harpercollins publishers australia pty ltd pymble nsw (155 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The wit and wisdom of 1000 years of motherhood distilled into one volume. Mothers take care of us, set the rules, have the last word and inevitably are always right. Anna Tochter has collected the best of those many last words. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Set in Darwin, Paul Crabbe meets Eduard Keller, a Viennese refugee with a mysterious past. Keller is the piano teacher and Crabbe the unwilling pupil, for Keller is unspeakably demanding, a relentless disciplinarian. But as more of Keller's past unfolds, he emerges as a lovable and tragic figure. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. This is a guide to growing and using scented plants. It offers a choice of aromatic plants, herbs and spices, shrubs and trees, organized alphabetically by scientific Latin name. Each plant description includes information on scent and appearance as well as advice on planting and cultivation. There are also ideas for creating window boxes and balcony tubs. The book opens with the story of scented plants, tracing their early use in religious rituals to their modern use in medicine and fragrant cosmetics. The author also provides recipes for making scented pleasures, such as potpourri, pomanders, powders and sachets. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Award-winning foreign correspondent Eric Campbell has been stoned by fundamentalists, captured by US Special Forces, arrested in Serbia and threatened with expulsion from China. He's negotiated dating rituals in Moscow, shared a house with a charismatic mercenary in Kabul and taken up smoking at gunpoint in Kosovo. In 2003 in Iraq he was injured in a suicide bombing which killed his colleague, cameraman Paul Moran. By turns provocative and thoughtful, ABSURDISTAN is a memoir about juggling life, love and fatherhood while reporting from some of the most dysfunctional places on Earth. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. A love story and a detective story, a study of history and of memory, this spellbinding new work explores a son's confrontation with the terror of his parents' childhood. Moving from Poland and Germany to Jerusalem and Melbourne, Mark Raphael Baker travels across the silence of fifty years, through the gates of Auschwitz, and into a dark bunker where a little girl hides in fear. As he returns to scenes of his parents' captivity, he struggles to unveil the mystery of their survival. the Fiftieth Gate is a journey from despair and death towards hope and life; the story of a son who enters his parents' memories and, inside the darkness, finds light. * Winner, NSW Premier's Literary Award 1997 'It is an honour to read this magnificent book. Baker does with memory what Rembrandt does with light. He uses it to model, to imagine, to illuminate, to astonish.' - Philip Adams 'this gate here, I recognise it. Behind it is a steep slope, a hill, fields, grass. We would slide down it in winter.' At last, an incontrovertible test through which my father's memory might be vindicated. two lone gates that appear to lead nowhere. 'Push,' we scream, 'lift the latch and push.' 'No. I remember too much now. No.'. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. A cookbook presenting over 100 recipes that capture the essence of Kenneth Leung's individual style, fusing together wildly different influences to create experiences in dining. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 327 pages. Shelf wear.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Demonstrating how to carry out most common repairs to both motor and sail boats, this practical guide covers all repairs, both on land and at sea, including repairs to masts and rigging, deck and hull, stainless steel fittings, sails, pumps, electrics, heads, autosteering, winches and motors. Every repair is broken down into steps, which include dismantling, the actual repair and re-assembly. Illustrations demonstrate the techniques and repairs. Jim Murrant is the author of "The Boating Bible". The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Pictorial Card Cover. Condición: Near Fine. Previous owner's label ffep. Minor creasing to one cnr only. Completely updated edition. Colour illustrations throughout. 24 x 16 cm. 495 pp.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. b/w photos Ilustrador. 1st Edition. Examination and exploration of the history and foodways of the rock Oyster from an Australian perspective. Numerous b/w photos and illustrations illumine the text. Bibliography, photo credits and index.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. the McHugh's marriage is on the rocks. Daughter Ciara worries that her mother and father are going to divorce. Lillian, Ciara's Gran, is worried too. She has a nice life now, since her bullying husband died. this could all change. Meanwhile, Brenda Johnston is very happy. She has a lot to gain if the McHughs divorce. Or has she? And Mike and Kathy Stuart, the McHughs' best friends, are beginning to wonder if the friendship can survive. then, one awful night, everything changes. The McHugh's marriage is on the rocks. Their daughter, Ciara, worries that her mother and father are going to divorce. Lillian, Ciara's gran, is worried too. She has a nice life now, since her bullying husband has died. This could all change. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Danny Murphy is going to meet his brother, Jimmy. they haven't seen each other in over twenty years. On the way to the meeting, Danny remembers the good times and the bad times, the fun and the fights - and the one big row that drove them apart. Will they fight again or will they become the friends they used to be? Danny doesn't know. Danny Murphy is going to meet his brother, Jimmy. they haven't seen each other in over twenty years. On the way to the meeting, Danny remembers the good times and the bad times, the fun and the fights - and the one big row that drove them apart. Will they fight again or will they become the friends they used to be? Danny doesn't know. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. John Blaine is a private detective, who walks Dublin's mean streets. He is tough and smart, but unlucky in love - his wife has just left him. Hired to bring home a straying daughter, he takes the girl's side against her rich father, and suffers for it.Gripping, funny and stripped to the bone, Sad Song is a short novel that packs a punch like a fist in a velvet glove. John Blaine is a private detective who walks Dublin's mean streets. He is tough and smart, but unlucky in love - his wife has just left him. Hired to bring home a straying daughter, he takes the girl's side against her rich father and suffers for it. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Billy is an average-looking sixteen-year-old who lives in an ordinary Dublin estate on the northside of the city. Jesus, on the other hand, is a beautiful boy with Continental manners, from the poshest part of Barcelona. He travels from Spain to live with Billy's family for three weeks one summer. the plan is that at the end of the holiday, Billy will go back with Jesus on the return visit. However, no one should make plans. Billy is an average-looking 16-year-old who lives in an ordinary Dublin estate. Jesus, on the other hand, is a beautiful boy with congenial manners, from the poshest part of Barcelona. He travels from Spain to stay with Billy for three weeks, and Billy will go back with Jesus on the return visit. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Eoin tells his son of Euro '88. the excitement is high for football fanatics like Eoin, Shane and Mick, who all work abroad. Now they are in Germany supporting the Irish team, witnessing the highs and lows. For these emigrant friends, home is no longer where the heart is. Home is where the Irish team plays, and there will be many adventures on and off the pitch before the final whistle blows. Also included is A Poet's Notebook, a selection of short poems about ordinary life by the author, with his notes on how and why they were written. Excitement is high for football fanatics Eion, Shane and Mick, who work abroad. For these emigrant friends, home is no longer where the heart is. Home is where the Irish football team plays, and there will be many adventures on and off the pitch before the final whistle blows. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. It is the morning of Joe's wedding. He opens his eyes to find himself on a park bench beside the sea, dressed in torn tights and a cape. And that's not his only chilly awakening. For Joe is in Holyhead, but his wedding is in Dublin. And he doesn't even remember how he got there. As Joe tries to put the pieces back together, an old man joins him on the bench. Marty is a local, no stranger to these parts. So how does he know so much about this gruff young man? And why is he so interested in talking to a stranger in a Superman suit, who clearly has no time for chit-chat? that is hardly going to help Joe solve his major dilemma: does he really want to get married? And it's certainly not going to help him to the church on time if he does. Or will it? It's the morning of Joe's wedding. He wakes up on a park bench in Holyhead dressed in a Superman suit. As he tries to work out what he's doing there instead of Dublin, an old man starts talking. Can he help Joe decide if he really wants to get married? Or get to the church on time if he does? Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Lizzie is dead he just hasn\'9291t realised it yet. She can\'9291t understand why everyone is ignoring her when all she wants is a little sympathy. She has been in an accident, after all.Next day at work, she meets Jan and Jim, two spirits who have been sent to break the bad news. But Lizzie is not ready to go yet. She hasn\'9291t said her goodbyes. Plus there\'9291s so much she\'9291s never done. She sees her best friend, Sinead, stuck in a job she hates, always talking and never doing. If only Sinead knew ife is no dress rehearsal.Help is at hand with Jan and Jim, who have seen it all before. And before Lizzie departs to the other side, she'll get her chance to stage a closing scene of a lifetime. Lizzie hasn't realised that she's dead yet. She can't understand why everyone is ignoring her when all she wants is a little sympathy. She has been in an accident, after all. Next day at work, she meets two spirits who've been sent to break the news. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Octavo; paperback, with illustrated wrappers; 216pp., with 24pp. of monochrome photographic plates. Inscribed in ink to persons on the half-title; minor wear; browning to page edges and text block edges and mild wear to cover edge. Near fine otherwise. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. Nancy Bird was a determined flyer, obtaining her commercial pilot's license in 1933 and flying long-distance in rudimentary craft in Australia's fledgling industry. In her own words, here is a life lived fully described by an enduring figure in aviation history.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Maggie is forty-three years old and looking for romance. She loves her husband, Dan, but his idea of romance is a couple of drinks at the local and an early night at home. Her children think she's too old to care. And she's beginning to wonder if Life has passed her by.But a chance meeting changes all that, and now Maggie faces tough decisions. Can she put the spark back into her marriage, or would she be better off calling it a day? And who is more important? Her husband? Her children? Or herself? Maggie is 43 years old and looking for romance. She loves her husband, Dan, but his idea of romance is a couple of drinks at the local and an early night. But a chance meeting changes all that, and now Maggie faces tough decisions. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. When Jimmie Blacksmith marries a white woman the backlash from both Jimmietribe and white society initiates a series of dramatic events. As Jimmie tries to survive between two cultures, tensions reach a head when the Newbys, Jimmiewhite employers, try to break up his marriage. the Newby women are murdered and Jimmie flees, pursued by police and vigilantes. the hunt intensifies as further murders are committed, and concludes with tragic results.thomas Keneallyfictionalised account of the 1900 killing spree of half-Aboriginal Jimmy Governor is a powerful story of a black manrevenge against an unjust and intolerant society. When Jimmie Blacksmith marries a white woman, the backlash from both Jimmie's tribe and white society initiates a series of dramatic events. Presenting a fictionalised account of the 19th century Aboriginal, Jimmie Governor, this is the story of a black man's revenge against an unjust and intolerant society. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. 'We'll all be rooned,' said Hanrahan, In accents most forlorn, Outside the church, ere Mass began, One frosty Sunday morn. In his affectionate and gently humorous verses John O'Brien sang of farming life and of the life of Irish settlers in Australia - at home, on the land, and at the Church upon the Hill that is the centre of their lives. this volume combines O'Brien's two books of verse, Around the Boree Log and the Parish of St Mel's. It is verse that is simple and sincere and lit with a kindly understanding of the lives it chronicles. 'He is the Poet Laureate of the Irish settlers in Australia' the Advertiser, Adelaide For when the Holy Morning strung Its beads upon the grass, You'd see us driving - old and young - the tall white graceful trees among, On every road to Mass. In his affectionate and gently humorous verses John O'Brien sang of farming life and of the life of Irish settlers in Australia - at home, on the land, and at the Church upon the Hill that is the centre of their lives. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize For Fiction. From the author of the acclaimed YEAR OF WONDERS, an historical novel and love story set during a time of catastrophe, on the front lines of the American Civil War. Acclaimed author Geraldine Brooks gives us the story of the absent father from Louisa May Alcott's LITTLE WOMEN - and conjures a world of brutality, stubborn courage and transcendent love. An idealistic abolitionist, March has gone as chaplain to serve the Union cause. But the war tests his faith not only in the Union - which is also capable of barbarism and racism - but in himself. As he recovers from a near-fatal illness, March must reassemble and reconnect with his family, who have no idea of what he has endured. A love story set in a time of catastrophe, March explores the passions between a man and a woman, the tenderness of parent and child, and the life-changing power of an ardently held belief. 'A moving and inspirational tour de force' - Los Angeles Times Book Review 'Compelling. MARCH takes you on a fulfilling and engaging journey' - Sunday Telegraph Brooks's luminous second novel, after 2001's 'Year of Wonders', imagines the Civil War experiences of Mr. March, the absent father in Louisa May Alcott's 'Little Women'. An idealistic abolitionist March has gone to serve the Union cause as chaplain to the troops. But the war tests his faith, not only in the Union. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Written in an evocative, haunting style, this moving tale of loss and the relationship between parents and child was first published in the collection Little Deaths in 1993. tailor-made for reading groups, it is a unique publication which includes an introduction by an acclaimed Australian author, an interview with Goldsworthy and room for note-taking. A moving tale of loss and the relationship between parents and child. Written in an evocative, haunting style, this story was first published in the collection "Little Deaths" in 1993. Tailor-made for reading groups, this is a unique publication and includes an interview with Goldsworthy. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Arriving at Night is a quirky and sharply observant novel whose events take place over a period of only 6 days. Secreted in a holiday house on the NSW north coast with friends, Joachim contemplates the awful thing that she has done. Should she tell someone.the police, her boyfriend, or perhaps her mysterious friend Vincent? But surely they, like she, would be too shocked that someone as quiet as she, a woman so unassuming and gentle would be capable of an act so cruel. She can only see one way out.As well as this intense domestic drama, Joachim delves into a much bigger issue - everyday she reads from the biography of Albert Speer (Hitler's architect) and draws parallels with how he dealt with guilt and evil. this broadens the novel's perspective and gives it an extra dimension. Arriving at Night explores the capacity for evil that resides in each of us. Dark, but not depressing, it is surprising, well-paced and deftly handled. It shifts and shimmers from the depths of Joachim's shadows to the delightful coastal landscape of the novel's setting. Secreted in a holiday house on the NSW north coast with friends, Joachim contemplates the awful thing she has done. Should she tell someone - the police, her boyfirend, or perhaps her msyterious friend Vincent? She can only see one way out. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. the sequel to the best-selling A Celtic Childhood. With his dazzling debut memoir, A Celtic Childhood, Bill Watkins confirmed his position as a writer who 'possesses the skill of an Irish bard: He can mix poetry, song, story, and history together to make a pleasing tale' (Missoula Independent). this book became a favourite handsell for US booksellers, and eventually broke into the Book Sense Bestseller List (Bookselling this Week, November 1999). Now Watkins continues to delight readers, mingling the myths and traditions of Celtic nations with true and tall tales of his high-seas adventures and explorations of the Scottish Highlands in Scotland is Not for the Squeamish. Here the magic of a young man's years of soul-searching exploration are animated in crackling detail. Whether being shanghaied on a trawler to the Arctic Circle, sinking a docked warship, shooting the breeze with ghosts in a pub, bedazzling friends with Druid magic or hunting for gold in the mountains, Watkins keeps readers on their toes as he dances us through his days and nights as a young man raring to take on the world. From the 'Silver City' of Aberdeen to 'mystic mistress' Edinburgh to the eerie banks of Loch Ness, Watkins tackles his rugged environs with humour and smarts on this ultimate journey of maturation and self-discovery. Presents a journey of maturation and self-discovery, as the author mingles myths and traditions with tales of Scotland. The author involves the readers as he shoots the breeze with ghosts in a pub, bedazzles friends with druid magic or hunts for gold in the mountains. This is a sequel to "A Celtic Childhood". Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. First Edition Thus (2001); First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of wear to extremities; a couple of very faint creases to the backstrip. The binding leans ever so slightly off square, but remains perfectly secure; the text is clean, but the pages have tanned slightly, due to aging. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing only a couple of unobtrusive cosmetic flaws. Bright and Clean. Close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.25 x 6 x 1.25 inches). 534 pages. Language: English. Weight: 25.8 ounces. Trade Paperback. First Edition Thus (2001); First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. the Hinterlands is the story of a family who found, marked, and paved their way into America's eastern frontier. Unfolding in the voices of three generations of mountaineer storytellers who specialise in keeping listeners on the edge of their seats, this is fiction that plunks us down right into the thick of pioneer life.In 1772, an adventurous teenager named Petal ran off with a handsome homesteader on his way to the new frontier in tennessee. Decades later, Petal spins a hair-raising tale for her grandchildren. She includes all the grittiest details of setting up housekeeping with what she carried from home on her back, of birthing her first baby while staving off a panther, of living in the middle of no where with nary a known neighbour.In 1816, Petal's grandson Solomon and a starved pig named Sue tracked the best router down off the mountain to market. He tells his grandson of his panther, not forgetting to mention his run-ins with snakes and spiders, with thorny thickets and what was hidden within them.In 1845, Solomon's son David, inheritor of the family bent for road building, took on linking two mountains with a turnpike. Despite one mountain's mighty efforts to stop him, his feat marked the beginning of the wilderness's end.Based on the author's own family stories, the Hinterlands is both rollicking folk history and riveting adventure fiction. Robert Morgan's three gifted storytellers tell it like it was and with a vengeance. The voices of three generations of Appalachian mountain folk recount their family's saga of settling Kentucky - from the impenetrable wilderness of 1771, through the 1816 building of roads, to the creation of a turnpike over the mountains in 1845. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. At turns poetic and gritty, Robert Morgan's Gap Creek is a stunning follow-up to his critically acclaimed novel, the truest Pleasure. Widely regarded as the poet laureate of Appalachia, Morgan captures the spirit of this wilderness territory he knows so well. A must for fans of Cold Mountain, Gap Creek is an Appalachian story. It is also the story of a marriage - the story of a couple's first year. Julie and Hank can't keep their eyes off each other when they move to Gap Creek, just across the South Carolina line from their homes near Flat Rock, North Carolina. In Gap Creek they must forge a relationship while being tested by every imaginable act of God. In the end it takes a flood - an apocalyptic, hell-bent water that nearly kills them both, to right their world and help them discover the survivors and the lovers within. Julie is just a teenager when her brother dies, and the following year, she marries Hank. Together they discover that the modern world is complex. To survive, they must find out whether love can keep chaos and madness at bay. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.