Biography from DASHbooks

In good condition - has markings from use - has name inscribed inside - has yellowing inside dustjacket & on end of pages - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout. Back in 1914, at the age of eighteen, Louis Bromfield took control of his grandfather's farm in Ohio after a short spell of study in scientific… Read more about this item

In good condition - has markings from use - has yellowing to page ends -due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout. In 1915, Albert Einstein presented his masterwork to the Prussian Academy of Sciences - a theory of gravity, matter, space and time: the General Theory of Relativity. Einstein himself said it was 'the most valuable theory… Read more about this item

In good condition, has markings from use - due to differing weight in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout. When The Joshua Tree topped the charts in 22 countries, U2 became the hottest band in the world. Half Catholic, half Protestant, they embody the conflict and anguish of a divided Ireland, but throughout the world their unique music is the voice of… Read more about this item

In very good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout. In the late 80's and early 90's, Stephen Fry had, you might say, 'made it'. Loved for his roles in Blackadder and Jeeves and Wooster, acclaimed for his novel The Liar and surrounded by a glamorous and glittering cast of… Read more about this item

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout. What did Billy and Pamela do next? Billy, the ground-breaking biography of the nation's favourite iconoclast, gave millions of readers a fascinating insight into the personal and professional life of the genius that is Billy Connolly. Now, in the sequel to that… Read more about this item

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout. From unswerving scorn to unreserved admiration, the attitude of press and public to the Royal Family frequently swings from one extreme to the other. And in recent years, no-one has felt the full breadth of opinion more than Princess Anne. But her… Read more about this item

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout. A dinner party in London in 1908 led to the marriage of Winston Churchill and Clementine Hozier. Neither had wished to go, but Clementine's mother persuaded her daughter to accept the invitation, while Winston's private secretary told him sternly that it… Read more about this item

In very good condition - has slight markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout. In this authorised biography, the boy from Wellington's Pukerua Bay reveals how be beat Hollywood at its own game. It is a story of passion, single-minded determination, and, above all, an artistic vision and a sense of dramatic scale. Through… Read more about this item

In good condition - ex library - markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout. Khrushchev: A Political Life traces the fortunes of one of this century's most colourful and controversial statesmen, from his peasant origins through his rise to supreme power and subsequent fall. Drawing on newly available material, this biography provides the… Read more about this item

2 boxed set - has slight damage to box from use - in good condition - pages clean - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.

In good condition - dust jacket has fading on spine - has slight yellowing to pages - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout. The 'birthday biography' of Sir Donald Bradman, based on his lifetime collection of personal material and on interviews with the great batsman. On 27 August 1983 it became seventy-five… Read more about this item

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout. On 12 October 2010, the world's attention was fixed on a remote copper mine in the Atacama desert in Chile. Final preparations were underway for a daring rescue to bring to an end the longest underground entrapment in human history. Sixty-nine days… Read more about this item

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout. Manning Clark and Kathleen Fitzpatrick were influential Australian historians; they were both also gifted writers. Their personal letters, published for the first time in Dear Kathleen, Dear Manning, form a revealing moving collection. They trace the gradual development over… Read more about this item

In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout. First published in 1962, this great book has sold continuously ever since. It has become an Australian classic. The subject of the book introduces it in his own words: My name is Waipuldanya, or Wadjiri-Wadjiri. (If they twist your tongue too much… Read more about this item

Quality Book Club Edition - in good condition - dust jacket slightly worn on edges - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout. According to the Admiralty statement, the Battle of the Atlantic, which raged for five and a half years, was "the most protracted and bitterly fought campaign in which the… Read more about this item