Search Results: Titles starting with R from Bong Bong Books

RAF, United Kingdom, 1948. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Poor Condition. There are chapters on things such as low-temperature storage cabinets, electrodynamic balancing machine, salt baths, repair jigs, jet calibration, Kango hammer,riveting tools, etc. There are at least six fold-out diagrams, Covers are tattered and the rear cover and some of the rear pages are water stained and marked. There are a few pen notations throughout. All the text, photos & diagrams appear legible, however. Pages are browned with age and use. There is an amendment page at the beginning and the page tabs are tatty & damaged. Some legible, some not. Text block is quite solid and unshaken. Size: 180mm - 250mm. Covers have some shelf-wear, marking,creasing, as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Book is unpaginated . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Engineering, Industrial, Trade; Reference. Inventory No: 50406. .

ABC, Sydney, 2021. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Martina Heiduczek. Award-winning writer Katrina Nannestad transports us to Russia and the Great Patriotic War and into the life of Sasha, a soldier at only six years old ...Wood splinters and Mama screams and the nearest soldier seizes her roughly by the arms. My sister pokes her bruised face out from beneath the table and shouts, 'Run, Sasha! Run!'So I run. I run like a rabbit.It's spring, 1942. The sky is blue, the air is warm and sweet with the scent of flowers.And then everything is gone.The flowers, the proud geese, the pretty wooden houses, the friendly neighbours. Only Sasha remains.But one small boy, alone in war-torn Russia, cannot survive.One small boy without a family cannot survive.One small boy without his home cannot survive.What that small boy needs is an army.From the award-winning author… Read More

Jacaranda, Brisbane, 1962. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. This is the first book on horses, horsemanship, and horse mastership to be planned and written for young Australians. There is some damage at the top of the spine. Covers have a few marks Size: 180mm - 250mm. 176 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: Animals & Birds; Australia; Inventory No: 19540. .

Self published, New South Wales, 2014. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. Doctors were few & far between in the Cowpatures in the 19th century. There was no guarantee of their skills or qualifications so for the sick & injured, life was risky. The Racing Doctor himself, William Kenny was one who had a dubious background in medicine but was renowned for his prowess on the race track. His tale is one of many that provides a fascinating insight into the past. Early chemists sold patent medicines that often contained lethal poisons. Cough solutions with chloroform & opium, infant feeding formulas with laudanum. Arsenic was sold freely over the counter at local grocery shops..." Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 158 pages. Covers have some shelf-wear and some rubbing to corners. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Australia; ISBN/EAN: 9780646911953. Inventory No: 50080. . 9780646911953

Blackwell, United States, 2002. Later Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Racist Culture offers an anti-essentialist and non-reductionist account of racialized discourse and racist expression. Goldberg demonstrates that racial thinking is a function of the transforming categories and conceptions of social subjectivity throughout modernity. He shows that rascisms are often not aberrant or irrational but consistent with prevailing social conceptions, particularly of the reasonable and the normal. He shows too how this process is being extended and renewed by categories dominant in present day social sciences: "the West": "the underclass": and "the primitive". This normalization of racism reflected in the West mirrors South Africa an its use and conception of space. Goldberg concludes with an extended argument for a pragmatic, antiracist practice. All pictures shown are of the actual product offered for sale Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 313 pages. Covers have… Read More

Puncher & Wattman, Sydney, 2014. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. Radiance is a book firmly grounded in the reality of contemporary life, yet lit by empathy and humour. Kissane ranges from the self-immolation of a Buddhist monk to a sailing trip on Sydney harbour with Percy Shelley to the celebration of an enduring relationship with The Moon. Lyrical, moving and surprising, these poems are warm and shining creations. "This is daring and imaginative poetry. The poems in Radiance are clever, funny, tender and knowledgeable with an uncluttered clarity of thought and feeling that is very appealing. They are unafraid to go where they need to go. The last long sequence is a delight." -Brook Emery "It's rare for such empathy to coexist with supple poetics of this calibre. Mark Doty says a great poem requires the poet to build, with the raw material of experience, a vessel strong enough to contain its emotion. Kissane is such an artisan: the poems in Radiance are… Read More

Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2020. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. As you climbed the rickety stairs of an old woolshed at Sydney harbour in 1944, you would hear the thrum of clicks and buzzes. Rows of men and women in uniforms and headsets would be tapping away vigorously at small machines, under the careful watch of their young female trainers. Presiding over the cacophony was a tiny woman, known to everyone as 'Mrs Mac', one of Australia's wartime legends.A smart girl from a poor mining town who loved to play with her father's tools, Violet McKenzie became an electrical engineer, a pioneer of radio and a successful businesswoman. As the clouds of war gathered in the 1930s, she defied convention and trained young women in Morse code, foreseeing that their services would soon be sorely needed. Always a champion of women, she was instrumental in getting Australian women into the armed forces.Mrs Mac was adored by the thousands of young women and men… Read More

Writelight, Australia, 2010. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Inscribed by Author. When Railway Portraits was published in 2006, no thought was given to subsequent volumes. The success of this book and the enthusiastic response from railwaymen, enthusiasts, modellers and the public alike, has led to the publication of Railway Portraits Volume Two. Robert and Bruce Wheatley's photographic style was influenced by their exposure as schoolboys to the railway scene. Their parents allowed them, at ages 13 and 16, to spend their school holidays wandering the NSW railway system. They travelled in the guards van on goods trains from town to town, rode in the locomotive cab with the driver and fireman and at night slept outdoors or in the stations waiting room. The wisdom of their parents allowing such freedom was often called into question! The evocative photographs in Railway Portraits Volume Two record the final days of the steam era and a way of life that is now part of our… Read More

Writel Light, Sydney, 2012. Reprint. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Inscribed by Author. Robert and Bruce Wheatley were given the freedom by their parents at ages 16 and 13, to roam the NSW railway network for up to a week at a time. With packs on their back and pocket money for survival, they travelled on all manner of trains, slept in railway waiting rooms, rode with the guard on goods trains, and when confidence grew, with the crew in the cab. The family's Box Brownie camera accompanied their early wanderings but its slow shutter speed crippled serious photography. While at school, money was saved to purchase a 35mm and later, large format cameras. Their challenge was to capture on film, the steam railway in all its beauty and grime, before the era ended. The photographs in Railway Portraits reflect their love and passion for all things railway.2006 Inscribed by Robert Wheatley to a previous owner. Size: 250mm - 350mm. 112 pages. Dust Jacket has some shelf-wear, a few marks as… Read More

Lansia Publishing, New South Wales, 1999. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Lanisa Publishing. Inscribed by Author. When the winds of change foretold of a new spiritual direction, an ancient people were faced with an impossible choice. In a wonderful tale of unfolding destiny, Rainbows In The Dark may well change the way you look at life. Set amidst the timeless rainforests of an ancient land, it tells the story of Tahnaku, a young hunter who finds himself in conflict with the traditions of his people & the powerful shaman, Andessi..." Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 279 pages. Illustrator: Lanisa Publishing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: New Age & Alternative; Inscribed by Author. ISBN: 0957712200. ISBN/EAN: 9780957712201. Inventory No: 52138. . 9780957712201

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

Random House, United States, 2014. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. CDs Talking Book Steam is rising over Discworld, driven by Mister Simnel, the man with a flat cap and a sliding rule. He has produced a great clanging monster of a machine that harnesses the power of all of theelements earth, air, fire, and water and it s soondrawing astonished crowds. To the consternation of Ankh-Morpork s formidable Patrician, Lord Vetinari, no one is in charge of this new invention. This needs to be rectified, and who better than the man he has already appointed master of the Post Office, the Mint, and the Royal Bank: Moist von Lipwig. Moist is not a man who enjoys hard work unless it is dependent on words, which are not very heavy and don t always need greasing. He does enjoy being alive, however, which makes a new job offer from Vetinari hard to refuse. Moist will have to grapple with gallons of grease, goblins, a fat controller with a history of throwing employees down the stairs, and some very… Read More

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. .

Harcourt Brace, Sydney, 1991. Edition Unstated. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Fair Condition. In psychology, much of the excitement of the pursuit of knowledge and the application of that knowledge can be found in the articles published in the scientific and professional journals in the field. This book contains a collection of articles the authors believe convey the excitement in it's original form. Card Covers. Size: 180mm-250mm. 477 pages. Covers have some shelf wear & a few creases.. MC Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Psychology & Psychiatry; Australia; ISBN: 0729512355. ISBN/EAN: 9780729512350. Inventory No: 449. . 9780729512350

Dilmah, 2013. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. ...The Real High Tea Challenge combines gastronomy, mixology, culinary creativity & skill with perfect understanding, preparation & presentation of tea. Together with Chefs Bernd Uber & Peter Kuruvita, joined in Singapore by Chefs Christophe Megel & Tony Khoo, the Challenge first charted its culinary course across the world in 2011..." Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 271 pages. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: 19558. .

2011. Softcover. Good Condition. A visionary game designer reveals how we can harness the power of games to boost global happiness.With 174 million gamers in the United States alone, we now live in a world where every generation will be a gamer generation. But why, Jane McGonigal asks, should games be used for escapist entertainment alone? In this groundbreaking book, she shows how we can leverage the power of games to fix what is wrong with the real world-from social problems like depression and obesity to global issues like poverty and climate change-and introduces us to cutting-edge games that are already changing the business, education, and nonprofit worlds. Written for gamers and non-gamers alike, Reality Is Broken shows that the future will belong to those who can understand, design, and play games.Jane McGonigal is also the author of SuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More… Read More

Self published, Australia, 2005. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. This book sequences life in the country from the 1930s to the 1970s. It portraits the hard & spartan lifestyle of life in the early years, following the great depression... Covers have some abrasion & wear. Card Covers. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 144 pages. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australia; Farming & Rural Life. ISBN: 0646456210. ISBN/EAN: 9780646456218. Inventory No: 50546. . 9780646456218

Fuzcapp Publishing, Victoria, 1999. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. Rebecca's Law is basedon evidence given to the 1998 New South Wale's Legislative Council enquiry into adoption Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 345 pages. 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: Fiction; Australia; ISBN: 0957706219. ISBN/EAN: 9780957706217. Inventory No: 51667. . 9780957706217

John Murray, London, 2019. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Where do the best ideas come from and how do we apply these ideas to the problems we face - at work, in the education of our children, and in the biggest shared challenges of our age: rising obesity, terrorism and climate change?In this bold and inspiring new book, Matthew Syed - the bestselling author of BOUNCE and BLACK BOX THINKING - argues that individual intelligence is no longer enough; that the only way to tackle these complex problems is to harness the power of our 'cognitive diversity'.REBEL IDEAS is a fascinating journey through the science of team performance. It draws on psychology, economics, anthropology and genetics, and takes lessons from a dazzling range of case-studies, including the catastrophic intelligence failings of the CIA before 9/11, a communication breakdown at the top of Mount Everest, and a moving tale of deradicalization in America's deep South. It is book that will strengthen… Read More

Penguin, New Zealand, 2015. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Juliet Nicholas. Remarkable stories of homes rebuilt, remodelled and recreated following the devastating Canterbury earthquakes. Thousands of homes were damaged or destroyed when more than 14,000 earthquakes and aftershocks hit Canterbury during 2010 and 2011. For many homeowners the task of repairing or rebuilding their home has only just begun, or worse, is still to come. But amidst the continuing upheaval, progress has been made i as the stunning homes featured in this book attest. Ranging from restored heritage homes to brand-new contemporary dwellings on recovered sites, they are living spaces made beautiful once again. As well as providing their owners with renewed comfort and a sense of security, they offer a glimpse of the innovative responses that have emerged as people piece their homes back together or build afresh. Card Covers With Flaps. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 255 pages. Covers have some shelf-wear as… Read More