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London: Brunner - Routledge, 2004. Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, very good plus condition, minimal edgewear. 250 pp. By Australian academic who teaches literature, spirituality and Jungian psychology. He is a leading thinker in religion and spirituality - he examines the growing popularity of alternative spirituality - a search for a more personalised religious experience.

London: Tavistock Publications, 1966. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), tables (including foldout), appendices, minor edge tears jacket (spine toned, flap not price-clipped), old price marks. 108 pp. A report on a 12-year research program in the Psychology Department, University of Western Australia, which examined assimilation of 1300 immigrants to Western Australia from various ethnic backgrounds (mainly British, Dutch, Polish, Italian). (No ISBN in book, but assigned later.).

New York: Sterling Publishing, 2004. Paperback small quarto (with flaps), very good condition, colour illustrations, minor edgewear. 110 pp. The author uses a wealth of exercises and projects that can be achieved using art techniques.

London: Rider and Company, 1976. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), top edge foxed, flaps creased jacket (few small tears, two small pieces missing top edge, white background lightly marked, light foxing edges, some edgewear, sticker mark) 147 pp. Unto Tahtinen explains the meaning of ahimsa or non-violence. Compares, for the first time, the different meanings of ahimsa in Jainism, Buddhism, and Vedism. The book also contains sections on himsa or violence, including violence against against oneself and causes of violence. Some other moral norms are discussed, such as self-control, truthfulness, forbearance, friendliness, compassion and non-stealing. There are specific chapters devoted to ahimsa in relation to war and crime, and ahimsa as exemplified by Mahatma Gandi and Vinoba Bhave.

Sydney, Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press, 1993. 1st ed.. Hardback quarto, no jacket, very good condition, pictorial cover, black & white drawings, colour photos, spine little faded. 87 pp. This book gives instructions on how to start from a realistic drawing and develop a series of stylised and abstracted designs suitable for china painting and other decorative arts such as stained glass, embroidery, fabric painting, textiles and stencilling. There are colour photos of ten flowers, detailed line drawings in black & white accompany each flower, with pages of creative designs. Over forty of the designs are in colour, painted onto porcelain using mixed media techniques such as lustre, gold, texture, metallics and bright onglaze colours. The instructions for each piece are described in a separate chapter.

Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1999. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), cover edges jacket marginally faded. 292 pp. A compelling study of the French defeat of 1870 and the socialist uprising of the Commune of Paris - a crucial era in the making of modern France. By examining the history of the body and medicine, Taithe shows how the French mobilized for the war effort, and how their ultimate defeat had devastating cultural and social consequences that led to the "fin de siecle spirit" (the feeling that society was in crisis and needed radical change).

Melbourne / Vienna: Allans Music / Doblinger, 1963. Paperback folio, card cover, very good plus condition, rubber stamp. 20 pp. (Copyright date, 1963; decimal price suggests 1966 or later.) Sheet music: 22 pieces for piano solo, including "Playing in the Rain" and "A Dance from Old Vienna".

Tokyo: ASK Co., Ltd, 2001. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, dustjacket, card covers, very good condition, black & white drawings, minor edgewear. 95 pp. This book by Naoki Takei is for business people new to Japan who may be having trouble in living, working, and understanding Japanese culture and the Japanese people. It will also interest those who want to learn more about Japanese culture. First edition stated.

Sydney, Roseville: Campbell Merchandising / Campbell Group Limited, 1988. Hardback large quarto, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good dustjacket), pictorial cover, colour drawings, minimal edgewear. 32 pp. An Australian children's picture story about bush animals. When a big willy-willy (whirlwind) scoops up Wendi Wallaby, all the creatures of the bush set to work to rescue her. Delightful drawings of Australian animals and birds. Story and illustrations by Wayne Talbot and Greg McKee, text by Jill Luijerink. Published by Campbell Merchandising, Rozelle, Sydney.

London: Profile Books, 2002. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), navy boards & endpapers, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear jacket, remainder stripe. 194 pp. Frank Tallis provides a brilliant synthesis that reevaluates, in accessible language, the notion of the unconscious - one of the major concepts of 20th-century science. The latest experiments suggest a remarkable comeback for a notion originally popularised by Sigmund Freud. Tallis concludes with a revolutionary account of what it means to be human. This is a compelling story that looks at writers, artists and scientists, bitter professional rivalries and fascinating discoveries.

London: Karnac Books, 2009. 1st ed.. Paperback trade, very good plus condition, minimal edgewear. 156 pp. The aim of this book by Vesa Talvitie is to create a conception of the 'Freudian things' around the unconscious that takes seriously (combines) both the clinical data gathered in the scope of psychoanalytic clinical practice during the past 110 years, and the empirical and theoretical achievements of cognitive neuroscience and evolutionary theory.

Sydney: Pan Macmillan, 2022. Hardback thick octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), spine ends little rubbed, base spine jacket little creased (small tear bottom corner front cover, minor edgewear). 342 pp. This is Grace Tame’s story, in her own words, on her own terms. She became Australian of the Year for her firm advocacy on behalf of women who have suffered abuse (partly based on personal experience). She returns to the things that have driven and saved her: love, connection and honesty. The book offers a better future for all.

Melbourne: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2005. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear, thick remainder stripe top edge. 205 pp. Professor Tamis describes how the Greeks have made an enormous contribution to Australian cultural and social life. This book vividly tells their story. Begins with the conditions in Europe that led to migration. Details the role of the Greeks in Australian settlement, the two large waves of Greek migration in the 19th and 20th centuries, and the ways in which the Greeks have maintained a solid sense of Greek cultural expression. The Greek community numbers about half a million. Tamis is Professor of Hellenic Studies, La Trobe University. .

London: Hodder, 2009. Paperback, very good condition, spine & corner rear cover lightly creased. 392 pp. Sequel to "Born on a Blue Day", about his remarkable mental abilities as an autistic savant. Embraces the latest scientific research, with insights from personal experience, to shed light on the mysteries of how the mind is capable of incredible feats.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2012. 1st p/b ed.. Paperback trade, good plus condition, corner tips covers little scuffed, minor edgewear. 229 pp. Daniel Tammet has been inspired by numbers, as well as the complexity of snowflakes, Anne Boleyn's sixth finger, and his mother's unpredictable behaviour. He discusses questions such as why time seems to speed up as we age, whether there is such a thing as an average person, and how we can make sense of those we love. The author, a mathematical savant, wrote the bestselling 'Born On a Blue Day', about living with Asperger syndrome and savant syndrome.

Singapore: National University of Singapore Press (NUS Press), 2006. Reprint ed.. Hardback small quarto, pictorial cover, very good plus condition, colour text-photos, few sepia (brown tinted) & black & white photos, written & dated dedication. 208 pp. The author is Singapore's best-known paralympic wheelchair athlete. He contracted polio at age two and became paralysed from the waist down. He became a neuroscientist and a medical doctor, winning scholarships to Harvard and Oxford. He tells his remarkable story, so as to inspire others to overcome the odds and turn adversity into advantage.

Sydney: Edward Arnold, 1982. Paperback small oblong quarto, very good condition, black & white cartoons, few black & white photos, light foxing edges, spine faintly creased, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear corners. Unnum pp. In addition to recent favourites this second collection of Tandberg cartoons contains work published in the mid-1960s in the satirical magazine Tom Thumb and cartoons drawn from the journal of the Victorian Secondary Teachers' Association.

London: Four Square / New English Library (NEL), 1965. Paperback wide trade, good plus condition, black & white drawings, spine lightly creased, minor foxing edges & inside covers, minor edgewear corners. 125 pp. Describes his family life in an isolated cottage, Minack, in Cornwall, accompanied by his pet cat Monty.

London: Constable, 2014. 1st this ed.. Paperback small thin trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear, small mark & little colour loss front cover (sticker mark). 106 pp. Derek Tangye describes his family life in an isolated cottage, Minack, in Cornwall, accompanied by his pet cat Monty and his wife Jeannie. This classic autobiography is a warm beautiful tale about two people and their cat. Originally published in 1962.

[Sevenoaks]: Novello, 1988. Paperback large quarto, very good plus condition, minor creasing corners. 32 pp. Sheet music, being technical exercises about how to play the right note at the right time and in the right way, accompanied by brief instructions. By professor, Royal College of Music, London.