Search Results: Authors starting with C from Pegasus Book Orphanage

The Sunnyland Press, Red Cliffs, Victoria, Australia - 1996 softcover, 6" x 8¾" Slight 'crinkle' to first page . SIGNED and DATED book (8.2.1996) in GOOD condition Clarrie Thurlow, the author of this regional history, lived in Murrayville in Victoria's Mallee area for 80 years and records here the historical and social background of the district, commencing from 1910. He also covers the district sporting activities, the leading identities, education, farming and religion. He traces the gradual but inevitable changes he has witnessed in the district in the field of community services.

Macmillan Co of Australia, South Melbourne 1983 Hardcover, 22 x 14½cms (8½" x 5¾"), with dust jacket GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Here for the first time is an authentic account of clandestine operations launched from Australia on the Japanese occupied islands to its north during World War II. The author recounts the magnificent series of operations by which the 2/2nd and 2/4th Independent Companies of some 700 men held down over 30,000 men of the 48th and 5th crack divisions of the Japanese army on Timor for months during which the fortunes of the Allies were at their lowest ebb.

Continuum, New York - ISBN:0826404391 1989 Hard cover in unclipped dust jacket Ex-Library copy with usual stamps, stickers, barcode. Good book in Good dust jacket. Written with a deep sense of compassion, this book brings to public attention the vast cruelties of factory farming, reminding readers of the health hazards of consuming factory meats and dairy products, informs them of the global repercussions of these intensive farming methods, and asks everyone to question their involvement in the process.

Harper Collins Publishers, New York - first edition 2001 hardcover, 6½" x 9½", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barcode etc. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket. Interior design plan, lists of submariners on USS 'Nebraska', appendix, and index. Veteran 'Time' magazine correspondent takes the reader on an action-packed, three-month patrol deep in the Atlantic Ocean inside USS Nebraska, a Trident nuclear submarine. It is crammed with more modern military technology than any other vessel in the world, and weighs 18,750 tons.

Pergamon Press, London - first edition 1968 hardcover, 8" x 5" (no jacket issued) Book in VERY GOOD condition Blue cloth-bound boards with white type to spine, & black & white type to front, Table of Statutes (1745 - 1968), Index. Contents of this book include: Modern Statutes 1948 - 1967 and Other Important Measures; Debate in Parliament (Criminal Law Bill); Criminal Justice Act 1967 - Trial, Sentencing, Witnesses, Firearms & Offensive Weapons, Legal Aid, Appeals; Criminal Law Acts, 1067 - Felony & Misdemeanour, Obselete Crimes, Maintenance & Champerty; The Theft Bill, etc etc.

J M Dent and Son, London - first UK edition 1970 hardcover, 5½" x 8¾", with dust jacket Some pencil underlinings and marginal notes. Jacket has scuffed surface & minor edgewear. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD price-clipped dj This book differs from other commentaries on Beckett chiefly in its exposition of the schizophrenic condition of the main characters and the identity of all the "heroes" of the novels. This not only sheds much light on the numerous puzzling details but also leads to an appreciation of the main theme that underlies all Beckett's novels and plays, namely the search for a central real self behind the manifest personna.

Kaye and Ward Ltd, London - first edition 1967 Hardcover, 10" x 7½", with dust jacket Jacket has tear and creases to front. VERY GOOD book in GOOD price-clipped dust jacket Red cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine, photographic frontis, 49 b&w photographs and 88 line drawings. This book offers the reader methods in which successful experience in the handling of the material can be gained. A variety of approaches to modelling and pottery are simply described. Each stage is carefully explained and accompanied by helpful drawings and photographs (shows how to make cones, balls, slabs, rolls, relief jewellery, masks, mosiacs and pots).

A H & A W Reed, Wellington, New Zealand - first edition 1976 Hardcover, 7½" x 9¾", with dust jacket Sun-fading to jacket spine. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Prominent in the turbulent tide of events in New Zealand during the Great Depression were two men, one a Methodist parson, the other a Labour Party MP, both committed to improving the common lot. The parson, C G Scrimgeour, had established the Auckland City Mission and was feeding and clothing down-and-outs as best he could. The MP, John A Lee, was spurring his Party to its first term of government. This book is a unique record by two participants in those 'crisis' years.

Harper & Row, New York - first edition 1989 hardcover, 9 1/2" x 6 1/4", with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Maroon cloth-bound boards with gold title to spine, grey endpapers, frontis photo portrait, 31 b&w photographs (some previously unpublished), notes, bibliography, index. An intimate portrait of the private world, personal ordeal, and triumph of the man who became FDR. While Roosevelt is always at the centre of this book, it is also the story of those who knew him best. Massive book, almost 3" thick, weighing 1.75kgs packed (over 3.5lbs). Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barcode, pocket etc mostly confined to front endpapers..

Investigator Press, South Australia - first edition 1980 hardcover, 9 3/4" x 7 1/4", with dust jacket Top right corner bumped but this is a VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Dark-blue cloth bound boards with gold type to spine and front, dark-blue endpapers, photographic frontis (Roseworthy College, 1908-9), 74 b&w photographs, 18 b&w drawings, 7 appendices,and index. The marked improvement in the quality of Australian wines, this book says, is due in no small way to the role played in the production of wine by Oenologists trained at Roseworthy College, where A R Hickinbotham developed and directed the course. 'Hick' was a 'seeker of truth' and a most exact and precise man of science. This book pays tribute to the man and the College.

Facts On File 1989 Hard Cover VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Over 350 American scandals, 60 illustrations.. Packed book weighs 1½kgs. Short repaired tear to spine

Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst, Sydney 1988 Hardcover with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket This manual is part textbook and part reference source, to be taken from the shelf when it is necessary to elucidate a point or two. Owners will look upon their orchids with quite different eyes after appreciating what the plant has to do to live and grow.

Thames and Hudson, Bloomsbury Street, London 1965 hardcover, 6¼" x 8¼", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, and usual stamps, stickers, barcode etc. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket 90 photographs. The term 'Romans' here used in its widest sense to include not only the inhabitants of Rome and Roman Italy, but all those peoples of the ancient world who looked to Rome as the centre of their government and their culture (to the end of the fifth century). Architecture has had to be excluded from this volume, to concentrate on the main facets of the arts of sculpture and painting in the Roman Age.

Robert Hale & Co, London - first edition 1970 hardcover, 9" x 5.5", with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD price-clipped dust jacket Purple cloth-bound boards with silver type to spine, 18 b/w photographs, map. Glimpses & sketches by one who had a love affair with Thailand & its people over thirty years ago; of Thai Buddhism, Bangkok, of being adopted by 36 massage-house girls.

Harry N Abrams, publishers, New York 1989 hardcover, 9½" x 12", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barcode, etc. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Between the covers of this handsome book, theater buffs will find a wealth of information not only about the American theater and its reflections in print but also about the talented artists, photographers, and writers whose work contributes so much to the glamour of show business. Many of the illustrations have never before been gathered for leisurely comparison and enjoyment; page after page of stars from the New York stage with famous faces on theatrical magazine covers and other paper mementos. Packed book weighs 2kgs (4½lbs) - slightly higher shipping cost may apply.

Stillpoint Creation of Health series 1987 hard cover + dust jacket As new condition. Offers a holistic regimen for effectively preventing and treating AIDS. Through these amazing authors, the reader comes to understand the true nature of AIDS and why it has manifested now as the first global epidemic.

Biogenics Books, US 2000 Soft cover Very good condition, shome minor shelfwear to covers The story of YINERGY and its modern application to restoration of health is one of the most exciting discoveries of the 21st century.

C A Watts, publishers, London - reprint edition 1971 hardcover, 4¾" x 7½", with dust jacket Previous owner's name and date to front endpaper. Jacket protected by transparent covering. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket In this volume Peter McIntosh examines some of the many questions about sport against the background of the communities in which they were asked. Is sport an end to intself? Is it a means health, to status, to personal or national status? Does it ennoble or debase its devotees?

Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra 1977 softcover, 7" x 9¾" Previous owner's name to title page. Book in VERY GOOD condition This report provides information on the Flora and Fauna and their environment found in the areas where over the coming decades a substantial part of the forests will be clear-felled in order to provide hardwood woodchips. It covers all the more important sources on the vascular flora and the vertebrate fauna.

EDI.CER, publishers, Sassuolo, Italy 1989 softcover, 6¾" x 9½" Book in AS NEW condition This professional book has the imprimatur of (a) the Italian Association of Ceramic Tile and Refactory Manufacturers, (b) the Italian Ceramic Center - the Research and Experimentation Center for the Ceramic Industry, and (c) the Italian Trade Commission. Chapter 1 'Quality and Performance'; Chapter 2 'Technical Characteristics'; Chapter 3 'Planning, Design and Installation of a Tiled Floor or Wall'; Chapter 4 'Defects leading to Controversies'; followed by 'Conclusions' and 'References'. It contains many tables, charts, colour photographs and drawings.