Search Results: LANGUAGE & BOOKS from Bookhome Sydney

Sydney, East Roseville: Simon & Schuster, 2001. Australian ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. 281 pp. A guide to 50 proven classics in the self-help field, including by Dale Carnegie, Deepak Chopra, Stephen Cover, Louise Hay, Victor Frankl, Benjamin Franklin, Buddha. Each consists of a 2 to 4 page summary of the life skills advocated, a brief biography of the author, and a history of the book.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1994. Reprint ed.. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), figures, bottom corner one page creased (during manufacture), minor edgewear, faint old price marks. 233 pp. Larry Bonura, a professional indexer and editorial consultant, provides a step-by-step guide to creating comprehensive and usable technical indexes. He addresses indexing problems specific to technical documentation and gives practical solutions. A reference book useful for writers, editors, and documentation managers to help them chart the topics of their books, reports, and documents. Also presents a concise and accurate map that readers, researchers, libraries, bookstores, and reviewers can use to maximize the usefulness of their book.

Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1993. 1st ed.. Paperback large trade, very good condition, few black & white cartoons, minor foxing top edge, minor edgewear, old price marks. 138 pp. Valerie Parv, an Australian author, has written over 30 romamce novels, mostly for Mills & Boon. Based on her experience of writing romance novels, she explains what works, what doesn't and why. There are chapters on creating believable characters, writing dialogue, choosing settings, identifying workable conflicts and constructing effective plots.

Sydney, Potts Point: Hordern House, 1987. Hardback large thick octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, tipped-in frontispiece, black & white drawings (some full-page, some showing a title page), minor edgewear jacket (spine little faded as common), light foxing fore-edge, minor edgewear, jacket design differs from stock photo (which wrongly shows the limited edition with slipcase). Heavy (1.3 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 468 pp. A classic text by Jonathan Wantrup (a noted Australian bookseller) that promotes book collecting by examining its nature and methods, and explaining the essential technical aspects. He provides a broad-ranging survey of the major Australian rare books that look at Australia's past, relating each to the historical context in which it was produced. Includes an extensive bibliographical checklist detailing the 260 major printed sources discussed in the text, as well as… Read More

Melbourne: Oxford University Press (OUP), 1992. Reprint ed.. Paperback small trade, very good condition, light toning edges, minor edgewear. 229 pp. This book covers the fascinating topic of eponyms - words in the English language which are also the names of people. There are over 500 eponyms defined, and each one is accompanied by a succinct history of its originator. This book will delight the browser and anyone interested in idiosyncratic detail. Included are a number of eponyms that will be familiar to Australian ears.

Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC), 2005. Paperback thick trade, very good condition, front cover faintly creased, minor edgewear. 328 pp. A collection of 100 cheeky capsules of wit, insight and meticulous research about the oddities of language. Ruth Wajnryb looks at how and why the English language works the way it does. She was a columnist in the Spectrum section of the Sydney Morning Herald. SALE PRICE.

Melbourne: Oxford University Press (OUP), 2004. 1st ed.. Paperback small trade, very good condition, black & white drawings & few photos, bottom corner tip front cover creased, tiny dent bottom edge rear cover & last few pages, minor edgewear. 224 pp. Dorothy Jauncey guides you through a world of language that is in chronological step with South Australia's development. The 500 regional words listed here variously trace their origins to South Australian Aboriginals, Cornish miners, German Lutheran settlers and more modern cultural influences. The author is a researcher at the Australian National Dictionary Centre.

Sydney, Strawberry Hills: Keesing Press / Australian Society of Authors, 2004. 1st stated ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear, top corner front cover & few page corners creased. 272 pp. The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) commissioned this book in response to daily queries about legal issues from authors and illustrators. The author has used her own values to form the book.

New York: Berkley Books, 2006. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket (tiny tear top spine), pages lightly toned as usual. 338 pp. Full of innovative ideas to help you share your love of books. The author is an active member of several American book clubs, as well as a well-known publishing professional. There are reading lists from Classics to Literary Respites, tips on creating your group, keeping meetings lively, discussion starters, recipes, theme parties and club trips.

New York: Perigee / Berkley Publishing, 2001. 2nd ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. 306 pp. Ian Ellis is a book dealer and collector for over 20 years, specializing in science fiction and mysteries. For the experienced collector or someone embarking on a new hobby, reveals the secrets of locating rare and valuable books. Includes information on first editions and reader's copies, auctions and catalogs, avoiding costly and common beginner mistakes, strategies of professional book scouts, and buying and selling on the Internet. Includes a list of 1001 findable (and hopefully collectible) books (as proposed in 2001).

Sydney: HarperCollins, 2010. Paperback square trade, very good condition, thick card covers (with flaps), minor edgewear. 175 pp. A selection of authors and booklovers featured on the ABC-TV book program First Tuesday Book Club (compiled by host Jennifer Byrne) come together to reveal the books closest to their hearts. The contributors include Ian Rankin, Christos Tsoilkas, Michael Robotham, Sophie Gee, Peter Corris, Emily Maguire, Matthew Reilly, Di Morrissey, Peter FitzSimons, Catherine Jinks and Malcolm Knox.

Brisbane, Fortitude Valley: W. R. Smith & Paterson, 1969. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), edges faintly foxed, minor edgewear jacket (all flap corners clipped), old price marks. 388 pp. (No 491 of a limited edition of 500 copies.) The author is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, and a well-known Queensland journalist, historian and biographer. Here he fulfils a lifetime ambition to collect in book form the legends and sagas of the Celtic and English peoples. Also includes biographical essays on famous Celts, including many famous Australians of Irish, Scottish and Welsh descent.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005. Reprint ed.. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), top edge lightly foxed, minor edgewear jacket. 260 pp. Jeremy Mercer found refuge at a peculiar old bookstore in Paris, and describes the remarkable events that occurred there during his stay. 'Shakespeare and Company' is the meeting place of many well-known writers and book collectors.

London: Frances Lincoln, 2004. Reprint ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, minor edgewear jacket. 191 pp. Nancy Mitford worked in Heywood Hill's bookshop from March 1942 to the end of the war. After the war she went to live in France. These letters are the ones she wrote to Heywood Hill until her death in 1973. Charming, witty, irresistible, the correspondence gives brilliant insights into a world that has almost disappeared. Edited by John Saumarez Smith. .

London: Maclehose Press, 2016. 1st U.K. ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, minor edgewear jacket. 304 pp. This fascinating book is a travelogue of a lucid and curious observer, full of anecdotes and stories from the universe of writing, publishing and selling books. The author travels to Shakespeare & Co in Paris, Wells in Winchester, Green Apple Books in San Francisco, Librairie des Colonnes in Tangier, and The Strand Book Store in New York. The author touches on the role of bookshops in today's ever-changing climate of globalisation, disappearing high streets, and e-readers, and gives a compelling case for hope. He underlines the importance of bookshops and the magic that happens there. (Translated from Spanish.).

London: Reinhardt Books / Viking / Penguin Books, 1989. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket (light foxing, few tiny chips), faint foxing edges. 214 pp. Essays about children's literature (picture books) by Maurice Sendak, the author of the famous picture book 'Where the Wild Things Are'. Topics range from George Macdonald, Beatrix Potter and Randolph Caldecott, to Margot Zemach, Harriet Pincus and Edward Ardizzone, and to Walt Disney, Mother Goose and Hans Christian Anderson. The author voices his deeply held opinions about every aspect of the world of the picture book.

Melbourne: Viking / Penguin Books, 2001. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, minor edgewear jacket, cover edges little rubbed, pages lightly toned. 344 pp. First edition. A biography by Jacqueline Kent about Beatrice Davis, 1909 - 1992, who was Australia's most acclaimed book editor, the 'backroom girl of Australian literature'. As general editor at Angus & Robertson from the late1930s to the early 1970s, she nurtured the talents of many well-known writers. In the course of her outstanding career Beatrice Davis saw Australian publishing change from a genteel pursuit to a market-dominated industry. The book is also the story of that change, illustrated by the decline and fall of Beatrice's beloved Angus & Robertson, for almost a century Australia's premier publishing house. The author portrays a woman whose passion for living was as great as her passion for Australian literature.

London: Icon Books, 1998. Reprint ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white cartoons, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear, cover photo differs from stock photo. 175 pp. Traces Chomsky's understanding of the cognitive realities involved in the use of language and the technical apparatus needed to represent it. The author also describes his radical critique of the institutions of power and pathways of oppression, and his commitment to freedom and justice.

Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 1997. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor foxing top edge, minor edgewear. 183 pp. Dr Shrapnel, the pseudonymous critic, satirises a variety of subjects in and out of academe. These adventurous essays include lampoons on writing, language, and literature. In his outrageously funny chapters and critical asides, Schrapnel returns us to the joy that language can still inspire. These satirical essays were originally published in his satirical column in 'Oasis, A Literary Magazine' from 1992 to 1996. Dr Shrapnel is the pen-name of Richard McKee, and American academic and teacher of writing and art design.

Portland, OR: Tin House Books, 2018. 1st US ed.. Hardback small square trade, no jacket, very good condition, spine ends rubbed, corner tips covers slightly rubbed, small bump with tiny tear top edge rear cover near spine, small rubber stamp front free flyleaf. 138 pp. Ursula Le Guin is interviewed by David Naimon, and in a series of essays she discusses craft, aesthetics, and philosophy in her fiction, poetry, and nonfiction respectively. The book has excerpts from her own books and those that she's looked to for inspiration. This book is a treat for Le Guin's longtime readers, a perfect introduction for first time readers of her writing, and a tribute to her incredible life and work. She is best known for her speculative fiction, particularly fantasy novels. First US edition stated.