JOHN RUSKIN : NO WEALTH BUT LIFE by John Batchelor

$50.00 AUD

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Bewick to Dovaston - Letters 1824-1828 by Gordon H. Williams (Editor)

$25.00 AUD

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A Portrait of Jane Austen by David Cecil

$10.00 AUD

Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Biography and Memoirs Ser.

Not much about Jane Austen's personality can be gleaned from her works.It is from her letters, from the evidence of the friends and relations, and above all from a knowledge of the kind of life led and ideas held by the society she was born into, that we are to know her.

Jane Austen - A Family Record by William Austen-Leigh; R. A. Austen-Leigh; Deirdre Le Faye (Editor)

$40.00 AUD

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Deidre Le Faye has edited this completely revised and expanded edition of W. and R.A.Austen-Leigh's 1913 biography of Jane Austen, long out of print but still widely regarded as the definitive life of the author.

The Laird of Abbotsford - A View of Sir Walter Scott by A. N. Wilson

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The Last Resort - A Memoir of Zimbabwe by Douglas Rogers

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Thrilling, heartbreaking, and, at times, absurdly funny, The Last Resort is a remarkable true story about one family in a country under siege and a testament to the love, perseverance, and resilience of the human spirit. Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Douglas Rogers is the son of white farmers living thr ough that country's long and tense transition from postcolonial rule. He escaped the dull future mapped out for him by his parents for one of adventure and excitement in Europe and the United States. But when Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe launched his violent program to reclaim white-owned land and Rogers's parents were caught in the cross fire, everything changed. Lyn and Ros, the owners of Drifters-a famous game farm and backpacker lodge in the eastern mountains that was one of the most popular budget resorts in the country-found their home and resort under siege, their friends and neighbors expelled, and their lives in danger. But instead of leaving, as their son pleads with them to do, they haul out a shotgun and decide to stay. On returning to the country of his birth, Rogers finds his once orderly and progressive home transformed into something resembling a Marx Brothers romp crossed with Heart of Darkness: pot has supplanted maize in the fields; hookers have replaced college kids as guests; and soldiers, spies, and teenage diamond dealers guzzle beer at the bar. And yet, in spite of it all, Rogers's parents-with the help of friends, farmworkers, lodge guests, and residents-among them black political dissidents and white refugee farmers-continue to hold on. But can they survive to the end? In the midst of a nation stuck between its stubborn past and an impatient future, Rogers soon begins to see his parents in a new light: unbowed, with passions and purpose renewed, even heroic. And, in the process, he learns that the "big story" he had relentlessly pursued his entire adult life as a roving journalist and travel writer was actually happening in his own backyard. Evoking elements of The Tender Bar and Absurdistan, The Last Resort is an inspiring, coming-of-age tale about home, love, hope, responsibility, and redemption. An edgy, roller-coaster adventure, it is also a deeply moving story about how to survive a corrupt Third World dictatorship with a little innovation, humor, bribery, and brothel management. ...Show more

THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW : A MEMOIR by ROBERT HUGHES

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King of Two Worlds - Philip II of Spain by Edward Grierson

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The Outback Wrangler by Matt Wright

$15.00 AUD

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" Any animal, anywhere, any time.' u Matt Wright Wildlife expert and chopper pilot Matt Wright was born for a life of action and adventure. Raised in the wilds of Papua New Guinea and outback Australia, he would catch turtles before school for show and tell or gather deadly brown snakes just for fun. Ma tt's life story is as thrilling as any boy's own adventure tale. From his time spent as an outback horse wrangler, oil rig worker and soldier in the Australian army, he was always one to go his own way u sometimes making and breaking the rules as he went along. Today he is an internationally renowned outback adventurer, wildlife relocator and television host who specialises in wrangling a diverse range of deadly animals, including crocodiles, wild buffalo and brumbies. Keep up with him if you can! The Outback Wrangler takes you on a wild ride through Australia's rugged Top End u where extreme danger and pure adrenaline are all in a day's work." ...Show more

THE BIGGS TIME : RONNIE AND MICHAEL, MAN AND BOY by \MICHAEL BIGGS

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THE LETTERS AND PRIVATE PAPERS OF WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY - 4 VOLUME SET - SIGNED by GORDON N RAY (ed)

$1500.00 AUD

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THACKERAY - 2 VOLUMES : THE USES OF ADVERSITY 1811-1846 AND THE AGE OF WISDOM 1847-1863 by GORDON N RAY

$50.00 AUD

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