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Hailed as "a remarkable achievement" (Boston Globe) and as "a triumph: simultaneously entertaining and instructive, witty and thought-provoking...a splendid and thoroughly engrossing book" (Los Angeles Times), Roy Porter's charting of...

Against the backdrop of an unprecedented concern for health today, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine not only surveys the rise of medicine in the West from earliest times to...

Medicine advances ever faster, and with it not just a capacity to overcome sickness, but to transform the very nature of life. Starting in ancient antiquity, this text charts how...

For over three decades Roy Sstrong has teased, tantalised, amused and sometimes enraged the British public, firstly in his capacity as the Director of two great cultural institutions, the National...

Roy Fuller combines three volumes of his memoirs - "Souvenirs", "Vamp Till Ready" and "Home and Dry" - which together span three decades of his life. They cover his childhood,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew artists have captured the raw, unfiltered soul of the American wilderness with the precision and reverence of Eliot Porter, and this landmark monograph...

Author: Ray Braithwaite OamBinding: HardbackPublished: -, 2008Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThis historical account chronicles the extensive legacy of an entity known as Porters, tracing its origins from 1883...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodThe shimmering waters of Port Phillip Bay have borne witness to a century of sail, competition, and maritime tradition — and Chris de Fraga's...

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: Mary Lord Format: Hardback...

Edition: 1st aus ed,,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis authoritative literary biography chronicles the life of Hal Porter, one of Australia's most versatile and flamboyant...

Author: Soraya PalmerFormat: Paperback, 128mm x 198mm, 240g, 288 pagesPublished: Profile Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2024'A beautiful ode to the power of storytelling, this novel is steeped in the folklore...

WINNER OF THE 2022 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZEPUBLISHERS WEEKLY TOP 20 LITERARY FICTION BOOKS OF 2022OPRAH DAILY: BOOKS TO READ BY THE FIRE?When a mudslide strands a train, Baxter, a sleeping...

Author: Chris De FragaBinding: HardbackPublished: The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles a century of maritime tradition and competitive spirit on...

Author: Soraya PalmerFormat: Paperback, 128mm x 198mm, 240g, 288 pagesPublished: Profile Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2024'A beautiful ode to the power of storytelling, this novel is steeped in the folklore...

Secondhand History Bargain Book Box SP4111 Nineteen histories, mostly big-format paperbacks, with four hardbacks: Beevor’s Russia, Ackroyd’s London, Inwood’s London, Lawrence James’s Raj, Orlando Figes’s Natasha’s Dance, Paxman’s The English,...

Tony's pieces are an absolute tonic. That's because Tony himself is full of such palpable energy, empathy, a relentless ear for hilarity and irony, and most importantly boundless curiosity. The...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedFour masterworks of pulse-pounding suspense are gathered in this complete and unabridged omnibus edition from one of the twentieth century's most celebrated architects of...

Author: Peter Dye Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 In the latest addition to the History of Military Aviation series, Peter Dye describes how the development of the air weapon...

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...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark gathering of voices from the Australian poetic landscape, Consolidation: The Second Paperback Poets Anthology...

WINNER OF THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024 CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023: SPORT NOMINATED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BILLY BRAGG Over the last seven decades, some of rock 'n' roll's most celebrated figureheads have flirted with the imagery and theatre of the Third Reich....

Discover the wonders of the universe with the Creator in three hundred devotions on God, religion, and science. This popular series, which has sold more than a million copies, is...

Edition: 1st aus edCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingIn the rolling English countryside, a small band of rabbits flee their doomed warren on a desperate...

Edition: 1st aus ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the trembling aftermath of Mao Zedong's death, a nation of nearly one billion people stood at a crossroads — and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew texts in the history of Western civilization...

The era-defining manga phenomenon finally arrives in a gorgeous deluxe English-language omnibus edition. The source of multiple anime series, specials, films, live-action adaptations, and video games, City Hunter is beloved...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe Langton Quartet by Martin Boyd is a four-volume family saga of Australian literary fiction that...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFor over a century, the Royal South Yarra Lawn Tennis Club has stood as one of Australia's most prestigious sporting institutions, and Richard Yallop's...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: worn and frayed boards with light soiling; binding fragilel...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the first French gunboats that shelled Da Nang in 1847 to the grinding quagmire of American military...

What does the future hold for work in our new age of crisis? How do we make sure that the uncertain future into which we are heading is heavenly and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAt the crossroads of faith, politics, and literary genius stands François Mauriac — Nobel Prize-winning novelist, Catholic moralist, and one of the most towering...

Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodThe Sterile Cuckoo is a tender, bittersweet coming-of-age novel set against the backdrop of American college life in the...

When Bianca chooses death over becoming a vampire, she doesn't realise that another life lies in store... The fourth and final novel in the internationally best-selling EVERNIGHT series - a...

DISCOVER DU MAURIER AT HER DARKEST A stunning collection of thirteen chilling stories from the Godmother of Fear, introduced by international bestseller Stephen King. *** 'Her talent is a bright...

It's 1993 and Paul Polydoris tends bar at the only gay club in a university town thrumming with politics and partying. He studies queer theory, has a dyke best friend,...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: FEP missingBefore the Troubles carved their divisions into the landscape, Ulster stood as a province of quiet grandeur, rugged coastlines,...

Edition: 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: DJ: worn and faded with some tears along the edge; Few figures in Australian political history provoke...

A stunning reimagining of Tristan and Isolde set in a dystopian world woven with magic. An incredibly addictive debut YA enemies-to-lovers romantasy. 'I couldn't turn the pages fast enough!' Alwyn...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodBehind the polished doors of Whitehall lies a battlefield of euphemism, evasion, and exquisite bureaucratic sabotage — and The Complete...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the aftermath of unimaginable loss, one woman's journey toward healing becomes a testament...