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#SaveOzStories

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Carlton, VIC, Australia, Melbourne University Press: 2016

Seller ID: SOCCOM22

ISBN: 0522870805

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Paperback, first edition, 128gms, 155 pages. Jackie French, David Malouf, Tim Winton and many more of our best writers have come together to issue a clarion call to all Australian citizens to defend writers and writing. If politicians have their way we will be the only nation to give away our right to tell our own stories. Read this collection of impassioned arguments from our most esteemed wordsmiths. Book is in very good condition with only very minor general wear and tear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Far As Human Eye Could See

By: Asimov, Isaac

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, England, Grafton Books: 1989

Seller ID: SCI51

ISBN: 0586202811

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

Paperback, first thus, 162gms, 267 pages. This is Asimov's 23rd book of mind-bogling essays and shows that the great science fiction writer is still the freshest and most accessible explainer of the awe-inspiring real mysteries of the cosmos. Book is in fair condition with heavy general age-related wear and tear and heavt page discolouration/spotting throughout. Book also shows moderate water damage as well as scuffing and creasing to wraps. This is essentially a reading copy only.
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Maeve's Times: Selected Irish Times Writings

By: Binchy, Maeve; and Ingle, Roisin (ed)

Price: $8.50

Publisher: London, England, The Orion Publishing Group: 2013

Seller ID: SOCCOM23

ISBN: 1409149897

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Large softcover, first edition, 466gms, 389 pages. Book is in good condition with only minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Only in New York

By: Brett, Lily

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Australia, Penguin Australia Pty Ltd: 2015

Seller ID: TRAUSA31

ISBN: 0143573535

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Softcover, first thus, 166gms, 213 pages. Full of wisdom, humour and grace, Only in New York is a human portrait of a city much loved - and a woman in step with herself. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Thoughtlines: Reflections of a Public Man

By: Carr, Bob

Price: $5.50

Publisher: Camberwell, Australia, Penguin Books: 2002

Seller ID: BIOAUS360

ISBN: 0143001345

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fair

Softcover, first thus, 404gms, 403 pages. Bob Carr says what he thinks with clairty, passion, elegance, wit and commanding logic. Book is in fair condition with mild general wear and tear and heavy page discolouration/spotting throughout. Book shows moderate to heavy water damage, otherwise no other pre-loved marks.
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Wilderness and Plenty: The Reith Lectures 1969

By: Darling, Sir Frank Fraser

Price: $7.50

Publisher: London, England, Ballantine Books: 1971

Seller ID: HISNAT35

ISBN: 0345021592

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Paperback, first UK printing, 104g, 110pgs. The eloquent statement of the dependence of all living things on one another. Book is in good condition with heavy general age-related wear and tear and heavy page discolouration throughou. Front cover shows some light creasing, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Steinbeck: A Collection of Critical Essays

By: Davis, Robert. Murray (ed)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, USA, Prentice- Hall Inc.: 1972

Seller ID: ESS3

ISBN: 0138466599

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Softcover, reprint edition, 225gms, 183 pages. The contributors Steinbeck analyse, among other themes, Steinbecks' use of allegory, his sense of the pastoral, and his ability to embody in his work a deeply felt personal mythos. Book is in good condition with general age-related wear and tear and mild page discolouration throughout, small stamp from previous owner on the inside front page, small tear to front cover, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Attached picture is of actual book. Purchase more than 1 item and save money with combined postage. And if you can't find the title you're loo...
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Idolising Children

By: Donahoo, Daniel

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Sydney, Australia, University of New South Wales Press Ltd: 2007

Seller ID: SELPAR144

ISBN: 0868409324

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Softcover, first edition, 374gms, 264 pages. This book reflects on the place of children in our society by looking at everything from fertility rates, childcare, the role of the media and the day to day joys and challenges of being a parent. The author argues that idolising is a form of worship that is adversely affecting our children's development and creates citizens who no longer understand their roles and responsiblities. The book examines how we arrived here and looks at what needs to change so that communities as a whole are responsible for raising children. Book is in very good conditio...
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Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"

By: Dunham, Lena

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, NY, USA, Random House: 2014

Seller ID: ESS16

ISBN: 081299499X

Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Condition: Good

Hardcover with light blue boards and pictorial dust jacket, reprint, 480gms, 265 pages, decorated endpapers. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear. Boards and dust jacket are in good condition with only minor shelf wear, chipping and a few small tears, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Essays: English and American (The Harvard Classics)

By: Eliot, Charles W. (ed)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Danbury, Connecticut, USA, Grolier Enterprises Corp: 1980

Seller ID: REF128

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Hardcover gilt stamped dark brown leatherette with decorative motif, Harvard Classic Edition, 848gms, 470 pages, gilt entitled, all page edges in gilt, marker ribbon and decorative endpapers. Featuring the essays of William Makepeace Thackeray, John Henry Newman, Matthew Arnold, John Ruskin, Walter Bagehot, Thomas Henry Huxley, Edward Augustus Freeman, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Ellery Channing, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry David, Thoreau, and James Russell Lowell. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout. Boards are in good condition w...
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English Essays: From Sir Philip Sidney to Macaulay (The Harvard Classics)

By: Eliot, Charles W. (ed)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Danbury, Connecticut, USA, Grolier Enterprises Corp: 1980

Seller ID: REF137

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Hardcover gilt stamped dark brown leatherette with decorative motif, Harvard Classic Edition, 754gms, 401 pages, gilt entitled, all page edges in gilt, marker ribbon and decorative endpapers. Features essays from Ben Jonson, Jonathan Swift, Sir Philip Sidney, Daniel Defoe, Samuel Johnson, Coleridge, Charles Lamb, Thomas Babington Macaulay and many more. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout. Boards are in good condition with only light shelf wear. Gilt stamping shows mild rubbing to the front board and moderate to heavy rubbing on t...
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Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think

By: Esposito, John L.; and Mogahed, Dalia

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, USA, Gallup Press: 2007

Seller ID: HISMID6

ISBN: 1595620176

Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Condition: Fine

Hardcover with red boards and pictorial dust jacket, first edition, 454g, 204pgs. Grounded in Gallup World Poll data, not in rhetoric, this book brings data-driven evidence - the voices of a billion Muslims, not those of individual experts or extremists - to one of the most heated and consequential debates of our time. Book is in fine, near new condition.
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Reading, Writing, and Leaving Home: Life on the Page

By: Freed, Lynn

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Florida, USA, Harcourt, Inc.: 2005

Seller ID: BIOUSA695

ISBN: 015101132X

Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Condition: Good

Medium hardcover with brown/cream boards and pictorial dust jacket, first edition, 338gms, 237 pages, blank endpapers. Equal parts revelation and inspiration, these 11 essays combine a memoir of an exotic life, reflections on the art and craft of writing, and a brilliant examination of the always complex relationship between fiction and life. Book is in good condition with only mild general wear and tear and light page discolouration/spotting throughout. Boards and dust jacket are in good condition with only light shelf wear and scuffing, otherwise there are no other pre-loved markings.
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Night Fishing: Stringrays, Goya and the Singular Life - A Memoir in Essays

By: Hastrich, Vicki

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Crows Nest, NSW, Australia, Allen & Unwin: 2019

Seller ID: BIOAUS1535

ISBN: 1760875503

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Medium softcover, first edition, 302gms, 248 pages. Vicki Hastrich takes the reader on a stunning voyage through her writer's life and across her chosen patch: the private byways of Brisbane Water, north of Sydney, where she has spent much of her life. Book is in very good condition with only minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise there are no other pre-loved markings
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Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays

By: Hawking, Stephen

Price: $6.50

Publisher: London, England, Bantam Books: 1997

Seller ID: SCI82

ISBN: 0553406639

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Softcover, reprint, 160gms, 172 pages. This is Stephen Hawking's first collection of essays and pieces on subjects that range from the warmly personal to the wholly scientific. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Unity and Diversity: A National Conversation (The Barton Lectures)

By: Irving, Helen (ed)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Sydney, Australia, ABC Books: 2001

Seller ID: ESS4

ISBN: 0733310311

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Softcover, first edition, 330gms, 256 pages. A thought provoking analysis of issues confronting Australia as it moves into the 21st century, the Barton Lectures make a significant contribution to the national conversation. Book is in very good condition with minor general wear and tear and very light page discolouration throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Crystal Bucket, The: Television Criticism From the Observer 1976-79

By: James, Clive

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, England, Jonathan Cape: 1981

Seller ID: SOCCOM20

ISBN: 0224018906

Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Condition: Good

Hardcover with black boards and dust jacket, first edition, 424gms, 238 pages. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout. There is a small pen mark on the inside front page from a previous owner. Boards and dust jacket are in good condition with only mild shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Epic and Romance: Essays on Medieval Literature

By: Ker, W. P.

Price: $6.50

Publisher: New York, USA, Dover Publications:

Seller ID: LITHIS10

ISBN: 0486203557

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Softcover, reprint, 484g, 398pgs. The essays gathered together in this volume constitute one of the major classic in the study of literature of the Middle Ages. Book is in good condition with general age-related wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout. Book has been covered in clear plastic and stuck to inside card for protection, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Whiter Shades of Pale: The Stuff White People Like, Coast to Coast

By: Lander, Christian

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Prahran, Australia, Hardie Grant Books: 2010

Seller ID: SOCCOM41

ISBN: 1742701108

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Softcover, first thus, 350gms, 232 pages. Christian Lander is back with fascinating new information and advice on dealing with the Caucasian population. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Way We Think, The: A Collection of Essays from the Yiddish (Volume 1 and 2 in Box)

By: Leftwich, Joseph

Price: $28.00

Publisher: New Jersey, USA, Thomas Yoseloff Publisher: 1969

Seller ID: REL309

ISBN: 0498064840

Binding: Hardcover with Original Cloth

Condition: Good

Hardcovers with black cloth boards presented in solid black box with paste down on either side, first edition, 1805gms, 840pp across both volumes. Mr Leftwich brings to the reader a magnificent collection of English-language essays written by many of the foremost Yiddish essayists and thinkers of the world including: Shalom Aleichem, Nahum Sokolov, Melech Ravitch, Jacob Glatstein, and Aaron Steinberg. Books are in good condition with mild general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout. Boards are in good condition with light shelf wear and some scuffing to the cloth...
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Category: Essays/Social Commentary