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The Hakluyt Society, London, 2019. Hardcover. As New/As New. The British Arctic Expedition of 1875-6 was the first major British naval expedition to the high Arctic where science was almost as important as geographical exploration. There were hopes that the expedition might find the hypothetical open polar sea and with it the longed-for Northwest Passage, and it did reach the highest northern latitude to date. The Royal Society compiled instructions for the expedition, and selected two full-time naturalists (an unusual naval concession to science), of whom one, Henry Wemyss Feilden, proved a worthy choice.Feilden was a soldier, who fought in most of the wars in his lifetime, including the American Civil War, on the Confederate side. On board HMS Alert, he kept a daily journal, a record important for its scientific content, but also as a view of the expedition as seen by a soldier, revealing admiration and appreciation for his naval colleagues; he performed whatever tasks were given… Leer más

Palgrave / Macmillan, USA, 2006. Softcover. Very Good Condition. In 1954 reporter Uri Dan met a young military commander named Ariel Sharon and followed him closely for more than half a century. Dan became Sharon's trusted advisor and a witness to the defining moments of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict--from secret meetings with heads of state to open warfare in the Sinai. This riveting combination of political history, narrative biography, interviews, and correspondence sheds new light on the conflict in the Middle East and provides an intimate, definitive portrait of Ariel Sharon--a man whose life is inextricably intertwined with Israel's destiny. With Hamas governing Palestine, Ariel Sharon gravely ill and the party he founded, the Kadima, in control of the Knesset, this book couldn't be more timely. 292 pages. Pen mark to bottom of page edges. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography; Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 1403984972. ISBN/EAN:… Leer más

Victor Gollancz, London, 2000. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Summers' biography of Richard Nixon reveals a troubled figure whose criminal behavior didn't begin with Watergate. Drawing on over 1000 interviews & 5 years of research, he reveals a man driven by an addiction to intrigue & power, whose subversion of democracy during Watergate was the culmination of years of cynical political manipulation. New evidence suggests the former president had problems with alcohol & prescription drugs, was at times mentally unstable & was abusive to his wife Pat. He discloses previously unrevealed facts about Nixon's role in the plots to topple Fidel Castro & Salvador Allende, his sabotage of the Vietnam peace talks in 1968 & his acceptance of funds from dubious sources. The Arrogance of Power shows how the actions of one tormented man influenced 50 years of American history, in ways still reverberating today. 640 pages. Inscription to previous owner on front… Leer más

Guild Publishing, London, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. The story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table has a fascination which is universal. But the story is not only popular, it is controversial. Historians take diametrically opposed views on its central fi gure, King Arthur, for the written sources are few and diffi cult to interpret with certainty. As a contribution to the debate, this book traces the growth of the legend of King Arthur and its link with the West Country, bringing together archaeology, early and relatively late written sources, tradition and myth. It focuses in particular on the ancient Abbey of Glastonbury and the South Cadbury hillfort, one a possible link with the Dark Age Arthur, the other well known for its exploitation of the hero king and the Grail legend. By seeking to explain the Arthurian legend in its true context, this intriguing volume will interest not only the general reader but also the student of medieval history, archaeology or… Leer más

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Of all Ingrid Bergman's classic roles, none was as dramatic as her own life. As Time Goes By is the stunning and sometimes shocking story of this talented actress. Miniseries rights optioned by Warner Brothers. 32-page photo insert. 384 pages. Light tanning to pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography; Biography & Autobiography; Film. ISBN: 0241118719. ISBN/EAN: 9780241118719. Inventory No: 262651.. 9780241118719

St. Martin's Press, New York, 1997. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Drawing on much contemporary material, including Auden's fascinating unpublished diary, this book places personal experience in the context of the life of a great city: not only its political, artistic and cultural life, but the life of the streets, bars and caf It presents portraits of figures, often fascinating in their own right, with whom Auden and Isherwood came into contact, and it demonstrates how, especially in Isherwood's fiction, the raw material of daily existence was transformed into art. The wide scope of this study, which ranges from poetry and cinema to street violence and prostitution, provides a richly detailed context for its account of two writers engaged in the process of self-definition. 220 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Literature; United States; Literature & Literacy; Biography. ISBN: 0312211732.… Leer más

Random House, Australia, 2008. Softcover. As New. Illustrator: Gregory Rogers. Australia is an extraordinary country. Our past is full of pioneers and bushrangers, brave soldiers and record-breaking athletes. We've created foods eaten nowhere else in the world and we're the home of Big Things. Australians are intrepid explorers, celebrated artists and daring lifesavers. And many unusual creatures call Australia their home - on land and in the sky, underground and underwater, that's where you'll find them.This collection of time-honoured icons, legends, sporting heroes and unique animals places each in the spotlight - with fascinating facts, figures and breakout boxes to help bring them to life.Beware! Once you start devouring this Aussie feast you'll never want to stop! 187 pages. Illustrator: Gregory Rogers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Australian; Biography & Autobiography; Biography. ISBN/EAN: 9781864719758. Inventory No: 256585.… Leer más

Pan Macmillan, Australia, 2018. Trade Paperback. Good Condition. The inspiring true stories of Australian farming family living and working our great brown land. Through fires and floods, draughts and dramas, these multi-generational families thrive and survive in some the harshest conditions in the country. As they say, there's no sick pay out in the bush. On million hectare properties hours from the nearest town, these families face the elements as they plant, harvest, graze and muster battling the bush to eke out a living from the toughest climate of them all. In this moving and enjoyable portrait of bush battlers, Deb Hunt explores the spirit of the outback through its hardworn inhabitants. From ringers, gardeners and cooks to jackeroos, jillaroos and stockmen all are like family and everyone has a story to tell. From the fighting French family, whose connection to the bush goes back seven generations. To Philip the Philosopher, at fifteen he started work as a jackeroo and by 29 was… Leer más

New Holland, Australia, 2000. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Guide to Australias most notorious bushrangers Australians have always had a soft spot for the daring bushrangers of last century with their contempt for organised authority. In fact, Ned Kelly is still considered almost a hero by some. Bill Scott looks at the most notorious of Australia's bushrangers - men who were fugitives from the law, who robbed, stole stock and sometimes killed. Bill's lively and interesting text is accompanied by a selection of illustrations and photographs from the period. Some popular poems, which express the sentiment of 'bushranger as hero' in many cases, are also included. 64 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Australian::Australian History; History; Biography. ISBN: 1864366354. ISBN/EAN: 9781864366358. Inventory No: 269050.. 9781864366358

Angus & Robertson, Australia, 1984. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Iain Finlay. This Includes 20 Astonishing Stories By Intrepid Australians, Explaining Their Epic Feats-feats Like Climbing An Unconquered Peak, Flying A Helicopter Around The World And Forging Deeper Into The Bowels Of The Earth Than Anyone Else. 225 pages. Light foxing to endpapers. Illustrated in colour. Illustrator: Iain Finlay. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography; Biography & Autobiography; Travel::Adventure. ISBN: 0207149518. ISBN/EAN: 9780207149511. Inventory No: 261373. . 9780207149511

Random House, Australia, 2003. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Peter Hughes was the man whose blistered and swollen face we saw on television during the shocking first hours of the news coverage from Bali. He literally took our breath away when we heard him quietly tell rescuers he was okay and to help those worse off than him. Looking at him, we could see that he was badly injured himself. And indeed he was. Later, he lapsed into a month-long coma during which he died three times and had to be reviveda BACK FROM THE DEAD is a gripping and personal account of the day terrorism cast its deadly shadow on Australia as told by the man who became the human face of the victims, a reluctant and accidental hero who did what he knew best: never give up hope. This is the unforgettable story of the unimaginable - the day we lost our innocence. It seemed in the aftermath of the tragedy that almost everyone knew one of the victims or knew someone who did. We are all connected somehow...It is also a testament… Leer más

Hachette, Australia, 2019. Softcover. Very Good Condition. As a kid, Bernie Shakeshaft's mischievous and reckless behaviour led him to became known as the wild one of his devout Catholic family. It isn't surprising that his path led him to the Northern Territory, a place where people often go to either lose themselves or find themselves. Bernie, a searcher for his purpose in life, found himself. He had many jobs, firstly as a ringer on a cattle station owned by the Packer family, and later as a dingo trapper for the Parks and Wildlife Service. Throughout it all, he drank, he swore, he fought, and took chances with his own well-being. But, crucially, he also developed deep connections with the Indigenous people, and it was these connections that helped lay the foundations for what was to come. He worked for youth welfare organisations, and all the while he built up his knowledge about helping wayward youths, particularly those from Indigenous communities. Years later, Bernie was living in… Leer más

Hachette, Australia, 2019. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. As a kid, Bernie Shakeshaft's mischievous and reckless behaviour led him to became known as the wild one of his devout Catholic family. It isn't surprising that his path led him to the Northern Territory, a place where people often go to either lose themselves or find themselves. Bernie, a searcher for his purpose in life, found himself. He had many jobs, firstly as a ringer on a cattle station owned by the Packer family, and later as a dingo trapper for the Parks and Wildlife Service. Throughout it all, he drank, he swore, he fought, and took chances with his own well-being. But, crucially, he also developed deep connections with the Indigenous people, and it was these connections that helped lay the foundations for what was to come. He worked for youth welfare organisations, and all the while he built up his knowledge about helping wayward youths, particularly those from Indigenous communities. Years later, Bernie was… Leer más

Faber and Faber, Great Britain, 2009. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Described by the writer and opium addict Thomas De Quincey as "the very wildest . . . person I have ever known," Dorothy Wordsworth was neither the self-effacing spinster nor the sacrificial saint of common telling. A brilliant stylist in her own right, Dorothy was at the center of the Romantic movement of the early nineteenth century. She was her brother William Wordsworth's inspiration, aide, and most valued reader, and a friend to Coleridge; both borrowed from her observations of the world for their own poems. William wrote of her, "She gave me eyes, she gave me ears."In order to remain at her brother's side, Dorothy sacrificed both marriage and comfort, jealously guarding their close-knit domesticity?one marked by a startling freedom from social convention. In the famed Grasmere Journals, Dorothy kept a record of this idyllic life together. The tale that unfolds through her brief,… Leer más

HarperCollins, Australia, 2007. Softcover. Good Condition. The Ballad of Les Darcy, a biography of the legendary Australian boxer 221 pages. Inscription to previous owner on front endpaper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography; Biography & Autobiography; Sport::Boxing. ISBN: 0732286360. ISBN/EAN: 9780732286361. Inventory No: 258330. . 9780732286361

Sphere, Australia, 2006. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Born in 1979 in Grenada as one of eight children, living in a two-bedroom hut, surviving on meagre meals of beans and rice and walking barefoot, three miles to school. At 13 Johnson Beharry quit school and worked as a decorator and labourer. In 1999 he scraped together the airfare for England and joined the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment. He served six months in Kosovo, three months in Northern Ireland and then went to Iraq. On 1 May 2004, Beharry helped assist a foot patrol caught in a series of ambushes. His vehicle was hit by multiple rocket propelled grenades but he drove through the ambush and extracted his wounded colleagues from the vehicle, all the time exposed to further enemy fire. He was cited on this occasion for 'valour of the highest order'. While back on duty on 11 June 2004, a rocket propelled grenade hit Beharry's vehicle incapacitating his commander and injuring several of the crew. Despite his very… Leer más

Andre Deutsch, 1984. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. The story of a delightful and innocent relationship between the great actor-manager Beerbohm Tree and a young admirer told through a series of letters. 153 pages. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography; Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0233977023. ISBN/EAN: 9780233977027. Inventory No: 263380. . 9780233977027

SGR Press, Double Bay, NSW, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Husband - four times, Father - four daughters, pastoralist, poet, patron of the arts, translator, anthologist, biographer, benefactor of schools, business man, lawyer, actor, racehorse owner, schollmaster. 196 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography; Australia; Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0646353853. ISBN/EAN: 9780646353852. Inventory No: 249289. . 9780646353852

The Catholic Book Club, London, 1967. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Tells the story of Bernadette's vision, of her duels with the police and of the battle for the grotto from a new angle. It is largely based on contemporary accounts and official documents. Dust jacket has foxing. 224 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography; Biography & Autobiography; Religion, Theology. Inventory No: 266063..

ABC Books, Australia, 2013. Softcover. Very Good Condition. The thrilling life of Bert Hinkler, Bundaberg boy, who grew up to become a pioneer of aviation, Mussolini's favourite pilot, dubbed 'the most daring man in the world' by adoring crowds who turned out to see him fly. Grantlee Kieza tells the thrilling story of Bert's life and with it the bigger story of how the world was changed forever by men like Hinkler. Fast paced and revealing, this is an overdue, full-blooded biography about one of Australia's most astonishing sons. He's all but been lost from history but once upon a time, Bert Hinkler, a small, unprepossessing man from Bundaberg was feted as one of the most daring aviators in the world. Mussolini's favourite pilot, Hinkler was an adventurer who along with early pioneers flew single handed across countries, continents and oceans-often with nothing more than a lunchbox and the page of an atlas to guide him. Whether as an aerial showman or as a World War I… Leer más