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Reilly, Matthew: The Five Greatest Warriors
Book Number: 52600
Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited 2009 8vo hardcover in d/w. 518pp Very good. / Very good d/w. First Edition. Signed with inscription by Reilly. " Hi Jessie Mathew Reilly".
Keywords: matthew reilly fiction adventure thrilller
Price: $45.00 |
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Murdoch, Iris: Something Special [Illustrated]
Book Number: 52628
Chatto & Windus 1999 12mo. hardcover in d/w. 41pp very good. An unforgettable tale of love and repression, appearing in book form for the first time. Beautifully produced and hauntingly illustrated, this unknown work by Iris Murdoch (1918-1999) is something very special indeed. Previously unpublished but for an excerpt in a 1950s anthology, this is a bittersweet, haunting story. Yvonne, an ordinary, bold young Irish woman, believes that there's more to life than marriage to Sam, the dutiful Jewish lad who is courting her. Set in Dublin, against the vividly recognizable backdrop of the author's native city in the 1950s, Something Special is written with a wry humor and penetrating insight that evokes the psychological tension of James Joyce's "The Dead." Gorgeously illustrated with line drawings by the renowned American artist Michael McCurdy, Something Special is a perfect gift for all occasions, but especially for anyone in love. Line drawings.
Keywords: Modern fiction Something Special [Illustrated] Murdoch Iris
Price: $12.00 |
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Zawatzky, Joan: The Scent of Oranges
Book Number: 52630
JoJo Publishing January 1, 2006 8vo softcover 375pp very good. Linda returns to the family orange farm in South Africa to attend her father's funeral. She is drawn back to her past, to the striking beauty of her homeland and the people who still live and work there, but her country is vastly different. A democratic government has emerged from the shame of apartheid, yet it's a violent land where extreme poverty, AIDS and TB exist alongside western affluence and where beliefs in ancestral spirits and voodoo still linger below the surface.
Her father's last wish was for Linda to investigate the murder of her youngest brother and the guilt of those accused. Ghosts of the past guide her search as she seeks the dangerous truths behind each new lead. As the lies unravel, her family will be dishonored, a shameful past will be revealed and yet there is great hope for reconciliation and the future.
Keywords: General Literary Fiction The Scent of Oranges Zawatzky Joan
Price: $12.00 |
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Gordimer, Nadine: The Lying Days
Book Number: 52796
Gollancz, London, 1953. Sixth ediition. 8vo. hardcover. 367pp. Very good, foxing to endpapers. / Good, chipped d/w.
Keywords: fiction novel
Price: $15.00 |
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Ammaniti, Niccolao: I'm Not Scared
Book Number: 52828
The Text Publishing Company 8vo softcover 256pp good, po name on ffl. A sweltering heat wave hits a tiny village in Southern Italy, sending the adults to seek shelter, while their children bicycle freely throughout the countryside, playing games and getting into trouble. On a dare, nine-year-old Michele Amitrano enters an old, abandoned farmhouse, where he stumbles upon a secret so terrible that he can’t tell anybody. As the truth emerges, Michele learns that the horror in the creepy old house is closer to home than he ever imagined. A widely acclaimed international bestseller, I’m Not Scared is a spine-tingling novel that combines a coming of age narrative with a satisfying, enthralling story of suspense.
Keywords: Modern fiction I'm Not Scared Ammaniti Niccolao
Price: $9.00 |
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Shors, John: Beneath a Marble Sky: A Love Story
Book Number: 52850
NAL Trade June 6, 2006 8vo softcover 344pp very good. Journey to dazzling seventeenth-century Hindustan, where the reigning emperor, consumed with grief over the tragic death of his beloved wife, commissions the building of the Taj Mahal as a testament to the marvel of their love. Princess Jahanara, their courageous daughter, recounts their mesmerizing tale, while sharing her own parallel tale of forbidden love with the celebrated architect of the Taj Mahal. This impressive novel sweeps readers away to a historical Hindustan brimming with action and intrigue in an era when, alongside the brutalities of war and oppression, architecture and the art of love and passion reached a pinnacle of perfection.
Keywords: 1614 1680 Beneath a Marble Sky A Love Story Shors John
Price: $11.00 |
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Torday, Paul: The Hopless Life of Charlie Summers
Book Number: 52941
Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London, 2010 Trade paperback. 282pp. Very good. Hector Chetwode-Talbot, Eck to his friends, has left the army and is slightly at a loss as to what to do next, when he is approached by an old army pal, Bilbo Mountwilliam. Bilbo runs an investment fund company and business is booming. Bilbo persuades Eck to join the company as a 'greeter' for moneyed clients. All Eck has to do is supply the contacts with entertainment and large G&Ts and then the fund managers will do the rest. Soon Eck is able to buy himself a luxury sports car and decadent flat. It is on a golfing trip to France that Eck first meets Charlie Summers, a fly-by-night entrepreneur whose latest scheme is to import Japanese dog food into the UK. Soon Charlie lands on Eck's doorstep with his suitcase, intent on staying and relaunching his dog food business in the area. But with the financial crash looming, Eck begins to ask himself if they are so very different...
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Price: $12.00 |
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James, Wendy: Where Have You Been?
Book Number: 52968
UWA 2010 Trade paperback. 250pp. Susan and Ed Middleton’s life is close to perfect. Two kids, two cars, and a solid brick bungalow in a respectable nothern beaches suburb. There’s barely a ripple in the surface of their happy existence. But when Susan’s older sister, Karen, who vanished as a teenager, reappears to claim an inheritance, everything is set to change... Karen – now known as Carly – has had a tough time during the past twenty years; drugs, prostitution, and prison. But is she really Susan’s sister? If she isn’t Karen, who is she?
Keywords: Imposter Thriller
Price: $15.00 |
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Loves, June: The Shelly Beach Writers Group
Book Number: 52979
Penguin 2011 Trade paperback. 358pp. Near fine. What do you do when your husband dumps you for his PA, your company goes broke and your nearly published novel is cancelled? Gina, a barely 50-something corporate high-flier, is counting her losses when a chance meeting throws a sea change her way. A job as a house/dog-sitter – albeit in a minus one-star leaky cottage in windswept Shelly Beach – seems the perfect opportunity to relax and regroup. But Gina hasn't counted on the locals, and soon finds herself reluctantly convening the writers' group, babysitting, baking, seal-watching, bicycling . . . and perhaps even falling in love.
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Price: $14.00 |
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CLEAVE, CHRIS: THE OTHER HAND
Book Number: 52999
HODDER & STOUGHTON LTD 2008 8vo softcover 355pp very good. We don’t want to tell you too much about this book. It is a truly special story and we don’t want to spoil it. Nevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this: It is extremely funny, but the African beach scene is horrific. The story starts there, but the book doesn’t. And it’s what happens afterwards that is most important. Once you have read it, you’ll want to tell everyone about it. When you do, please don’t tell them what happens either. The magic is in how it unfolds.
Keywords: Books Literature Fiction THE OTHER HAND CLEAVE CHRIS
Price: $12.00 |
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