Search Results: Authors starting with S from Bookhome Sydney

London: Sandle's, 1965. Paperback quarto, good plus condition, card cover, stapled (rusted), colour drawings, faint tide marks & toning inside covers (previous water contact now dry), pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. 8 pp. A scarce children's picture story, not listed in British Library online catalogue. (No date, but 1960s, similar item by illustrator in British Library catalogue. No title page. Illustrator not stated. Publisher details only on rear cover.)

Sydney, Ashfield: Ashfield & District Historical Society / Inner West Environment Group, 2006. Paperback large wide octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, tables, maps, rear cover & last few pages little creased, top corner front cover little creased, minor edgewear. 128 pp. Mark Sabolch is fascinated by the old stormwater structures in the Inner West of Sydney. He researched the history of Hawthorne Canal which is located between Haberfield and Leichhardt. He discovered that it was originally named Long Cove Creek. The creek was entirely modified, but its past history was masked by its complete change of identity. The many photos, and maps make this a very interesting book for people wanting to learn about this historic canal.

London: Picador, 2010. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. 260 pp. In this very special book, Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and abilities. A testament to the complexity of vision and the brain and the power of creativity and adaptation. It shows a whole new perspective on the power of language and communication, as we try to imagine what it is to see with another person's eyes, or another person's mind.

London: Picador Classic, 2015. Reprint ed.. Paperback large trade, very good condition, minor edgewear, price sticker rear cover. 262 pp. A classic work of psychology by American neurologist Oliver Sacks, a million-copy bestseller, that provides a groundbreaking narrative insight into the human mind. If a man has lost a leg, he knows he has lost a leg. But if he has lost a self (himself) he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it. Sacks recounts the stories of patients struggling to adapt to bizarre neurological disorder. These people often no longer recognize everyday objects, or are stricken with violent tics or shout involuntary obscenities, and yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents. Picador Classic edition, with an introduction by Will Self.

London: Mandala / Unwin Paperbacks, 1976. Paperback trade, good condition only, black & white photos centre spread, map, some edgewear, edges foxed, rubber stamp. 89 pp. A brief sympathetic life of the Buddha, founder of Buddhism, by Hammalawa Saddhatissa.

Canberra, Cook: Mulini Press, 1992. New ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, card covers, few black & white drawings, two small marks front cover (possible paper defect), minor edgewear. 12 pp. The poems in this booklet are translations of Persian poetry from the 'Gulistan' and the 'Bustan', by the court poet known as Sadi of Shiraz. These poems were first published in 'The Mofussilite' in 1845. Translated into English by the Australian writer John Lang. (No 9 in the Colonial Poets Series from Mulini Press.).

Canberra, Cook: Mulini Press, 1992. New ed.. Paperback trade, very good plus condition, stapled pamphlet, card covers, few black & white drawings, minor edgewear. 12 pp. The poems in this booklet are translations of Persian poetry from the 'Gulistan' and the 'Bustan', by the court poet known as Sadi of Shiraz. These poems were first published in 'The Mofussilite' in 1845. Translated into English by the Australian writer John Lang. (No 9 in the Colonial Poets Series from Mulini Press. Annotation by collector Alan Ives states that this copy is a silent re-issue in September 2006.).

Melbourne, Fairfield: Psychology for a Safe Climate, 2013. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, stapled (minimally rusted), card covers, black & white text-photos & drawings (cartoons), minor edgewear corner tips covers. 24 pp. This booklet, by the Australian 'Psychology for a Safe Climate' group, provides an opportunity for readers to reflect on how they and other people in the community have felt about climate change. The book is an insight into how we can encourage community and political action. (No date, by 2013. Unnumbered pages.).

Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2006. Paperback trade, very good condition, colour photos, pages faintly toned, top corner cover creased, minor edgewear. 213 pp. The untold story of the hardworking and ambitious Australian athletes who aren't in the spotlight, and their courage, determination and passion for their sport. It is also about a warm, vibrant and determined young woman cyclist, who died in a tragic accident. SALE PRICE.

New York: International Business Press / Haworth Press, 1995. 1st ed.. Hardback small octavo, no jacket, very good condition, grey & white boards, black title front cover, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear & marks, cover design differs from stock photo. 177 pp. Published to assist in understanding the thoughts and behaviour of Japanese businessmen. Yasutaka Sai and a team of researchers in the Japan Management Association, undertook a special research project in 1989, and the summary report in Japanese later became the basis of this book. The eight main values commonly shared by Japanese in the business world are: group orientation, diligence, aesthetics and perfectionism, curiosity and emphasis on innovation, respect for form, a competitive mind and outlook on reward, the importance of silence, and perceptions of time.

London: Granta Books, 1997. 1st U.K. ed.. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. 416 pp. Edward W. Said brings together history, philosophy, structuralism and critical theory in a stimulating work of literary criticism. The author argues that during the 18th and 19th centuries, the novel was the major attempt in Western literary culture to give beginnings an authorizing, institutional and specialized role in art, experience and knowledge. He traces this idea through the late 19th and early 20th centuries - to Freud's discoveries and the novels of modernist authors - and examines the question of beginnings in critical discourse, and the work of the French structuralists. He combines philosophy and belles-lettres, and does not separate literature from history, philosophy and social discourse, thereby broadening the role of criticism from celebration and orthodoxy to re-experiencing and questioning.

Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. 171 pp. Amain Saikal provides a broad-ranging assessment of relations between the Muslim and Western worlds in the contemporary era and historically. More than a "clash of civilizations" and a "war on terror" is involved as a response to the Sept 11 2001 terrorist attacks. These relations have been marked by long periods of peaceful coexistence, but also by many instances of tension, hostility, and mutual recrimination. The Australian political scientist assesses the impact of the continuing Arab-Israeli conflict, the consequences of the Iranian revolution and of the wars in the Gulf and Afghanistan, and charts a course for future coexistence.

New York: G. Schirmer, 1911. Paperback large quarto, cloth binding, good condition, pages lightly toned, tear bottom edge pages repaired, edgewear, owner's written name. 10 pp. Sheet music for soprano. Extracted from "Samson et Dalila". Text in English and French language. Copyright 1889, renewed in 1911. Written name is "Mrs E. Murdoch.

London: Bodley Head, 1969. Reprint ed.. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket, small sticker mark front cover jacket, non-author written dedication front free flyleaf. 489 pp. Nearly 50 years after his death on the Western Front, Hector Hugh Munro, better known as Saki, still shines among the small group of English masters of the short story. His witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture. This selection, edited by J. W. Lambert, contains 52 short stories, and 'The Unbearable Bassington' as a full story. .

St. Louis, MO: Mosby, 1996. Paperback small, very good condition, card covers, spiral bound, black & white drawings, tables, minor edgewear. 585 pp. This little but comprehensive handbook by Evelyn Salerno and Joyce Willens will help clinicians understand the many recent advances in pain management, and identify barriers to effective pain management.

Melbourne: Budget Books, 1987. 1st ed.. Paperback oblong, very good condition, black & white drawings, crease in rear cover, minor edgewear. 74 pp. Selected strips from the Snake Tales cartoons. Well-known and loved comic strip character. Snake will keep everyone in the family happy for hours reading this collection. Some have appeared in various papers.

Melbourne: Budget Books, 1988. 1st ed.. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, black & white drawings, minor edgewear, top edge lightly foxed, tiny mark fore-edge, spine ends little scuffed, title on spine slightly faded, small dents top part of fore-edge (maybe printing error), autograph (written dedication & drawing). 78 pp. Selected strips from the Sunday Snake Tales cartoons. A well-known and loved comic strip character. Snake will keep everyone in the family happy for hours reading this collection. Some have appeared in various papers. Includes a story about the author. (Rare written dedication between two cartoonists. Dedication to "James [Kemsley, who drew Ginger Meggs] from Sols and Old Fang Face", with a rubber stamp of footprints and the word "SNAKE !!”.).

Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, 2006. 6th ed.. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, figures, tables, bottom corner tip front cover little worn, minor edgewear. 323 pp. This book is intended for upper-level undergraduate students and graduate students in their first research methods course in the social, behavioral, and health sciences fields. The provides an introduction to the important topics in the general area of research methods and does so in a non-intimidating and informative way.

Fremantle: Fremantle Arts Centre Press (FACP), 1983. 1st ed.. Paperback trade, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), card covers, satintone jacket, small mark bottom edge, minor edgewear, owner’s name in pencil flyleaf, bookshop label inside front cover. 77 pp. A sequence of poems that create a powerful world in which a particular landscape and its people become windows into a much larger exploration of personal perception, integration and belief. The author uses the richness of language, image and characterization to create a compelling landscape of the imagination. (No 17 in this series.).

Sydney, Como West: Clarion House, 2000. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear. 160 pp. Daphne Salt relates the story of Kurnell, where Caption Cook landed, bounded by the Pacific Ocean and Botany Bay. Today it is a southern suburb of Sydney, Australia's first and largest city. Kurnell village began as a fishing outpost and has matured despite the industrial buildings, yet it still has a village atmosphere. The many photos help to tell the fascinating history of this historical village.