Search Results: Authors starting with S from Pegasus Book Orphanage

The Baptist Union of Victoria, Melbourne 1962 Hardcover, lacking jacket Book in FAIR condition This book desribes some of the significant characteristics of Victorian Baptists, and the contributions they sought to make to the Kingdom of God. Book includes 26 b&w photographs.

Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Victoria 1974 Hardcover with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering and usual stamps, stickers & barcode. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket The autobiography of an Australian Chief of the General Staff, controversially sacked by Blamey in New Guinea. Book includes 17 b&w photographs, and six maps.

Heinemann Educational Books, Charles Street, London - 1977 hardcover, 6½" x 9½", with dust jacket Inscription to previous owner to front endpaper. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Here is Fred Hoyle's most provocative and profound book - offering an exciting look at the frontiers if ourselves, our planet, and the universe. He gives readers an autobiographical sketch of his education and development as a scientist: he presents his cosmological theory, based on a radically different interpretation of astronomical data; and he poses the seeming paradox that unless civilization collapses soon, humankind may be doomed.

McGraw-Hill, Avenue of the Americas, New York 1958 Hardcover, 16cms x 23½cms, with dust jacked VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket This comprehensive volume is the only book ever published with complete information on the maintenance of public, semi-public, industrial, and private grounds. Its ten large chapters treat every important aspect of grounds maintenance, including growing and maintenance of turf; planting and care of trees; equipment maintenance and use; insect and disease control; roads and parking areas; materials specification; maintenance of picnic areas.

Little, Brown & Co, Boston - first edition 1993 hardcover, 5¾" x 8½", with dust jacket Long inscription to previous owner on front endpaper. Jacket in transparent protective covering. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD price-clipped dust jacket In his remarkable book, best-selling author Harold Kushner writes of the traditions and practices of Judaism with all the wisdom, understanding, and humour for which he is so well known. He explains why prayer matters, how holiday observances and life-cycle events teach us to be human, why we follow the dietary laws, how we look at Christianity, and finally why the world needs committed Jews to make God's purposes come about.

Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Co,. 1947 Hardcover, lacking jacket Previous owner's name and date to title page. Book in GOOD condition A part-time farm, for this author's purposes, means a place with a few acres on a main or secondary road that radiates from a town or city. It represents a home rather than a farm, for the majority of the household income is earned elsewhere. This book covers the importance of location and facilities, extent of acreage, soils, water supply, tools, vegetable gardens, home orchard, milk supplies, hens, homecrafts, a greenhouse, farm crops (strawberries, raspberries, asparagus, melons, squash, corn, peaches, blueberries etc etc.). Packed with good advice.

Frey Enterprises, Nashville 1983 Stapled soft cover, 28 x 21cms Text in two cols This is a revised edition of 1981 original, rust starting around staples. GOOD cond A patriotic salute/ biography of an outstanding American President. Eleven large b/w photographs (from archives)… original slab hut/home, Mary Todd Lincoln, his desk, only home he owned, parlor, family, at Emancipation Proclamation, inauguration, tomb at Springfield. Lincoln Memorial statue. Printed on card.

Summit Books, New York 1990 hardcover, 9.5" x 6", with dust jacket Our copy is an ex-library one in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, etc. Barcode cut from front endpapers. (Gonzo Papers Vol 3) Grey boards with gold type to red linen spine cloth, grey endpapers. "We live in cheap and twisted times," writes Thompson. In this extraordinary book - part memoir, part commentary, part fiction - he fully exemplifies that statement.

Oxford University Press, South Melbourne 1996 hardcover, 6¼" x 9¼", with dust jacket Ex-library with usual stamps, stickers, barcode, otherwise very good book in very good unclipped and protected dustjacket. This book provides a comprehensive and integrated review of the social, economic and conservation issues of sustainable forest management. Biodiversity, climate change, protecting rare and endangered species and ecosystems, ecotourism, water quality, protecting the interests of indigenous people, sustainable management, economic development and ensuring community stability are some of the issues forming the arguments of the various interest groups.

Nijgh & Van Ditmar, Rotterdam 1970 softcover booklet, 4¾" x 7¾" Booklet in VERY GOOD condition The Zuyder Zee works and the Delta Plan form the main theme of this book. The Delta works, in particular, with all their traditonal and modern aspects, can be regarded a hugh open air hydraulics laboratory. It is a laboratory where full scale tests are being performed, enabling Dutch hydraulic engineers to enrich their knowledge and experience to an unprecedented degree. 34 Photographs, 7 maps, 17 drawings.

Walter Scott, London nd (1882?) hardcover, 7.5" x 5" Gilded top edges. Binding sound after a century. Covers a little soiled. BOOK in VERY GOOD condition Light-green cloth-bound boards with gold type to dark-green quarter-bound spine, 16p advts at rear. Prize label to front paste-down [Martyrs' Public School, Glasgow, 1898]. Livingstone's missionary work & explorations through Africa. Slave trade; search.

Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia 1987 Hardcover, 7½" x 10½" Some highlighting to text. Previous owner's name to ffep. Book in VERY GOOD condition Here are the general principles of exercise testing and exercise prescription, followed by a discussion on the importance of such general factors as age, gender, and environment. There are chapters on specific health states. The author also discusses risk factors, associated health states, how to modify exercise testing procedures, and how to prescribe exercise.

Rodale Press, publishers, Emmaus, Pa. 1981 softcover, 7½" x 9" Book in VERY GOOD condition This practical handbook for cycling in traffic shows you - * How to buy to adapt the bike for your needs * How to balance, steer, turn, mount and dismount, and brake * Twenty hand-signals for use in traffic * How, where, and when to ride in a variety of traffic conditions * How to think like a motorist * Preventive riding techniques * How to avoid accidents * How to use maps for better commuting, and * How to park, store, and secure your bike.

Addison-Wesley Publishing, Reading, Massachusetts - 1997 softcover, 15½cms x 23½cms Book in AS NEW condition This book shows us the unmistakable evidence of cataclysmic comet and asteroid impacts. By comparing what we know about the earth's geology and paleontology with the ages of other planets and moons in our solar system, the author makes the strongest case yet for sudden, dramatic extinctions and assesses the risk to planet Earth.

Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York - first edition 1971 Hardcover, with dust jacket GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Islands have always held a special fascination for man, and the adventure and intrigue which they seem to evoke are demonstrated in this anthology of short stories and excerpts from longer works of fiction. Included here: Daniel Defoe, Jules Verne, W Somerset Maugham, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling, Herman Melville and many others.

Australian University Press, publishers, Canberra 1971 hardcover, 5½" x 9", with dust jacket Jacket edges have wear to all edges. Binding sound. VERY GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket The 1911 revolution was a momentous event in Chinese history. It overthrew the 2,000year-old monarchical system, and tried to establish a democratic republic in its place. The failure of this first attempt to Westernise China, combined with the other frustrations of those who engineered the revolution, contributed in a large measure to China's disenchantment with democracy. This book studies Sung Chiao-jen, a revolutionary leader, idealist & intellectual, who was assassinated, aged 30, in 1913.

Crescent Books, Park Avenue South, New York - 1991 hardcover, 9" x 12¼", with dust jacket Top and bottom of jacket have slight curl. Previous owner's name lightly to half-title page. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Here is the complete story of elephants in one lavishly illustrated volume that explores ten major themes, from the emergence of the first elephant ancestors to the status of African and Asian elephants in the modern world. Many of the photographs have been supplied by the authors and provide new insights into the varied world of elephants. As packed book weighs 1½kgs (3¼lbs), expect slightly-higher-than-usual shipping costs (ask, we'll quote first).

Rigby Limited, Adelaide - ISBN:0727003046 1977 hardcover, 9" x 11¾", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stickers, etc. Barcode excised from ffep. GOOD book in GOOD dust jacket "Der Adler" was published before and during World War II by the German Air Force to publicize the Luftwaffe within the Air Force, and to publicize its growing might and power throughout the world. Up until 1941 it was published in German and English. Largely factual in character "Der Adler" is a social and historical document which will be of great interest to students of history and aircraft enthusiasts alike.

Angus and Robertson 1972 hard cover + DJ Ex library copy with usual stamps and stickers, otherwise very good book in very good unclipped and protected dustjacket. Describes procedures used in the treatment of five actual cases of reading disability, and demonstrates the fact that relatively simple therapy, given in some cases by people without special training, is often sufficient to help children cope with the problem.

ISI Press, publishers, Philadelphia 1985 hardcover, 6¼" x 9¼", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, and usual stamps, stickers, and barcode. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket This book answers your questions about the history and mystery of the English language! Morton Freeman has created a fascinating compendium of romantic word origins and folk etymologies that you will consult for reference and read from cover to cover. "In the original story, what was Cinderalla's slipper made of?", "Why are prostitutes called 'hookers'?", "Why are barbershop poles striped red and white?" - find the answers here, and hundreds of others, too.