Second-hand Books

How can one book be so widely appreciated and so contested? Millions revere it and many ridicule it, but the Bible is often not allowed to speak for itself. Key...

'-- The intelligent and accessible text and the reproductions of all Vermeer's surviving paintings in color make this the ideal introduction to Vermeer's work Johannes Vermeer is one of the...

This volume helps uncover the unique patterns people weave in life. At a time of wide interest in biography, this is a set of keys to understanding the patterns and...

The Christchurch earthquake of February 22, 2011 was one of the worst natural disasters in New Zealand s history. The quake devastated New Zealand s second biggest city and caused...

Ripples on the Lake is a taut, tightly written paranormal thriller about what happens when a Pakeha family unwittingly invoke an ancient tohunga's curse. When an out-of-it Billy Delaney steals...

The Whanganui River at the turn of the twentieth century is a busy thoroughfare, taking sightseers through the spectacular landscape by paddle steamer and acting as highway for the sparse...

In How to be Dead in a Year of Snakes, Chris Tse took readers back to a shocking 1905 murder. Now he brings the reader much closer to home. He's...

Everyone has an opinion about Winnie Mandela, and usually a strong one. She has been adored, feared and hates more than any other women in South African history. But few...

In the spring of 1999, in the beautiful hills of the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, a young white farmer was shot dead on the dirt road running from his father's farmhouse to...

Alone in the wilderness, they are picked off one by one ... Gripping, standalone romantic thriller from an author at the top of her game, for readers of The Dark...

Marrying Mary A perfect wife? Everyone in Mary's family agreed that she would make some man a perfect wife one day. Mary's problem was that the only man she had...

Author: Paterson, A. B. BanjoFormat: Paperback, 723 pages, Published: 2000, Redwood EditionsGenre: Poetry Condition: Faded cover with some creasing on corners. Light foxing on book block. Name penned in fep. Internally...

Inspired by a celebrated photographic exhibition in Sydney last year, First Kiss is a collection of Lisa Tomasetti's gloriously intimate portraits of couples along with interviews by actor and journalist,...

If you care about the future, read this book. You are made of water, air and the food you eat from the Earth's soil . You ARE the Earth. This...

Invaluable guide to transforming the way we think about designing sustainable, transit-orientated cities- Comprehensive and informative case studies of successful Transit Orientated Developments from around the world: Detailed and illustrative...

We don't hate the music we play. We just hate the way we play it. Daniel Johns, Silverchair. We went through all this shit and we knew we still wanted...

Australian Aboriginal Paintings presents an overview of traditional Aboriginal religious paintings. They are all 'from' the Dreaming, the Tjukurrpa, the Wonggar, the Creation, and express this now, in present day...

Following the enormous success of the TV show, Backyard Blitz, this book focuses on 26 projects and shows you in detail how these backyards were transformed. There are also special...

Ready to achieve the svelte, sexy, healthy body you're designed to have? What are you waiting for? Go wild! Millions of years of evolution can't be wrong. So maybe you're...

The QBE Insurance Group is Australia's largest general insurer and its growth, nationally and internationally since its small beginnings in 1886, is the story of an institution that has played...

Embroidery has shed its dowdy image and has a new look and a new purpose! This book introduces embroidery for a new age - sophisticaed stitchery with panache that's easy...

This book contains quotations drawn from writings and sayings of the earliest recorded times to those of the present day. It features over 6,000 quotations, arranged under more than 200...

This epic story of settlement and colonization is, specifically, the story of the settlement of the southeast of Western Australia. At its heart is the story of Georgiana Molloy and...

Program Evaluation is a straightforward introduction to evaluation for beginners and practitioners. Drawing on current research, it presents an original framework for the identification of appropriate forms and approaches. It...

Written by a team of three freelance writers, this text presents a survey of the contemporary Australian wool industry. Roger McDonald covers more than 200 years of sheep raising history...

Jacinta Shailer loves the world of nature, and her journeys provide her with opportunities to use her gift for photography which was fostered during a twenty year stay in Japan....

There was only ever one woman in the life of Jamie Niland. But Elvie McKenzie, scarred by loss and humiliation, has learned too well that if you don't love, you...

It's 1913 and Cameron McKenzie, a young Scotsman, has come to Broome hoping to find a pearl that will make his fortune. And he does, but it is stolen the...

The Fey Queen, Emajicka, is stealing the children of Grimmery for her Collection. She bathes in their nightmares to relieve her own. There is one nightmare she wants most of...

While on a business trip to Singapore in 1992, 41-year-old Peter Couche, a London-based stockbroker and father of three, suffered an irreversible brain-stem stroke. Twenty-four hours later he was paralysed:...

This is a streamlined version of De Wit and Meyer's text, "Strategy: Process, Content, Context". It contains a range of key articles with text contextualizing the debates around key issues,...

Beginning with pre-history and the early civilizations of the Aegean, this work traces the development of European identity through its many guises. Every period is covered from the Roman Empire...

This beautifully illustrated book features 26 of the world's greatest railway journeys, from those of epic scope, such as the Trans-Siberian, Australia's Indian Pacific and The Canadian - to those...

A millennium edition of the 100 Years of Popular Music, including a song from each year from 1900 to 1999. All the songs are arranged for voice and piano with...