Search Results: Titles starting with R from Great Southern Books

Viking, Melbourne, 2015. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 289 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages are lightly toned throughout. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. In fine unread condition. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. John Nashville Grant is an American military policeman in the R&R town of Vung Tau, tucked safely behind the front lines of the Vietnam War. Nashville knows how everything works: the army, the enemy, bars, secrets, men and - at least in Vung Tau - women. He's keeping the peace by keeping his head down and making the most of it. His new partner is a tall man from a small town: Shorty, from Bendigo. Shorty knows nothing about anything, and he wishes people would stop mistaking… Read More

Dorling Kindersley, London, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Very Good. First impression. Size: Large Octavo. 352 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. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Whether you're a complete novice or looking to improve your existing gardening skills, this is the complete guide on how to garden, from the experts at the RHS. Just about to start your first ever gardening project, or looking to improve an existing plot? Whatever your level of expertise, you'll find everything you need to know in this easy-to-follow guide. From bulbs to borders, weeds to watering, pick up gardening techniques, practical basics, and simple skills which will have your garden blooming. Top tips to guide you… Read More

W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 267 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. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Deckled edges (rough cut). This BOOK IS IN STOCK and READY TO MAIL NOW. Your book when ordered will be securely packed and promptly dispatched by Great Southern Books. Soupspoon Wise is dying on the unforgiving streets of New York City, years and worlds away from the Mississippi delta, where he once jammed with blues legend Robert "RL" Johnson. It was an experience that burned indelibly into Soupspoon's soul -- never mind that they said RL's gift came from the Devil himself. Now it's Soupspoon's turn to strike a deal with a stranger. An alcoholic angel of mercy, Kiki… Read More

Rider, London, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition (ex-library)/Very Good. First Impression. Size: 8vo Octavo (standard book size). 481 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. Dust jacket has it's plastic cover intact which has left this library book in very good condition.. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Text marked with Library stamps, but very discreetly, spine unmarked, in all other respects in very good condition throughout. This book is available and will be shipped within two business days. All items are tracked and details are available on request.. "Rabble-Rouser for Peace" is the first book to tell the full story of how a boy from South Africa's poverty-stricken black townships became one of the world's best-known religious figures, a moral icon to those who work for peace and justice everywhere. Published to… Read More

Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 1982. First Edition. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Very Good Condition. First impression. Size: Large Octavo 8VO. 154 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine is faded/sunned. No foxing in this copy. Previous owner's signature in ink. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. History text for secondary students; conflict in 19th century, Aboriginal relations with white settlers in Sydney area; Poonindie; Coranderrk; uses period documents. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Indigenous Cultures; Australian History; Australia; 18th century; History. ISBN: 017005943x. ISBN/EAN: 9780170059435. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10456. . 9780170059435 Read More

Lynward Enterprises, Perth, 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 71 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 available and ready to be shipped.. Provides a description and true account of the escape of Irish Fenian convicts from Fremantle gaol and a the transcript of a radio play written by the author. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: History; Australian History; Australia; 19th century; ISBN: 0949111007. ISBN/EAN: 9780949111005. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 7812. . 9780949111005

Fourth Estate Ltd, London. UK, 1994. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 306 pages. This book is in very good or better condition. It has no tears to the pages and no pages are missing from the book. The spine of the book is still in great condition. The front cover has some bumps and marks. It has signs of previous use but overall is in really nice, tight condition. A book exchange stamp on inside. Items are shipped same day or next business day and are shipped directly from our Australian address. SYNOPSIS: U2's place in rock culture is already secure, but still the world celebrates them as an "Irish band." In this book, Irish journalist and friend of U2, John Waters, attempts to pinpoint the Irish cultural genius from which U2 emerged. Piecing together fragments of a hidden ancestry, he articulates the band's unique magic which has captivated a generation. Is the band's "Irishness" the secret of its appeal? This book is a search of the essence of one of the… Read More

W W Norton & Co Inc, New York, New York, U.S.A, 2002. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 1st Printing. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 320 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. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. A fascinating account of the early days of Antarctic exploration from an expert storyteller. In the 1830s, the forbidding Antarctic region represented the ultimate mystery. The prospect of discovering a lucrative whaling ground made this uncharted and untapped region especially enticing. Three expeditions to the pole were launched simultaneously by the United States, France, and Britain, each vying to be the first to venture farther south than any vessel had ever sailed before. These expeditions paved the way for the explorers, traders, and whalers of what was to become known as the "Heroic Age" of Antarctic exploration. The Race… Read More

MacMillan, London, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. This is the first UK edition. Size: Quarto 4to. 192 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. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This BOOK IS IN STOCK and READY TO MAIL NOW. Your book when ordered will be securely packed and promptly dispatched by Great Southern Books. More than 400 line-illustrations, full-colour artwork, maps and photographs - many hitherto unpublished. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Science & Technology; Cosmology; ISBN: 0333461770. ISBN/EAN: 9780333461778. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 4292. . 9780333461778

Velo Press, USA, 2004. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 220 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 IN STOCK and READY TO MAIL NOW. Your book when ordered will be securely packed and promptly dispatched by Great Southern Books. Written for the experienced road cyclist, this book shows team riders how to ride in a race, explains the importance of position, and discusses individual and team racing tactics. Each type of road race--one-days, stage races, criteriums--is covered, along with the technical riding skills and mental strategies needed to succeed. Also included is information on handling prologues, recovering from a crash or flat tire, resting during a race, and evaluating the competition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1… Read More

John Murray, London, United Kingdom, 1998. First Paperback Edition. Trade paperback. Fine. 434 pages. An excellent copy in fine condition. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges are clean, neat and free of foxing. Items are in stock and will be shipped same day or next business day directly from our Australian address. SYNOPSIS: Sally Cline creates an incredibly dynamic portrait of Radclyffe Hall in her biography and her depictions of turn of the 20th century lesbian life are just thrilling. Radclyffe Hall was attractive, wealthy, adventurous and talented, and Sally Cline faithfully shows her successes, as well as her weaknesses, and manages to bring together a sense of what this literary upper class world was like. This book traces Radclyffe Hall's life as she grew from party girl into a prolific author, later writing her magnum opus, "The Well of Loneliness" and shows… Read More

The Overlook Press, New York, 1995. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. First Impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 332 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. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. The Radetzky March, first published in 1932, is Joseph Roth's greatest literary achievement, a novel of world literary rank. Spanning three generations of the Trotta family and set in the waning days of the Hapsburg Empire, the novel unfolds with marvelous subtlety to reveal its splendidly modern ironies. In this new translation, Joachim Neugroschel captures the uniquely Rothian tone of the original--profound and elegant seriousness meshed with a tender sense of irony. One of the greatest novels of the twentieth… Read More

University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Queensland, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 132 pages. An excellent copy and is in fine condition. It has no tears to the pages and no pages are missing from the book. The spine of the book is in great condition and the dust jacket is unmarked except that the spine is a little sunned. It has no signs of previous use. Items are in stock and will be shipped same day or next business day directly from our Australian address. SYNOPSIS: A study of the influence of American writing, in particular Whitman, and transcendentalism, on the developing consciousness of young colonial Australia as expressed in the works of Charles Harpur, Banfield, O'Dowd, Furphy, etc. Quantity Available: 1. Category: General, Australian & Oceanian; ISBN: 0702212237. ISBN/EAN: 9780702212239. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0002065. . 9780702212239

Harper Collins, Sydney, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. First Impression. Size: 8vo Octavo (standard book size). 325 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. Dust Jacket is in very good conditionapart from tiny closed tear on top.. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and will be shipped within two business days. All items are tracked and details are available on request.. The candid memoir from one of Australia's greatest track and field athletes who brought audiences to their feet for more than 14 years of international competition. Raelene, whose refusal to use drugs in the 1970s cost her several Olympic gold medals as she ran against athletes later found to be drug cheats, details her battles to beat breast and ovarian cancer, as well as her ongoing fight to overcome severe depression. Quantity… Read More

Puffin, New York, New York, U.S.A, 1994. Reprint. Soft cover. Very Good. 5th or later Printing. 267 pages. This book is in very good or better condition. It has no tears to the pages and no pages are missing from the book. The spine of the book is in strong condition. The front cover has some very minor bumps and marks indicating previous use but overall is in really nice, tight condition. Items are in stock and will be shipped same day or next business day directly from our Australian address. SYNOPSIS: A new edition of this classic children's story. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Classics; ISBN: 0140366717. ISBN/EAN: 9780140366716. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0002091. . 9780140366716

Boulevard, New York, New York, U.S.A, 1998. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. 1st Printing. 221 pages. This book is in good or better condition. It has no tears to the pages and no pages are missing from the book. The spine of the book is in strong condition. The front cover has some very minor bumps and marks indicating previous use but overall is in really nice, tight condition. Items are in stock and will be shipped same day or next business day directly from our Australian address. SYNOPSIS: Rainbow: A Star-Studded Tribute to Judy Garland is a diverse collection of more than forty years of journalism. Filled with rare interviews, feature stories, reviews and production notes, this unique celebration takes us "over the rainbow" and straight to the heart of a Hollywood star, an enduring icon, and a timeless legend... Quantity Available: 1. Category: Entertainment & Performing Arts; ISBN: 157297334x. ISBN/EAN: 9781572973343. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available… Read More

Philadelphia Church of God, Inc, Oklahoma, USA, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 415 pages. SECOND PRINTING. An excellent copy and is in AS NEW condition. It has no tears to the pages and no pages are missing from the book. The spine of the book is in great condition and the cover is unmarked. It has no signs of previous use. Items are in stock and will be shipped same day or next business day directly from our Australian address. SYNOPSIS: This is the most astonishing story in modern religion. What happened to the global humanitarian empire of Herbert W Armstrong, the world's leading televangelist and one of the most prominent religious leaders of the 20th century? Followed by millions world-wide, his legacy of Bible-based humanitarianism came under attack after he died. The leaders who took control of the church he founded, after pledging to 'follow in his footsteps', methodically destroyed all he had built. Those who would stop them were silenced or excommunicated. Had… Read More

Panther Books, London, 1984. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. First TV Tie-in edition. Size: 12mo Small. 598 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages are lightly toned throughout. Edges browned slightly. The book has been read and may carry some marks and creases. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. In the fourth volume in Paul Scott's Raj quartet, the twilight of the Raj turns bloody. After exploiting India's divisions for years, the British depart in such haste that no one is prepared for the Hindu-Muslim riots of 1947. Against the backdrop of the violent partition of India and Pakistan, A division of the spoils illuminates one last bittersweet romance, revealing the divided loyalties of the British as they retreat from or cling to India. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Historical fiction; India; 20th century;… Read More

Random House Australia, North Sydney, NSW, 2010. 1st Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. First impression. 224 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.. This book is in near fine condition. It has no tears to the pages and no pages are missing from the book. The spine of the book is in strong condition and the dust jacket is generally unmarked. It has signs of previous use but overall is in really nice, tight condition. Name has been blacked out. Items are in stock and will be shipped same day or next business day directly from our Australian address. SYNOPSIS: In this exquisite gem of a novel, David Malouf shines new light on Homer's Iliad, adding twists and reflections, as well as flashes of earthy humour, to surprise and… Read More

MacLehose Press, London, 2015. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. First Impression. Size: 8vo Octavo (standard book size). 638 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 available and will be shipped within two business days. All items are tracked and details are available on request.. Raoul Wallenberg is one of the Second World War's greatest heroes. His courageous actions in Budapest at the height of the Holocaust saved countless lives, and ultimately cost him his own. Though made an honorary citizen of Australia, the U.S.A. and elsewhere, Wallenberg's achievements remain little known. Ingrid Carlberg draws on revelatory research to narrate the story of his heroic life, and to navigate with wisdom and sensitivity the truth about his mysterious death. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under… Read More