Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. 1953 Reprint.
Published by Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Melbourne, 2006
ISBN 10: 0713999241 ISBN 13: 9780713999242
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Yellowed paper. Owner's name half title page.; We are the most fortunate generation that has ever lived. And we are the most fortunate generation that ever will. --George Monbiot What George Monbiot means by this is that our civilization has leveraged the awesome power of fossil energy to create a world that only a short time ago would have been nearly unimaginable. Our health, our wealth, our leisure, our freedom from tyranny and struggle, are all benefits bestowed upon us by harnessed energy of oil and coal. But the price of these gifts has been a growing environmental crisis. Our atmosphere is filling up with carbon dioxide, which is released by the burning of fossil fuels. Carbon dioxide traps the sun's heat, causing the temperature of our planet to rise. The reason why future generations are unlikely to be as fortunate as us is that fossil energy is just too good to be true. We cant go on enjoying the benefits of this dirty energy. We must either address the problem, which will be a tough challenge involving many sacrifices, or igre it, with unthinkable consequences. George Monbiot's Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning marks an important moment in our civilization's thinking about global warming. The question is longer whether climate change is actually happening. The question is what to do about it. Monbiot offers an ambitious and far-reaching program to cut our carbon dioxide emissions to the point where the environmental scales start tipping away from catastrophe. (But t before he devotes a chapter tounmasking the vested interests that have spent fortunes funding the specious science of the climate change deniers. ) He does t pretend it will be easy. The threshold for disaster, he argues, is a rise of two degrees centigrade above pre-industrial levels. Past two degrees, science tells us, the ability to control climate change passes out of our hands. At that point, the world's forests will fall into decline, changing cloud formation patterns and releasing the billions of tons of carbon the trees store. Past two degrees, the permafrost begins to thaw, releasing billions of tons of methane, a greenhouse gas far more destructive than CO2. At the same point, the polar ice begins to melt, affecting ocean currents and water levels. This is called a positive feedback loop, and it means that once we've passed two degrees, thing can be done to stop it rising to three. And once we hit three, four will follow. Two degrees is also the point at which the globe slides towards increasing water scarcity and, eventually, food deficit. And the fact is, we're already seeing the consequences of climate change around the globe: collapsing ice shelves, the failure of the cyclical rains in Eastern Africa, drought in Australia, the spread of tropical diseases into new territory as temperatures rise, pollution of aquifers with salt water in Bangladesh. Global temperatures have already risen 0.6 of a degree, causing huge damage to the natural environment and inflicting suffering on vast numbers of people. The only way to avoid further devastation, and forestall the catastropheof positive feedback, Monbiot argues, is a 90% cut in CO2 emissions in the rich nations of the world by 2030. In other words, our response will have to be immediate, and it will have to be decisive. But where to start? Monbiot starts at home, where we have most control. Though he draws his examples from the UK, and commends Canadians for our superior building standards, he makes a damning case that the buildings we live and work in squander energy. Since our heat and electricity produce CO2, nearly every bit of heat and power we waste (like nearly every bit of heat and power we use) commits us to greenhouse gas emissions. Monbiot finds ways for us to build, and live, so much better that we can cut emissions at home by the required 90%. 380gms weight; 8.43 X 5.28 X 0.94 inches; 284 pages.
Published by Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Melbourne, 1983
ISBN 10: 0140065989 ISBN 13: 9780140065985
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Yellowed paper.; 250gms weight; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 282 pages.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd., Pelican Books, Melbourne, London, Baltimore, 1954
Seller: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Rubbing and foxing on covers. Crease on top corner of front cover affects first few pages. Crease and dust spotting on the spine. Fluid stain on closed page edges.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd, Melbourne, 2007
ISBN 10: 0141029056 ISBN 13: 9780141029054
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Movie tie-in with actors on cover. Australia edition. Unread copy. 250gm weight; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 310 pages.
Published by Pelican Books, Penguin Books Ltd., Melbourne, London, Baltimore, 1954
Seller: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: USED_FAIR. wity 88 illustrations by Fish-Hawk, 77 maps, mainly compiled by W.B. Alexander and 75 charts compiled by James Fisher (illustrator). Revised Edition. Tears, creases and dust spotting on cover and spine. Foxing on the end papers. Creases on base corners of the first few pages.
Published by Puffin Books Australia Ltd., Penguin Books, Melbourne, etc., 1986. Reprint., 1986
Seller: City Basement Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
12mo (17.5x13.5cm), stapled wrapper, unpaginated (around 56pp). Good condition. Light wear, a bit grubby at upper right rear, tear to upper spine along fold (possible silverfishing). Binding sound. Pictures available on request.
Published by Penguin Books Australia Ltd., Melbourne, 1983., 1983
Seller: City Basement Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
8vo (19.8x13cm), paperback, 110pp + publisher's adverts. Good condition. Light wear, bumped, light creasing. Presentation copy, signed at title page.
Published by Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Melbourne, 2000
ISBN 10: 0140283803 ISBN 13: 9780140283808
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Looks unread. 300gms weight; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 294 pages.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd., Melbourne, London, Baltimore, 1953
Seller: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: USED_GOOD. Reprint. Firmly bound with a little light wear on the edges of the spine.
Published by Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Melbourne, 1989
ISBN 10: 0670901571 ISBN 13: 9780670901579
First Edition
paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Yellowed paper. Light crease to spine; 450gms weight; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 384 pages.
Published by Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Melbourne, 1992
ISBN 10: 0140173323 ISBN 13: 9780140173321
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Yellowed paper. Darkened inside cover. No creases; 218p of letters from the people of Cicely, explore their innermost thoughts and dreams of the whole 'Northern Exposure' gang. 250gms weight; Remainder; 8vo ; 220 pages.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd., Melbourne, London, Baltimore, 1953
Seller: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: USED_GOOD. Firmly bound with some handling wear, mostly on the spine, also some browning on the spine.
Published by Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Melbourne, 1993
ISBN 10: 0140149759 ISBN 13: 9780140149753
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Yellowed paper; First Penguin Books Australia edition. 250gms weight; Australian War Classics; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 268 pages.
Published by Penguin Books Australia Ltd., Melbourne, 1985
ISBN 10: 0140073590 ISBN 13: 9780140073591
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No creases, pages yellowing.; Index, appendices. Who controls the food we eat? ; 7.60 X 4.70 X 0.80 inches; 300 pages.
Published by Kestrel Books, published by Penguin Books Australia Ltd., Melbourne, 1983., 1983
Seller: City Basement Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
4to (27x21.2cm), hardback, unpaginated (around 30pp). Very good condition in very good dustwrapper (mild wear only). Mild wear. Presentation copy, signed at title page. Pictures available on request.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd, Melbourne, London & Baltimore, 1949
Seller: Babushka Books & Framers, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
First Edition
Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.
Published by Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Melbourne, 1991
ISBN 10: 0140087435 ISBN 13: 9780140087437
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Tanned margins , foxing side edge. No creases.; Appendices. 180gms weight; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 162 pages.
Published by Melbourne London, Baltimore. Penguin Books LTD. 1954., 1954
Seller: Worpsweder Antiquariat, Worpswede, Germany
With 4 coloured maps. Paperback. 176pp. Edited by L. Russell Muirhead & the Blue Guides. Covers worn, bumped & marked. Pages slightly brown. Used.
Published by Greenhouse (Penguin Books Australia Ltd), Melbourne, 1994
ISBN 10: 086436427X ISBN 13: 9780864364272
Seller: Books@Ruawai, Kaipara District, New Zealand
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. First.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd., Melbourne, London, Baltimore, 1953
Seller: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Firmly bound, red cloth boards. Dust spotting on cover and spine. Quite heavy foxing marks on the end papers and title page. Small tears, scuffing and dust spotting on jacket, not price clipped.
Published by Viking/Penguin Books (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Melbourne Vic.,, 1999
Seller: lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia
Hardcover, folio, 165pp., colour illustrations. Very minor wear only; near fine in like dustwrapper now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. The gardens of Andrew Pfeiffer are inspired by a deep respect for their natural environments. Whether they are informal gardens that appear to have naturally sprung from their original landscapes or whether they are striking, thematic walled gardens deliberately detached from the wilderness beyond, each of the magnificent gardens in this book is united by a single philosophy. With examples from all over the world, this sumptuously illustrated book clearly shows his abiding manifesto that the natural surroundings of a garden largely determine how it is to be designed. Magnificent colour photography throughout.
Published by Allen Lane/Penguin Books (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Melbourne Vic.,, 2013
Seller: lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia
Octavo; hardcover, with black endpapers; 650pp., with maps and 16pp. of colour plates. Minor wear; previous owner's name in ink to the half-title page. Dustwrapper lightly edgeworn; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good to near fine. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.
Published by Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Melbourne, 1992
ISBN 10: 0140147063 ISBN 13: 9780140147063
Seller: Great Southern Books, King River, WA, Australia
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Second impression of the First Edition. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 287 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages are lightly toned throughout. Edges browned slightly. The book has been read and it may have some creases but is sound overall. This BOOK IS IN STOCK and READY TO MAIL NOW. Your book when ordered will be securely packed and promptly dispatched by Great Southern Books. The author, Osmar White, was a New Zealand-born, Australian journalist with The Herald and Weekly Times during the Japanese invasion of Papua New Guinea in 1942, and became a war correspondent and embedded journalist with the Australian forces there. Together with famed Australian war photographer, Damien Parer, and famed war correspondent, Chester Wilmot, he covered the Kokoda Track Campaign, detailing the trials and triumphs of allied troops during that time. Later White was seriously wounded during the New Georgia campaign, and while recovering in Australia from his injuries, he wrote this book, Green Armour, which described in detail the harsh conditions of the Kokoda Track Campaign. It was the combined writings and testimony of White, Wilmot, and Parer that led to the Allies adopting mottled green camouflage uniforms for troops engaging in jungle warfare. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military & Warfare; Australia; 1940s; History. ISBN: 0140147063. ISBN/EAN: 9780140147063. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10385.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd, Melbourne, 2003
ISBN 10: 0141013443 ISBN 13: 9780141013442
Seller: Great Southern Books, King River, WA, Australia
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Third impression of the First Edition. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 490 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Mild tanning throughout. Edges browned slightly. This book is currently IN STOCK and would be shipped directly from our Australian address. The Storming of Berlin had been the Red Army's dream of vengeance, ever since the German's invasion of Russia in the summer of 1941. Antony Beevor has reconstituted the experience of those millions caught up in the nightmare crescendo of the Third Reich's final defeat. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Military & Warfare. ISBN: 0141013443. ISBN/EAN: 9780141013442. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3507.
Published by Viking O`Neil/Penguin Books Australia Ltd, South Yarra (Melbourne), 1988
ISBN 10: 0670900753 ISBN 13: 9780670900756
Seller: A Small Bookshop, ELMHURST, VIC, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Reprint. Illustrated.
Published by Viking/Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Melbourne, 2001
ISBN 10: 0670911933 ISBN 13: 9780670911936
Seller: Great Southern Books, King River, WA, Australia
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First impression. Size: Folio (over 12 inches tall). 134 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. All my books are available and are shipped from our Australian address. A retrospective of the work of the late Jean-Paul Ferrero, this work offers visions of natural Australia: close encounters with crocodiles, an inside view of the dingo's den, Uluru as you have never seen it before, and an aerial view of migrating whales. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Photography; ISBN: 0670911933. ISBN/EAN: 9780670911936. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3302.
Published by Viking/Penguin Books (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Melbourne Vic.,, 2014
Seller: lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia
Quarto; hardcover, illustrated boards with upper board titles, decorative endpapers and an electric-pink ribbon; 354pp. (all edges dyed electric-pink), with many full-colour illustrations. Mild wear; covers quite rubbed. No dustwrapper as issued. Very good. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. Adrian Franklin's The Making of MONA collects anecdotes and images about the making of the Museum of Old and New Art. It dismantles the dismissive view of David Walsh as an eccentric millionaire-genius and of MONA as a representation of his weird mind. The early chapters situate Walsh as collector and MONA as a private museum in larger historical contexts. The phenomenon of collecting is considered through the frame of modern consumerist society, while the history of the Western museum and concepts of museology such as the Wunderkammer and the white cube are used to explain MONA's ideology. Franklin emphasises the importance of collaboration at MONA. This is represented through the many voices that tell the stories of MONA: from the architects and designers, to curators and collectors, marketing managers, reviewers and of course Walsh himself. The tale of the ridding of wall labels in MONA is one example of this collaborative process, responding to Walsh's distaste for labels at his earlier Moorilla Museum of Antiquities, leading to the creation of the O device. The book builds a reading of MONA through the carnival trope. While this is at times stretched, it does allow Franklin to undermine the view of MONA as self-indulgent contemporary consumerism and present it as a place of generosity, tolerance and inclusiveness, traits that are too often overlooked. The book looks sleek and hip, recalling Monanisms. The colour scheme of hot pink on black is straight from 'Brand MONA', something Franklin discusses at length. Many high-quality images ranging across the collection of MONA, its architecture, construction and other miscellanea." - Kelli Rowe.
Published by Viking/Penguin Books (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Melbourne Vic.,, 2002
Seller: lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia
Small quarto; hardcover; pink silk-covered boards and a pink and a green ribbon marker; 673pp., with full-colour illustrations; illustrated endpapers. Minor wear; small crease on spine title panel. Near fine otherwise. No dustwrapper as issued Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. Michelin-starred chef David Thompson shares his passion for the unique style of cooking that he believes to be one of the world's greatest cuisines. He provides over 300 mouthwatering recipes, from the simple, honest flavour of a classic pad thai or the refreshing tang of a Green Papaya Salad to such elaborate creations as Green Curry of Trout Dumplings with Apple Eggplants or Stir-fried Crispy Fish Cakes with Pork and Salted Eggs. A series of introductory chapters examine the role of food in Thai culture and society, offer guidance on ingredients, with notes on availability and substitutions, and explain the essential techniques of Thai cookery.
Published by Viking O'Neil, Penguin Books Australia Ltd., Melbourne, 1988., 1988
Seller: City Basement Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
4to (29x21.5cm), hardback, xiv + 353pp. Good condition in good dustwrapper (protective cover, bumped, light creasing, scuff marks). Bumped, light wear, dent to lower front edge, lower corners of pp193-196 creased, upper page edges age-toned. Illustrated throughout. This item is heavy and may attract additional postage. Pictures available on request.