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The book titled Where I Fell to Earth: A Life in Four Places by the author Peter Conrad. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

People who saw the first moving pictures at the end of the nineteenth century were delighted by a new art that communicated without words - yet they were also alarmed...

The book titled Where I Fell to Earth: A Life in Four Cities by the author Peter Conrad. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Peter Conrad Format: Hardback...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodAt the crossroads of art, literature, and cultural ambition, The Victorian Treasure-House presents a richly argued account of Victorian aesthetics, chronicling the extraordinary creative outpouring of...

Author: Peter ConradBinding: PaperbackPublished: Thames & Hudson, 1999Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageModern Times Modern Places: Life & Art In The 20Th...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOpera has always been an art form of breathtaking extremes — of soaring passion, devastating tragedy, and the...

The world has changed faster during the 20th century than ever before. All our previous assumptions about God, our social, economic and political structures, science and technology, and - by...

Despite our culture's proclaimed respect for scientific reason, we live in a society that is no less bedazzled-and bedevilled-by myth than those of our remote ancestors. Roland Barthes first examined...

This is a personal account of Conrad's return to his Tasmanian homeland after 20 years. He tells of his upbringing there and describes the island's rivers, mountains and rain forests....

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This aims to provide a panoramic survey of opera past and present and to explain the cultural phenomenon of opera. The author believes opera to be a vitally necessary art...

A gripping novel that ultimately questions our capacity for moral strength and the depths of human integrity 'It was I who removed de P- this morning.' With these chilling words...

The new paperback series: Penguin English Library 'Madness and despair! Give me that for a lever, and I'll move the world' In the only novel Conrad set in London, The...

For the past 20 years, Edmond and Corrigan's work has drawn an intense reaction and interest that only has an Australian counterpart in the reception of Walter Burley Griffin in...

Part of a series of new editions of Conrad's most famous novels in Black Classics This compact novel, completed in 1900, as with so many of the great novels of...

Published alongside other Conrad's works, on the 150th anniversary of his birth In the only novel Conrad set in London, The Secret Agent communicates a profoundly ironic view of human...

The new paperback series- Penguin English Library 'The mind of man is capable of anything - because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future....

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew authors have provoked as divided and passionate a critical response as Joseph Conrad, and Conrad: The Critical Heritage assembles the most significant contemporary...

'One of the most compelling and influential works of English literature in the last century' - Independent WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY TIM BUTCHER The silence of the jungle is broken...

Published alongisde other Conrad's works, on the 150th anniversary of his death Heart of Darkness has been considered for most of this century as a literary classic, and also as...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the fog-shrouded streets of Victorian London, a man named Verloc lives a double life —...

Published alongisde other Conrad's works, on the 150th anniversary of his death In these four stories, written between 1900 and 1902, Joseph Conrad bid gradual farewell to his adventurous life...

Lord Jim, first published in 1900, confirmed Conrad's place in literature as one of the first 'modernists' of English letters. Set in the Malay Archipelago, not only does the novel...

Condition remarks: Condition: VG. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. No stickers or labels visible. A landmark work of literary biography, Joseph Conrad:...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A masterwork of political suspense, The Secret Agent stands as one of...

Condition remarks: Condition: New/Excellent. - book is sealed in original publisher's shrink wrap. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Few literary lives rival the sheer improbability of...

This book features introductions by Dr. Keith Carabine, Chairperson of the Joseph Conrad Society (U.K.). 'I have tried with an almost filial regard to render the vibration of life in...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'They swarmed numerous like locusts, industrious like ants, thoughtless like a natural force, pushing on blind and orderly...

Condition remarks: Secondhand book: generally 'Very Good' to 'Excellent'. These are books which may have some slight wear and tear or sun fading on the edges. There may be an...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsA profound work of literary fiction, Lord Jim chronicles the moral descent and subsequent quest for redemption of...

Joseph Conrad's haunting Modernist masterpiece, now in the beautifully designed Penguin Clothbound Classics series Heart of Darkness has been considered for most of this century as a literary classic, and...

In an increasingly divided and intolerant world, What the Light Reveals isa beacon: a novel that brilliantly captures the sometimes devastatingconsequences of individual belief. Conrad is falsely accused of passingmilitary...

Author: Terence ConranBinding: HardbackPublished: Conrad Octopus Ltd - London, 1995Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis comprehensive volume presents a wealth of practical advice and inspiring ideas...

Sustained success over years at the top of international competition does not come easily in track athletics, and some distances in particular demand higher commitment and total body fitness of...

An ancient man without a past hails a taxi driven by a petty criminal with no future. Reluctantly, the pair embarks on a journey in search of a legendary whaler...

For almost four decades Peter Corris was known as 'the godfather of Australian crime fiction', and Cliff Hardy has been Australia's favourite private investigator since he solved his first case...

This work develops the principles of basic home improvement to show how to build essential fixtures that combine economy and style. Each section of the book begins with a selection...

'I certainly am not going to be bullied by fundamentalist Christians' - Archbishop Peter Carnley throughout his career as Archbishop of Perth, Peter Carnley has raised issues that have challenged...

P-Funk keyboardist Daniel Bedrosian brings to life the recording and musical activity of Parliament-Funkadelic in 1975, an epoch-making year marked by the release of three seminal albums: Chocolate City, Let's...