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When it was first published in 1989, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love became an international bestselling sensation, winning rave reviews and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. To celebrate...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the irreverent studios of Australia's most anarchic art collective comes Mambo: Art Irritates Life, a riotous and...

For nine months, Alfie has been caring for his twin daughters after the sudden death of their mother, Pippa. One night, he wakes to find them at the foot of...

A first-generation Cuban son comes of age in 1940s New York in the debut--and most autobiographical--novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love ....

In the wake of his retirement from professional basketball, Kobe "The Black Mamba" Bryant has decided to share his vast knowledge and understanding of the game to take readers on...

Author: Manning O'BrineBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph, London, 1970Condition:Book: FairJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: dust jacket torn and worn; rubbing to edges of cloth cover; spine has mildew spotting;...

Author: Alexander High LawsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber and Faber Limited, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive horticultural guide, Bamboos: A Gardener's Guide To Their...

From snake-oil salesmen to crypto grifters, the gripping story of charlatans-and why we fall for them For centuries charlatans have been bamboozling victims. But today, charlatanry is more lucrative and...

Author: J. Malcolm MorrisBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph, 1954Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThe Wise Bamboo presents a vivid account of postwar Japan through the lens of...

Author: Chef Nak Format: Hardback Number of Pages: "Nhum" means "eat" in Khmer, the language of Cambodia. If you follow the 80 recipes in the Nhum cookbook, you'll be eating...

* FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GIRL IN TRANSLATION *'Kwok is an impressive talent' - KARIN SLAUGHTER'A hugely atmospheric and suspenseful mystery' - LUCY FOLEY'I will find...

Authentic Cambodian Recipes: From Mother to Daughter charts the turbulent life story of Sorey Long through authentic Cambodian fare. Together with her daughter Kanika, Sorey gathered her memories and wrote...

In the swinging 1960s, after nearly a century of colonisation, Cambodia had gained its independence and was ready to rock. Young musicians from the countryside flocked to the vibrant cosmopolitan...

Author: Marje PriorBinding: PaperbackPublished: MPA Publishing Pty Ltd ACT, 1994Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageMarje Prior's "Shooting At The Moon: Cambodian Peaceworkers...

Author: Avraham SchwartzbaumBinding: HardbackPublished: Feldheim Pub, 1988Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis is a memoir of a Jewish father's journey, intertwined with themes of cultural identity and...

Simon Velez is renowned for brilliantly utilizing bamboo as a permanent structural element in both residential and commercial structures. Velez was born in Manizales, Colombia, in 1949, and began his...

Last year, the death of Pol Pot, the ruthless dictator of the 1970's, marked the end of an era of fear, despair, and social and economic ruin in Cambodia. But...

After surviving the Khmer Rouge genocide, followed by years of confinement to international refugee camps, as many as 10,000 Southeast Asian refugees arrived in the Bronx during the 1980s and...

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Author: Brigitte NiedermairFormat: Hardback, 270mm x 330mm, 2380g, 276 pagesPublished: Damiani, Italy, 2019Brigitte Niedermair's solo exhibition at the Museo di Palazzo Mocenigo is a dynamic interplay of the artist's photographs...

This book examines the Diablo in detail, starting with Ferruccio Lamborghini's objectives for his eponymous supercar company and his diktat that it eschew racing, which would go on to heavily...

Edition: ReprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Jacket protected in mylar sleeveBehind the serene facade of the bamboo curtain lay a world of unimaginable...

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'Entertainingly written history . . . ravishingly beautiful photographs.' The Times Bamber Gascoigne's classic book tells of the most fascinating period of Indian history, the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when...