Search Results: Authors starting with O from Great Southern Books

Hermes House, London. UK, 2003. Reprint. Soft cover. Near Fine. 512 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges are clean, neat and free of foxing. Small bump on the spine. Items are shipped same day or next business day and are shipped directly from our Australian address. SYNOPSIS: Discover the world's first civilization! This beautiful volume is a fascinating guide to the myths, religions, pyramids, temples, and more that make up the allure of ancient Egypt. Readers will gain a unique understanding of this captivating culture through breathtaking, full-color illustrations, in-depth text, detailed maps, and comprehensive chronologies. You'll read about: - Famous burial sites - The mortuary temples of the many gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt - Gods and goddesses - Pharaohs - Festivals - Offerings - Superstitions - And more! An invaluable reference to one of… Read More

Simon & Schuster, London, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 307 pages. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Still in his early 20s, Tyler Oakley displays a remarkable maturity as he looks back at the events, people, and phases of his life that have led his phenomenal success as a YouTube personality. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Film, Radio & Television; United States; Modern; Teens & Young Adult. ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9781471145131. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 7498. . 9781471145131

University of Queensland Press, Brisbane, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover (Laminated Boards). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Large Octavo. 144 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Lavishly illustrated guide to flowering times in tropical and subtropical gardens. Provides information about appearance, cultivation, climatic and soil requirements, pruning and propagation of a large number of flowering plants, and also lists plants in flower during each month. Includes an index of common names and suggestions for further reading. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Gardening; Australia; 1990s; ISBN: 0702228397. ISBN/EAN: 9780702228391. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8195. . 9780702228391

Institute for Creation Research, USA, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. As New. Size: Quarto 4to. 199 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. An outstanding case for the earth's one Ice Age. Greenland ice cores generally show only one Ice Age. Data indicates little or no movement of the ice sheets. Broadening of volcanic and beryllium spikes with depth gives evidence for a Creation-Flood model. From the author of Frozen in Time comes a technical monograph on ice core dating dealing with the origin and development of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets and the differences between the creation-flood and evolutionary-uniformitarian models for dating. Were there many cycling ice ages or just one Ice Age? Are there serious errors with annual layer counting, glaciological flow models, reference horizons and the Milankovitch… Read More

4th Estate, London, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 290 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages are lightly toned throughout. Edges browned slightly. The book has been read and it may have some creases but is sound overall. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. Joyce Carol Oates is one of the world's most respected living novelists. Her new novel is an intense, deeply moving story of how a young woman finds her place in the world. 'In those days in the early 1960s we were not women yet but girls. This was, without irony perceived as our advantage.' So begins 'I'll Take You There', an astonishingly intimate and unsparing self-portrait of a young woman who comes of age in the most turbulent of… Read More

Ecco Books, New York, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 334 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. A fine unread copy.. The book is available and ready to ship. A new collection of thirteen mesmerizing stories by American master Joyce Carol Oates, including the 2017 Pushcart Prize-winning "Undocumented Alien"The diverse stories of Beautiful Days, Joyce Carol Oates explore the most secret, intimate, and unacknowledged interior lives of characters not unlike ourselves, who assert their independence in acts of bold and often irrevocable defiance. "Fleuve Bleu" exemplifies the rich sensuousness of Oates's… Read More

4th Estate, London, 2015. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. This is the first UK edition. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 310 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The book has been read and it may have some creases but is sound overall. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. Best-selling author Joyce Carol Oates blends sexual violence, racism, brutality, and power in an incendiary novel that explores the persistence of stereotypes, the nature of revenge, and how the complexities of truth are lost in our hunger for sensationalism. Best-selling author Joyce Carol Oates returns with an incendiary novel that illuminates the tragic impact of sexual violence, racism, brutality, and power on innocent lives and… Read More

Ian Allan Ltd, United Kingdom, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 204 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Major Edgar O'Ballance was a British military journalist, researcher, defence commentator and academic lecturer specialising in international relations and defence problems. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Military & Warfare; Vietnam; 1950s; ISBN: 071100594x. ISBN/EAN: 9780711005945. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 7634. . 9780711005945

Viking, London, 2018. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 428 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Becoming is the memoir of former first lady of the United States Michelle Obama, published in 2018. Described by the author as a deeply personal experience, the book talks about her roots and how she found her voice, as well as her time in the White House, her public health campaign, and her role as a mother. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; United States; ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9780241334140. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9154. . 9780241334140

Warner Books, London, United Kingdom, 1999. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. 472 pages. This book is in good or better condition. It has no tears to the pages and no pages are missing from the book. The spine of the book is in strong condition. The front cover has some very minor bumps and marks indicating previous use but overall is in really nice, tight condition. Items are in stock and will be shipped same day or next business day directly from our Australian address. SYNOPSIS: The Cold War is over in the rest of the world, but confrontation continues to grow on the bitterly divided peninsula of Korea, where two of the world's largest and most powerful armies - along with 37,000 US troops - face each other across the demilitarized zone, ready to resume fighting at a moment's notice. This book sets out to explain Korean history as well as the potential political and economic crises of the ongoing situation. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Korea, Korean War; ISBN: 0751526681. ISBN/EAN:… Read More

Meridian, United States, 1983. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. First Impression. Size: 8vo Octavo (standard book size). 283 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Edges browned slightly. This book is available and ready to be shipped from our local warehouse. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.. Terraforming is the technological alteration or creation of environments suitable for the survival of terrestrial species.New Earth is the first book to fully explore the ways in which we will meet the challenge of restructuring other planets- from releasing the deep-buried frozen waters of Mars through a "greenhouse effect" to re-aligning the moons of Jupiter. Written by a former Mission Flight Controller at NASA. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category:… Read More

Harper Collins, London, 2007. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. First impression. Size: 12mo Small. 316 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Edges browned slightly. A fine unread copy.. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Britain/UK; 19th century; ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9780007879724. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8811. . 9780007879724

Lifetime Distributors Pty Ltd, Castle Hill, NSW, 2009. Revised Edition. Soft cover. As New. 1st Printing. 160 pages. An excellent copy and is in AS NEW condition. It has no tears to the pages and no pages are missing from the book. The spine of the book is in great condition and the cover is unmarked. It has no signs of previous use. Items are in stock and will be shipped same day or next business day directly from our Australian address. SYNOPSIS: Train your brain for peak performance. Discover untapped memory powers, develop instant recall, never forget names, faces and numbers. Quantity Available: 1. ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9781844839179. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0002402. . 9781844839179

Faber and Faber Limited, London, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Fine. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 339 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages lightly tanned throughout. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Previous owner's signature in ink. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. While Edna O'Brien's brilliant debut novel The Country Girls (1960) scandalized Ireland and was promptly banned, she has come to be regarded as one of that country's finest writers. In this frank memoir, she looks back with warmth and humour on a passionate life lived to the full. In the sparkling, evocative prose that characterizes her fiction, she recalls her rural childhood and family life, her writing, her travels, and her encounters with pop stars, Hollywood legends and literary lions. Quantity… Read More

Dalkey Archive Press, Normal, IL, 1999. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. First impression. Size: Small Octavo. 401 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The book has been read and may carry some marks and creases. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Though best known for his fine novels, Irish writer O'Brien also wrote under the name Myles na Gopaleen a newspaper column in the Irish Times called "Cruiskeen Lawn" for more than 30 years. This 1968 volume collects the best of those pieces. "This volume collects the best of [his newspaper] pieces. O'Brien leans on many Irish clichçs (poverty, boozing, etc.) but uses them often with great humor." Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; Ireland; 20th… Read More

Paladin, London, 1988. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. Fifth impression. Size: 12mo (small). 207 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages lightly tanned throughout. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The book has been read and may carry some marks and creases. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. The Third Policeman is Flann O'Brien's brilliantly dark comic novel about the nature of time, death, and existence. Told by a narrator who has committed a botched robbery and brutal murder, the novel follows him and his adventures in a two-dimensional police station where, through the theories of the scientist/philosopher de Selby, he is introduced to "Atomic Theory" and its relation to bicycles, the existence of eternity (which turns out to be just down the road), and de Selby's view that the earth is not round but… Read More

Paladin, London, 1990. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good Condition. Second impression. Size: Small Octavo. 400 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages lightly tanned throughout. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The book has been read and may carry some marks and creases. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Though best known for his fine novels, Irish writer O'Brien also wrote under the name Myles na Gopaleen in a newspaper column in the Irish Times called "Cruiskeen Lawn" for more than 30 years. This 1968 volume collects the best of those pieces. "This volume collects the best of [his newspaper] pieces. O'Brien leans on many Irish clichçs (poverty, boozing, etc.) but uses them often with great humor." Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; Ireland; 20th century;… Read More

Cavendish Publishing Limited, United Kingdom, 2002. Reprint. Soft cover. Near Fine. 861 pages. This book is in very good or better condition. It has no tears to the pages and no pages are missing from the book. The spine of the book is in strong condition. The front cover has some very minor bumps and marks indicating previous use but overall is in really nice, tight condition. Items are in stock and will be shipped same day or next business day directly from our Australian address. SYNOPSIS: John O'Brien, MA, LLB, LLM, is Lecturer in Law at the University of Hertfordshire and a practising Barrister. This book is an extremely useful and extremely clear analysis of public international law, which will greatly enhance the knowledge of the International Law or International Relations student. By providing a description of the main topics covered by the international law course, this work removes the need for several lengthy texts. Precise, accurate and easy to read, we strongly recommend this… Read More

Virago Press, London, 1990. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. Second impression. Size: Small Octavo. 469 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine intact and no creasing. Pages lightly tanned throughout. Edges browned slightly. A fine unread copy.. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. When Anthony Considine creeps into Mellick town with a stolen horse in 1789, it sets the destiny of his family for decades to come. By the 1850s, through thrift and hard work, his son Honest John has made the Considines a leading Mellick family. In turn, his son Anthony builds a fine house in the country for his wife and children-most especially for his adored son Dennis. Little does he know that when Dennis grows up he will threaten the toil of generations with his love for a peasant girl. A stirring family saga of divided loyalties and individual freedom; of matches made and lost; and of the… Read More

Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. First Impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 794 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Base of boards are a little rubbed. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. “Keating” by Kerry O’Brien offers a captivating exploration of the political career of former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating. Through extensive interviews and meticulous research, O’Brien delves into the life and legacy of this influential leader. Paul Keating is widely credited as the chief architect of the most significant period of political and… Read More