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Oneworld Publications, London, 2020. First Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition. Second impression of the First Edition. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 484 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. In fine unread condition. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. Zuleikha is the model of a dutiful wife. Biddible and meek, she has resigned herself to brutal treatment at the hands of her cruel husband and the carping of her despotic mother-in-law. While Russia reels in the aftermath of its recent revolution, life in her small Tatar village is relatively untouched. Or so it seems to Zuleikha, until the day her husband is executed by communist soldiers. Zuleikha is exiled to Siberia and forced to leave behind everything she knows.… Read More

Corgi Books, London, 1985. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. First Impression. Size: 12mo (small). 479 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. This book is available and will be shipped within two business days. All items are tracked and details are available on request.. An investigation into the plot and alleged murder of Pope John Paul I. Illustrated with B&W photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: True Crime; Vatican City; 1970s; Politics & Government. ISBN: 0552126403. ISBN/EAN: 9780552126403. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9953. . 9780552126403

Macmillan Australia, Sydney, NSW, 2002. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine Condition. Inscribed by Author. 3rd Printing. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 302 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. A fine unread copy.. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. This is Peter Bland's story. It is a tale of gripping adventure and survival in some of the planet's most inhospitable regions, as well as a profound insight into what drives a person to take such risks in the search for new adrenalin highs, and the strains and stresses it places on those who love them. A Step Too Far is an exciting and utterly absorbing study of a great Australian adventurer. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Adventure, Survival, Exploration; Australia; 1990s; Arctic & Antarctic. Inscribed by Author.… Read More

Pan MacMillan Australia Pty Limited, Sydney, NSW, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 102 pages. FIRST EDITION. This book is in fine 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 and the dust jacket is generally unmarked. It has signs of 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: A photographic record of arguably Australia's greatest novelist and Nobel laureate, Patrick White. This book is a marvellous collection of black and white photographs by William Yang. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Individual Photographer, Portraits, Photo-essays & Documentaries; ISBN: 0732908248. ISBN/EAN: 9780732908249. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0002210. . 9780732908249

Picador, London, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. First Impression. Size: 8vo Octavo (standard book size). 276 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing detected in this copy. Dust Jacket is fully intact, no tears or chips, but carries signs of wear to top and bottom edges, corners etc. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and will be shipped within two business days. All items are tracked and details are available on request.. A beautifully written and gripping historical novel that unravels one of the darkest moments in America's past. This novel is set in Mississippi during the 1900s and tells of two brothers, Leighton and Tandy Payne, and the haunting legacy of their tough planter father Sam. As the plot unfolds it simultaneously looks to the past, slowly unravelling the dark mystery at the heart of old Sam Payne's… Read More

Regency Publications, Perth, 1979. Revised Edition. Softcover. Good Condition (ex-library). Illustrator: Lindsay Carter. Size: Quarto 4to. 100 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Text and spine marked with Library stamps, library pocket inside book, stamps throughout and/or other library markings. This book is currently IN STOCK and would be shipped directly from our Australian address.. A wonderful book devoted to the history of Western Australia and the diverse backgrounds of names given to it's towns and places. There is also a fold-out reproduction of a map of the colony drawn by John Septimus Roe in 1839. Very collectible. Illustrator: Lindsay Carter. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: History; Australian History; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3798. .

Crown Publishers, New York, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/Fair. Seventh impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 280 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Scattered foxing, but text mostly clean. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears, and is foxed here and there. Previous owner's signature, pencil. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. This book is filled with recipes considered to represent the best traditional Chinese cooking. It is written by a chef that has set about including recipes that aren't known anymore. All recipes (500 of them) are easy to follow and include ingredients that were readily available in the US in 1952. The book is rated as fair condition. However it is strongly bound and the dust… Read More

Pheonix Books, London, 2001. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. First impression. Size: Small Octavo. 398 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.. The only Russian leader in more than a century not to be overthrown or die in office reveals the story of his 10 years in power. The struggles and upheavals in Russia over the last few years seen from the top - Boris Yeltsin was the President of Russia for a decade. He overcame the coup of 1991, he developed good relationships with world leaders from Clinton to Helmut Kohl. What was the chemistry of his meetings with Jacques Chirac, Tony Blair and Ziang Zhao Min? How did he get on when the Queen visited Moscow, the first British monarch to step onto Russian soil since before the first world war? Yeltsin gives his account of… Read More

Bison Books, London, 1990. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Near Fine. Size: Quarto 4to. 192 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 very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This BOOK IS IN STOCK and READY TO MAIL NOW. Your book when ordered will be securely packed and promptly dispatched by Great Southern Books. This is a work of fine science and aesthetics. No title I have seen since approaches the quality of scope and detail presented in this extraordinary encyclopedia. What I found most fascinating was how this book condenses a massive volume of planetary data in an orderly and easily referenced fashion, without sacrificing the depth and details. Physics, chemistry, geology, history and art are treated as necessary equals. Other books cover certain topics in detail whilst… Read More

Bison Books, London, 1990. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Very Good. Size: Quarto 4to. 192 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. This BOOK IS IN STOCK and READY TO MAIL NOW. Your book when ordered will be securely packed and promptly dispatched by Great Southern Books. An introduction by Kevin Krisciunas is included. Uses NASA photographs to illustrate the most recent findings about the planets, and looks at future space projects. This reprint edition was timed to include details of the launch of the Hubble telescope (pictured on the dust jacket). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Science & Technology; Cosmology; ISBN: 0861243145. ISBN/EAN: 9780861243143. Pictures of this item… Read More

Black Swan, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 832 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 currently IN STOCK and would be shipped directly from our Australian address.. A suspenseful novel of ideas that explores the limitations of science, the origins of immorality, and the ultimate unknowability of the human psyche. Rafael Neruda is a brilliant psychiatrist renowned for his effective treatment of former child-abuse victims. Apart from his talent as an analyst, he?s deeply empathetic?he himself has been a victim of abuse. Gene Kenny is simply one more patient that Dr. Neruda has ?cured? of past trauma. And then Kenny commits a terrible crime. Desperate to find out why, Dr. Neruda must shed the standards of his training, risking his own sanity in uncovering… Read More

GFA Books, 2010. 5th or later Edition. Soft cover. As New. 230 pages. This book 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 still in great condition and the front cover is largely unmarked. It has signs of previous use but overall is in really nice, tight condition. Items are shipped same day or next business day and are shipped directly from our Australian address. SYNOPSIS: "Lord, I'll give myself to speak for You." Young Yohannan had no idea what those words of surrender would mean for his life and for millions of others in his generation. Once an insecure 16-year-old, he became a missionary statesman who has impacted the world of missions and whose unbending message has touched hungry hearts on every continent. Step into his story and experience the world through his eyes. You'll walk right into the book of Acts. And through his telling, you'll hear the very heart of God beating for His creation.… Read More

Da Capo Press, Incorporated, Boulder, CO, U.S.A, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 192 pages. FIRST DE CAPO PRESS EDITION. 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. Items are shipped same day or next business day and are shipped directly from our Australian address. SYNOPSIS: The unlikely and very funny tale of a world-famous Shakespearian actor making an action movie in today's go-go capitalist Russia He was the raging, youthful Tybalt in Franco Zeffirelli's classic Romeo and Juliet. He was a divinely decadent foil to Liza Minnelli's divinely decadent Sally Bowles in Bob Fosse's Oscar-winning Cabaret. And he won over an entirely new generation in the Austin Powers movies. Now Michael York is off to make the biggest independent film in Russian history - in the capitalist Wild, Wild West that is today's Russia. York is… Read More

Charles E Tuttle Inc, New York, 1982. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Fifteenth Printing. Size: 12mo (small). 634 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 is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. The Tale of the Heike is an epic account compiled prior to 1330 of the struggle between the Taira clan and Minamoto clan for control of Japan at the end of the 12th century in the Genpei War. Heike refers to the Taira, hei being the on'yomi reading of the first kanji and "ke" means family. The story is episodic in nature and designed to be told in a series of nightly instalments. While tinged with Buddhism, it is also a samurai epic focusing on warrior culture – an ideology that ultimately laid the… Read More

Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 1954. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Second impression of the First Edition. Size: 12mo. 311 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine is slightly cocked. Moderately foxed throughout. Previous owner's signature in ink. Edges foxed and browned. "In the very highest rank of books about the last war. Submarines are thrilling beasts, and Edward Young tells of four year's adventures in them in a good stout book with excitement on every page. He writes beautifully, economically and with humour, and in the actions he commands he manages to put the reader at the voice-pipe and the periscope so that sometimes the tension is so great that one has to put the book down." Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military & Warfare; Naval; 1940s; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available… Read More

The Tyndale Press, London, 1958. Reprint. Hardcover. Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 456 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. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Edges slightly foxed. Small brown marks from adhesive tape on front and rear endpapers. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Edward J. Young's Introduction to the Old Testament has served Old Testament students well over the past forty years. In this study Young concentrates on the literary characteristics of the Old Testament books, arguing for the inner harmony and underlying unity of the literary units in the Old Testament. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Religion & Theology; Britain/UK; Pictures of this item not already displayed here… Read More

Hutchinson, London, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 298 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 very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Gavin Young's journey takes him from Central Park, all the way to a tiny cabin in the Yukon, where Jack London heard 'the call of the wild'. Young uses the past to illustrate the present, showing the way great battles still shape our lives, including Sherman's terrible march through Atlanta and Savannah ending the civil war. He also visits the site of Custer's last stand at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Travel & Places; American… Read More

Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney, 1991. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. Size: 8vo Octavo (standard book size). 177 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages slightly tanned throughout. 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.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australia; History. ISBN: 0330272357. ISBN/EAN: 9780330272353. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 6277. . 9780330272353

Marion Lloyd Books, London, 2011. First Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition. First Impression. Size: 8vo Octavo (standard book size). 492 pages. This book is available and will be shipped within two business days. All items are tracked and details are available on request.. "It's "Mad Max" and The Hunger Games meets True Grit. . . .In a lawless land, where life is cheap and survival is hard, Saba has been brought up in isolated Silverlake. She never sees the dangers of the destructive society outside. When her twin brother is snatched by mysterious black-robed riders, she sets out on an epic quest to rescue him. Winner of the 2011 Costa Children's Book Award. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Teens & Young Adult; ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9781407124254. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 5432. . 9781407124254

Viking, London, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 383 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. 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.. In this acclaimed new memoir, New York Times bestselling author Neil Young has fashioned another extraordinary work of reminiscences told through the lens of one of his deepest passions: cars. A lifelong devotee and collector, Young explores his love for the well-crafted vintage automobile and examines his newfound awareness of his hobby's negative environmental impact. Witty, eclectic, candid, and filled with Young's original artwork, Special Deluxe will appeal to car lovers as well as the legions devoted to one of the most genuine and enigmatic artists of… Read More