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In 1896 a small group of Melbourne's first women doctors opened a makeshift hospital in a borrowed church hall. They wanted to give 'poor women the opportunity of being treated...

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Author: Jane SandilandsBinding: HardbackPublished: Trustees of the Helen Macpherson Smith Trust, 2011Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography, Helen Macpherson Smith: Her Life And Lasting Legacy, chronicles the remarkable...

**WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR** **WINNER OF THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION** **WINNER OF THE PRIX DU MEILLEUR LIVRE TRANGER** 'Dazzling... Deeply affecting, utterly fascinating and...

From the bestselling author of H is for Hawk comes a transcendent collection of essays about the natural world **THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** 'Thrilling dispatches from a vanishing world' Observer...

Author: Helen MacinnesBinding: HardbackPublished: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1944Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis gripping espionage thriller, "The Unconquerable,"...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerWhat if a historian from the year 2024 looked back to chronicle the sweeping transformations that reshaped human civilisation over the preceding...

Author: Helen MacinnesBinding: HardbackPublished: COLLINS London - Sydney, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis gripping Cold War spy thriller chronicles an American lawyer's perilous entanglement in a dangerous...

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Author: Janet BakerBinding: HardbackPublished: Julia Macrae., 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markings-

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Helen Garner's acclaimed three volumes of diaries are collected here in one sumptuous book. Spanning two decades-from the publication of her lightning-rod debut novel in the late 70s, to the...

'A vivid, involving and beautifully written story.' JOSEPH O'CONNOR 'A book that draws you in and holds you till the very end' ANNE GRIFFIN 'Sensitive and accurate . . ....

Author: Helen MaxBinding: PaperbackPublished: Makor, 2001Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis poignant photographic essay chronicles the life of a Holocaust survivor,...

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'With unrivaled expertise and a wealth of classical and contemporary detail, the author weaves historical knowledge of medicine, anatomy, literature, art and religion into a narrative that surprises, informs, excites...

Author: Max Wallace Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 Raised in Alabama, she sent shockwaves through the South when she launched a public broadside against Jim Crow and donated to...

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She is one of the best-loved and most highly respected actresses in the world today. A talent that Britain is truly proud of, Dame Helen Mirren is a chameleon of...

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Throughout the twentieth century and long before, hundreds of determined British women defied the social conventions of their day in order to seek adventure and influence on the world stage....

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodCondition remarks: review copyFew figures of the early twentieth century captured the imagination of the literary world quite like Helen Waddell —...

Bestselling novelist Margaret George here imagines the story of Helen of Sparta and Troy, one of the most amazing female mythical characters, ancient or modern. A war, which lasted for...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsHelen chronicles the terrifying ordeal of a renowned fashion model whose glamorous life takes a dark turn when...

A picture book about how big things can happen to little people, too. By award-winning author/illustrator Helen Stephens. It's the night of the Small Hall Grand Ball and everyone's getting...

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Edition: 5th ed.,Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: pages can have minimal notes and/or underlining; ** some content, including...

'Wish I Was Here is a masterpiece' Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk 'It will surprise you, sometimes astound you, and leave you profoundly changed' Jonathan Coe, author...

Edition: later repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedHigh in the Swiss Alps, where the air is crisp and the meadows stretch endlessly beneath a boundless...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the brutal crucible of a British penal colony at the edge of the known world, one soldier's...

Marietta Davis fell into a trance at age twenty-five that lasted nine days. She experienced a vision that made her a legend. When she finally regained consciousness she described with...

'Macavity' (the mystery cat!) is one of the best-loved poems from T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats - the inspiration for Cats: The Musical - beloved by...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAustralia's multicultural tapestry is woven from countless threads of migration, and few stories are as compelling as that...

An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, novel. 'It was the middle of November, I was supposed to be out jogging, but instead I was sitting at my breakfast table talking about...

Read the true story that inspired the major new film, The Iron Lady. John Campbell's magisterial biography is the political biography of Margaret Thatcher. 'An enormously useful achievement...every twist and...

The essential crime book of our times, from the author of the bestselling McMafia. Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2012 We live our lives online - banking, shopping, working, dating...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image **GERMAN TEXT ONLY**For the serious model railway collector, no reference is more authoritative or more indispensable than...

Elephants are as unique as people. They can be clever and curious or headstrong and impulsive, shy or sociable. Learn to know them as individuals as well as a species...

William Heaney is a man well acquainted with demons. Not his broken family - his wife has left him for a celebrity chef, his snobbish teenaged son despises him, and...

'Engaging, honest and funny...Stacey could write about Farrow & Ball paint drying - not to mention the breakdown of a marriage and a lifetime's dreams - and make it funny....

Katheryn Parr is mainly remembered today as being the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, the one who 'survived'. Katheryn was not only a wife but a queen, mother, reformer,...