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Adam-Smith Patsy AUSTRALIAN WOMEN AT WAR
Thomas Nelson aUSTRALIA 1984 0 17 006408 5 / 9780170064088 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Heavy book, may incur additional postage. A history of how women have responded to war, from 1900 to 1945.
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20.00 AUD
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Bartlett, Norman Island Victory
Australia Angus & Robertson 1955 1st Hardcover Good Fair 20.5cm
166pp & less than 500g to post. Name removed top right corner 1st p. Bartlett was somewhat snobbish about authors who wrote luridly illustrated paperbacks, a case of judging a book by its cover. Anyway here is his novelisation of war in the Pacific, Island Victory > "The events in this book all happened. It is only fiction in so far as events have been rearranged into a coherent pattern." The action is set in 1944 in New Guinea and on Kamiri island - a Dutch possession to the north. An Australian Kittyhawk squadron recaptures Kamiri with US support. The action is mostly in the personalities and thoughts of the characters. There's some interesting absence of regard for the indigenous peoples swept up into this conflict.
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16.00 AUD
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Castro, Alicia & Ingrid Kummels & Manfred Schafer Anacaona: The Amazing Adventures of Cuba's First All-girl Dance Band
UK Atlantic Books, London 2007 Hardcover Excellent/Very Good Very Good 22.5cm
Have a listen on you tube & then enjoy reading this biographical gem. Havana, 1932, and greengrocer Matias Castro, father of 13 children, is bankrupt. Cuchito, his eldest daughter, has the idea of starting an all-girl orchestra to bring in some cash. Jazz, mambo, rumba, cha-cha-cha, Latin jazz - 'Anacaona' perform every evening in local street cafes. In no time at all they conquer their audiences' hearts with their infectious music and cheeky lyrics. Alicia Castro, the author of this extraordinary memoir, played saxophone and later led the orchestra. Now in her 80s, Alicia looks back on the scintillating world that she and her sisters inhabited: their international breakthrough, concerts in Paris, New York and appearances with all the jazz greats. 393 crispy white pp, a kilo to post.
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36.00 AUD
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Dunn, Peter The Goatkeeper's Veterinary Book
UK Farming Press Books 1990 2nd Edition Hardcover Excellent Excellent 22cm
A standard veterinary reference work for all goat keepers. Peter Dunn (author) is a vet surgeon and goatkeeper/breeder in France. Includes a goatkeeper's calendar of particular interest in preventive medicine planning. Hardback, 210 pages, bw & colour photos & line art. review >>> This book is a must for any goatkeeper. It is an invaluable commodity on the farm. I have turned to its pages countless times, both as a refresher and during emergenices. The information covers everyday concerns as well as more extensive descriptions of disease and preventative medicine.
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36.00 AUD
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Elphick, Peter Far Eastern File the intelligence war in the Far East, 1930-1945
UK Hodder & Stoughton 1997 Hardcover Excellent Good 24cm
510pp & almost a kilo to post, 2 photo sections. A study of espionage in the Far East between the wars. Material released in the 1980s is used as the author provides an alternative view of issues which include Britain's appeasement policy towards Japan and the conspiracy theories which claim Churchill and Roosevelt had prior knowledge of the Pearl Harbor attack. This book is a comprehensive survey of intelligence war in the Far East.Author gained access to recently de-classified confidential documents. As a result the book has broken new ground on the subject & the cream of it is on Japanese espionage/covert operations prelude to outbreak of hostilities in the Far East. review >>> On the whole a good read. Features B/W photos, bibliography looks good. Each chapter is attended by copious research notes. There is also a glossary on the terms used.
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43.00 AUD
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Galantin, I.J. Take Her Deep: A Submarine Against Japan in World War II
UK Unwin Hyman 1988 Hardcover Good Good 23cm
In this ex-Nottinghamshire lib book Galantin recounts the horror that his crew & he went through. On 12 August 1943, Lieutenant-Commander I. J. Galantin took command of the fleet submarine USS Halibut on Midway Island. For the next fourteen months, Galantin and his officers and crew would play their part in the Silent Service's unrelenting attack on Japan's navy and merchant marine. But it was in Luzon Strait in November 1944 that the submarine and its crew underwent their greatest ordeal, recounted here by Galantin. Detected and driven down while attacking a decoy, Halibut was subjected to an assault of appalling ferocity. Badly damaged by more than 250 depth charges, her position known to her attackers, and with key equipment out of commission, the crippled submarine and crew endured hours of desperate manoeuvring and helpless waiting before the enemy finally gave up and the grievously mauled Halibut managed to surface and reach safety. 262 pp in good order, usual lib marks & awful plastic dj protector.
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22.00 AUD
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Garfield, Simon Mini: The True and Secret History of the Making of a Motor Car
UK Faber & Faber, London 2010 Softcover Good None issued 19.5cm
By meeting the people behind the MINI, Simon Garfield uncovers a fascinating story of British endeavour, ingenuity and masterful marketing. The modern MINI has come a long way from the leaky floor and sliding windows. Here's the blurb - In May 1959, the first Mini was produced on an assembly line at Cowley, near Oxford. It would take a team of supremely talented designers, draftsmen, engineers and production-line workers to build a car that was unique in appearance and construction. They would clash frequently over an uncomfortable and unsafe prototype, and the public had to be convinced to buy a car that let in two inches of water when it rained. But somehow the Mini became an icon. Throughout its history, the people behind it have always known that they have been making something rare; a car with soul. The book is in great shape inside, the cover has a crease (probably caused by a VW owner) - inside lots of colour & bw pics. 285pp & less than 500g to post to you. DON'T lend it!
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20.00 AUD
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Hoyt, Edwin Palmer Bowfin : The True Story of a Fabled Fleet Submarine in World War II
USA Burford 1983 Softcover Very Good None issued 21cm
234pp, maps bw photos. Depicts the experiences of the crew of the American fighting submarine, the Bowfin, battling the Japanese forces in the Pacific Ocean. Bowfin had been launched a year after the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 Dec 1942 and was nicknamed "The Pearl Harbor Avenger." She completed nine successful war patrols. review >>> Easy to read and understand making the story flow smoothly.
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18.00 AUD
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James, Bill Field Guide to the Kokoda Track An Historical Guide to the Lost Battlefields
Australia Kokoda Press 2006 Softcover Excellent None issued 21.5cm
Field Guide to the Kokoda Track An Historical Guide to the Lost Battlefields includes a waterproof trek map. 512pp & approx 600g for post (why not add a book or two & use up that 3kg post allowance). For those intending to undertake the gruelling trek, it is essential reading - after years of painstaking research, and with the aid of the fast-thinning ranks of both Australian and Japanese veterans, Bill James has uncovered these 'lost battlefields', plus more. This book is intended to be an historical preparation for people who want to, or are actually planning to, walk the Kokoda Track. It can also be read as a 'stand-alone' story and will appeal to people who simply want to learn more about the history of Kokoda, and understand more about the legend that surrounds it. The book includes many telling excerpts from the hand-written diaries and memoirs of the men who were actually there in the thick of battle, eyewitnesses to these extraordinary times. Slip over plastic cover.
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50.00 AUD
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Kratoska, Paul H. The Japanese Occupation of Malaya 1941 - 1945
USA University of Hawaii Press 1997 Hardcover Fine Excellent 22.5cm
404 crisp white pages, 750g packed for post, tables, maps, photos interspersed. Japan attacked British-ruled Malaya on 8 December 1941 as part of a wave of military actions that toppled the British, Dutch and American colonial regimes in Southeast Asia. Within seventy days, the conquest of Malaya was complete, the three and a half years of Japanese rule are generally considered to mark a profound transition in the history of the Malay peninsula, but little is known about this period. This book uses the limited administrative papers that survived in Malaya, oral sources, and accounts written by Japanese officers involved in the Malayan campaign to flesh out the story.
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41.00 AUD
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Macarthur, Brian SURVIVING THE SWORD Prisoners of the Japanes 1942-45
Abacus 2006 Hardcover Very Good Very Good
In this important book, Brian MacArthur draws on the diaries of American, British, Dutch, and Australian Fepows (Far Eastern prisoners of war), some of whose recollections are published here for the first time. These soldiers wrote and kept their diaries, in secret, because they were determined that to record for posterity how they were starved and beaten, marched almost to death, or transported on “hellships”; how their fellows were summarily executed by guards or felled by the thousands by tropical diseases; and how they were used as slave labor–most notoriously on the Burma-Thailand railway, as depicted in The Bridge on the River Kwai. 494 pp, 2 photo sections, 450g for post.
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38.00 AUD
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Martin Armstrong (intro) The Essential Mary Webb
UK Jonathan Cape 1949 Hardcover Very Good Good/Fair 20cm Norman Hepple and Rowland Hilder.
The essential Mary Webb - Webb's star should have risen higher according to critical review >>> "This year’s discovery has been Mary Webb, author of Gone to Earth. She is a genius, and I shouldn’t mind wagering that she is going to be the most distinguished writer of our generation."- Rebecca West, review of Gone to Earth. Literally dozens of other respected literary figures off unstinting praise for Webb's skill as a wordsmith. Armstrong presents selections of Webb's prose & poetry (Golden Arrow, Gone to Earth, Seven for a secret, precious Bane & Armour wherein he trusted, six essays & 12 poems - a fine sampling with attractive artwork in a 30s style. Webb's Shropshire characters inspired Stella Gibbons wondeerful parody, Cold Comfort Farm. 416pp & just under 500g for post. dj has a repaired tear 1" at top left.
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31.00 AUD
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Michelson, Patricia The Cheese Room
UK Penguin 2005 Softcover Very Good None issued 21.5cm
A contemporary book about cheese using the author's recipes and anecdotes to introduce us to a world of cheese which is so much more than just facts and figures. Great salads, warming soups, ideas for scrumptious suppers and special occasions, the recipes are easy to follow. Patricia's 'Travelling Tales' intersperse the chapters - you will feel as enthusiastic about cheese from round the world as she does when you read these narrative interludes - to top it off Nigel Slater has rated this as "My book of the year" - 214pp with 2 photo sections amidships, below 500g for post. Fault? trivial stain top right (first few pp, not cover - we have a better copy should you wish)
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Peek, Ian Denys One Fourteenth of an Elephant: A Memoir of Life and Death on the Burma-Thailand Railway
Australia Pan 2004 Softcover Good None issued 19.5cm
One Fourteenth of an Elephant: A Memoir of Life and Death on the Burma-Thailand Railway - One Fourteenth of an Elephant is a haunting, evocative and deeply moving testimony to the suffering and the bravery of those who lived and died on the railway. Against a backdrop of inhumanity and brutality, the greatest examples of humanity and courage are thrown into stark relief, as the author takes us through a daily struggle for survival. Told with clarity, passion and an incredible eye for detail and description, this is an utterly enthralling story and a classic in the making. 520pp, under 500g for post. review >>> Not for the faint-hearted, but good for the soul. . . . and I'll add Lest we Forget.
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Raymer, Edward Descent Into Darkness. Pearl Harbor, 1941: A Navy Diver's Memoir
USA Presidio Press 1996 Hardcover Excellent Very Good 22cm
Descent Into Darkness describes the raising and salvage operations of sunken battleships following the December 7th attack. On December 7, 1941, as the great battleships Arizona, Oklahoma, Utah, and several others lie paralyzed and burning in the aftermath of the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor, a crack team of U.S. Navy salvage divers is hurriedly flown to the island of Oahu. The divers have been given a Herculean task: rescue the sailors and Marines trapped below, and resurrect the pride of the Pacific fleet. 214 crisp pp. just under 500g for post. Reviews? read the goodreads review by Jerry & then buy the book, it won't disappoint.
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21.00 AUD
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Slader, John The Fourth Service Merchantmen at War 1939-45
UK New Era Writer's Guild 1995 Softcover Excellent/Very Good None issued 23cm
The true story of the merchant fleet during World War II, the non-fighting service in which 32,000 men died yet whose essential role has never been fully appreciated. The author, himself a member of the service from 1941-47, relates the stories of merchantmen and their crews with unique insight. From the early days of the war to the day of victory on the Rhine, through combined operations in the Mediterranean and at Normandy, the complete operation of the fleet is examined, with vivid accounts of the horrific losses undergone, the heroism of the crews and the sacrifices endured to ensure that Britain received its essential supplies of food, oil, and raw materials. This book will be absorbing for the war historian, maritime enthusiast and general reader alike. BW pix throughout, 347 crip pp, 750g packed for post.
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Stewart, John To the River Kwai Two Journeys 1943, 1979
UK Bloomsbury 1988 Hardcover Very Good Very Good 24 Cm
This book exemplifies the debt we owe to our dads & grandads. In this memoir, John Stewart explores the truth and myth of "The Bridge on the River Kwai".;Taken prisoner in Singapore in 1942, John Stewart learned Japanese and became an interpreter. He was one of the few survivors (just over one in ten) of the Sonkurai camp on the Burma-Siam railway. While a Japanese prisoner he kept a diary. His notes serve as a background to this account and as a source of meditation on his Japanese captors. What to think of a Japanese Colonel who cried when a British officer accused him of bad faith? Or a Camp Commandant who, on the point of beheading a couple of prisoners (the author being one of them), changed his mind and invited them to share his sake?;Over 40 years later, the author returned to the Kwai, going beyond Sonkurai and into Burma with the guerrillas, ostensibly to see if the report of a steel bridge still standing in the jungle was true but also to reflect on his past experiences. 175 crisp pp, photo section amidships. about 650 g carded/bubbled for post
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Styler, Trudie & Sponzo, Joseph Cooking from Lake House Organic Farm
UK Ebury Press 1999 Hardcover Very Good Very Good/Good 25.5cm
Lake House is run as an organic smallholding and is self-sufficient for most of the year, with its own livestock, milk and goat's cheese, beehives and fruit and vegetable gardens. The recipes by Joseph Sponzo are listed by season and include soups and starters, salads and vegetable dishes, main courses, desserts and baking, drinks and preserves. review >>> I am a big Sting fan and love the long intro about their Lake house and how they ended up there. Lots of details about their organic farm and gardens etc. Highly recommended. 224pp with delicious photography, just over a kilo packed for post. Faults? dj has a 5mm closed tear, negligible bump to lower board edge.
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Waters, Gary OBOE Air Operations Over Borneo 1945
Canberra Air Power Studies Centre RAAF Base Fairbairn 1995 Card Cover Very Good None issued 24.5cm
This is an absolutely fascinating study by a Royal Australian Air Force officer. It details the role that air power played in the re-capture of Borneo in 1945. during World War II. This volume is absolutely unique in its treatment of this aspect of the Allies' Borneo campaign, and it is essential for anyone wishing to fully understand WW II in its entirety. 229pp. Wear mark on cover (sticker removal??) else very good. Includes a p/copied letter by Waters to ??? thanking him/her for their support to him as Director.
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