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Author: Louis Menand Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 880 Shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2022 Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Nonfiction The Cold War...

Author: Louis Menand Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 880 Shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2022 Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Nonfiction The Cold War...

This lively biography narrates the story of Louis Vuitton (1821-1892), who, at the age of 14, set out on foot for Paris from his native village in the Jura mountains...

With a dedication to luxury and practicality, Louis Vuitton designed his unique lightweight, airtight luggage in 1854 and ensured that jetsetters all over the globe could travel in comfort and...

Author: Fabienne Reybaud Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 266 A stylish and beautifully crafted celebration of LV's Tambour watch, a masterpiece of modern design and technical innovation. Published to mark...

Author: Jo Ellison Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 632 'The go-to for all things Vuitton' Tatler Founded as a luxury leather goods house in 1854, Louis Vuitton was for many...

Perhaps America's greatest musical performer, Louis Armstrong was a character of epic proportions - married four times, with countless romantic involvements in and around his marriages, a life-long advocate of...

A thought-provoking, authoritative biography of one of history's most maligned rulers: France's Louis XVI "The definitive contribution to our understanding of Louis XVI as a man and a monarch."-P. M....

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Author: Rene J. DubosBinding: HardbackPublished: Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1950Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded cloth. This compelling biography, Louis Pasteur:...

Author: Vance PalmerBinding: HardbackPublished: Georgian House, Melbourne (A Meanjin Press Publication), 1948Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markings-

'Lion of Hollywood' is the definitive biography of Louis B Mayer, the chief of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - MGM - the biggest and most successful film studio of Hollywood's Golden Age. An...

Looks at the king and his beliefs, domestic problems, and foreign policy.

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: good. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Firm. Few figures in twentieth-century French literature provoke as much fascination and controversy as Louis-Ferdinand Céline...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Satchel and Bobby Kennedy , a sweeping and spellbinding portrait of the longtime kings of jazz-Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie-who,...

A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER 'S h ould be recommended reading for every person on our planet' SCARLETT CURTIS This is the extremism nobody talks about. It affects...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Satchel and Bobby Kennedy , a sweeping and spellbinding portrait of the longtime kings of jazz-Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie-who,...

From Vaux-le-Vicomte to Versailles, the buildings of Louis Le Vau shaped the image of French court society. None, however, has had as dramatic an effect as Mazarin's College (1661-70), the...

Little People, BIG DREAMS Louis Braille explores the life of the remarkable man behind Braille, the tactile reading and writing system. Little Louis was a curious child - always exploring...

Author: Louis Adhémar Timothée Le GolifBinding: HardbackPublished: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1954Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical adventure...

Louis de Wet (1930 2018) was an artistphilosopher born in South Africa. Over the course of his life, he created a significant body of meticulously crafted drawings and paintings, using...

Author: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 Little Louis was born in France during a time when doctors were still trying to figure out what made...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good — no loose pages or broken binding. Few literary figures of the...

Author: Hilaire BellocBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell and Company, 1938Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has minor wear and tear and spine tanning, previous owner name inside,...

For decades, generations of readers have shared their favorite passages of favorite Louis L'Amour novels and short stories: parents with their children, neighbors with their friends, executives with their staff...

Louis Ferrante was a young rogue who made his reputation on the streets of New York and later hooked up with the infamous John Gotti Jr and the Gambino crime...

Author: Lionel RothkrugBinding: HardbackPublished: Princeton University Press, 1965Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book traces the history of the anti-mercantilist movement and demonstrates that many ideas associated...

Author: Robert BrannerBinding: PaperbackPublished: A. Zwemmer Ltd, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageRobert Branner's St Louis And The Court Style In Gothic...

Louis Pasteur's passion for laboratory experiments led to major, life-saving changes in medicine. His research targeted unusual problems from the spoiling of wine to disease in French silkworms. His wide-ranging...

Author: Olivier BernierBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsLouis The Beloved: The Life Of Louis Xv chronicles the tumultuous reign and personal life of...

Kenneth Turan brings to life the extraordinary partnership of Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg and their role in creating the film industry as we know it "Sharply observant."-Farran Smith...

Forget The Rules. At last, there's a guide to what men really want from a relationship written by the reigning experts on the subject- men! Gender studies specialists Ron Louis...

Louis-Antoine Comte de Bougainville (1729-1811) is best known for his circumnavigation of the globe from 1766 to 1769. throughout a long and distinguished life however, he participated in many of...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of art history and criticism, Anita Brookner's study of Jacques-Louis David presents a penetrating and authoritative account...

Author: Jean-Louis Deniot Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Revered as the epitome of French style and honoured by international design magazines and editors, Jean-Louis Deniot is in demand. His...

Author: Louis de Rouvroy, Duc de Saint-SimonBinding: HardbackPublished: Heritage Press, 1959Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis monumental work provides a vivid and detailed account of life...

Author: Harriet Pattison Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 An intimate glimpse into the professional and romantic relationship between Harriet Pattison and the renowned architect Louis Kahn On a winter...

Author: John HetheringtonBinding: HardbackPublished: F. W. Cheshire, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling work of biography presents a series of vivid portraits of influential Australians,...