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A compelling history of Chinese resistance to state oppression, told through the stories of three remarkable individuals In Wild Grass, Pulitzer Prize-winning Ian Johnson describes a China caught between the...

The idea for Ian Hamilton's unorthodox new book was sparked by a rereading of Samuel Johnson's classic "Lives of the English Poets". Johnson included appraisals of 52 poets, but of...

The definitive biography of the basketball legend Earvin 'Magic' Johnson, from the author of Michael Jordan: the Life. Magic Johnson is one of the most beloved, and also controversial, athletes...

'Elite athletes aren't born. They're made.' Michael Johnson From a living icon of the Olympic Games - as both an athlete and now as a BBC broadcaster - Gold Rush...

In innumerable ways, we still live in LBJ's America. More than half a century after his death, Lyndon Baines Johnson continues to exert profound influence on American life. This collection...

These ingenious interviews will amuse, provoke and delight. Veering from the intensely serious to the wildly silly, Dead Interviews grants writers the chance to sit down with their heroes and...

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Author: Ian Donaldson (Honorary Professorial Fellow in the School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 562 Ben Jonson was the greatest of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew figures in English literary history loom as large or as vividly as Samuel Johnson — and John Wain's acclaimed biography captures the full measure...

Despite having once been sacked from the shadow front bench, Boris Johnson is still widely seen as one of the stars of the Conservative Party. His distinctive appearance ('Like a...

Author: John PearsonBinding: HardbackPublished: London: Jonathan Cape, 1966Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded black cloth. Light foxing on...

Author: Nadine DorriesFormat: Paperback, 153mm x 234mm, 390g, 352 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2023'A riveting read that skips along at pace. Illuminating and concerning, it lifts the lid on...

The Gallipoli campaign was launched in April 1915 in an effort to knock Turkey out of the war but the force that was deployed was too small to achieve its...

London is special. For centuries, it has been amongst the greatest cities of the world. But a city is nothing without its people. This sparkling new history of London, told...

Ben Jonson was the greatest of Shakespeare's contemporaries. In the century following his death he was seen by many as the finest of all English writers, living or dead. His...

WHAT IF THE ONLY WITNESS TO A MURDER IS MORE TWISTED THAN THE KILLER?'The very definition of a page-turner!' IAN RANKIN'Enthralling' SUNDAY TIMES, THRILLER OF THE MONTH 'Steve Cavanagh's twists...

A landmark in Boswell and Johnson studies In Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature is revealed with unparalleled immediacy and originality, in a...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the heart of eighteenth-century English letters stands Samuel Johnson — poet, moralist, and arguably the...

A Guardian best crime and thriller book of 2024 'Excellently lean and tense crime novel with a touch of the nouveau roman about it' Ian Rankin 'Mason has been mainlining...

Author: Hugh Johnson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 252 In this unique approach to understanding wine, Hugh Johnson, the world's best-loved wine author, weaves the story of his own epic...

Edited by Alan Jenkins, this authoritative Collected Poems contains all of the poetry that Ian Hamilton chose to publish, together with a small number of uncollected and unpublished poems; it...

Author: Ian Rankin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 A student has gone missing in Edinburgh. She's not just any student, though, but the daughter of well-to-do and influential bankers....

A landmark in Boswell and Johnson studies In Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature is revealed with unparalleled immediacy and originality, in a...

100% UNOFFICIAL The newly discovered diary of Boris Alexander de Pfeffel Johnson, aged 13 , provides a fascinating and glimpse into Johnson's innermost thoughts and feelings and will reveal a...

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From the moment of Lincoln's death on April 15, 1865, until Andrew Johnson, his replacement, formally announced postwar plans on May 29, the fate of the country hung in the...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: N/APages: GoodAt the crossroads of nationalism and artistic vision, Poetry and Ireland brings together two of the most vital literary voices of the Irish Literary Revival...

*The memoirs of Boris Johnson, complete and unabridged, including all the great material he had to take out for being either too incendiary or too obviously made up*Ghostwritten by Lucien...

Author: Jonathan Bate Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 'Enlightening, moving' SIR IAN MCKELLEN From the acclaimed and bestselling biographer Jonathan Bate, a luminous new exploration of Shakespeare and how...

Lyndon Johnson and Mac Wallace crossed paths only briefly; but Wallace's life, especially one violent episode and its intricate aftermath, illuminates the dark side of our 36th president. Perhaps no...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat happens when a sharp-eyed modern journalist retraces one of the most celebrated journeys in English literary history?...

'Johnson is a leading voice of his generation.' - New York Times The most comprehensive publication to date on widely celebrated artist Rashid Johnson Working with a variety of media...

Secondhand Music & Celebrity Biography Bargain Book Box SP3037 Rock legends, sporting heroes, and literary provocateurs — memoirs and biographies spanning Paul Hogan to Hunter S. Thompson, Rod Stewart to...

Author: Phillip JohnsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2014Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionConnected: The Sustainable Landscapes Of Phillip Johnson presents a compelling examination of the visionary...

Secondhand Biography & Memoir Bargain Book Box SP4098 Twenty-two books of biography, autobiography and memoir — from Paul Hogan and Yehudi Menuhin to Vinnie Jones, Chris Patten and Hunter S....

In May 1930, Amy Johnson, a typist from Hull, took off from Croydon Airport with a thermos flask and a packet of sandwiches to try to beat the world solo...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Samuel Johnson — lexicographer, moralist, and the most formidable...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodCondition remarks: sandglass laid-inOne of the most celebrated biographies ever written, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. stands as a towering monument of English literature,...

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Previous studies of the rise of Lyndon B. Johnson have concentrated on his ruthless careerism without giving him due credit for his political brilliance, his genuine concern for minorities and...