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In this sweeping and richly illustrated history, S. Frederick Starr tells the fascinating but largely unknown story of Central Asia's medieval enlightenment through the eventful lives and astonishing accomplishments of...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed - tanning to pages. Markings: No markings. Binding: Intact. When the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917, they inherited...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerFaith Hope & Love by Starr Daily chronicles a journey into the profound spiritual principles essential for daily...

In this biography of Frederick the Great, Nancy Mitford carefully unravels the complex character of one of Europe's brilliant rulers. She re-creates his unhappy youth; his reforming zeal, which paved...

Sharon M. Draper presents "storytelling at its finest" ( School Library Journal , starred review) in this New York Times bestselling Depression-era novel about a young girl who must learn...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: good. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Firm and intact. Few Victorian intellectuals led lives as richly varied as Frederic Harrison —...

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Traveller and explorer, woman of letters, photographer and an experienced Arabist whose secret propaganda activities during World War II established her as a spokeswoman on Middle East affairs, Freya Stark...

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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: chipped and worn with some damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsWandering Star is a poignant narrative that explores themes of identity and belonging through the...

Edition: presumed 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Text -...

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Author: Olaf Stapledon Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 One moment a man sits on a suburban hill, gazing curiously at the stars. The next, he is whirling through the...

Frederick Forsyth has seen it all. And lived to tell the tale. 'We all make mistakes, but starting the Third World War would have been a rather large one. To...

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Author: G.D. ObichkinBinding: HardbackPublished: Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography chronicles the life and intellectual journey...

In nearly half a century, Frederick Palmer reported on more different armies in action than any other journalist. Using Palmer's wartime notebooks and photographs, this book re-creates the journalist's journey...

Author: Emma Carroll Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 From the critically acclaimed author of In Darkling Wood comes a spine-tingling novel inspired by Frankenstein with more than a hint...

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Author: H. G. WellsBinding: HardbackPublished: Chatto & Windus, 1937Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: No dust jacket, cloth cover has some wear, previous owner name insideStar Begotten presents a...

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Author: Henry WinterfeldBinding: HardbackPublished: Lutterworth Press, 1963, First British EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsStar Girl is a captivating story by Henry Winterfeld, set against a backdrop of...

'A total joy to read.' SARAH BAKEWELL 'Thrillingly intelligent and original . . . A breakthrough in biographical form.' EDMUND GORDON 'A discerning literary biography and a page-turning whodunit.' LISA...

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Meet star bowler and Australian cricketing legend, Mitchell Stark, in this thrilling unofficial biography! Mitchell Starc's love of cricket started when he was just a boy growing up in New...

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Author: Poul AndersonBinding: HardbackPublished: THE SCIENCE FICTION BOOK CLUB by arrangement with VICTOR GOLLANCZ LTD, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis science fiction epic chronicles the daring exploits...

Fluent in at least seven languages and a writer of ravishing prose accounts of her journeys, Freya Stark was one of the great travel writers of the twentieth century. In...

Author: Wilfrid BluntBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight sun fading to spine and purple foxing to fore-edge with some slight...

Author: Maurice GoldsmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Lawrence and Wishart, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsFrederic Joliot-Curie, who died in 1958 in his fifty-eigth year, typified in a manner unique in his...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the dark skies over wartime Europe, one man's extraordinary courage illuminated the path for those who followed...

Winner of the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year - Younger Readers 2022 An exquisite, heartbreakingly beautiful gem of a novel for anyone who loved Wonder, Lenny's...

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...

Since his childhood in the Deepwoods, young Twig has always longed to soar above the forest canopy and explore the sky. Now a lowly crew-member on his father's sky pirate...

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King and Chizmar join forces again with a powerful stand-alone novel that is also the final chapter in the Gwendy trilogy. When Gwendy Peterson was twelve, a stranger named Richard...

Prague, 1995: Vera Foltynova, a widow in her late 50s, claims to receive visits from the ghost of great composer Frederic Chopin. What's more, she declares that Chopin has dictated...