Search Results: Authors starting with H from Bong Bong Books

Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1958. Reprint. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. The rule of the Colonial Office. Nowadays, with self government established throughout the Commonwealth of Nations, we have to remind ourselves that in 1815 the seat of government, not only of the United Kingdom, but also of all His Majesty's territories, was in London..." All pictures shown are of the actual product offered for sale. Covers have scuffing rubbing and a marker pen mark. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 249 pages. Edges have some foxing. Covers have some shelf-wear, some marking, as well as some bumping to corners & extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 21311. .

Mira, Sydney, 2017. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. 1826, Van Diemen's Land When her father dies in a duel, 17-year-old Emma Tregellas is left with limited funds and at the mercy of her odious guardian. Faced with the prospect of being forced into marriage with a man she detests, she enlists the help of her true love, Ephraim Dark, who assists her to escape to faraway Van Diemen's Land. Here she seeks sanctuary with her wealthy uncle Barnsley Tregellas. 1982, Tasmania The union of Bec Hampton and Jonathan, heir to the fabulously wealthy Penrose estate, brought promise of reconciliation to two warring sides of the same family: a dynasty that had its foundations laid by Emma Tregellas and Ephraim Dark nearly a hundred years earlier. Defying opposition from Jonathan's formidable grandmother, Bec had gained control of Derwent, the agricultural empire that the family had built from the early days of white settlement. Now 85, Bec's dearest wish is that her granddaughter… Read More

Self-Published, Australia, 1994. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Michael Breen. The decision to buy a horse should involve the consideration of many factors. In order to obtain a horse or pony suitable for a particular requirement, the prospective buyer should be aware of each of the relevant points which can influence any horse buying decision..." Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 198 pages. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Covers have some shelf-wear, a few creases, as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Illustrator: Michael Breen. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Animals & Birds; Reference. ISBN: 1875381120. ISBN/EAN: 9781875381128. Inventory No: 19184. . 9781875381128

Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, 1994. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. Claudia Haagen, says in her introduction to this book. "It is through the toys collected over time, combined with fragments of historical commentary, that we can now account for an aspect of Australian childhood that has escaped notice ...At the outset, this work was prompted by the necessity to document a collection ...The outcome here is in fact a composite record, enhancing both an understanding of the particular and at the same time indicating a continuum alive with diversity". Begun as a catalogue of the collections of the National Museum of Australia, this 'ensemble of texts' grew into a fascinating account of a little-known aspect of Australian social history, surveying material from collections all over Australia. Each section of text is accompanied by apposite quotes from a huge variety of written records from sites all over Australia. From spears, shields and throwing sticks to… Read More

2019. Softcover. Good Condition. 'I really am so very, very sorry about this,' he says, in an oddly formal voice... They strike the side of a grain silo. They are travelling at seventy miles per hour.A newborn baby is the sole survivor of a terrifying plane crash.She is raised in wealthy isolation by an overprotective father. She knows nothing of the rumours about a beautiful young woman, hidden from the world.When a suitor visits, he understands far more than he should. Forced to run for his life, he escapes aboard The Porpoise, an assassin on his tail...So begins a wild adventure of a novel, damp with salt spray, blood and tears. A novel that leaps from the modern era to ancient times; a novel that soars, and sails, and burns long and bright; a novel that almost drowns in grief yet swims ashore; in which pirates rampage, a princess wins a wrestler's hand, and ghost women with lampreys' teeth drag a… Read More

University of NSW, Sydney, 2003. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. This wonderfully rich and moving book provides new insight into the lives of those who migrated from the United Kingdom during the nineteenth century. Evocatively describing the experiences of emigrants in steerage on their passage to Australia, and of those charged with their care, we hear from the migrant's letters and diaries as they write about everyday life on board and their hopes for the future, as they weep over children buried at sea. Extremities of dust jacket have some waviness Size: 180mm - 250mm. 365 pages. Dust Jacket has some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Edges have a few marks. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Ships & the Sea. ISBN: 0868405493. ISBN/EAN: 9780868405490. Inventory No: 51913. . 9780868405490

ABC, Sydney, 2010. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. The Scottish clipper Strathmore sailed from London in 1875, laden with gunpowder, iron and immigrants. Wrecked at night in furious seas, half her passengers struggled ashore to the bare, inhospitable rocks of the remote Crozet Islands. There they remained stranded, struggling to survive the bitter southern winter, given up for lost by their families and friends. Over 130 years later, Sylvie Haisman rediscovered her ancestors' epic adventure. Drawing on their journals, faded photographs and letters, she unearthed a story of gallant sailors, orphaned children, cruel hunger and debilitating cold. The Strathmore shipwreck was a sensation in Victorian times. Now this compelling story of courage, endurance and the determination to survive will move and inspire readers all over again. All pictures shown are of the actual product offered for sale Trade Paperback. Size: 150mm - 250mm. 238 pages. Remnants of old price label on rear cover. Covers… Read More

Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2015. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. When bestselling photographer Rachael Hale McKenna embarked on a new life in France, it was inevitable that she would turn her talents to capturing the beauty of the world around her. Evoking a gentle change of pace, Rachael's imagery immerses us in French daily life: the scenery and unique light that inspired a generation of artists; the ancient villages and fortified towns; the beaches of the glittering Cote d'Azur that draw crowds of tourists; the taste of fresh Mediterranean-inspired cuisine that bursts like summer in the mouth, washed down with a pale and blushing rose; a leisurely game of boules enjoyed over a glass of pastis in the cool of a summer evening. Even the ever-present cats and dogs exude a languid Provencal outlook on the world. Illuminated with text by Peter Mayle, author of the bestselling A Year in Provence and A Good Year, For the Love of Provence is at heart a joie de vivre (a… Read More

Black Library, United Kingdom, 2019. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. Intent on rebuilding Ultramar, the returned primarch Roboute Guilliman wages war on the treacherous Death Guard - but the intervention of a greater power threatens all he works for. In the void and upon the worlds of Greater Ultramar, the battle for the Imperium continues. Intent on rebuilding his home realm and using it as base to reconstruct the ravaged stellar empire of mankind, the returned primarch Roboute Guilliman proceeds with his war to drive Mortarion and his Death Guard Traitor Legion from the domain of the Ultramarines. But when Guilliman brings his brother to battle upon the diseased plains of Parmenio, the intervention of a greater power in their fraternal struggle threatens to upend the Imperial Regent's understanding of the galaxy, and his place within it. Primarchs and ideologies clash in this second, thrilling part of the Dark Imperium trilogy. All pictures shown are of the actual product… Read More

2022. Softcover. Good Condition. HUNTED. ALONE. AFRAID...A heart-in-the-mouth and utterly addictive adventure thriller from a phenomenal debut Australian talent.UN surgeon Rachel Forester is posted at a remote medical clinic deep in the jungle of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. With violence escalating in the region, Dr Forester risks her life by remaining to tend an injured child while the rest of her team evacuates. On the cusp of her final desperate chance to leave, a soldier is carried into the camp by three other members of his unit, his condition so critical, his airlift must take priority over hers.With no help coming, and in the path of warring militias, this small unit must flee through the heart of the jungle to reach the safety of the province capital. But in the dark wilderness lies a strangling web of crime and corruption. As they get deeper, they discover a sinister mining operation and stolen children with evidence indicating shadowy ties to the… Read More

American School of Needlework, United States, 1995. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. This book combines two of Deanna Hall West's greatest loves - beautiful hand-crafted needlework & natures amazing flowers... Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 61 pages. Remnants of old price label on front cover. Covers have some shelf-wear, a few marks, as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Crafts & Hobbies; ISBN: 0881957038. ISBN/EAN: 9780881957037. Inventory No: 51644. . 9780881957037

Five Mile Press, Victoria, 2010. As Stated In Title. Softcover. Good Condition. Drugs, wealth, partying - murder. These were the bad habits that brought down the 1970s international heroin empire, the Organisation. On 9 October 1979 the mutilated body of Martin Johnstone, the Organisation's Singapore man, was dumped in an abandoned stone quarry, under orders of Terry Clark. In five short years Clark, a small-time New Zealand criminal, had built a multi-million dollar drug empire servicing Australia, New Zealand, England, Scotland, Spain, Italy & the United States." Trade Paperback. Size: 140mm - 180mm. 286 pages. Covers have some shelf wear and a few creases. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: True Crime; 1970s; ISBN: 1742480519. ISBN/EAN: 9781742480510. Inventory No: 52156. . 9781742480510

Methuen, Sydney, 1981. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Drawing on material that had only just been released when this book was originally published in 1981, this book provides a graphic account of the war which, to all intents and purposes, was fought on Australian soil against Australian people - a war which came to the very door of Australia itself.When the Japanese landed at Rabaul on 23 January 1942 it was the start of one of the fiercest campaigns of the war. On that day, with only a handful of badly trained troops, led by inexperienced officers, Australia faced its most serious threat yet.It was to be a campaign with all the ingredients of great drama - cowardice and extraordinary courage, untrained men becoming brave, skilful fighters, torture and unimaginable brutality. On the infamous Kokoda trail, men died in their hundreds, as the Japanese advanced on Port Moresby. And when the Japanese retreated, the advancing Australian troops learnt just how… Read More

Heinemann, Melbourne, 2017. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. WHEN ADOLF HITLER went to war in 1914, aged 25, he lived through what he would later call the 'most stupendous experience of my life'. Twice decorated for bravery, the future dictator thrilled to battle, relished violence and was willing to give everything for his beloved Fatherland. He heard of Germany's defeat as he lay immobilised in a hospital bed, temporarily blinded from mustard gas. He opened his eyes on a terrible new world, of Germany's loss and humiliation, the flight of the Kaiser, a Marxist uprising in Bavaria and the destruction of his beloved army. Hitler would never accept Germany's defeat or the terms of the peace settlement. Out of his fury arose an unquenchable thirst for revenge, against the 'November criminals' who had signed the armistice; against the socialists whom he blamed for stabbing the army in the back; and, most violently, against the Jews, on whom he would load… Read More

Macmillan, Australia, 2006. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Signed by Author. On August 7th, 1915, men of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade staged one of the most tragic, brave and futile charges of the First World War. Seeking to break out of the Anzac position at Gallipoli, they attempted to storm an extraordinarily strong Turkish position, defended by artillery, machine guns and thousands of men, using nothing but fixed bayonets and raw courage. The first wave of Light Horsemen were killed within seconds of leaving their trench, yet over the course of the next few minutes, three more lines went over the top, across the bodies of their dead and dying comrades, only to be instantly cut down themselves. All of them knew they were about to die. None held back. It was a massacre immortalised in Peter Weir's film, Gallipoli. Just before the order was given to send the third line, Trooper Harold Rush turned to his mate standing next to him and said 'Goodbye cobber. God bless… Read More

Williamson Music, London, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition. Music by Richard Rodgers, books & lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein 2nd. Based on the play "Green Grow The Lilacs" by Lynn Riggs. Previous owners inscriptions on two pages. All pictures shown are of the actual product offered for sale. Size: 250mm - 320mm. 208 pages. Old bookshop price stamped on title page. Foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Covers have some shelf-wear, marking, as well as some bumping to corners & extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Music Sheets & Scores; Inventory No: 20908. .

ABA, Victoria. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. Inscribed by Author. Dr. Caroline Masters has spent most of her life fighting to expose the dangers of the nuclear power industry, & at every step, Mike Palmer has been in the way. Now he is dead, and the police immediately suspect his long time nemesis..." All pictures shown are of the actual product offered for sale Trade Paperback. Size: 150mm - 250mm. 488 pages. Edges have a few marks. Covers have some shelf-wear, as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Inscribed by Author. Inventory No: 20226. .

CSIRO, Australia, 2001. Second Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. This fully revised edition of Kevin Handreck's classic bestseller contains a wealth of information for practical gardeners. It will enable you to improve the worst of soils, choose the best fertiliser for particular plants, and minimise water use. It also contains a comprehensive guide to managing potted plants. It also covers the basics of soil, composting, fertilisers and potting mixes; as well as simple tests and colour guides to nutrient deficiencies. Gardening Down-Under covers much practical information that is essential for healthy soils and plants. There is marking to the spine area of the rear end papers All pictures shown are of the actual product offered for sale Trade Paperback. Size: 150mm - 250mm. 2001 pages. Remnants of old price label on the rear cover.. Covers have some shelf-wear, as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Gardening;… Read More

Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2001. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. An information-packed guide to the simple, economical and rewarding art of seed gardening. the text discusses types of seeds and how they germinate, as well as methods of sowing, pricking out and transplanting seedlings, as well as general cultivation such as soil types, watering and fertilising. Card Covers. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 159 pages. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Gardening; ISBN: 0864119461. ISBN/EAN: 9780864119469. Inventory No: 51970. . 9780864119469

2024. Softcover. Good Condition. Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.As green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is over-whelmed by the chaos and destruction of war. Each day is a gamble of life and death, hope and betrayal; friendships run deep and can be shattered in an instant. In war, she meets--and becomes one of--the lucky, the brave, the broken, and the lost.But war is just the beginning for Frankie and her veteran friends. The real battle lies in coming home to a changed and divided… Read More