Search Results: Authors starting with O from Bong Bong Books

Everleigh Press , Sydney, 2002. As Stated In The Title. Softcover. Good Condition. ...In this volume...we look at at two of the more traditional privately owned railway systems. One seved a particular industry, in this case the sugar industry in Queensland, while the other served what was one of Australia's largest industrial undertakings- the BHP steel making plant at Newcastle in New South Wales..." Includes fold-out map. Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 152 pages. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Railways; Australia; Engineering, Industrial, Trade. ISBN: 1876568232. ISBN/EAN: 9781876568238. Inventory No: 50738. . 9781876568238

Australia, 2014. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Gough Whitlam served as Australian Prime Minister from 1972 - 1975. The service was held at the Sydney Town Hall 5 November 2014. Card Covers. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 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. Inventory No: 50174. .

Collins, London, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. Anyone who survived a full tour of bombing missions with Coastal Command had won life against long odds. The RAF wisely & justly did its best to keep such people off operations for a year or so. But the determined young Australian whom they sent out to India late in 1943 found a loophole. The Chindits, the units operating behind enemy lines in Burma, depended on air for their very existence." Size: 180mm - 240mm. 271 pages. Scattered foxing, but text mostly clean. Dust Jacket has some shelf-wear,marking, bumping to corners. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Dust Jacket has some dust marks around internal extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Military & Warfare; India/Burma; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0002171988. ISBN/EAN: 9780002171984. Inventory No: 11719. . 9780002171984

Abrams, New York, 2010. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Designer and merchant, collector and tastemaker, Thomas O'Brien has made a career of translating cool notions of modernism into an easy and generous array of modern styles that anyone can attain. Now he introduces readers to a range of those styles-from casual to formal, vintage to urban-alongside stunning photography and charming design stories. O'Brien carefully describes the design process of his chosen projects, including a downtown New York City loft, a traditional Connecticut estate, and a converted schoolhouse in eastern Long Island. Each home explores a view on the modern design spectrum he has created, as well as the individual choices that make the design unique and its mix essentially American. He explains not only what was at work to create a given style, but how readers can import those practices to their own homes and personal design sensibilities. Important design principles such as architectural… Read More

Mandarin, Melbourne, 1986. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. Dreams - the drawbridge between our outer & inner worlds. By paying attention to our dreams we can alleviate anxiety & rediscover meaning in our lives... Mass Market Paperback. Size: 140mm - 180mm. 247 pages. Edges browned slightly. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Psychology & Psychiatry; ISBN: 1863302239. ISBN/EAN: 9781863302234. Inventory No: 52077. . 9781863302234

Scholastic, Australia, 2016. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. Truck, Digger, Boat, Tractor and Rocket work very hard through the day, but once night falls it's time to rest and say goodnight. Goodnight Truck is the perfect bedtime companion for young boys and girls. Stapled Card Covers. Size: 180mm - 250mm. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Book is unpaginated . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; ISBN: 1743620268. ISBN/EAN: 9781743620267. Inventory No: 50824. . 9781743620267

Chamber Of Mines, South Africa. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. About 50 major & a dozen smaller South African gold mines produce more than 30 m troy ounces of gold a year. This represents more than two-thirds of the world's supply of newly mined gold..." Includes two black & white Rand Refinery Operations Flowcharts All pictures shown are of the actual product offered for sale. No date given but circa. 1970 Card Covers. Size: 250mm - 320mm. 24 pages. Covers have rubbing, shelf-wear, marking as well as bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Engineering, Industrial, Trade; South Africa; Business, Finance & Marketing. Inventory No: 20003. .

The Ministry of Information, China, 1944. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. A of Chinese history & social life from around 1944. Previous owners inscription on title page. Silver round stamp on front cover. Stapled Card Covers. Size: 180mm-250mm. 51 pages. Covers have some shelf-wear, some marking, as well as some bumping to corners & extremities. MC Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Politics & Government; China; 1940s; Travel & Places. Inventory No: 359. .

Cassell, London, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. This is a story of pioneers in New South Wales in the days when convicts deported from England were assigned to the venturesome few who dared the perils and the climate of the interior, and opened up the virgin lands....The story is based on an account of Oxley's discovery of the Peel River in 1818 and is told by a man who has grown up in the valley, with the formidable mountain fastnesses as his playground, and his mind enthralled from childhood with hero-worship of those who braved heart-breaking isolation, the perils of drought and flood, and the terrors of massacre, to build a new country from a wilderness Muswellbrook High School gift plate Size: 180mm - 250mm. 229 pages. Dust Jacket has some shelf-wear, some chips and tears, as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Edges slightly foxed. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight:… Read More

Hodder & Stoughton, Australia, 1998. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition. In the rainforest a new day is dawning. Early morning mists leave the forest wet & dripping. Brightly coloured kingfishers perch above the creek, while butterflies flutter among the blossoms... A good chance to get an expensive book pretty cheaply. Children have written on the front & rear pastedowns. Size: 250mm - 350mm. Scattered foxing throughout. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Australia; ISBN: 0733605451. ISBN/EAN: 9780733605451. Inventory No: 50905. . 9780733605451

Hodder & Stoughton, Sydney, 1993. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Tricia Oktober. A little lizard goes walking in the Australian bush & encounters a wonderful variety of native animals & plants. Another beautiful picture book for the very young, from the author - illustrator of Bush Song, which won the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales's Whitley Book Award (1991) for Best Illustrated Children's Book.... A previous owner's name has been whited out at the top of the title page. Card Covers. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 31 pages. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Illustrator: Tricia Oktober. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; ISBN: 0340584602. ISBN/EAN: 9780340584606. Inventory No: 50823. . 9780340584606

Horwitz, Australia, 1970. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. If Govenor Macquarie were to revisit the Hawkesbury River settlements today, he would feel himself in familiar surroundings. The 'Five Towns' he planned to stimulate the progress of the rural communities of 1810 - Windsor, Richmond, Castlereagh, Wilberforce & Pitt Town - still retain an aura of the past and the vestiges of the viliage charm. Covers have some shelf wear & there is bumping to corners & extremities. Also, a small tear to DJ. at rear on the top of spine All pictures shown are of the actual product offered for sale Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 119 pages. Previous owner's inscription in ink . Covers have some shelf-wear, as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Australian History; Australia; 19th century; ISBN: 0725500700. ISBN/EAN: 9780725500702. Inventory No: 51119. . 9780725500702

Harper Collins, Auckland, 2011. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Natalie's first cookbook, Gran's Kitchen: Recipes from the Notebooks of Dulcie May Booker, was published in March 2009 and was an instant bestseller. The concept was, and is, a great one and well-timed in the market: a collection of recipes from the notebooks of 95-year-old Dulcie May Booker, selected by her granddaughter Natalie Oldfield. Gran's Family Table is the second book in the series and carries on the theme - mouth-watering, tried and true recipes for cooking at home. Beautifully designed in a retro-modern look by the designer of the classic Al Brown cookbook Go Fish with full-colour photography by acclaimed photographer Todd Eyre. This will be a series that people will want to collect with tasty and approachable family dinners that the family can enjoy every day. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 207 pages. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity… Read More

Beacon Press, United States, 2009. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. Never afraid to shed the pretense of academic poetry, never shy of letting the power of an image lie in unadorned language, Mary Oliver offers us poems of arresting beauty that reflect on the power of love and the great gifts of the natural world. Inspired by the familiar lines from William Wordsworth, "To me the meanest flower that blows can give / Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears," she uncovers the evidence presented to us daily by nature, in rivers and stones, willows and field corn, the mockingbird's "embellishments," or the last hours of darkness. Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 74 pages. Remnants of old price label on the rear cover.. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Covers have some shelf-wear, a few marks, as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry;… Read More

Self published, Australia, 2014. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition. Inscribed by Author. Anyone who regularly visits ski resorts & stays any length of time, particularly in a ski lodge, soon learns to distinguish the exceptional lodge from those that just make the grade; and longer the visit, the more one learns that the smooth-running lodge has a busy team at its heart...The exceptional recipess in this book are a result of the numerous requests to a dedicated couple, Jake & Olivia Warwick, to put pen to paper and provide them to us mere mortal kitchenites... Size: 250mm - 350mm. 160 pages. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Australia; Inscribed by Author. ISBN: 0646921762. ISBN/EAN: 9780646921761. Inventory No: 50404. . 9780646921761

Uni. of Queensland Art Museum, Queensland, 2009. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. Since the late 19th. century, Australian artists have departed their Antipodean home for the cultural capitals of the world. Queensland artists such as Bessie Gibson, Vida Lahey & Anne Alison Greene travelled to Paris to see first hand to see great works of art & to experience the artistic & cosmopolitan ferment of the French metropolis. As a young artists, Margaret Olley continued this tradition..." Card Covers With Flaps. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 128 pages. Covers have some shelf-wear, a few marks, as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; ISBN: 186499942X. ISBN/EAN: 9781864999426. Inventory No: 51011. . 9781864999426

Univ. of Qld Press, Australia, 2009. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. When a newborn baby is found abandoned in a backyard, this dramatic event pierces the lives of three very different women. Laura has returned home for her mother's funeral after years in exile, only to discover her upbringing was based on a lie. Elderly Cress, who is the moral compass of the community, conceals her own vices, while young Abby walks the streets, her bruises wrapped in baggy clothes. But it is gentle Kieran, an unlikely guardian, who knows their secrets and watches over them. As their lives collide, what is buried can no longer remain hidden. Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 281 pages. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 0702236977. ISBN/EAN: 9780702236976. Inventory No: 50432. . 9780702236976

Harper Collins, Australia, 2013. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. GREAT SOUTHERN LAND is the beautiful illustrated hardback book accompanying ABC 1's landmark television series. Drawing an audience of more than 3.5 million when it went to air in late 2012, GREAT SOUTHERN LAND was compared to David Attenborough's productions and described variously as 'a revelation', 'must see', 'breathtaking' and 'will make you proud to be an Australian'. GREAt SOUtHERN LAND is an epic journey across Australia, from the top of the Snowy Mountains to the tropical wilds of the Gulf of Carpentaria; the irrigated farms of the Murray Darling Basin to the ancient forests of tasmania. It is the pictorial record of our remarkable story - revealing otherwise hidden patterns, networks and systems that keep our population of 23 million people moving, fed, alive and thriving in a huge, remote, dry continent. Written by series producers and writers Ivan O'Mahoney… Read More

Wiley, Queensland, 2017. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. Annotation: The book real estate agents don't want you to read Inside Real Estate exposes the truth about the real estate industry. Whether you're looking to buy or sell a property, industry veteran Peter O'Malley reveals the secrets, myths and pitfalls of the real estate game to show you how to cut through the spin and get a better deal. The rise of digital real estate platforms, the increased competition for property and the potential for market booms and busts has left many buyers and sellers blindsided. The need for genuine property market advice is greater than ever. Learn how to: identify and avoid agent tricks and traps before they happen to you capitalise on the digital disruptions affecting the property market negotiate the best deal in rising and falling markets gain the right knowledge to make informed decisions. With Inside Real Estate, go behind the curtain and see how the real estate game really… Read More

Wilshire, United States, 1976. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Fair Condition. ...In this book, Sydney Omarr leads you down his familiar paths so that you, too, may have a better understanding of how astrology influences the life of man... All pictures shown are of the actual product offered for sale. All text is quite legible. Trade Paperback. Size: 150mm - 250mm. 378 pages. Edges foxed and browned. Covers have shelf-wear, creasing, marking as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: New Age & Alternative; Inventory No: 19921. .