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The luxury of the ancient world is legendary, but the Athenian reputation is sober because this wealthy, successful city-state spent all its money on the conspicuous consumption of ephemeral things....

Author: James West Davidson, Mark Hamilton LytleBinding: PaperbackPublished: Knopf, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Slightly creased corners and spines. After the...

When acclaimed golf writer James Dodson leaves his home in Maine to revisit Pinehurst, North Carolina, where his father first taught him the game that would shape his life and...

A character-filled history that brings the American saga to life "This is a little history with a big heart, meant to be savored more than studied, read out loud like...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Appears unread. Few texts illuminate the medieval world of pilgrimage and sacred wonder as vividly as...

The scene is set for a huge funeral in St Patrick's Cathedral in New York. The rich and the famous from all over America and beyond have arrived to honour...

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The Gulf monarchies (Saudi Arabia and its five smaller neighbours: the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and Bahrain) have long been governed by highly autocratic and seemingly anachronistic regimes....

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Slipcase: WornPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. All plates intact. A landmark volume in Australian art history, Masterpieces of Australian...

Author: James GleesonBinding: HardbackPublished: THAMES AND HUDSON, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsGleeson argues that Dobell achieved ''greatness while standing aloof from avant-garde developments'' and that...

Author: James Patterson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 For over 150 years, Lamont Cranston has been The Shadow, a New York society-man turned crusader. Possessed with an array of...

The Best Australian Essays 2009 presents a selection of the year's best non-fiction. With wonderful essays by Australia's finest writers, this diverse collection captures the year that was. Whether tackling...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew names in the history of American manufacturing carry the mythic weight of Harley-Davidson, a brand that has come to symbolise freedom, rebellion, and...

The book titled On Fasting and Feasting by the author Alan Davidson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

'Rarely is such an important book this funny. And rarely is such a funny book this important' - RICHARD OSMAN 'Funny, fierce and genuinely moving' - J. K. ROWLING 'It...

Author: Daniel ThomasBinding: HardbackPublished: Wakefield Press, 2001Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: some wear and foxing of dust cover; some yellowing to edges of inside pages; in...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsA work of Australian historical biography, this volume chronicles the remarkable...

From its opening scene in revolutionary Mexico to the Battle of the Marne in 1918, and on to the bordellos and saloons of San Antonio during the reign of the...

The Best Australian Essays showcase the nation's most eloquent, insightful and urgent non-fiction writing. The Best Australian Essays showcase the nation's most eloquent, insightful and urgent non-fiction writing. In her...