Edité par Penguin Books Australia, Camberwell, Vic., 2003
ISBN 10 : 0670040452 ISBN 13 : 9780670040452
Vendeur : Lost and Found Books, Healesville, VIC, Australie
Edition originale
trade paperback. No Jacket. 1st edition. 241 pages VG. Slight shelf wear to covers, overall very good condition.
Edité par Penguin Books, Camberwell, Vic. ; New York, 2002
ISBN 10 : 0143000233 ISBN 13 : 9780143000235
Vendeur : Book Express (NZ), Wellington, Nouvelle-Zélande
Paperback. Etat : Good. 726 pages. xx, 698 p. : 20 cm.
Edité par Penguin Books Aust., Camberwell, Vic., 2002
ISBN 10 : 0141003170 ISBN 13 : 9780141003177
Vendeur : Asia Bookroom ANZAAB/ILAB, Canberra, ACT, Australie
Black and white photographic plates, 294pp, paperback, bookseller's label on lower cover, good copy. "Ling Wang's family endured persectuion and forced labour camps under the shadow of Mao's political campaigns while Ling herself battled chronic illness. But these hardships only steeled her fiery sense of justice, fuelling her determination to become a judge. Through resolute hard work she succeeded at the age of just 27, only to find herself resented by some male colleagues. Her conviction that everyone was equal before the law put her frequently at odds with her superiors. And in going aginst the belief that real women had a husband and family, not a career, she seemed set to remain single for life. Until something remarkable happened." (Publisher's description).
Edité par Penguin Books, Camberwell, Vic, 1998
ISBN 10 : 0140277447 ISBN 13 : 9780140277449
Vendeur : Ripponlea Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australie
Soft cover. Etat : As New. xi+290pp., Pictorial colour illustrated covers, map- sites of the Nanking massacre, foreword by William C. Kirby, intro., b/w plts. & illust. & text, b/w photos, documents, epilogue, ack., notes, index. The Rape of Nanking tells the story from three perspectives: that of the Japanese soldiers, that of the Chinese, and that of a group of Westerners who refused to abandon the city and created a safety zone which saved almost 3000,000 Chinese. Size: Small Octavo. Book.
Edité par Penguin Books, Camberwell, Vic, 2010
ISBN 10 : 0143204203 ISBN 13 : 9780143204206
Vendeur : Ripponlea Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australie
Soft cover. Etat : As New. 85pp., Pictorial full colour illustrated covers & title pages, intro., equip., ingredients, techniques, the perfect macaron, full page col. photos. & recipes, index. Crisp on the outside and soft in the middle, macarons are the favourite sweet treat of France. In essence, they consist of two slightly chewy, meringue-like 'shells', sandwiched together with rich buttercream or ganache. Size: Oblong Octavo. Book.
Edité par Camberwell, Vic. Penguin Books 2002, 2002
ISBN 10 : 0143000411 ISBN 13 : 9780143000419
Vendeur : Dial-A-Book, NARRABEEN, NSW, Australie
8vo softcover 318pp, b/w illus. very good.
Edité par Penguin Books Australia, Camberwell Vic, 2009
ISBN 10 : 0143009613 ISBN 13 : 9780143009610
Vendeur : The Secret Bookshop (FREE POSTAGE IN NZ), Tararua, Nouvelle-Zélande
Edition originale
Soft cover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. Some very light shelf wear only. In 1979, Nam Le's family left Vietnam for Australia, an experience that inspires the first and last stories in The Boat. In between, however, Le's imagination lays claim to the world. The Boat takes us from a tourist in Tehran to a teenage hit man in Colombia; from an ageing New York artist to a boy coming of age in a small Victorian fishing town; from the city of Hiroshima just before the bomb is dropped to the haunting waste of the South China Sea in the wake of another war. Each story uncovers a raw human truth. Each story is absorbing and fully realised as a novel. Together, they make up a collection of astonishing diversity and achievement.
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Edité par Gotham Books/Penguin Books (Aust.) Ltd., Camberwell Vic.,, 2010
Vendeur : lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australie
Octavo; paperback; 453pp. Remainder. New. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. Ralph Stanley was born in 1927 in a corner of Virginia known as Big Spraddle Creek, a place where music echoed from the ridge tops, was belted out by workers in the fields, and resonated in the one-room country church where Ralph first found his voice. For his eleventh birthday, Ralph was given five dollars, and had to chose between buying a sow or a banjo. He chose the banjo, which his mother taught him to play in the clawhammer style. In 1946, he combined his banjo with his brother Carter's guitar, and the two blended their voices into one as the Stanley Brothers. For twenty years the Stanleys chased the dream through good times and hard times, until the hard times caught up to Carter and he succumbed to liver disease at age 41. In the four decades since his brother's passing, Ralph has brought his music from the hills and hollows of southwest Virginia to the wide world. Now in his eighties and still touring, Ralph has at last grown into his voice and is ready to tell his story. In Man of Constant Sorrow, Ralph looks back on his career in what most call bluegrass but what he prefers to call "old time mountain music." He recounts the creation of hundreds of classic tracks, including 'White Dove,' 'Rank Stranger,' and his signature song, 'Man of Constant Sorrow.' He tells tales from a life spent on road with his band the Clinch Mountain Boys, explains his distinctive 'Stanley style' of banjo-playing, crosses paths with everyone from Bill Monroe to Bob Dylan, and reflects on his late-career resurgence sparked by an unlikely Grammy win in 2002 for his song 'O Death.' He also raises a dirge for Appalachia, his mountain home that is quickly disappearing. 9781592405848.
Edité par Penguin Books (Aust.) Ltd., Camberwell Vic.,, 2002
Vendeur : lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australie
Square octavo; paperback; 148pp., with many monochrome illustrations. Inscribed in ink to the owner. Minor wear; a few faint spots on text block edge. Very good. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.
Edité par Camberwell, Vic.; Penguin Books; 2009., 2009
Vendeur : Time Booksellers, Somerville, VIC, Australie
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xxii, 518, (40; results, awards, statistics, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, very good copy.
Edité par Camberwell, Vic; Penguin Books; 2003., 2003
Vendeur : Time Booksellers, Somerville, VIC, Australie
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. (viii), 322; illustrated endpapers, b/w illustrations, select bibliography, index, bound in original black cloth, title lettered in white on spine and upper board, dustjacket, a fine copy.
Edité par Penguin Books (Aust.) Ltd., Camberwell Vic.,, 2007
Vendeur : lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australie
Octavo; hardcover; dustwrapper; 165pp. Remainder. New. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. 9780713999556.
Edité par Penguin Books (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Camberwell Vic.,, 1999
Vendeur : lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australie
Octavo; hardcover, with silver-gilt spine titling; 225pp., with many monochrome illustrations. Minor wear; board edges lightly discoloured. Dustwrapper now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Near fine. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. Robert Kaplan's "The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero" begins as a mystery story, taking us back to Sumerian times, and then to Greece and India, piecing together the way the idea of a symbol for nothing evolved. Kaplan shows us just how handicapped our ancestors were in trying to figure large sums without the aid of the zero. (Try multiplying CLXIV by XXIV). Remarkably, even the Greeks, mathematically brilliant as they were, didn't have a zero - or did they? We follow the trail to the East where, a millennium or two ago, Indian mathematicians took another crucial step. By treating zero for the first time like any other number, instead of a unique symbol, they allowed huge new leaps forward in computation, and also in our understanding of how mathematics itself works. In the Middle Ages, this mathematical knowledge swept across western Europe via Arab traders. At first it was called "dangerous Saracen magic" and considered the Devil's work, but it wasn't long before merchants and bankers saw how handy this magic was, and used it to develop tools like double-entry bookkeeping. Zero quickly became an essential part of increasingly sophisticated equations, and with the invention of calculus, one could say it was a linchpin of the scientific revolution. And now even deeper layers of this thing that is nothing are coming to light: our computers speak only in zeros and ones, and modern mathematics shows that zero alone can be made to generate everything.
Edité par CSIRO Publishing/ Penguin Books, Camberwell, Vic, 2007
ISBN 10 : 0143006967 ISBN 13 : 9780143006961
Vendeur : Ripponlea Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australie
Edition originale
Soft cover. Etat : Fine. 1st Edition. xv+138pp., Pictorial full colour photographic covers, author's note, preface, col. plts. & text, col. maps, diags., tables, appends., bibliog., ack., index. One of Australia's leading ecologists, Professor Lindenmayer delivers a timely message about the scale and urgency of the crisis we face. Size: Wide Octavo. Book.
Edité par Penguin Books, Camberwell VIC, 2016
ISBN 10 : 014357230X ISBN 13 : 9780143572305
Vendeur : Book Merchant Bookstore, Bunbury, WA, Australie
Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 2nd Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Small dent to top foredge of pages.Previously published asA Long Way Home A moving and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds, celebrating the importance of never letting go of what drives the human spirit - hope.When Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to find his long-lost hometown half a world away, he made global headlines. Saroo had become lost on a train in India at the age of five. Not knowing the name of his family or where he was from, he survived for weeks on the streets of Kolkata, before being taken into an orphanage and adopted by a couple in Australia.Despite being happy in his new family, Saroo always wondered about his origins. He spent hours staring at the map of India on his bedroom wall. When he was a young man the advent of Google Earth led him to pore over satellite images of the country for landmarks he recognised.And one day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for. Then he set off on a journey to find his mother.Lion - A Long Way Home is a moving and inspirational true story that celebrates the importance of never letting go of what drives the human spirit - hope. (publisher blurb).
Edité par Lantern/Penguin Books (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Camberwell Vic.,, 2012
Vendeur : lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australie
First edition. Octavo; hardcover; with decorated orange boards and upper board titles; 362pp., with 32pp. of full-colour and monochrome plates, dark red endpapers. Mild wear; board edges very lightly scraped; text block and page edges lightly toned; mild offsetting to endpapers. Dustwrapper mildly rubbed; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.
Edité par Hamish Hamilton/Penguin Books (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Camberwell Vic.,, 2009
Vendeur : lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australie
First edition: octavo; hardcover, with metallic olive spine titles and decorative endpapers; 329pp. (+ 5pp. of adverts), with many monochrome illustrations. Minor wear; very light wear to board edges and corners. Mildly rubbed dustwrapper. Near fine. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.
Edité par Penguin Books (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Camberwell Vic.,, 2006
Vendeur : lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australie
First edition. Hardcover, octavo; blue boards with silver gilt spine titling and decorated endpapers, 280pp., monochrome illustrations. Minor wear only; near fine in like slightly rubbed dustwrapper. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.
Edité par Lantern/Penguin Books (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Camberwell Vic.,, 2011
Vendeur : lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australie
Square quarto; paperback; 210pp., with many full-colour and monochrome illustrations. Mild wear; covers rubbed and edgeworn with some light creasing. Very good. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. This collection of more than 100 recipes, along with the family stories and memories behind the food, is a very personal invitation to cook with the Grossi family.
Edité par Penguin Books Australia, Camberwell VIC, 1998
ISBN 10 : 0140273980 ISBN 13 : 9780140273984
Vendeur : Book Merchant Bookstore, Bunbury, WA, Australie
Soft cover. Etat : Good. 3rd Edition. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has stamped inside page.
Edité par Penguin Books, Camberwell VIC, 2008
ISBN 10 : 0241015375 ISBN 13 : 9780241015377
Vendeur : Book Merchant Bookstore, Bunbury, WA, Australie
Edition originale
Soft cover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. Good condition. Ex library copy with no external stickers. Protective plastic covering. Partial date due slip on inside page. Wear to book corners and edges. Pages are sunned. In November 2004, Cameron Doomadgee (Mulrunji) was arrested for allegedly causing a public nuisance? and was placed in lock-up at Palm Island Police Station. Within forty minutes of swearing at the arresting officer, Senior Sergeant Christopher Hurley, Mulrunji was dead. This is the story of the tall, enigmatic Christopher Hurley and the struggle to bring him to trial. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers please note that this book may contain descriptions and/or images of people who have passed away.
Edité par Viking/Penguin Books Aust. Ltd., Camberwell Vic.,, 2008
Vendeur : lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australie
First edition: octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine-titling, a blind-stamped upper board decoration and endpaper maps; 372pp. Softening to the spine extremities; light wear to board edges; previous owner's pencil inscription to the half-title page. Slightly scuffed black dustwrapper. Very good to near fine. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.
Edité par Penguin Books, Camberwell, VIC, Australia, 2002
ISBN 10 : 0143000969 ISBN 13 : 9780143000969
Vendeur : Reading Habit, Buttaba, Newcastle, NSW, Australie
Small Paperback. Etat : Good. First Thus. Small paperback, first thus, 552g, 1048 pages. This is a story of the power of love and the triumph of the human spirit against the odds. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and moderate to heavy page discolouration/spotting throughout. There is a small text mark on the title page. Lamination on wraps is becoming frayed at edges, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
Edité par Penguin Books, Camberwell, VIC, Australia, 2009
ISBN 10 : 0141045213 ISBN 13 : 9780141045214
Vendeur : Reading Habit, Buttaba, Newcastle, NSW, Australie
Small Paperback. Etat : Good. Reprint. Medium paperback, reprint, 244gms, 357 pages. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate to heavy page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
Edité par Penguin Books, Camberwell, VIC, Australia, 2007
ISBN 10 : 0143005847 ISBN 13 : 9780143005841
Vendeur : Reading Habit, Buttaba, Newcastle, NSW, Australie
Edition originale
Soft Card Cover. Etat : Good. First Edition. Soft card cover, first edition, 462gms, 255 pages. Contents includes: the basics; stock; vegetables; fish chicken; meat; puree soups; chilled soups; and thirty-minute soups. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
Edité par Penguin Books Alive, Camberwell VIC, 2003
ISBN 10 : 0143001876 ISBN 13 : 9780143001874
Vendeur : Book Merchant Bookstore, Bunbury, WA, Australie
Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Very good condition with minimal edgewear.Roy Kyle started writing his memoirs at aged 89 and almost completed his story before he died in 1996. Bryce Courtney was asked to edit Roy's work with a view to having it published. This is an ANZAC story from the ordinary soldier's point of view. Enlisting at 17, Kyle turned 18 during the Battle of Lone Pine, Gallipoli. He was one of the last to leave Gallipoli.He also served in Egypt and later at the Somme where he was wounded.
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Edité par Hamish Hamilton/Penguin Books (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Camberwell Vic.,, 2008
Vendeur : lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australie
First edition: octavo; hardcover, with upper board title; 216pp. Mild wear; some light scraping to the spine extremities; spotting to the text block edges and preliminaries. Dustwrapper lightly edgeworn. Very good to near fine. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.
Edité par Penguin Books, Camberwell VIC, 2009
ISBN 10 : 0143009664 ISBN 13 : 9780143009665
Vendeur : Book Merchant Bookstore, Bunbury, WA, Australie
Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 2nd Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has stamped inside page. Set against a backdrop - the Australian coast - as randomly and imminently violent as it is beautiful,The Ripreveals the fragility of relationships between husbands and wives, children and parents, friends and lovers.You will find yourself set down in a modern Garden of Eden with a disgraced Adam seeking his Eve; sharing the fears of a small boy in a coastal classroom as a tsunami approaches; in an English gaol cell with an Australian surfer on drug charges; watching an American film scout confront his masculinity on a Pacific island, and witnessing a middle-aged farmer contemplating murdering the hippie who stole his wife.Written in a variety of moods, always compassionate, wry and razor-sharp, these dazzling stories are crafted with all the weight and resonance of Drewe's longer fiction as well as the incisive wit, passion and pathos of his Australian classic,The Bodysurfers. (back cover).
Edité par Penguin Books, Camberwell, Vic., 2008
ISBN 10 : 0143001914 ISBN 13 : 9780143001911
Vendeur : Ripponlea Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australie
Soft cover. Etat : Fine. Second Edition. xxii+278pp., Pictorial full colour photographic covers with hint of shelf-wear & faint tanning to outer-edge of pages, ack., terminology, prologue, intro., notes, index. Nowhere People is a history of beliefs about people of mixed race, both in Australia and overseas. It explores the concept of racial purity, eugenics, and the threat posed by misceganation. Size: Small Octavo. Book.
Edité par Penguin Books, Camberwell, VIC, Australia, 2008
ISBN 10 : 0143001833 ISBN 13 : 9780143001836
Vendeur : Reading Habit, Buttaba, Newcastle, NSW, Australie
Soft cover. Etat : Good. Reprint. Medium softcover, reprint, 378gms, 374 pages. The Stockmen moves effortlessly between the present and the past to reveal a simple yet hard-won truth - that both love and the land are timeless. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.