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Alexander, Alison and Prue Torney-Parlicki A Wealth of Women Australian Women's Lives from 1788 to the Present
Australia Duffy & Snellgrove 2001 Papeback Very Good None issued 23.5cm
Book is in jolly good order, only 2 lib stamps (no card/pocket marks at all),300pp with numerous bw photo sections throughout, pp clean & tightly bound, approx 600g, Here is the story of the lives of ordinary Australian women from 1788 to the present. Drawing on the information provided by hundreds of families, as well as material and photographs from archives never before published, Alison Alexander has created an enthralling and different history of a nation. While famous women get a brief mention, this is mainly the story of the rest of us. It contains humour and despair, tragedy and considerable achievements, many of them unsung until now. The book is enlivened with brief and often funny stories of individual women's hopes and experiences, while a series of 'snapshots' reminds us of the changes in important aspects of life, from fashion to educations, from cooking to health.
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21.00 AUD
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Alexander, Victoria & Harris, Genevieve The Bathers Pavilion
USA Ten Speed Press 1995 Hardcover Excellent Good to Very Good 26.5cm Adrian Lockhart
122pp of sumtious visual intoxication, 750g for post - here you'll find a collection of seventy dishes which draw on the cultures and ingredients that make up Australian cooking, with cuisine which blends local tastes with Mediterranean accents and local infusions. The BP is now in the food icon class of the Bridge and the Opera House. Victoria Alexander spent 10 years fighting legal battles for the right to establish the Bathers' Pavilion food complex at Balmoral, and watched it become a Sydney icon with Serge Dansereau at the stove's helm (& now Captain as well, to continue the theme) - this book showcases the place, the food. Faults? pinhole in dj at flap fold lower right, gift inscription (but no problem if by chance you're called Caroline)
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20.00 AUD
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Ambrose Mungala Chalarimeri The Man from the Sunrise Side
Broome WA Magabala Books Paperback Good None issued 21.5cm Signed by Author
The Man from the Sunrise Side is the autobiography of Ambrose Mungala Chalarimeri, a Kwini man from the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia. His story is a powerful glimpse of life as a young boy growing up on a mission and as a man whose skills include horsemanship and mustering, tracking and hunting, bush mechanics and horticulture. His life story is a fascinating account of a people and region that have experienced upheaval and change on a monumental scale. In these pages, the reader will gain an insight into the lives, culture and customs of the peoplewho inhabited ‘this other Eden’. Told with candour and in Ambrose’s own voice The Man from the Sunrise Side is a wonderful way to understand Aboriginal Australia. 226pp signed by author on the 1st/title p
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25.00 AUD
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Beer, Maggie Maggie's Table
Australia Viking 2001 Hardcover Very Good Good 25 Cm
1.8 kgs + 344pp of deliciousness. All pp clean white & well bound, dj reflects that this was a cook's book - it's clean but shows its age (sob - as do I despite what I think -double sob, sniffle and force a sip of good red down) Pages & pages of mouth watering photography & that person who said they "read cookbooks like novels" could well have been talking about this publication.
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42.00 AUD
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Boles, Walter E The Robins and Flycatchers of Australia
Australia Angus and Robertson 1988 Hard Cover Very Good Good 30cm
This large reference book isdesigned to give pleasure to a wide audience.To facilitate reference and to avoid cluttering the narrative, all technical and other data - description, habitat, distribution, food and so on - are set out seperately in a key page for each species following the narrative. Over 50 photographers works displayed in this volume. Extensive bibliography and index, very thorough. dj has closed 1" closed tear to foldpoint
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70.00 AUD
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Broughton, Gordon W Men of the Murray
Australia Seal Rigby 1977 Papeback Good None issued 18cm
In his account of surveying the lock sites on the River Murray in Australia in the 1920s, the author introduces his reader to many interesting characters and towns along the Murray in a very different era. 214pp bw photos intrspersed name 1st page
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14.00 AUD
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Bryson Bill IN A SUNBURNED COUNTRY
Broadway Books, New York 2000 0 7679 0385 4 / 9780767903851 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
inscription in front, "Bill Bryson takes his readers on a rollicking ride far beyond the beaten tourist path..."
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21.00 AUD
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Caillard, Andrew Penfolds The Rewards of Patience
Australia Allen & Unwin 2010 Cardcover Excellent None issued 23.5cm
In the world of wine, Penfolds is synonymous with excellence, innovation, and even a little magic. The tale behind the winery's foundation, its controversial methods of operation, and the characters that were determined to break with tradition and produce something unique is a truly inspiring one. Much more than simply a winery history, this guide is also a practical tool for enjoying a personal collection of Penfolds wines at their drinking peak. Through the senses of an independent international panel, the fortunes of more than 50 years of Penfolds wines were painstakingly tracked and assessed over a special five-day tasting. Complete with tasting notes and personal commentaries, the results of this event form a central focus of the narrative. 356pp & nearly 800g packed for post
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15.00 AUD
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Carroll, Brian Ned Kelly Bushranger
Australia Landsdowne Press 1977 Hardcover Very Good Very Good 24cm
264 closely written pp with numerous illust throughout. Carroll's first book ( a Ned Kelly sketchbook) was part of Carroll's ongoing journalistic interest in Kelly -as a criminal, not a political martyr. The book is well researched and written with a ready engagement of the reader.
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17.00 AUD
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Chatwin, Bruce The Songlines
London Jonathan Cape 1987 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 22cm
293pp in great order, dj unclipped, Chatwin's best book -- a "novel of ideas," as the publisher puts it, of Australian aborigines, and of the questions about man that arise from the vast gulf that separates the culture of contemporary, Western civilized man from that of the wandering tribes of Australia, whose "dream tracks" or "songlines" delineate both a physical and a psychic geography.
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60.00 AUD
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CHISHOLM, Alec H Birds & Green Place. A Book Of Australian Nature Gossip.
London J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1929 Hard Cover Good No Jacket 23.5cm
Book rated s "good" due to foxing which gives the pages more of a patina that measles, it looks distinguished rather than riddled. Tree embossed on front cover. Gilt lettering on spine. 224pp with numerous illus (epia photos), about 15 chapters, index & scientific names, sewn-in binding in great order.
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45.00 AUD
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Chugg, Michael Hey, You in the Black T-Shirt : The Real Story of Touring the World's Biggest Acts
Australia Macmillan 2010 Paperback Excellent None issued 23.5cm
Michael Chugg was only fifteen years old when he began managing and promoting music in his hometown of Launceston, Tasmania. Now, with acts such as Liza Mineeli, Guns & Roses & Frank Sinatra behind him Chuggi has developed a reputation as a hard-arse, often walking on stage to shout down the crowd or pull the talent into line. He also never minces words - writing in shocking detail about what goes on behind closed doors when big international acts come to town. This honest, open and blunt expose of the underbelly of Australian music events is both hilarious and fascinating. 325 clean white well bound perfect pp, photos midsection- sits on 500g but will go more when carded /bubbled for safe post (or you can take a chance in a 500g satchel.
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30.00 AUD
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Clyne, Densey Wildflowers of New South Wales
Australia Rigby 1973 1st Hardcover Very Good Very Good 26.5cm
Densey Clyne (born 4 December 1922)[1] is an Australian naturalist, photographer and writer, especially well-known for her studies of spiders and insects. She was born in Risca, Wales, United Kingdom, and moved to Australia in 1936.During WW2 after a year in the Land Army Densey served as a commissioned officer in the Australian Women's Army Service. Densey (née Dorothy Denise Bell) ) married Peter Clyne (now deceased) in 1950. She lives in Wauchope, New South Wales. Wikipedia is chockablock with Clyne's achievements & publications - this book (in great order) showcases Clyne's marvellous touch with the camera, hence her Hasselblad Master's Award, 1976.
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20.00 AUD
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Coffey B. R. (ed) Summer Days: Stories from Childhood
Australia Fremantle Arts Centre Press 1999 Cardcover Very Good None issued 19.5cm
192pp A collection of short stories and autobiographical pieces about children by Elizabeth Jolley, Sally Morgan, A. B. Facey, T. A. G. Hungerford, Joan London, Simone Lazaroo, Kenneth Gasmier, Lee Conway, Justina Williams, Pippa Tandy & others. All pp clean white tightly bound.
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14.00 AUD
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Dowrick, Stephanie The Universal Heart
Australia Penguin 2003 Papeback Excellent None issued 20cm
“Dowrick is a great teacher, a great observer of human behaviour and a fine tactician, but first and foremost she’s a great story teller” Marcus O’Donnell, Sydney Star Observer “Deeply attentive and acutely perceptive… infinitely compassionate and accepting” Josephine Brouard, Women’s Health Stephanie Dowrick invites you to discover the power you have to create relationships built on a rich, generous and inclusive vision of love. She shows how possible it is for you to create positive connections with people. She unravels the knots that end many intimate relationships prematurely. But she is also attentive to the other key relationships in your life – with family, friends, children, colleagues. 444pp in great order
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12.00 AUD
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Feldmann, Jules The Great Jubilee Book The Story of the Australian Nation in Pictures
Australia Colorgravure 1951 1st Hardcover Very Good Good-fair 24 Cm
Blue boards stamped & ruled (image old parliament house), 239pp of great info & illustrations both photo & artwork. dj intact but really quite worn (lots small repaired tears & front flap reattached) titling on spine of blue boards quite worn. Flap tells us that there's over 75000 words in the text - Federation, the wars, the depression, Canberra, culture
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15.00 AUD
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