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"The Black Friend is THE book everyone needs to read right now... Read it, absorb it, and be changed because of it." -Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give...

Author: Donald WeeksBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor water damage to title page.Donald Weeks's "Corvo" is a compelling biography that chronicles...

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:...

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...

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Author: Joseph HyamsBinding: HardbackPublished: FREDERICK MULLER, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsA Field of Buttercups presents a reflective and emotionally charged novel that examines the psychological...

Author: Michael Howell And Peter FordBinding: PaperbackPublished: Penguin Books., 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Condition as shown...

It was not until the late 1930s - after his death - that Joseph Conrad emerged from literary neglect. Critical works on his significant contribution began to surface, many comparing...

Are you brave enough to join the Wanderdays in their first thrilling adventure? They're off on an edge-of-your-seat underwater quest to find out what's really happening on the secret Fantome...

The Habsburg courtier Charles-Joseph Prince de Ligne seduced and symbolized eighteenth-century Europe. Speaking French, the international language of the day, he travelled between Paris and St Petersburg, charming everyone he...

An updated edition of a classic African American autobiography, with new supplementary materials The preeminent American slave narrative first published in 1845, Frederick Douglass'sNarrativepowerfully details the life of the abolitionist...

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 —...

A riotous biography of the charismatic ruler of eighteenth century Poland and Saxony, and his catastrophic reign Both King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, Augustus is one of the...

Condition remarks: Binding: Hardcover - no dust jacket, some wear. Condition: Very Good (Minor cosmetic wear to edges, typical of age). Page condition: yellowing and foxing. An intimate and illuminating...

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...

Author: Fred HoyleBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling work presents a radical reinterpretation of the universe's origins and the development of life. In...

A former high-level CIA officer compares the classics of spy fiction with the reality of the espionage world -- and shows how the truth is usually the more interesting. First...

*Shortlisted for The Week Junior Book Awards 2026* THE DEBUT CHILDREN'S BOOK FROM AWARD-WINNING AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND ACTOR PATERSON JOSEPH. MEET THE TEN ... Goddaughter to the Queen of...

More Mere Mortals is a gripping compilation of the medical misfortunes of more than 30 well-known characters from history. Written with author Jim Leavelsley's typical light touch and whimsical style,...

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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: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the shadowy underbelly of Victorian London, where curiosity and cruelty walk hand in hand, one...

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...

A Spectator Best Book of the YearTrawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Adam Zamoyski has revealed the dramatic life of his great-great-great...

Since its invention in 1903, the airplane has become the dominant mode of transport, travel, and combat. It has brought the entire planet closer together and changed almost every aspect...

A Spectator Best Book of the Year Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Adam Zamoyski has revealed the dramatic life of his...