Search Results: Authors starting with A from Great Southern Books

Reed, Wellington, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Fair. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 196 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 has a chunk missing, but is otherwise intact, with both flaps. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. The book has been read and may carry some marks and creases. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Ships and sailormen: a collection of pen portraits of some Australasian shipmasters and others whose lives have been dedicated to the sea. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Ships & the Sea; New Zealand; 20th century; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8766. .

Everyman's Library, London, 1983. First Edition. Softcover. Fair Condition. Third Impression. Size: Small Octavo. 258 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. Front endpaper is entirely covered by seemingly unrelated notes.. Edges greyed with dust marks. The book has been read and may carry some marks and creases. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Sir Gawain is classic, it is rich and strange, full of weird symmetries and magic and winter and chivalry and language that is at once intricately structured and fiercely vital. SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT is one of the most important alliterative poems of Medieval literature Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature, Literary, Poetry & Drama; England; Medieval 10th to 15thc; Myths, Legends & Folklore. ISBN: 0460113461. ISBN/EAN: 9780460113465. Pictures of… Read More

Oneworld Publications, London, 2018. Updated Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. First impression. Size: Small Octavo. 230 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 EU referendum in the UK and Trump's victory in the USA sent shockwaves through our democratic systems. In Democracy and Its Crisis A. C. Grayling investigates why the institutions of representative democracy seem unable to hold up against forces they were designed to manage, and why it matters. First he considers those moments in history when the challenges we face today were first encountered and what solutions were found. Then he lays bare the specific threats facing democracy today. The paperback edition includes new material on the reforms that are needed to make our system truly democratic. Quantity… Read More

Penguin Books, London, 1990. New Edition. Trade Paperback. Fair Condition. Second impression. Size: Small Octavo. 415 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages lightly tanned throughout. Previous owner's signature in ink. Edges browned slightly. Removal of a sticker on the back cover has left a scuff mark. The book has been read and may carry some marks and creases. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. A fascinating introduction to one of the world's greatest civilizations, THE PENGUIN HISTORY OF GREECE offers a one-volume history of Hellas, and is principally written for the reader who is not a student or expert in classical literature. This volume was originally published in paperback as THE PELICAN HISTORY OF GREECE. A fold-out chronological table is inside the back cover Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Ancient; Greece;… Read More

Pan Macmillan, London, 1999. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine Condition. Second impression. Size: Small Octavo. 628 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages lightly tanned throughout. Edges browned slightly. A fine unread copy.. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. On May 21, 1927, the Spirit of St Louis landed, having flown 3614 miles from New York in 33 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds. In that instant, everything changed for the pilot, history was made. This is a biography covering the many facets of the private Lindbergh. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; American History; United States; 20th century; History. ISBN: 0330321692. ISBN/EAN: 9780330321693. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8977. . 9780330321693

B&H Publishing Group, Nashville, TN, U.S.A, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 3rd Printing. 307 pages. THIRD IMPRESSION. 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: While actor Willie Aames (Eight Is Enough, Charles in Charge) was at the peak of Hollywood success, his future wife, Maylo Upton, was a teenage runaway, eating out of trash bins and living on the streets to escape the sexual crimes of her cult-ruined mother's barbaric boyfriend. By the time Willie met Maylo, his star was falling because of sex, drugs, rock and roll, and family problems while her acting career was starting to rise. Together, they found God and got their messy lives clean, but the ghosts from their gritty past would… Read More

Ace Books, New York, 1979. First Edition. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Very Good Condition. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 410 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 small hole has been punched on the cover (pictured). This book is currently IN STOCK and would be shipped directly from our Australian address.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3606. .

Melbourne University Publishing, Melbourne, 2009. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 206 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 some crease marks. 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. Advocating political conservatism in Australia, this account analyzes national politics while addressing important federal issues like the monarchy and abortion. Exploring Australian culture and broader trends in human nature, this examination proposes a series of political questions that the conservative parties should consider in order to rehabilitate their images in the eyes of the voting public. Perceptive and informative, this book addresses what it means to be a liberal or a… Read More

Melbourne University Publishing, Melbourne, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. First Impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 206 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 some crease marks. 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. Advocating political conservatism in Australia, this account analyzes national politics while addressing important federal issues like the monarchy and abortion. Exploring Australian culture and broader trends in human nature, this examination proposes a series of political questions that the conservative parties should consider in order to rehabilitate their images in the eyes of the voting public. Perceptive and informative, this book addresses what it means… Read More

Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW, 2007. Reprint. Soft cover. Very Good. 340 pages. An excellent copy and is in very good+ 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: Does My Head Look Big in This? Don't panic - I'm Islamic. Amal is a 16-year-old Melbourne teen with all the usual obsessions about boys, chocolate and Cosmo magazine. She's also a Muslim, struggling to honour the Islamic faith in a society that doesn't' understand it. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Personal Memoirs, Women, Religious, Religious, Islam; ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9780330421850. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0002648. . 9780330421850

Pheonix Illustrated, London, 1997. New Edition. Softcover (with flaps). Very Good Condition. Size: Quarto 4to. 255 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. Cranks was the UK's first ever vegetarian restaurant, opening on 21st June 1961. With a commitment to a healthy, soul-satisfying diet, their vegetarian ideals have not changed over the course of publishing six recipe books. The Cranks restaurant has now moved from London's Carnaby Street to the calmer surroundings of The Cider Press Centre near Totnes in Devon. This recipe book aims to shake off Cranks' reliance on brown rice and… Read More

Lothian Books, Port Melbourne, VIC, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 213 pages. An excellent copy and 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 great condition and the dust jacket 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: While John Hewson has faded from the political scene in Australia without conspicuous success, this book nevertehless offers the best concice guide to the troubles of the Liberal party in the years after it lost office in 1983. Essential political history. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Political; ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9780850915754. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0002492. . 9780850915754

Thomas Nelson, Nashville, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition. First Impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 244 pages. This book is available and will be shipped from our Australian address within two business days. The end is near! You've certainly heard the phrase before. And though you may have neglected such a warning in the past, you cannot ignore it any longer. The signs of the end times are all around us. In Prosperity and the Coming Apocalypse, Jim Bakker reveals the "last days message" he received while in prison. This is not just a book of prophecy, it is a book of survival. Through careful study of God's Word and a reexamination of his earlier prosperity theology, Bakker reveals the answers to questions of concern for some Christians. Though no one knows exactly the time of Jesus' return, it will happen. Prosperity and the Coming Apocalypse illustrates how soon the end will be here. Are you prepared for that day? Quantity Available: 1. Shipped… Read More

Fig Tree, United Kingdom, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 370 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. The child of Communist war-hero parents under Tito's regime in postwar Yugoslavia, she was raised with a relentless work ethic. Even as she was beginning to build an international artistic career, Marina lived at home under her mother's abusive control, strictly obeying a 10:00 p.m. curfew. But nothing could quell her insatiable curiosity, her desire to connect with people, or her distinctly Balkan sense of humor - all of which inform her art and her life. The beating heart of Walk Through Walls is an operatic love story - a 12-year collaboration with fellow performance artist Ulay, much of which was spent penniless in a van traveling across Europe - a relationship that began to unravel and came to a dramatic end atop the Great Wall of China.… Read More

Atlantic Books, London, United Kingdom, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 1st Printing. 282 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 dust jacket 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: As recently as one hundred years ago British children existed in ways now unthinkable; boys as young as eight worked gruelling hours in unlit factories; girls were sold into sexual slavery with dolls still in their grasp; and boys at schools like Rugby and Harrow were brutally trained for their future at the helm of Britain's vast red empire. In Innocence and Experience Fran Abrams charts the transformation of childhood in the UK from early Victorian disagreements about child-rearing to the Scouts' very direct involvement in the First World… Read More

Simon & Schuster, New York, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Cloth). As New/As New. Second impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 431 pages. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. The stories coming in from across the globe have often seemed fantastical: clandestine meetings in foreign capitals, secret recordings in a Moscow hotel, Kremlin agents infiltrating the Trump inner circle... Seth Abramson has tracked every one of these far-flung reports, and now in, Proof of Collusion, he finally gives us a record of the unthinkable--a president compromising American foreign policy in exchange for financial gain and covert election assistance. The attorney, professor, and former criminal investigator has used his exacting legal mind and forensic acumen to compile, organize, and analyze every piece of the Trump-Russia story. His conclusion is clear: the case for collusion is staring us in the face. Drawing from American and European news outlets, he takes readers through the… Read More

The Five Mile Press, Melbourne, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover (Laminated Boards). Near Fine Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 122 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Previous owner's signature in ink. A fine unread copy.. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Australia; Travel & Places. ISBN: 0867881844. ISBN/EAN: 9780867881844. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8341. . 9780867881844

The Five Mile Press, Melbourne, 1983. Revised Edition. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Fine Condition. First Impression. Size: 8vo Octavo (standard book size). 92 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 will be shipped within two business days. All items are tracked and details are available on request.. If you want to know anything about the bush and the requirements of survival when visiting outback Australia you could do no better than take the advice of Jack Absalom. Great book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Travel & Places; Australia; ISBN: 0867880287. ISBN/EAN: 9780867880281. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9740. . 9780867880281

The Five Mile Press, Melbourne, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover (Laminated Boards). Fine Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 122 pages. A fine unread copy.. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Australia; Travel & Places. ISBN: 0867881844. ISBN/EAN: 9780867881844. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8319. . 9780867881844

St Martin's Press, New York, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/As New. This is the first USA edition. Size: 8vo Octavo (standard book size). 414 pages. 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.. In A Brutal Friendship, Said K. Aburish traces the true origins of the region's present turmoil to the manner in which corrupt Arab rulers have subordinated the welfare of their subjects to their cultivation of cozy relationships with the West. Using direct evidence from his unrivaled range of Arab sources, he describes how the West - mostly the CIA - sponsored Islamic fundamentalism in the 1950s and '60s in an effort to contain Nasser and thwart Soviet designs on the region, how American and British leaders have turned a blind eye to repressive governments when they suit their interests (and toppled them when they do not), and how it is these… Read More