Cameron Anson (40 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book.

DVD. Condition: Used - Good.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A hilarious memoir and a crash-investigator's report into how not to be a boy.You know those childhood memoirs that tell of the innocence of youth, of a gentle past when boys and girls were adorable and agreeable, respectful of their elders, and spoke only when spoken to?This isn't one of those.Boyhoodlum is the hilarious confession of an ingeniously devious and destructive boy. In the late 1960s and early '70s, Anson Cameron waged guerrilla war on his hometown in country Victoria. When he wasn't blowing his family TV to smithereens, he was electrocuting a friend's mother; when he wasn't raining expletives on a genial deaf neighbour, he was raining missiles on classical music fans. And in his leisure hours, he found time to join a Wee Club, stockpiling an ocean of urine for future use.Knowing he was destined for greatness, young Anson saw no reason to keep his self-importance to Napoleonic levels. At high school, a posse of hirsute male teachers attempted to put the errant lad in his place. But would the 'wonderbeards' be able to quell a born entertainer and agitator?Brilliantly evoking an era in which the Cisco Kid, Valiant Chargers and the lethal powers of a home-made shanghai reigned supreme, Anson Cameron's riotous memoir is a crash-investigator's report on how not to be a boy. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Softcover. Condition: Bon. Ancien livre de bibliothèque avec équipements. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Former library book. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.…

Softcover. Condition: Bon. Ancien livre de bibliothèque avec équipements. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Former library book. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Youve got to have that madness in your mind to win, win, win. Youve got to have that somewhere, but it cant consume you. The singular story of football's hardest man and sharpest mind. This story begins in infamy. Everyones first glimpse of the man is of ferocious blows struck in grand finals, his name splashed in headlines across the back pages of the tabloids. Its the 1970s, its Richmond: kill or be killed. There was a time when almost every football watcher who heard Neil Balmes name would react with disapproval. My God, what a bruiser . . . A dangerous fellow . . . And those who knew him would quickly deny these accusations. Hes not a brute, you know, hes a thinker . . . A mild-mannered bloke, easygoing. The great paradox of Balme is the violence and the pacifism, the mayhem and the calm, the rough justice and the gentleness. Hes a cold-blooded thug; hes a soft-hearted healer; hes a villain and a hero. Balme is unique in having spent longer than anyone else in clubland. Richmond, Norwood, Melbourne, Collingwood, Geelong and Richmond again over fifty years. Hes seen and created limitless change in those decades. So how did Neil Balme go from being the infamous on-field enforcer of the 1970s to the avuncular guru the football world knows and loves today? After eleven premierships, an aura surrounds the man. Get Balme to your club and success will follow. What has he to tell us of football, of the high times and the low, of the champs and the egos? Of Royce and GR, of Diamond Joe, of Eddie and Mick, of Bomber, of Dimma? And of life and the human heart? Balmes tale is, unsurprisingly, a mix of hard truth and unerring compassion. The long-awaited memoir of one of AFLs hardest players and most respected behind-the-scenes coaches. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st edition. Illustrated with photographs in colour and black and white. 24 cm. XII, 324 pages VG. Very good condition with light shelf wear to covers, light creasing.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None Issued. First Edition. 324 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None Issued. First Edition. 324 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Paperback. Anson Cameron, PICADOR. Author: Anson CameronBinding: PaperbackPublished: PICADOR, 1998Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling narrative from a celebrated Australian voice chronicles the lives of individuals grappling with the echoes of their past. It uncovers the hidden stories and unspoken truths that shape a community, presenting a poignant examination of memory and its enduring power. The prose illustrates a world where quiet moments hold profound significance, revealing the intricate tapestry of human connection and isolation. With a distinctive blend of wit and melancholy, the author details the subtle shifts in relationships and the weight of history, inviting readers into a deeply atmospheric and thought-provoking experience. Paperback.…

Paperback. Anson Cameron, Random House Australia. From Australia's foremost comic novelist comes a hilarious satire of the art world, based on a true story. From Australia's foremost comic novelist comes a hilarious satire of the art world, based on a true story. Harry Broome dreams of being a famous painter. And when a sophisticated French beauty buys all the paintings at his first exhibition, he knows he's on his way. But in the art world nothing is as it seems. Before long, to pay his debts and save his reputation, he is trapped in a plot to steal Picasso's Weeping Woman from the National Gallery of Victoria. She is the gallery's greatest acquisition, and when she goes missing the city's many treasure hunters come out to find her- a corrupt tycoon who knew Picasso, a gay escort obsessed with Michael Jackson, a bent barrister, a gang of bikies, a hit man, the gallery director, the Minister for Police. The Weeping Woman is priceless and life is cheap. Stretching from pre-war France to contemporary Australia, with a captivating cast of eccentric characters and a superbly engaging plot based on a true story, Stealing Picasso tells of an art theft and a forgery and their extraordinary repercussions. 'Anson Cameron is one of the most interesting writers of his generation' -- Weekend Australian. Paperback.…

Secondhand, Paperback. , . NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title. Author: Anson Cameron Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 A blackly funny novel about an unlikely hero, and his misadventures on the flood he has created. A blackly funny novel about an unlikely hero, and his misadventures on the flood he has created. In the drought-stricken Riverland town of Bartel in South Australia, after the suicide of his wife, Merv Rossiter steals a boat. He trucks north with his eight-year-old-daughter Em into Queensland. There he blows up the dam at Waroo Station, releasing a flood through outback New South Wales into South Australia. As the authorities search for them, Merv and Em ride the flood south in their stolen boat, rescuing a Queensland Minister from the water, and then a young blackfella who fancies he sang the river to life all by himself. Meanwhile, in Canberra, the political flotsam carried by Merv's renegade ocean brings the Federal Government to its knees. The Last Pulse is the story of the last flood that will ever flow down the inland artery that was the Darling River. The stream is broken now and the agriculture and lives of South Australians have been appropriated with the water by a people a thousand kilometres to the north. Throughout their misadventures on his flood, Merv promises his daughter they will be heroes in South Australia, and that they are sailing towards victory parades and happiness. The other crewmembers, however, know he is heading towards a violent reckoning with Australia itself. Blackly humorous, poignant, timely, The Last Pulse is Anson Cameron's finest work to date. Secondhand, Paperback. …

Paperback. Anson Cameron, Random House Australia. A hilarious memoir and a crash-investigator's report into how not to be a boy. You know those childhood memoirs that tell of the innocence of youth, of a gentle past when boys and girls were adorable and agreeable, respectful of their elders, and spoke only when spoken to? This isn't one of those. Boyhoodlum is the hilarious confession of an ingeniously devious and destructive boy. In the late 1960s and early '70s, Anson Cameron waged guerrilla war on his hometown in country Victoria. When he wasn't blowing his family TV to smithereens, he was electrocuting a friend's mother; when he wasn't raining expletives on a genial deaf neighbour, he was raining missiles on classical music fans. And in his leisure hours, he found time to join a Wee Club, stockpiling an ocean of urine for future use. Knowing he was destined for greatness, young Anson saw no reason to keep his self-importance to Napoleonic levels. At high school, a posse of hirsute male teachers attempted to put the errant lad in his place. But would the 'wonderbeards' be able to quell a born entertainer and agitator? Brilliantly evoking an era in which the Cisco Kid, Valiant Chargers and the lethal powers of a home-made shanghai reigned supreme, Anson Cameron's riotous memoir is a crash-investigator's report on how not to be a boy. Paperback.…

Paperback. 1998. First edition. A very good copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Good - sl Wear. First Edition.

c.358pp. 8vo. Original wrappers, in very good condition. Faint remainder mark to top edge. First edition.

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

octavo paperback (Near Fine); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.…

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

8vo. 231pp. Original wrappers. Near fine. Paperback original.

8vo, 388pp. A very good paperback copy. Uncorrected Proof Copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. London: WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE IF POSSIBLE- SOFT COVER-MID SIZE-Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited, 2001 Used Reissue of a novel first published in 2000, dealing with issues of change, identity and loss Hunter Carlyon has had several identities - first as a black baby, then as a white boy, black youth, white man and black man The woman he loves has disappeared in a war-zone and he is haunted by her voice on his mobile phone Author's previous novel is 'Silences Long Gone'.…

[viii]+388pp. Large 8vo. Original wrappers. A fine copy. First edition.

368pp. 8vo. Original coloured wrappers. A fine copy.

Secondhand, Paperback. , . NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title. Author: Anson Cameron Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 The long-awaited memoir of one of AFL's hardest players and most respected coaches. 'You've got to have that madness in your mind to win, win, win. You've got to have that somewhere, but it can't consume you.' The singular story of football's hardest man and sharpest mind. This story begins in infamy. Everyone's first glimpse of the man is of ferocious blows struck in grand finals, his name splashed in headlines across the back pages of the tabloids. It's the 1970s, it's Richmond- kill or be killed. There was a time when almost every football watcher who heard Neil Balme's name would react with disapproval. My God, what a bruiser . . . A dangerous fellow . . . And those who knew him would quickly deny these accusations. He's not a brute, you know, he's a thinker . . . A mild-mannered bloke, easygoing. The great paradox of Balme is the violence and the pacifism, the mayhem and the calm, the rough justice and the gentleness. He's a cold-blooded thug; he's a soft-hearted healer; he's a villain and a hero. Balme is unique in having spent longer than anyone else in clubland. Richmond, Norwood, Melbourne, Collingwood, Geelong and Richmond again - over fifty years. He's seen and created limitless change in those decades. So how did Neil Balme go from being the infamous on-field enforcer of the 1970s to the avuncular guru the football world knows and loves today? After eleven premierships, an aura surrounds the man. Get Balme to your club and success will follow. What has he to tell us of football, of the high times and the low, of the champs and the egos? Of Royce and GR, of Diamond Joe, of Eddie and Mick, of Bomber, of Dimma? And of life and the human heart? Balme's tale is, unsurprisingly, a mix of hard truth and unerring compassion. Secondhand, Paperback. …

Condition: good. Ancien support de bibliothèque. Photo non contractuelle. Envoi rapide et soigné.

8vo. 358pp. Original wrappers. Fine. First edition. Signed copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good Condition. Wear to book corners and edges, with front cover right tail corner now protected with book tape. Interior and binding are still very good. The singular story of football's hardest man and sharpest mind. This story begins in infamy. Everyone's first glimpse of the man is of ferocious blows struck in grand finals, his name splashed across the back pages of tabloids. It's the 1970s; it's Richmond: kill or be killed. There was a time when almost every football watcher who heard Neil Balme's name would react with disapproval. The great paradox of Balme is the violence and the pacifism, the mayhem and the calm, the rough justice and the gentleness. He's a cold-blooded thug; he's a soft-hearted healer; he's a villain and a hero. Balme is unique in having spent longer than anyone else in clubland. Richmond, Norwood, Melbourne, Collingwood, Geelong and Richmond again - over fifty years. He's seen and created limitless change in those decades. So how did Neil Balme go from being the infamous on-field enforcer of the 1970s to the avuncular guru the football world knows and loves today? After eleven premierships, an aura surrounds the man. Get Balme to your club, and success will follow. What has he to tell us of football, of the high times and the low, of the champs and the egos? Of Royce and GR, of Diamond Joe, of Eddie and Mick, of Bomber, of Dimma? And of life and the human heart? Balme's tale is, unsurprisingly, a mix of hard truth and unerring compassion.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges, with corners now protected with book tape. Book exchange stamp on inside front cover. Price sticker remnant on front cover. Red mark on tail foredge. Pages are sunned. Small marks on right foredge.

363pp. 8vo. Original wrappers, sticker indicating new title of book "Confessing The Blues" on upper wrapper, a fine copy. Proof first issue under rejected title "The Stats".