This Is Not a Drill: Just Another Glorious Day in the Oilfield
by Carter, Paul
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 174175125X
- ISBN 13
- 9781741751253
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About This Item
Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2007. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Fifth or later impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 240 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 currently IN STOCK and would be shipped directly from our Australian address.. He's back on the rigs and back in trouble. Picking up right where he left off, Paul Carter pulls out more tall tales of a mad, bad, and dangerous life in the international oil trade. Starting with action and mayhem galore This Is Not A Drill sets an unrelenting pace that just doesn't let up, as Paul almost drowns when the Russian rig he's working on begins to capsize; is reunited with his Dad-another adrenaline junkie; gets married; hangs out with his rig pig buddies in exotic locations; gets hammered on vodka in Sakhalin; and spends a couple of interesting weeks in Afghanistan with some mates who run an outfit that just happens to contract out mercenaries for hire. This is the next fast, furious, and very funny book from Paul Carter. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australia; Humour. ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9781741751253. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3475. . 9781741751253
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3475
- Title
- This Is Not a Drill: Just Another Glorious Day in the Oilfield
- Author
- Carter, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 174175125X
- ISBN 13
- 9781741751253
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- BZDB137 Carter, Paul, 1969-, Petroleum workers--Australia--Biography, Oil well drilling rigs--Anecdotes Biography & Autobiography; Australia; Humour. EAN: 9781741751253 Carter, Paul This Is Not a Drill: Just Another Glorious Day in the Oilfield
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