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Lewis, Julie: Mary Martin: A Double Life. India 1915-1973
Book Number: 44654
University of Queensland Pr 1997 8vo softcover 280pp very good. Signed by author with dedication on title page. Also bookplate with Julie Lewis on half-title. Mary Martin is best known for the bookshops that still bear her name. In postwar Adelaide, her bookshop became a gethering place for inellectuals and radicals attracted by her unconventional views, her warm manner and her freshly brewed coffee. In the 1960's Mary Martin began a new life in India, determined to encourage an intellectual and artistic awareness betwwn Eastern and Western cultures. She worked with Dr Narasimhan among the tribespeople of the Nilgiri Hills while supporting herself and her staff through her international booksilling operation.
Keywords: Mary Martin A Double Life India 1915 1973 Lewis Julie
Price: $12.00 |
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Frame, Janet: The Envoy From Mirror City
Book Number: 44669
The Woman's Press 1985 8vo hardcover 176pp. very good+ / very good d/w with faded spine.
Keywords: new zealand authrs biography Frame Janet
Price: $18.00 |
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Steggall, Susan: Alpine Beach: a Family Adventure
Book Number: 44694
Ryde, N.S.W. Susan Steggall 1998 8vo softcover 244pp. very good, ex-lib stamp on fep. Bibliography.
Keywords: Biography zali slalom skiier world cup olympics General Alpine Beach a Family Adventure Steggall Susan
Price: $15.00 |
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Kirby, Raymond J: A Quality Journey
Book Number: 44731
self published by author 2005 Large 8vo Softcover. Illustrated throughout with b&w photo's. Raymond Kirby was a Founding member of the University of NSW. Signed with inscription by Kirby.
Keywords: University of New South Wales, Kevin Kirby, Rip Kirby, Kirby Dynasty
Price: $35.00 |
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Rawi, Mahboba with Vanessa Micken-Gramazio: Mahboba's Promise: How One Woman Made a World of Difference
Book Number: 44811
January 2005 8vo softcover 272pp very good.Illustrated with photographs. An Afghani refugee who found a new life in Australia, is the driving force behind an international aid organisation that delivers food, shelter, medical attention, education and hope to children and women whose lives have been destroyed by war in her native Afghanistan.
Keywords: Mahboba's Promise How One Woman Made a World of Difference No Author
Price: $15.00 |
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Holroyd, Michael: BERNARD SHAW. Volume 1: 1856 - 1898 The Search For Love. Volume 2: 1898 - 1918 The Pursuit of Power. Volume 3: 1918 - 1950 The Lure of Fantasy.
Book Number: 44813
Random House 1988 8vo. hardcovers. pp.486,422,544. indexes, b/w illus. Very good. / Very good d/ws.
Keywords: bernard shaw playwright author biography
Price: $55.00 |
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Liz & Hopkinson, Simon Mullinar: THE LIZ MULLINAR STORY
Book Number: 44846
Hodder & Stoughton 1997 8vo hardcover in d/w. 301pp very good. Index. Illustrated with in-text b&w photo's.
Keywords: THE LIZ MULLINAR STORY Liz Hopkinson Simon Mullinar
Price: $12.00 |
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White, Edmund: Genet
Book Number: 44828
Picador 6 May 1994 8vo softcover 864pp very good. Index. Illustrated with b&w photo's. This biography of Genet explores the perverse extremes of his life and writing, and separates the fact from the mythology which was fostered by Genet himself. Edmund White has interviewed lovers, friends, publishers and acquaintances, and has drawn from material, from letters (a number published here for the first time) and other original sources.
Keywords: Genet White Edmund
Price: $14.00 |
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Kocher, Paul [Tolkien]: Master of Middle Earth. The Achievement of J R R Tolkien.
Book Number: 44861
Thames and Hudson 1974 8vo. softcover. 222pp. index. good+, crease to cover, pages browned.
Keywords: tolkien fantasy biography lord of the rings middle earth
Price: $11.00 |
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Johnson, Susan: The Broken Book
Book Number: 45001
Allen & Unwin Academic January 2004 8vo softcover 309pp very good. Australian novelist Johnson evokes a tormented portrait of the fictional writer Katherine Elgin from her journal entries, excerpts of her unfinished autobiographical novel and assorted letters. This fragmented novel spans the decades from Katherine's childhood in the 1920s to her death in 1969, following the protagonist from her native Australia to the U.K. in the 1950s, Greece in the early '60s and back to Sydney by the end of that decade. Katherine marries author David Murray, with whom she has two daughters, Anna and Elizabeth. She is torn between her writing career and her role as wife and mother. "I am the bloody Pied Piper to my children, who are instructed by their instincts to follow me everywhere," she laments. Her once ardent marriage sours over time, and the novel, which starts at the end of her life, begins with David's harsh criticism of her overwrought autobiographical novel, excerpts of which are less compelling than her journal entries. In this sentimental yet provocative work, Johnson (Flying Lessons) wrestles with the well-worn conflict between a woman's obligation to her family and the creative impulse that drives her.
Keywords: The Broken Book Johnson Susan, Katherine Elgin, David Murray
Price: $18.00 |
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