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The great Gothic cathedrals of Europe are among the most astonishing achievements of Western culture. Evoking feelings of awe and humility, they make us want to understand what inspired the...

Author: Lennard BickelBinding: HardbackPublished: London Macmillan, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis Accursed Land chronicles the harrowing final expedition of Captain Robert...

Secondhand Science Fiction Bargain Book Box SP4176 Twenty-one vintage SF paperbacks: the Foundation trilogy in the Panther editions, nine Anne McCaffreys including The Dolphins of Pern, Dinosaur Planet and the...

Eight years ago, while still at university, Robert Swan became possessed by the idea of a journey on foot to the South Pole. No such attempt had been made since...

Nerak is defeated. Steven Taylor has cast the malevolent dictator's soul into the Fold's inky void - but the evil that controlled Nerak and brutalised the people of Eldarn has...

Robert Ryan brings one of the greatest epic journeys of all time to life in this captivating story of Captain Scott's last Antarctic expedition. January 18, 1912: Captain Robert Falcon...

Author: Admiral Lord MountevansBinding: HardbackPublished: COLLINS, 1961Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerSouth With Scott chronicles the epic and tragic British...

'A riveting account about Scott of Antarctica and the machinations of his demise. Of the food depots that were diminished and the rescue that never came.' - Peter Hillary, mountaineer...

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SURVIVAL IN SINGAPORE is a gripping account of an untold story of Japanese-occupied Singapore, and a testament of courage, sacrifice and the resilience of the human spirit. 'Wonderfully evocative writing,...

What if historical fiction were understood as a disfiguring of calculus? Or poems enacting the formation and breakdown of community as expositions of irrational numbers? What if, in other words,...

Nick Rennison's compelling book tells the memorable stories of the men and women who have risked their lives by entering the white wastelands of the Arctic and the Antarctic, from...

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Beryl Bainbridge gets better and better...she has succeeded with a daring leap of emphatic imagination in penetrating the minds of Captain Scott and the four men he led to their...

On November 12, 1912, a rescue team trekking across Antarctica's Great Ice Barrier finally found what they sought - the snow-covered tent of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott. Inside,...

With Scott to the Pole celebrates the achievements and heroism of Captain Scott and the members of the 1910-1913 expedition. It presents more than 400 duotone prints by the expedition's...

Author: Admiral Lord MountevansBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins Sons and Co., 1961Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.This historical account...

FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'Confirms Harris's undisputed place as our leading master of both the historical and contemporary thriller' Daily Mail 'Climatic in every sense . . ....

Robert A. M. Stern is dedicated to the synthesis of tradition and innovation. In more than thirty-five years of practice, he has produced a wide range of building types with...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: fold-out map at rear intact. Few accounts of polar exploration carry the visceral immediacy of South...

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FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR IN THE HUNT FOR A SPY, HE EXPOSED A CONSPIRACY 'Seriously riveting . . . a testament to Robert Harris's storytelling power' The Times...

Iconic, tough-but-tender Boston PI Spenser delves into the black market art scene to investigate a decades-long unsolved crime of dangerous proportions.The heist was legendary, still talked about twenty years after...

FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR. NOW AN BAFTA AND OSCAR WINNING MOVIE. THE POWER OF GOD. THE AMBITION OF MEN. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER NOW AN BAFTA AND OSCAR...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Last Laocoon by Robert Sklar...

FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'A pure thriller . . . wry, clever, thoughtful, with a terrific sense of timing and eye for character' Observer 'No one delivers thrilling...

Author: Scott Meslow Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 An in-depth celebration of the romantic comedy's modern golden era and its role in our culture, tracking the genre from its...

Author: Robert Carl CohenBinding: HardbackPublished: Lyle Stuart,, 1972Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis is a biography of Robert Franklin Williams. It explores the life and activism of...

In the 1960s Tim Scott tested the limits of what a sculpture could be. Visionary and audacious, his large-scale constructions radically transformed the inheritance of Constantin Brancusi and Henri Matisse....

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THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'Top-class' The Times March 1943, the war hangs in the balance, and at Bletchley Park Tom Jericho, a brilliant young codebreaker, is facing a double...

FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF AN OFFICER AND A SPY AND THE SECOND SLEEP 'A pulse-rate-speeding masterpiece' Sunday Times 'A stunning novel . . . the subtlety and...

Scott's invigorating tale of Rob Roy and the battle between the English and the Scotts When young Francis Osbaldistone discovers that his vicious and scheming cousin Rashleigh has designs both...

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A unique photographic look at America's greatest musical art forms-blues, jazz, R&B, soul, rock, Cajun, and zydeco-and the musical greats who keep the music alive today. Fans of blues, soul,...

Author: Robert A. SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Readers Union - BCE., 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerIn this compelling work of non-fiction, Robert A. Smith chronicles the fascinating and often...

Author: VariousBinding: SoftbackPublished: The Masterpiece Library Review of Reviews, London, 1895Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markings20 Volumes from the Penny Poets Series - 2: Marmion:...

In national bestseller The Mountain , world-renowned climber and bestselling author Ed Viesturs and cowriter David Roberts paint a vivid portrait of obsession, dedication, and human achievement in a true...

The most comprehensive and authoritative book available on the domestic furniture, lighting and design objects of Minimalist and Post-Minimalist artists from the 1960s to the present, including Donald Judd, Sol...

A new edition of Hogg's haunting tale of a devilish doppleganger, edited and introduced by Hogg's celebrated biographer Karl Miller. Brought up by a strict Calvinist pastor, Robert Wringham believes...

Questions the manner in which, since the 18th century, a supposed English cultural centre has controlled the way we read. The author interrogates the Anglocentricity of the subject "English literature",...

Award-winning baseball writer and coauthor of Ninety Percent Mental Scott Miller offers an unprecedented look at the job of Major League Baseball managers-showing how they shape the game...and how the...