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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Bianka loves her home island, the booming ocean, rocky beaches and ancient caves. But after being stalked by an unsavoury character she broods on escape. Then, in just three months of spring in her first year at home after high school, Bianka's life turns around. She overhears that she looks like a mysterious ancestor no one wants to discuss. Who was this Flora, this brilliant artist? Bianka's quest to find out the truth leads her to Tom the Hermit. But hidden secrets await discovery in Flora's ruined, isolated studio. Uncomfortable truths, lies and deceptions come to light. Past and future entwine in a strangely visionary dream in which Bianka comes face to face with herself in another time. Summer guests arrive. Suddenly the air is thick with mystery and romance. Bianka overhears that she looks like a mysterious ancestor no one wants to discuss. Who was this Flora, this brilliant artist? Bianka's quest to find out the truth leads her to Tom the Hermit. But hidden secrets await discovery in Flora's ruined, isolated studio. Past and future entwine in a strangely visionary dream. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Twenty years after his father s passing, Joe Reich stumbles upon a video interview that reveals astonishing truths his father never spoke about in life. In its haunting accounts, Reich learns that, only days after the German invasion of Poland in 1939, his father faced a firing squad and survived. The horrors that followed left him utterly alone, yet anchored by a cryptic prophecy promising that he would reach old age in a distant land. Against all odds, he fulfilled that destiny. Drawing on extensive research and numerous consultations, Reich weaves a vivid portrait of his father: an extraordinary man, Holocaust survivor, and devoted family patriarch. More than a remarkable survivor s tale, this book explores the essential power of memory and the crucial lessons history imparts. Uplifting and profound, this is the story of conquering life s darkest trials through resilience, hope and relentless determination. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. As a child survivor of the Holocaust, Paul Valent s life s work has been aninvestigation into the reasons why humans who have the capacity to love and carefor each other too often hate and hurt each other instead. Over eight decades, utilising major investigations into how the brain works, he comes tounderstand the workings of his own mind, the minds of patients, victims, and eventually, with courage and sensitivity the minds of perpetrators.Valent reveals how the bulk of our brains conceals a mindset evolved in our jungleheritage, its challenges and traumas. He then describes how this mindset manifests itself in today s world, in violence thatranges from bullying to war, and includes the Holocaust and other genocides. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The book begins in the last day of 1999, when a survivor Grandmother in Tel Aviv shares her tragic life story as a hidden child in a pit, with only a rat for company with her granddaughter. The day after 2000 already the granddaughter tells the legend of Girl and Rat to her teacher and in 2009 those who heard it through her classmates establish an internet website with poems. From now on this memory is spread all over the world and becomes a myth. In 2099 a future anthropologist discovers it and tries to uncover its mysterious roots. In her research, she reveals the first man who created this myth Unlike other Holocaust-related books that focus on the historical horrific events, this novel deals with the act of remembering them. It resembles a relay race in which the characters transfer memory from one another while travelling on the axis of time. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. In the near future, on an overpopulated Earth, nearly ruined by mammoth natural disasters brought about by global warming, citizens in the "new throwaway society" are encouraged to commit suicide. Those who sign up with Rhinestone Productions as "terminals" are paid a fee to download their persona into virtual reality "splatties," snuff films in which most are killed, often by Calloway, Rhinestone's leading "splattie" star. But some "terminals" are good killers and don't care about others: they don't stick to the script, and they might snuff Calloway just for kicks and still collect a bonus payout. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1986-2009. Some tiny dents and mild curls to cover edges, a very good or better, unread copy. Scarce. (#158580).

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Rethinking Parkinson s Disease traces known pathways leading to a diagnosis of Parkinson s disease, together with strategies to reverse each pathway. It includes the best evidence from Western allopathic medicine and complementary/alternative medicine in discovering how and why people with Parkinson s develop symptoms, the diagnostic process, standard treatments and prognoses offered by expert practitioners, and ongoing research. A major section of this work details strategies to create wellness and reverse the illness processes, many available to patients at little or no cost. There are sections on symptom control, complementary medical treatments and therapies to avoid.The book is aimed at people with Parkinson s, families and supporters, and may be used as a self-help book. There are also suggestions and advice for both Western allopathic medicine and complementary/alternative medicine practitioners to enhance their care of patients with a Parkinson s disease diagnosis. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Paperback first edition 2008 in very good+ condition - pages tanning; very light edge wear. INSCRIBED ON TITLE PAGE BY AUTHOR CAROLYN LANDON. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners. Thrilling and steeped in history, The Bunting Quest is inspired by a real-life map that displays the Australian coastline many years before its 'discovery'. Here, two compelling adventures set hundreds of years apart, come together in this breathtaking page-turner that reveals mankind's greatest secret.

soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st edition. Illustrated with photographs in colour and black and white. 24 cm. XIII, 162 pages VG. Very good condition with light shelf wear to covers, gift inscriptions on flyleaf, with at least two by authors in the anthology. Signed by author.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. 1st Edition. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has signed inside pages. John Tully'sDark Clouds on the Mountain is a finely written detective story that carries its reader along with an intriguing plot, a gallery of memorable characters, and strange presentiments of evil. Through this last quality, Tully reveals the old Hobart Town that still lies behind the modern Hobart. This gives the novel a dimension in time that does not detract from the immediacy of its portrayal of social, family and political disturbance in the contemporary world. Its fast-moving narrative takes us into the heart of a Tasmania as much embroiled in the contemporary globe as in its particular past. (publisher blurb).

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Bianka loves her home island, the booming ocean, rocky beaches and ancient caves. But after being stalked by an unsavoury character she broods on escape. Then, in just three months of spring in her first year at home after high school, Bianka's life turns around. She overhears that she looks like a mysterious ancestor no one wants to discuss. Who was this Flora, this brilliant artist? Bianka's quest to find out the truth leads her to Tom the Hermit. But hidden secrets await discovery in Flora's ruined, isolated studio. Uncomfortable truths, lies and deceptions come to light. Past and future entwine in a strangely visionary dream in which Bianka comes face to face with herself in another time. Summer guests arrive. Suddenly the air is thick with mystery and romance. Bianka overhears that she looks like a mysterious ancestor no one wants to discuss. Who was this Flora, this brilliant artist? Bianka's quest to find out the truth leads her to Tom the Hermit. But hidden secrets await discovery in Flora's ruined, isolated studio. Past and future entwine in a strangely visionary dream. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. As a child survivor of the Holocaust, Paul Valent s life s work has been aninvestigation into the reasons why humans who have the capacity to love and carefor each other too often hate and hurt each other instead. Over eight decades, utilising major investigations into how the brain works, he comes tounderstand the workings of his own mind, the minds of patients, victims, and eventually, with courage and sensitivity the minds of perpetrators.Valent reveals how the bulk of our brains conceals a mindset evolved in our jungleheritage, its challenges and traumas. He then describes how this mindset manifests itself in today s world, in violence thatranges from bullying to war, and includes the Holocaust and other genocides. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Twenty years after his father s passing, Joe Reich stumbles upon a video interview that reveals astonishing truths his father never spoke about in life. In its haunting accounts, Reich learns that, only days after the German invasion of Poland in 1939, his father faced a firing squad and survived. The horrors that followed left him utterly alone, yet anchored by a cryptic prophecy promising that he would reach old age in a distant land. Against all odds, he fulfilled that destiny. Drawing on extensive research and numerous consultations, Reich weaves a vivid portrait of his father: an extraordinary man, Holocaust survivor, and devoted family patriarch. More than a remarkable survivor s tale, this book explores the essential power of memory and the crucial lessons history imparts. Uplifting and profound, this is the story of conquering life s darkest trials through resilience, hope and relentless determination. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. As a child survivor of the Holocaust, Paul Valent s life s work has been aninvestigation into the reasons why humans who have the capacity to love and carefor each other too often hate and hurt each other instead. Over eight decades, utilising major investigations into how the brain works, he comes tounderstand the workings of his own mind, the minds of patients, victims, and eventually, with courage and sensitivity the minds of perpetrators.Valent reveals how the bulk of our brains conceals a mindset evolved in our jungleheritage, its challenges and traumas. He then describes how this mindset manifests itself in today s world, in violence thatranges from bullying to war, and includes the Holocaust and other genocides. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Twenty years after his father s passing, Joe Reich stumbles upon a video interview that reveals astonishing truths his father never spoke about in life. In its haunting accounts, Reich learns that, only days after the German invasion of Poland in 1939, his father faced a firing squad and survived. The horrors that followed left him utterly alone, yet anchored by a cryptic prophecy promising that he would reach old age in a distant land. Against all odds, he fulfilled that destiny. Drawing on extensive research and numerous consultations, Reich weaves a vivid portrait of his father: an extraordinary man, Holocaust survivor, and devoted family patriarch. More than a remarkable survivor s tale, this book explores the essential power of memory and the crucial lessons history imparts. Uplifting and profound, this is the story of conquering life s darkest trials through resilience, hope and relentless determination. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Paperback first edition, 2018, in very good+ condition - small remainder mark on bottom edge; crease across the bottom corner of the front cover. INSCRIBED ON HALF TITLE PAGE BY AUTHOR JANICE SIMPSON. Inscribed by Author(s).

Col.Ill.wrapps. 225pp. col & b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. Every year for over a decade, Doctor Howard Goldenberg has spent numerous periods working as a relieving doctor for Aboriginal communities in remote places. A record of his observations.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The book begins in the last day of 1999, when a survivor Grandmother in Tel Aviv shares her tragic life story as a hidden child in a pit, with only a rat for company with her granddaughter. The day after 2000 already the granddaughter tells the legend of Girl and Rat to her teacher and in 2009 those who heard it through her classmates establish an internet website with poems. From now on this memory is spread all over the world and becomes a myth. In 2099 a future anthropologist discovers it and tries to uncover its mysterious roots. In her research, she reveals the first man who created this myth Unlike other Holocaust-related books that focus on the historical horrific events, this novel deals with the act of remembering them. It resembles a relay race in which the characters transfer memory from one another while travelling on the axis of time. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Professor Arthur Schuller (1874 1957) was a distinguished pioneer in the field of neuroradiology. His research rapidly made him the pre-eminent authority on the radiology of the skull and brain in the German-speaking world, particularly after the publication of his two books, including a monograph on diseases of the head, which became the standard textbook then and during the whole classic era of neuroradiology.He was a university professor at the age of 35, author of many scientific articles in medical journals, and is credited with the first description of three diseases and three operations.Schuller was also a refugee fleeing Austria with his wife in 1938 and settling in Melbourne in 1939. The analysis of his career is woven into the personal history of his family. Tragically, his later years were darkened by the news from Europe that his two sons had perished in a concentration camp.About the author Keith Henderson (1923 2017) was a young neurosurgical trainee at St Vincent s Hospital in Melbourne when he met and worked closely with Schuller. Later, Henderson served for many years as the Head of the Neurosurgery Unit at St Vincent s. Keith s son Michael, oncology surgeon at St Vincent s and Professor of Surgery at the University of Melbourne, completed the book after his father s death. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. If you re looking for literary theory, jargon, or safe distance, put this book back on the shelf now. The Heart of Amos Oz: Love, War & Grief brings you close to Amos Oz not as a legend, but as a man. A son marked by his mother s death. An Israeli writer who spent a lifetime turning love, loss, and pain into words that millions felt were written for them. You don t need to know one of the world s most celebrated authors to read this book. You only need to have loved someone, lost someone, or carried a hurt that didn t leave when you expected it to. Amos Oz wrote about family, marriage, loneliness, fear, and hope in a way that crossed borders. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Impractical, technophobic, shy and a nervous traveller, James Harpur suspected he had the perfect qualities for not going to Australia when the Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize gave him the chance to visit the country in 2017.House-sitting in Melbourne,expecting to be quietly writing and researching his putative ancestor, Charles Harpur, the father of Australian poetry , the Irish poet instead had one of the most intense and varied months of his life.He met a cast of unforgettable characters, and came across the menagerie of Australia s wildlife, but none more delightful than Sappho, the arthritic cat under his temporary care. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Every year for over a decade Goldenberg, a white middle-aged doctor, has spent numerous periods working as a relieving doctor for Aboriginal communities in remote places.On these visits he has observed and recorded Aboriginal Australians lives without resorting to simplification or glib solutions. Among his true stories we meet psychoticElijah who believes he is Satan s boss and cannot die; a dehydrated baby whose mother gambles away money for food; an old lady who receives a gashed head while fending off a thief stealing her money - her husband. In the midst of tragedy, suffering and moral ambiguity, these stories also tell of cultural richness and common humanity. Goldenberg writes: Aboriginal Australians are not at peace. They are variously unwell, underfed, overfed, afflicted excessively by our lifestyle diseases, confused by our drugs and drink, endowed with income but not with work, living in sickening poverty in paradisiacal places; and distracted from their serious cultural business by the trappings of our serious cultural emptiness. Every year for over a decade Goldenberg, a white middle-aged doctor, has spent numerous periods working as a relieving doctor for Aboriginal communities in remote places. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

soft cover. Condición: Fine, near new condition. No Jacket. 2nd edition. 24 cm. VII, 287 pages.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. ASIO maintained a vast library of files on half a million citizens, most of whom were never a threat to Australia s security. Through meticulous research, Michael Komesaroff has been able to sift through a multitude of records which were kept on his family, and discover why. This is not only an account of one family s activities, but more broadly, a history of the widespread fear of the presence and influence of communist sympathisers in Australia in the twentieth century. ASIO maintained a vast library of files on half a million citizens, most of whom were never a threat to Australia's security. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Ross Fitzgerald and Ian McFadyen's powerful new fiction, Chalk andCheese, is a tale of two 80-year-old former radio stars, Bill and Ben,who hate each other, but who end up in the same nursing home. Eventhough Chalk & Cheese can be seen as a wry comedy using clear-eyedsatire, it is also a compelling story which challenges our views on lifein nursing homes and how the elderly are treated. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. A collection of stories by Australia s most significant Yiddish writer translated into English, some never before published.Goldhar was the literary voice of his generation, as well as a leading cultural and social commentator. This new collection will ensure that this wonderful writer is notforgotten. A collection of stories by Australia's most significant Yiddish writer translated into English, some never before published. Goldhar was the literary voice of his generation, as well as a leading cultural and social commentator. This new collection will ensure that this wonderful writer is not forgotten. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. This memoir is about the relationship between a mother, Lillan, who is the wife of a diplomat, and her only child, Eva. At its heart is the daughter s attempt to comprehend what her mother meant by her oft-repeated warning, never marry a diplomat . While enjoying the privileges of the diplomatic life, having maids and travelling to different countries, Eva found living in foreign countries for extended periods had negative effects on them both, which are gradually revealed. Lillan had to give up a career of her own. Through growing up in Sweden and the United States, Eva adopted a dual persona, with the American one becoming dominant. This eventually led to her marrying someone from the other side of the planet, and a life-long separation from her mother. Lillan wondered what would have happened if her husband had chosen a career other than diplomacy, which would have kept the family together in one place. Would their lives have taken a completely different path? This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Viktor E. Frankl s Man s Search for Meaning sold over 10 million copies and was translated into over 30 languages. It was deemed by a survey of the Library of Congress to be one of the ten most influential books in America . This volume introduces and presents translations of a number of important but less well-known writings by Viktor Frankl, translated from the original German, in which he forthrightly relates psychology to religious concepts. These cast a strong new light on the generally received understanding of Frankl s contribution to psychology logotherapy as well as its relationship to the soul and universal ethics.ABOUT THE AUTHORS:Rabbi Dr Shimon Cowen, son of a former Governor-General of Australia, Sir Zelman Cowen OBM, has a dual background in secular and religious studies. Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl is famous for his celebrated 1946 memoir Man s Search for Meaning an examination on what the gruesome experience of Auschwitz taught him about the primary purpose of life: the quest for meaning, which sustained those who survived, and is still a vital tool in psychological practice. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Growing up in the working-class waterfront suburb of Port Melbourne, Frank Vincent became aware very early of the impact of social and economic inequality. He went on to become a successful barrister practising in criminal law before being appointed to the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal. Throughout his career, which included a lengthy period as Parole Board Chair, he never lost his concern for victims and the marginalised in our society, especially its Indigenous members. Yet this memoir is no hagiography. With modesty and wit, Vincent notes his own human fallibility and frailties, and writes with modesty and humour.What the critics said:"Frank Vincent s memoirs illustrate why lawyers would enter courts to hear him speak firstly as a barrister in murder trials, then as a Supreme Court Justice."His story is told with grace and humour, pointing out his closest brush to physical danger was from a cream sponge he felt was about to be thrown by a prisoner on learning his parole application was rejected. This book gives a rare insight into our court system from a master practitioner. For more than 50 years Frank was a champion of the people - this book shows he remains a champion bloke."- John Silvester This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Set in Nazi-occupied Holland, this book tells the story of the author's uncle, an anti-Nazi resistance fighter. A gentle, thoughtful man who had a successful career as a commercial photographer, he eventually reacts to ruthless tyranny by joining the Resistance as part of a team that forged identity papers to help potential Nazi victims hide, evade capture, even escape from the occupied country.Discovering a new persona and natural acting skills, armed with forged papers and wearing a Gestapo uniform, he succeeded in saving many potential victims from the Nazis.With the narrative tension of a novel, Gardner weaves meticulous research into a story of courage and heroism, even though it has a grim ending. A fast-moving historical biography with the feel of a thriller . how did an ordinary Jewish man find the courage to impersonate a tough Nazi officer? Certainly, this is a thrilling war story, an engrossing Holocaust story. But it is also a family story. Gerhard was the author's mother's cousin . his unsung family hero. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.