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Author: Lance Richardson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 736 The first major biography of Peter Matthiessen, celebrated author of The Snow Leopard, founder of the Paris Review, towering figure of...

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Now in a paperback edition, America's greatest literary naturalist takes readers on the ultimate wildlife safari: a true back-of-beyond voyage to the world's most unforgiving land, the islands off Antarctica's...

'Matthiessen's book is a triumph that will outlive him. It is a masterpiece' John Hillaby Enjoy this special edition hardback of one of the greatest pieces of travel and nature...

In a malarial outpost in the South American rain forest, two misplaced gringos converge and clash in this novel from the National Book Award-winning author. Martin Quarrier has come to...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodDeep within the remote Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania — one of the last great wilderness areas on Earth — naturalist and writer Peter...

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Inspired by a near-mythic event of the wild Florida frontier at the turn of the twentieth century, Shadow Country reimagines the legend of the inspired Everglades sugar planter and notorious...

Author: Peter Matthiessen. Cohen, David (ed), Gabriel Garcia MarquezBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper , 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis work presents a compelling anthropological survey of human rituals, charting...

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0riginating at the National Theatre of Great Britain, "Amadeus" was the recipient of both the Evening Standard Drama Award and the Theatre Critics Award. In the United States, the play...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA masterwork of nature writing and travel literature, Sand Rivers chronicles a 1979 wilderness expedition into the Selous Game Reserve...

Author: Peter Matthiessen. Cohen, David (ed), Gabriel Garcia MarquezBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper., San Francisco, 1991Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the rituals and traditions surrounding...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A landmark of Australian fiction, The Wort Papers is a wildly inventive,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat begins as a seemingly chaotic collection of notes, letters, and fragments soon reveals itself to be one...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark of Australian experimental fiction, The Wort Papers chronicles the chaotic misadventures of Jack Wort, a wildly eccentric and...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsA landmark of Australian experimental fiction, The Wort Papers chronicles the chaotic misadventures of Jack Wort, a wildly...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingFrom the singular imagination of Peter Mathers — the audacious Australian voice behind Trap — comes The Wort Papers, a...

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Deep Water offers an incisive, searching, and beautifully written account of the emerging crisis over dams and the world's water. Reporting in the tradition of John McPhee and Peter Matthiessen,...

Author: Lawrence KraussBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson Radius, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThe Fifth Essence: The Search For Dark Matter In The Universe presents a compelling journey...

A panoramic view of the cosmos must begin with the tension of a single political moment. In Quantum History , Slavoj Zizek brings together Hegelian dialectics, Lacan psychoanalysis and quantum...

The book titled The Manual of Air Brushing: A Complete, Graded Course in All Aspects by the author Peter Owen. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...

After 80 years, it's here-the 1000th issue of Detective Comics, the title that literally defines DC! This book is stacked with an unbelievable lineup of talent that will take you...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodWhat if the most extraordinary architecture on Earth was never designed by an architect? The Prodigious Builders by Bernard Rudofsky presents a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersA landmark reference work in the history of decorative painting,...

Edition: First EditionsCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodThis complete three-volume set of Victor Klemperer's diaries, "I Shall Bear Witness," "To the Bitter End," and "The Lesser Evil," presents one...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew Australian artists command the same reverence as Roger Kemp, whose visionary printmaking career is meticulously catalogued in...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerA feast for the senses and an indispensable kitchen companion, Bon Appétit Desserts: The Cookbook for All Things Sweet and Wonderful is the ultimate...

'Searing, timely' - MEGAN ABBOTT 'A wild sharp and suspenseful ride' - ATTICA LOCKE 'An absolute tour de force' - S.A. COSBY 'Terrifying and exhilarating' - JAMES PATTERSON 'A juggernaut...

A FINANCIAL TIMES HIGHLIGHT FOR 2026 'The most important reappraisal of modern China to appear in years' PETER FRANKOPAN, author of The Silk Roads and The Earth Transformed From renowned,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew landscapes on Earth are as ornithologically remarkable as New Zealand's — an island nation whose geographic isolation produced a birdlife found nowhere else on...

At last in paperback, this large-format illustrated book combines the contents of all three hardbacks, together with exclusive new pictures and text, to provide the perfect companion to the complete...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodCondition remarks: Minor wear on boards; small bumps on the top edge. Binding remains tight. Half-dj has light wear. Internally sound. Before Andy Warhol...

From the multi-award-winning author - a beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel telling the story of a young girl's battle for survival and search for the truth in occupied Vienna **WINNER OF...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imagePoetry has always held two essential powers in perfect tension — the architectural precision of pattern...

A stunning new edition of the fourth novel in the bestselling Bone Season series with gorgeous new cover artwork and updated text, by the bestselling author of The Priory of...

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2025 GOLF BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Enthralling ... unmissable' - Golf News 'A superbly detailed account of an uprising in professional golf'...

An illustrated study of the clashes between B-29s conducting night raids on Japan and the Japanese nightfighters protecting the Home Islands from 1944-45. The USAAF's B-29-led strategic bombing offensive against...