Search Results: Titles starting with B from Great Southern Books

Five Mile Press, Melbourne, 2002. First Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition. Size: Quarto. 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. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. A beautifully presented book rich in illustrations with all the information on the "Bushranging" era of Australia's colonial history. There is particular reference to the most famous or infamous of the bushrangers - Ned Kelly. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Australian History; Australia; 19th century; True Crime. ISBN: 1865039136. ISBN/EAN: 9781865039138. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 7221. . 9781865039138

Bodley Head, London, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Shirley Felts. First impression. Size: Large Octavo. 239 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. Rubbing to bottom edge of boards. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. BC: The Archaeology of the Bible Lands was a BBC television series from the 1970s. It investigated the archaeology of the Bible lands.[1] It was presented by Magnus Magnusson. The consultant on Biblical archaeology was Dr James B. Pritchard of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was professor of religious thought and the first curator of Biblical archaeology at the University Museum. A book of the programmes was published in March 1977. There were twelve programmes in the… Read More

MacMillan, Sydney, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Good. First impression. Size: Quarto. 247 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 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 ready to be shipped.. Opera in all its phases since the first fleet landed in Australia over 200 years ago. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Music; Australia; ISBN: 0333478673. ISBN/EAN: 9780333478677. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 6999. . 9780333478677 This book weighs over one kilogram, and may involve extra shipping charges if posted to some countries..

Lorenz Books, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Very good in very good dust jacket. 256 p. Audience: General/trade. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Crafts & Hobbies; ISBN: 1859670199. ISBN/EAN: 9781859670194. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0000033. . 9781859670194

Souvenir Press Ltd, 2008. 1st Edition. No Binding. Near Fine/Fine. 224 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. Items are shipped same day or next business day and are shipped directly from our Australian address. After a lifetime of ambivalence and uncertainty about the role of the mother Rebecca Walker decided to have a baby. She had been raised by her mother, the feminist novelist Alice Walker, as a member of a watershed generation of women who are the first to believe that no job or lifestyle is unattainable. Rebecca Walker had become one of America s most acclaimed young writers while Time magazine hailed her as one of the most influential leaders under forty. Baby Love is her wise, provocative and engaging memoir of her own pregnancy and a book about motherhood for a new generation. For those under forty parenthood can be seen to be the… Read More

Omonomany, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 314 pages. This book is in near fine or better 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 dust jacket is generally 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: A sweet musty tropical smell hung over the city of Manila in the spring of 1941. It was a city of warm monsoon winds, cold San Miguel beer, cabarets, and slender girls with hinting eyes. It was a plum duty station for professional soldiers and sailors, and many made a career there. In early 1941, Joseph Quitman Johnson enlisted in the U.S.Army. This memoir relates how he was thrown in with these older professional soldiers during the pre-war days of duty in Manila. It tells of his courage and bravery in the… Read More

Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2014. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 319 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.. Hugh Tindall is an ordinary man who has lived through extraordinary times in outback Queensland. From a poor man's selection on the Diamantina in 1928 to owning six large stations with his family, from shearing his first 100 sheep a day at the age of sixteen to organising sheds in the long running 1956 shearer's strike, Hugh's story is part of a turbulent time in the outback, whose history he is passionate about. Told in his own voice, it is an honest account of life in isolated western and central Queensland, where the tough survived or died. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram.… Read More

Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2018. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition/Very Good. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 390 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.. The book is available and ready to ship. At twenty-two, Jenny fell in love with Rick Old and went to live and work with him on his property, McAllister, in the Gulf of Carpentaria. There, she faced incredible hardship, living in a hut with not even basic necessities. Her only contact with the outside world was a two-way radio. In this vast empty landscape, she battled drought, flood, fire, and cyclones. For eighteen years she and Rick struggled to stay on in the Gulf, eventually triumphantly turning McAllister into a thriving oasis. This extraordinary story of one indomitable Australian woman is told in her own words… Read More

St George Books, Perth. WA, 1997. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 191 pages. 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. The front cover has some bumps and marks. It has signs of previous use but overall is in really nice, tight condition. There is a gift annotation on the inside. Items are shipped same day or next business day and are shipped directly from our Australian address. SYNOPSIS: Inside the world of sport with the doyen of commentators, Dennis Cometti. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Personal Memoirs, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Sports, Cricket, Football, Field Sports, Cycling, Swimming, Olympics; ISBN: 0867780592. ISBN/EAN: 9780867780598. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0002487. . 9780867780598

St George Books, Perth. WA, 1997. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 191 pages. This book is in near 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. The front cover has some bumps and marks. It has signs of previous use but overall is in really nice, tight condition. There is a gift annotation on the inside. Items are shipped same day or next business day and are shipped directly from our Australian address. SYNOPSIS: Inside the world of sport with the doyen of commentators, Dennis Cometti. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Personal Memoirs, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Sports, Cricket, Football, Field Sports, Cycling, Swimming, Olympics; ISBN: 0867780592. ISBN/EAN: 9780867780598. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0001599. . 9780867780598

Garry Sparke & Associates, Melbourne, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. First Impression. Size: 8vo Octavo (standard book size). 160 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 not price clipped and in excellent condition. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. 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.. Walker pays tribute to the fans in the Bay 13 area of the MCG, to whom he was a favourite son, in this book. He also tells of his final tests for Australia, defecting to World Series Cricket and the infamous riot in the West Indies in the 1979 WSC tour. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Cricket; Australia; ISBN: 0908081804.… Read More

Reed Books, Auckland, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 172 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 IN STOCK and READY TO MAIL NOW. Your book when ordered will be securely packed and promptly dispatched by Great Southern Books. Peter Lester is an 'old school' hunter. Privileged to hunt during the halcyon days in New Zealand, he describes his adventures in the bush hunting deer and pigs, and on the water, fishing for the elusive 'giant' trout. He tells of a time when men didn't speak in sentences more than 10 or so words long, when friendships were formed and kept strong through thick and thin. This book is a collection of Peter's adventures, accompanied by myriad images, showing a land that has since changed, a hunting fraternity… Read More

Halcyon Press, Auckland, 2008. First Edition. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Near Fine Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 240 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 complete guide to gas barbecuing with over 50 easy to follow recipes. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; New Zealand; 2000s; ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9781877256868. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8727. . 9781877256868

Yellow Jersey Press, London, United Kingdom, 2009. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New. 5th or later Printing. 234 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: For Jeremy Whittle, there isn't much in life as spectacular as the Tour de France: sweat-streaked, taut and burnished athletes toiling across vast and ancient European landscapes, hundreds of thousands of fans lining the route. And then there are the riders: men of almost superhuman capabilities, men who have become his friends, men whose stories he has written day in day out for the past decade. But even the biggest fan can one day wake up to find that he has lost his faith. Bad Blood is the story of Jeremy Whittle's journey from… Read More

Jonathan Cape, London, 2006. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 614 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.. "Bad Faith "tells the story of one of history's most despicable villains and con men--Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, Nazi collaborator and "Commissioner for Jewish Affairs" in France's Vichy government. Darquier set about to eliminate Jews in France with brutal efficiency, delivering 75,000 men, women, and children to the Nazis and confiscating Jewish property, which he used for his own gain. Carmen Callil's riveting… Read More

Pier 9, Sydney, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. First impression. Size: Large Octavo. 288 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.. Is an historic survey of 22 of the most ruthless and ambitious women in history. These are sassy, brilliant, magnetic, cunning and tough-as-nails women who defied the social mores of their eras. Each gripping story speaks for itself: Queen Mary I who did 'what it took' to protect Catholicism in England, to Madame Mao who became one of communist China's most powerful and feared leaders to Georgia Tann who, as a director of the Tennessee Children's Home, made millions selling babies on the black market. These anti-heroines battled against the odds and often against the status quo, succeeding in turning the power… Read More

Pier 9, Sydney, 2012. Reprint. Trade paperback. Very good. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 326 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 cover has bumps and marks indicating prior use but is in very good condition overall. 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. Bad Ground is the exclusive, authorised story of the 14-day entombment and rescue of Beaconsfield miners Brant Webb and Todd Russell and the fascinating aftermath. The blast and rock fall which occurred one kilometre underground on Anzac Day, 25 April 2006 killed their fellow worker, Larry Knight and left their shift manager in no doubt they were also dead. Tony Wright's enthralling, often spine-chilling narrative begins with a masterfully rendered portrait… Read More

ABC Books, 2007. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 2nd Printing. 288 pages. This book is in fine or better 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. The front cover has some bumps and marks. 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: It's not always easy being a mother. It is not always domestic bliss and we are not always perfect. The Bad Mother's Revenge is a wise and wry book that tells it like it sometimes is. This is a consoling and hilarious take on motherhood from birth to the teenage years by desperate housewife and mother of three, Sonia Neale. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Family Relationships, Infants & Toddlers, Motherhood, Parenting, Teenagers; ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9780733318344. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon… Read More

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, Scranton, PA, U.S.A, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1st Printing. 380 pages. This book is in near fine or better condition and an excellent copy. Former Library book with stamps and markings etc. The dust jacket has been protected by a clear plastic cover. It has no tears to the pages and no pages are missing from the book. The spine of the book is still in tight, straight condition. Items are shipped same day or next business day and are shipped directly from our Australian address. SYNOPSIS: The drama and tragedy of Hollywood's most scandalous and dynamic decade, and the legends who have endured. In these stories of momentous events and legendary characters, Sam Kashner and Jennifer MacNair re-create the drama and contradictions of Hollywood's most scandalous and dynamic decade. Colourful and humorous anecdotes of such public icons as Lana Turner, Rock Hudson, Kim Novak, and Mae West profile the celebrities' lives away… Read More

John Murray, London, United Kingdom, 2005. 1st Edition. Trade paperback. Very Good. 1st Printing. 240 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: With the fall of Iraq in 2003, the despotic reign of Uday Hussein, Saddam's son and sports minister, came to an end. For 19 years he had arrested, tortured and murdered footballers, athletes, officials and journalists, thrashing players with cables and forcing them to kick concrete balls until they doubled up in pain. The world of international sport made only occasional, feeble attempts to investigate the allegations of brutality. Yet against these odds, the Iraqi national team has long… Read More