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| Dansereau, Serge: Serge: For the Love of Good Food: A 20-year Journey Through the Australian food Scene
Book Number: 42987
ABC Books 2004 8vo hardcover in d/w. 280pp very good. Index. Illustrated with colour photo's. A look behind the scenes at great restaurants and a history of how our food culture has evolved in Australia over the last Twenty years. This fascinating story is sure to inspire a whole new generation of food lovers.
Keywords: Serge For the Love of Good Food A 20 year Journey Through the Australian food Scene Dansereau Serge
Price: $18.00 |
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| Fraser, Sylvia: My Father's House
Book Number: 43028
Virago Press Ltd February 23, 1989 8vo softcover 272pp very good. A memoir of Incest and of Healing.
Keywords: spirituality humor comedy yoga debauchery meditation sadhguru mysticism sex abuse books My Father's House Fraser Sylvia
Price: $12.00 |
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| Robinson, Anne: Memoirs of an Unfit Mother
Book Number: 43031
Time Warner Paperbacks September 2, 2004 8vo softcover 336pp very good. Dubbed the "Queen of Mean," Robinson, host of the popular television game show The Weakest Link, is known as much for her icy demeanor, acerbic insults and severe appearance as for launching the ubiquitous, lilting catchphrase "good-bye." As Robinson lets down her seemingly impenetrable guard here, the only thing listeners may find familiar during the lengthy reading is her trademark clipped British accent and straightforward, flat delivery. She discusses her childhood with a fiercely independent, impatient mother she describes as "part monster, part magic" and a kind, passive father she's only come to fully appreciate after his death; then details the lessons and values of her upbringing that led to her ambitious nature and unrelenting desire for fame. In her 20s, she worked as a Fleet Street journalist, and in 1968 she married editor Charlie Wilson, but quickly realized she'd "misjudged a husband on a grand scale." Her recounting of their divorce and the ensuing custody battle over Robinson's only child results in long passages covering courtroom accusations of adultery, tales of her admitted alcoholism and the high emotional toll her loss of custody cost. But she lightens the tone when she speaks of breaking into radio and television, a successful second marriage and her eventual sobriety.
Keywords: fraud life after death deceptive trade practices con man junk science medium quackery health rip off science felon Memoirs of an Unfit Mother Robinson Anne
Price: $9.00 |
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| O'Neill, Pat Cavendish: A Lion in the Bedroom: The Fabulous High-life of the Heiress Who Couldn't Say No
Book Number: 43130
Media 21 Pty Ltd August 2, 2004 8vo softcover 592pp very good. Pat Cavendish O'Neill wal born into a world of enormous riches, eccentricity and intrigue. Her mother, Enid Lindeman of the Australian wine family, was a famous beauty who married four times. Here Pat tells the story of her charmed life among the glittering names of the twentieth century, Wooworth heiress Barbara Hutton, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Gianni Agnelli, Princess Grace and the Hollywood crowd, and the day her life changed when her lover in Africa presented her with a tiny lion cub and she entered a world more magical and inspiring than anything had known before.
Keywords: A Lion in the Bedroom The Fabulous High life of the Heiress Who Couldn't Say No O'Neill Pat Cavendish
Price: $25.00 |
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| Gavin, Adrienne E.: Dark Horse: A Life of Anna Sewell
Book Number: 43221
Sutton Publishing 2004 8vo hardcover 276pp index, b/w illus. very good+ / very good+ d/w. Black Beauty, published in 1877, is one of the bestselling novels ever written; it reputedly outsold Dickens and broke publishing records when it was pirated in America in 1890. Yet there are few darker horses than Anna Sewell, it author. This first biography of Anna Sewell for over thirty years uses recently discovered letters and other sources to give us a complete picture of the enigmatic woman behind the novel. Born in Norfolk and raised as a Quaker, Anna's life changed forever when, aged fourteen, she suffered a bad fall running home from school. Despite being left permanently disabled, she remained 'quite fearless', becoming skilled at driving and riding horses, and was determined to rise above the physical challenges of the world before her. She became heavily involved in practical charity work, taught children and adults and travelled abroad for her health - at one spa striking up a friendship with Tennyson.nnDriven by a strong faith, and resolute in character, it was Anna's indignation upon witnessing cruelty to animals which led her to write Black Beauty - 'its special aim,' she wrote, 'being to induce kindness, sympathy, and an understanding treatment of horses.' Near the end of her life, housebound and lying on her sofa, she completed the novel over six years, dictating some of it to her mother. Exceeding her expectations, it brought numerous fan letters to her door and, more importantly, motivated a worldwide change in attitudes towards animals. Yet Anna was never to see the full effects of her work, for within five months of publication she was dead.
Keywords: biography balck beauty horses childrens authore Life Anna Sewell Gavin Adrienne E
Price: $25.00 |
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| Yates, Paula.: VILLAGE PEOPLE.
Book Number: 43231
WARNER 1994 8vo softcover 230pp very good. Life in the country for Paula and her family.
Keywords: why america is hated comedy patriotic calvin and hobbes humor spirituality comics graphic novel alan moore knitting VILLAGE PEOPLE Yates Paula
Price: $15.00 |
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| Ross, Michael: Alexander Dumas
Book Number: 43318
David & Charles 1981 8vo hardcover 293pp index, b/w illus. very good / very good d/w.
Keywords: Alexander Dumas biography Ross Michael
Price: $25.00 |
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| Leyland, Mike: My Life as a Leyland Brother
Book Number: 43352
Lothian Books 2003 Trade paperback. 323pp. Very good, crease to top ccorner cover. After immigrating form the UK to Australia in 1950, Mike Leyland and his brother Mal pursued careers as Australian Travel documentary makers. Mike has co-written a number of books with his brother based on their television programmes. Since the collapse of his partnership with Mal, Mike has continued making documentaries for Channel Seven as well as pursuing other creative ventures. Includes previously unpublished photographs.
Keywords:
Price: $15.00 |
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| SAYER, GEORGE: JACK: LIFE OF C.S. LEWIS
Book Number: 43376
HODDER STOUGHTON 1997 8vo softcover 461pp index. Good, pages browned.
Keywords: C S LEWIS biography religion childrens author
Price: $14.00 |
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| Park, Ruth.: A fence around the cuckoo
Book Number: 43393
Viking 1992 First edition 8vo hardcover 294pp b/w plates. very good+ / very good+ d/w.
Keywords: australian Park Ruth Childhood and youth Park Ruth Childhood and youth Women novelists Australian 20th century Biography Novelis A fence around the cuckoo Park Ruth
Price: $18.00 |
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