Search Results: Titles starting with G from Bookhome Sydney

Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 2005. 1st ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, few tiny marks fore-edge, minor edgewear. 236 pp. This book combines a substantial biography on G. R. S. Mead with an annotated anthology of his most important writings, which give the reader both a contextualizing overview and representative samples from Meads's large amount of work. Mead was a leading theosophist and founder of the Quest Society. His works dealt mainly with the Hermetic and Gnostic religions, and which significantly influenced Carl Jung.

Melbourne, Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2006. Paperback octavo, very good condition, figures, tables, minor edgewear. 158 pp. Jennifer Thomson examines the issues and concerns surrounding the development of genetically modified (GM) crops and their impacts on the environment.

Victoria: Slattery Media Group, 2010. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour & few sepia (brown-tinted) photos, minor edgewear jacket (two tiny holes base spine, little rubbed). 288 pp. Autobiography of the Australian horse trainer. Gai Waterhouse. In this fascinating book, she describes the influence of her remarkable parents, her selfless love of her husband Rob, and how high-achievers can mix business success with the needs of family and friends, colleagues and workmates, and the complex world of thoroughbred horse racing.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2007. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), colour & black & white photos centre spread, minimal edgewear. 284 pp. Galileo is one of a small group of historical figures known by first name alone. His achievements place him amongst the giants of science: a crucial figure in the Scientific Revolution. A martyr whose brilliance and stubbornness saw him crushed by the might of the Roman Catholic Church. Michael White investigates the man and his astronomical research, placing both in the context of a time when religious and scientific understanding became deeply and dangerously intertwined. Against the backdrop of the Counter Reformation and the Thirty Years' War, he traces the path that led to Galileo's denunciation as a heretic, and finds the story tainted by evidence of conspiracy and cover-up.

Canberra, Woden: Popinjay Australian Publications, 1988. Hardback large quarto, no jacket, very good plus condition, green cloth cover (gilt lettering), sepia (brown-tinted) photos including frontispiece, black & cream drawing. 68 pp. This story of a drover named Peter Clark who was shot by Wilson the bushranger when he resisted a holdup, north of Scone (NSW) in the 1860s. The author, John Meredith, sets out - not to try and discover the true story - but rather to document the processes of the oral tradition - to bring together all the various accounts under one cover. Whatever the truth may be, this collection of legends will stand as a tribute to the bravery and courage of a young bushman who died game and was gallant to the end. (No 6 in the Australian Historical Monograph series, from Popinjay Australian Publications. Limited edition of 210 copies, 95 of which are numbered and autographed by the publisher, Stephan Williams. This is no 26. ISBN not printed in book.).

London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan, 1982. Facsimile ed.. Each book: Paperback small square trade, very good condition, frontispiece, black & white decorations edges of pages, thin coloured card covers (matching colour decorative covers), gilt edges. In single slipcase (tiny scuff top corner, tiny bump top spine). 16 + 16 + 16 pp. Facsimile edition. Three volumes in one slipcase: The Gallant History of Bevis of Southampton - The Sweet and Pleasant History of Patient Grissel - A Mournful Ditty of the Death of Fair Rosamond. The editor of the series Gammer Gurton's Story Books was hired at a young age as a clerk in the office of Chelsea Hospital for disabled soldiers until 1845. In 1863 he became deputy librarian and continued in that post until he retired in 1882. The titles in this series were published in separate booklets with gaily decorated and gilded stiff-paper covers with a coloured frontispiece. The books in the series were published by Joseph Cundall and printed by Charles… Read More

Melbourne: Penguin Books, 2003. 1st ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white photos, maps, pages & inside covers toned as common, minor foxing edges (mainly top edge), minor edgewear. 204 pp. This book for young adults by Patrick Carlyon takes young people on an unforgettable and tough journey deep into the heartland of war (Gallipoli, Turkey, World War 1, the Anzac legend). The author digs past the myths to explore the lives and choices of the men - soldiers, politicians and generals alike who find themselves caught up in a battle fought far from home.

Sydney, Warriewood: Woodslane Press, 2007. 1st Australian ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, figures, tables, minor edgewear, minor pencil annotation. 428 pp. From the introduction by John Perkins author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: The contributors to this book uncover events that have taken place across a wide range of countries, all EHM game plans under a variety of guises. The chapters are written in an order that follows the flow of money and power in the Global Empire.Other economic hit men, journalists, and investigators reveal many more deeply disturbing stories of greed and international corruption.

Brisbane, Milton: WrightBooks / John Wiley & Sons Australia, 2014. Reprint ed.. Paperback octavo (with flaps), very good condition, figures, pages faintly toned, minimal edgewear. 197 pp. This book blends elements from the disciplines of motivation science, game design and agile management to bring about change by using the right motivational dynamics to influence behaviour, bring about success and shape culture. The author consults on leadership and change management to a wide range of clients, from the executives of multinational organisations, through to the directors of switched-on startups.

Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1982. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, owner's written name, stickers (cover rubber stamp), minor pencil annotation. 301 pp. A user-friendly introduction to the fundamental ideas of mathematical game theory together with a survey of experimental gaming and other major applications in social psychology, decision theory, economics, sociology, operational research, politics, evolutionary biology, and moral philosophy.

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2011. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket). 319 pp. Game theory models are ubiquitous in economics, common in political science, and increasingly used in psychology and sociology. In evolutionary biology, they offer compelling explanations for competition in nature. But game theory has been only sporadically applied to the humanities: literature, history, and philosophy. It can illuminate the rational choices made by characters in texts ranging from the Bible to Joseph Heller's Catch-22, and can explicate strategic questions in law, history, and philosophy. Much of Brams's analysis is based on the theory of moves (TOM), which is grounded in game theory, and which he develops gradually and applies systematically throughout.

Christchurch: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1957. 18th ed.. Paperback very small, very good condition, blue card cover, black & white drawings, foldout table at rear, staples rusted, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear, bookshop rubber stamp, owner's written name. 52 pp. Eighteenth edition (1957 or later). A brief but definitive description of this popular Chinese tile game, which has spread throughout Asia and later worldwide. Includes 1957 supplement (4 pages in red text) explaining changes to the rules. (Title includes Chinese characters. Price 3/6. Rubber stamp of Barker's Book Store, Brisbane.).

London: Ward, Lock & Co, 1939. 1st ed.. Hardback small, dustjacket, good condition (in fair dustjacket), edges toned & lightly foxed, pages lightly toned (few lightly foxed), edge tears jacket (small loss corners, piece missing spine ends, flap price-clipped, reverse side foxed), tear bottom edge one page, inner hinge little split (pages firm), few pencil ticks, old price marks, written names front pastedown, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. 128 pp. First edition. A book useful for organisers of socials, hotel and shipboard entertainments, and also helpful to the giver of the most modest of house parties.

London, Glasgow & Dublin: Blackie & Son, 1909. Hardback oblong quarto, good condition, red cloth spine, pictorial board cover (soiled, considerable edgewear, rear cover very scuffed), grey endpapers, full-page colour drawings, first few & last few pages foxed (otherwise minimal internally), small edge tears, scuffing few pages, written & dated dedication. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 104 pp. A scarce collectible children's picture book, verses by John Brymer, drawings by Stewart Orr. Consists of a series of vignettes (4-line verse) with colour picture on facing page, separated from the next pair by two blank pages. (No date, but about 1907. Written dedication, 1909.)

Sydney: Doubleday Australia, 1985. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour text-photos, illustrated title page, colour & black & white drawings, maps, few black & white photos, spine ends little rubbed, light foxing & toning reverse side jacket (minor edgewear), light foxing edges & endpapers. 160 pp. Clifford Frith provides is a unique combination of gardening and ornithological information. The author offers expert advice on how to make your garden more attractive to birds. There are features on 100 garden birds throughout Australia. The beautiful artwork has been specially commissioned, and the background photos show birds in their natural habitat.

Sydney: New Holland Publishers (Australia), 1999. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour photos, minor edgewear jacket (reverse side lightly foxed), base spine little rubbed. 176 pp. This inspirational book by Tim North is the his story of the construction of his various gardens at his homes over the years. He writes about his first seaside garden in Sydney, as well as Yarrabin, in the Southern Highlands, New South Wales, and his current 'easy care' garden in suburban Canberra. There are beautiful colour photos, and many gardening hints which will interest the experienced and aspiring gardener.

Melbourne, North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing (ASP), 2008. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, few colour photos, black & white drawings, top corner front cover minimally creased, bottom corner tip front cover little rubbed, minor edgewear. 212 pp. This well-illustrated book has the complete collection of articles, and previously unpublished writings, of Nina Crone. Nina wrote the articles using the nom de plume Alison Dalrymple in "The Age" newspaper between 1982 and 1997. Based on her own travels, the author goes around the globe to visit public gardens with diverse botanical landscapes, as well as many articles on plants and gardens and their histories.

Sydney: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1977. Reprint ed.. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, colour photos, minor edgewear jacket, small mark base spine between two pages. 91 pp. Mab Younger provides a practical guide to planning and establishing a garden in all the Australian states and New Zealand. The many illustrations and easy-to-read text will inspire garden lovers and also people who want to start a garden.

Maleny, QLD: Maleny Printers, 1987. Paperback trade, good condition, card cover, stapled pamphlet (rusted staples), black & white illustrations, map, few creases in front cover, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. 19 pp. This special little booklet is a guide to the many beautiful gardens, both old and new, small and large, in and around the township of Maleny, Queensland. The gardens are all private home gardens and not show gardens, and the gardens chosen can be seen in part or wholly from the road. There are also places to eat, have a picnic or stay, listed in the booklet. (No date, but late 1980s. There is a mention of Daylily Nursery relocating during 1988.)

NZ / Sydney, Balmain: Godwit Books / Florilegium, 1994. Australian ed.. Hardback quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour text-photos (some full-page), light foxing top edge, minor foxing top edge reverse side jacket (minor edgewear). Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 175 pp. Murray Richards, a New Zealand horticulture academic, provides a highly illustrated guide to the exciting possibilities of gardening with these special plants: rhododendrons. This book covers the characteristics and distribution of the genus, including vireyas, and deciduous and evergreen azaleas. There is advice on conditions needed for successful cultivation, landscaping and container growing, pests and diseases, propagation and hybridising. An annotated index of species and cultivars provides brief information on over 250 popular rhododendrons. There are 200 colour photos. (Originally published by Godwit Books, New Zealand, 1994, ISBN 0908877552.… Read More