Search Results: Authors starting with O from Pegasus Book Orphanage

Elsevier Applied Science, Barking, Essex, England 1988 Hardcover, 24.5cms x 17cms, with gold type to front and spine Book in VERY GOOD condition Reprinted from 'The Journal of the Less-Common Metals' Vol. 139, No.1. Eighteen papers presented by specialist experts from U.S.A., Germany, Brazil, Italy, Czechoslovakia, and India. Includes dozens of b&w photographs, flow charts, tables, graphs, temperature maps, cross-sections, process charts, photomicrographs, and references

Australian Government Publiashing Service, Canberra 1986 Large format softcover Red crayon slash to title page. Minor shelf wear to bottom edges. Book is in VERY GOOD condition Photographic front cover, 9.75" x 6.75", typeface text. A report, to Hon. P J Keating, Treasurer, examining the impact of a White Paper to remove the tax exemption on the gold mining industry in Australia. Incs. short history of gold discovery in Oz.

Pomegranate Press, Beverly Hills, California - 1997 hardcover, 6¼" x 9¼", with dust jacket Remainder mark to bottom edges. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Rupert Hughes packed an amazing number of accomplishments into his 84 years - film pioneer, author, screenwriter, film director, composer, wit, and uncle and mentor to Howard Hughes. His personal life rivaled the turbulence of his famous nephew's: of his three marriages, the first ended in a much-publicized divorce; his second wife committed suicide, and his third wife died from an overdose of sleeping pills. His closest friends were Will Rogers, Sam Goldwyn, Charles Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks.

Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK - 1984 softcover, 6" x 9" Previous owner's name to half-title page. Book in VERY GOOD condition This is the first major book to survey the entire history of the British Empire as a completed story. The author describes the full sweep of expansion and decolonization from the voyages of discoveries in the reign of Elizabeth I to the swift moves to independence in the reign of Elizabrth II. The author provides a unified and coherent account of a vital period in the history of all the countries that make up the modern Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Australia, Barton, A.C.T. 2001 Large softcover, 24cms square Book in VERY GOOD condition A Public Service & Merit Protection Commission publication which illustrates the parallel history of the commonwealth public service and the Commonwealth of Australia since Federation. Its is a beautifully illustrated book with high production values.

un-named publisher 1993 Softcover Book in GOOD condition The colorful story of settlement and development through irrigation along the mighty River Murray in Northern Victoria, and a record of the author's country boyhood there through the hardships of the 1920s and the great Depression.

Nelson, UK 1965 Hard cover in unclipped dust jacket Good book in good dustjacket, a few tears and creases to DJ. Isometrics for Everyone. Exerise anywhere, any time. Put a spring in your tep, firmness in your body, and a glow in your face, all without any special equipment. Numerous b&w photos showing you how.

Poseidon Press, Rockefeller Centre, New York - 1991 hardcover, 6½" xc9½", with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket A gripping narrative of the most important international development of our time - the passage of the US and the Soviet Union from the Cold War to a hopeful new era. The dramatic change took place so rapidly that even today it remains difficult to grasp. Replete with revealing portraits of historical personalities, this is an enthralling record of global history in the making. Recommended reading! As packed book weighs 1¼kgs (3lbs), slightly-higher-than-usual shipping costs may apply (email us your location, we'll quote first)

Dennis Dobson, London - first edition 1953 Hardcover, 9" x 5.5", with dust jacket Book has uncut bottom edges, jacket shadows to epps, inscriptions, and edge-wear. Jacket has minor gaps, small tears, & is soiled. GOOD book in GOOD dust jacket Brown cloth-bound hardcover, with gold type to spine & front emblem, photographic frontis, 9 full page mono pix, & jacket. The author has observed the life & habits of elephants in the Lake Chad region of Central Africa in every season.

Daybreak Books / Rodale, New York 1998 Hardcover, with dust jacket THE PERSONAL JOURNEY OF JOHN PAUL II AND JERZY KLUGER. Author Darcy O'Brien offers this moving account of the extraordinary relationship of Karol Wojtyla and Jerzy Kluger - their boyhood in the small Polish town of Wadowice, their separation at the beginning of World War II, their individual experiences under Nazi and Soviet tyranny, and their reunion almost thirty years later that deepened their friendship and made a profound impact on the history of our time.

Constitutional Press, publishers, Perth, Western Australia 1996 large-format softcover, 6½" x 10" Book in AS NEW condition "Australia's leading scholar of constituional theory, executive power, and political corruption, demonstrates how the republican push is presently led by the opponents of democracy and constitutional limits on the power of politicians. 'The People's Case' is a barricade against politicians with a passion for nationalism, vituperative oratory, cultural bribery, social controls and Wagner." - Brian Buckley. "Herein lies the essence of constitutional reform in Australia, and it is the genius of Professor O'Brien to have made plain why this is so," - Professor Martyn Webb.

Centenary History Committee, St Leonard's, Brighton Beach 1991 Softcover, 21½cms x 14cms Signed book in VERY GOOD condition SIGNED BY AUTHOR on Title-page: 'Isabel, Best Wishes, Valerie O'Byrne'. This is a lively account of the ministers and parishioners who faithfully served St Leonard's Church, Brighton Beach, over the past 100 years.

G K Hall & Co, Boston - first US edition 1987 hardcover, 9.5" x 6.25", & dust jacket Seamus Heaney says of it "educational, commemorative and tells a story." VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Red cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine. Unique presentation of the events and issues of modern Irish history over 100 years; arranged chronologically, it is entertaining, compulsive reading, and a source of invaluable information. 2 column pages.

Simon and Schuster, New York - third printing 1948 hardcover, 5½" x 8½" (no jacket) Book in VERY GOOD condition Mr O'Connell includes in the present volume no fewer than a hundred and thirty-eight discussions on symphonies: Bax, Beethoven, Berlioz, Bernstein, Bizet, Borodin, Brahms, Bruckner, Chausson, Chavez, D'Indy, Dvorak, Elgar, Franck, Gliere, Goldmark, Hanson, Harris, Haydn, Hindemith, Kalinnikoff, Krenek, Liszt, Mahler, McDonald, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Milhaud, Mozart, Prokofieff, Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov and twelve other composers. Includes discography & glossary.

Virgin Books, London 2004 Hardcover with dustjacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent covering, with usual stamps, stickers and barcode. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Humans are all dependent on sugar for life - glucose is the fuel that drives us. Sugar has changed the shape of the world economically, socially and culturally; its revealing history is illuminated and examined in this readable rich account of global domination

Perseus Publishing, US 2001 Soft cover Ex-ibrary with usual stamps, stickers, barcode, otherwise good book with firm binding and clean text. The complete resource for preventing and coping with lead poisoning.

Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd, London - 1992 large-format softcover, 9¼" x 11¾" Small gift card to previous owner stuck to first page. Book in VERY GOOD condition This book is a beautifully-designed, well researched pictorial biography of Marlene Dietrich. Her voice, her famous legs and her androgynous appearance, along with the mocking attitude she adopted towards the erotic scenarios and costumes of her films, made her one of the most influential stars of her time. Her individuality is revealed in Patrick O'Connor's fine text and selection of 150 informal and offscreen photographs. An extensive discography is included, 1928 - 1978.

Pocket Books, publishers, New York - first printing 1998 hardcover, 6½" x 9½, with dust jacket Black felt-pen mark to bottom edges. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Thirteen b&w photographs. Most people will remember him as 'Archie Bunker', but now Carroll O'Connor emerges from behind the actor's mask for the first time and tells about his greatest triumphs and terrible tragedies - a career that has been imortalised in television history.

Hamlyn, UK - first edition 1978 Hardcover with dj Illustrated with color & b/w photographs, drawings.Book and jacket in VERY GOOD condition.VG/VG 11.25" x 8.75". Red cloth bound hardcover with gold type to spine, and dust jacket. Behind the scenes at the gymnasium, the dressing rooms and the ring - the role of the manager, the promoter, the boxing authority - the great names in boxing.

World Distributors, London 1966 hardcover, 8½" x 11", with illustrated board covers Previous owner's name to ffep. Book in VERY GOOD condition Illustrated endpapers and title pages, 75 b&w photographs, and similar number of line drawings (mostly functional diagrams). Meet the famous British inventors and their major contributions to our society - all placed in context. They range in nature, significance and time from Newton's telescope and Harrison's chronometer to Tull's seed-drill and Bell's reaper; from heavy engineering to delicate precision tools; from textile machinery to dynamos; from steel to cement, telegraphy to turbines and steam locomotives to gliders. The men who conceived them were as dissimilar as their ideas.