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Eggers, Dave: Zeitoun - Hurricane Katrina
Book Number: 51220
Hamish Hamilton 2009 8vo softcover 320pp near fine. The true story of one family, caught between America’s two biggest policy disasters: the war on terror and the response to Hurricane Katrina. Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun run a house-painting business in New Orleans. In August of 2005, as Hurricane Katrina approaches, Kathy evacuates with their four young children, leaving Zeitoun to watch over the business. In the days following the storm he travels the city by canoe, feeding abandoned animals and helping elderly neighbors. Then, on September 6th, police officers armed with M-16s arrest Zeitoun in his home. Told with eloquence and compassion, Zeitoun is a riveting account of one family’s unthinkable struggle with forces beyond wind and water.
Keywords: Zeitoun Eggers Dave
Price: $14.00 |
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Charters, Ann: Kerouac, A biography
Book Number: 51271
Andre Deutsch. London 1974 8vo. softcover. 403pp. b/w illus. Very good, foxing to outer page edges, owner's name on fep. / Very good d/w.
Keywords: jack Kerouac biography author beat generation movement
Price: $25.00 |
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Peter Fenton: Riding on Courage - The Wayne Harris Story
Book Number: 51308
Random House 2000 Paperback, illustrated with photographs. solid reading copy. Amazing tale of a jockey who keeps winning even after two brain tumors have been removed.
Keywords: horse racing, brain tumor, A true champion's amazing tale of guts and glory, jockey
Price: $15.00 |
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Sauvage, Louise: Louise Sauvage: My Story
Book Number: 51412
HarperCollins Publishers November 2002 8vo softcover 304pp very good. Louise Sauvage is one of the most celebrated athletes in Australia's sporting history. A three-time Paralympian, Louise has dominated wheelchair racing over the past decade, claiming titles in everything from marathons to short sprints. Her international dominance as an athlete began in 1990 when, at the age of 16, she claimed gold in the 100 meters at the World Championship in Assen. The winner of nine gold Paralympic medals over the last three Games and countless other races worldwide, including the Boston and Los Angeles Marathons, she has won the International Wheelchair Athlete of the Year Award three years running. Louise now shares her amazing, courageous, and always inspiring story. nnAbout the Author
Keywords: Louise Sauvage My Story Sauvage Louise
Price: $12.00 |
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Creswell, Tony: JIMMY BARNES. TOO MUCH AIN'T ENOUGH. The Authorised Biography.
Book Number: 51552
Random House Australia, 1st Edition, 1993 8vo. hardcover. 291p, index, illst. with colour & bw photos. very good,remainder dot on bottom edge. / very good d/w. Onetime lead singer with the band Cold Chisel, the wild life of Barnes is here recounted with all its ups and downs. Good selection photos.
Keywords: rock industry, cold chisel, australian rock,
Price: $18.00 |
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Bedford, Sybille: Aldous Huxley : A Biography
Book Number: 51655
Pan Macmillan April 1993 8vo softcover 769pp very good. Index. Illustrated with b&w plates. In this dazzling conjunction of subject and author, the great English novelist Aldous Huxley is brought wholly alive in a magnificent full-scale biography by the brilliant English novelist Sybille Bedford.
Keywords: Aldous Huxley A Biography Bedford Sybille
Price: $16.00 |
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Fitchett, T.K.: DOWN THE BAY. The story of the excursion steamers of Port Phillip.
Book Number: 51716
Rigby, 1973. 1st edition. Blue cloth, oblong: 21.5 x 27.5 cm. With numerous colour illustrations, statistics, maps on eps. Near Fine. / Very good+ d/w.
Keywords: nautical shipping Port Phillip Bay Australia history
Price: $25.00 |
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Dahl, Roald; illustrated by Quentin Blake: My Year
Book Number: 51754
Cape London 1993, 8vo. hardcover. 63pp. colour illus. Very good. / Very good d/w.
Keywords: seasons biography narure
Price: $25.00 |
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Clark, Mary Higgins: Kitchen Privileges A Memoir
Book Number: 51755
New York Simon & Schuster 2002 8vo. hardcover. very good, small owner's name on fep. / Very good d/w.
Keywords: biography author
Price: $12.00 |
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Munson, Laura: This Is Not The Story You Think It Is: A Season of Unlikely Happiness
Book Number: 51761
HarperCollins Publishers 2010 8vo. softcover. 343pp. Very good+.
Keywords: love spiritual memoirs
Price: $15.00 |
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