tragedy, and the...

The world has changed faster during the 20th century than ever before. All our previous assumptions about God, our social, economic and political structures, science and technology, and - by...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodAt the crossroads of art, literature, and cultural ambition, The Victorian Treasure-House presents a richly argued account of Victorian aesthetics, chronicling the extraordinary creative outpouring of...

Despite our culture's proclaimed respect for scientific reason, we live in a society that is no less bedazzled-and bedevilled-by myth than those of our remote ancestors. Roland Barthes first examined...

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This is a personal account of Conrad's return to his Tasmanian homeland after 20 years. He tells of his upbringing there and describes the island's rivers, mountains and rain forests....

A gripping novel that ultimately questions our capacity for moral strength and the depths of human integrity 'It was I who removed de P- this morning.' With these chilling words...

Part of a series of new editions of Conrad's most famous novels in Black Classics This compact novel, completed in 1900, as with so many of the great novels of...

Marlow, a ferry-boat captain on foreign assignment in the Congo, searches for the legendary and feared Mr. Kurtz, unprepared for what he will find. Marlow, a ferry-boat captain on foreign...

'One of the most compelling and influential works of English literature in the last century' - Independent WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY TIM BUTCHER The silence of the jungle is broken...

This aims to provide a panoramic survey of opera past and present and to explain the cultural phenomenon of opera. The author believes opera to be a vitally necessary art...

Published alongisde other Conrad's works, on the 150th anniversary of his death Heart of Darkness has been considered for most of this century as a literary classic, and also as...

The new paperback series- Penguin English Library 'The mind of man is capable of anything - because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future....

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerSydney's sun-drenched harbour conceals more than its fair share of shadows in The Dying Trade, the debut novel that launched Peter Corris's iconic...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsA profound work of literary fiction, Lord Jim chronicles the moral descent and subsequent quest for redemption of...

For the past 20 years, Edmond and Corrigan's work has drawn an intense reaction and interest that only has an Australian counterpart in the reception of Walter Burley Griffin in...

This book features introductions by Dr. Keith Carabine, Chairperson of the Joseph Conrad Society (U.K.). 'I have tried with an almost filial regard to render the vibration of life in...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodSydney's sun-drenched underbelly has never looked more dangerous than in The Dying Trade, the debut novel that introduced Australian crime...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew authors have provoked as divided and passionate a critical response as Joseph Conrad, and Conrad: The Critical Heritage assembles the most significant contemporary...

Condition remarks: Condition: VG. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. No stickers or labels visible. A landmark work of literary biography, Joseph Conrad:...

Condition remarks: Condition: New/Excellent. - book is sealed in original publisher's shrink wrap. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Few literary lives rival the sheer improbability of...

Condition remarks: Condition: Fair to Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some chipping and edge wear. Page Condition: Yellowed with some tanning. Markings: No visible markings noted. Binding: Intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible....

In February 2009 Father Peter Kennedy, of Saint Mary's Catholic Church in South Brisbane, was sacked by his Archbishop for contravening aspects of Catholic doctrine. This book is an assembly...

Lord Jim, first published in 1900, confirmed Conrad's place in literature as one of the first 'modernists' of English letters. Set in the Malay Archipelago, not only does the novel...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersSydney's sun-drenched streets hide shadows darker than the harbour at midnight, and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingSydney's glittering harbour has always concealed dark secrets, and in The Dying Trade, Peter Corris plunges readers into...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Previous owner. Binding condition: Good. Few literary figures cast as long a shadow as Joseph Conrad —...

Author: Terence ConranBinding: HardbackPublished: Conrad Octopus Ltd - London, 1995Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis comprehensive volume presents a wealth of practical advice and inspiring ideas...

Author: David Annand Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 608 WINNER OF THE McKITTERICK PRIZE 2022 'Madcap, hugely rich and entertaining' GQ 'Enjoyable, deft and humorous' The Times 'Entertaining, acute and...

This work develops the principles of basic home improvement to show how to build essential fixtures that combine economy and style. Each section of the book begins with a selection...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew figures in Australian political history have proven as polarising, tenacious, or enigmatic as Johannes Bjelke-Petersen, the Queensland Premier who held power...

Long considered to be the mad dream of an imperious autocrat - the Venice of the North, conceived in a setting of malarial swamps - St. Petersburg was built in...

'A triumph' - Time Out Transformer is the only complete and comprehensive telling of the Lou Reed story. Legendary songwriter and guitarist Lou Reed passed away on the 27th October...

Used correctly, photographs are extremely powerful tools. Most novice painters don''t know the tricks of the trade and often create boring compositions based upon photographs. Patrick Seslar reveals a number...

The book titled Love, Loss and Healing: A Woman's Guide to Transforming Grief by the author Marge Columbus. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...