Arbon publishing sydney (4 Ergebnisse)

Hard Cover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: None, as Issued. First Thus. 304pp, index, sources, num bw & col ills. Pictorial boards. As new. Size: 8vo.

4to. 144pp. Original wrappers. Numerous colour and black and white illustrations; a fine copy. . Second edition. Forewords by Mark Speakman and Max Player and Introduction by Simon McArthur.

Paperback octavo (with flaps), very good condition, sepia (brown-tinted) photos (including inside covers), frontispiece, edges faintly scuffed, minor edgewear. 336 pp. This is an inspiring true story. The four Peisley girls (Nellie, Clare, Millie, Kath) spent their early childhood years in Nyngan, country New South Wales, until they were separated and had to live in pain and poverty. Nellie, the eldest, brings them all together in the end. The book is packed with historical detail including their early country life, childhood anecdotes to heart-rending descriptions of Depression-era Sydney in the 1930s (Enmore). The sudden death of their beloved father, the crippling mental illness suffered by their mother, the vicious abuse dished out by their stepfather, and years of loneliness and deprivation at a Narellan orphanage (run by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan) are just some of the challenges.The sepia photos of the places and people in the story bring it to life. This memoir is a poignant tribute to one young woman's fortitude in the face of terrible misfortune. (The author, Leonie Binge, is Clare's daughter. She assembled family memories, and visited the Narellan orphanage, and the Good Samaritans office in Glebe.). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Jacket has light general wear and no tears. Book very clean. Binding tight. 319pp Visit historic hotels, including The Ritz, Paris; the Waldorf Astoria, New York; the Beverly Hills Hotel, Los Angeles; the Savoy, London; the Hassler, Rome; The Peninsula, Hong Kong; Raffles, Singapore; Mena House, Cairo; Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur; Chateau Lake Louise, Alberta; the Cipriani, Danieli and Gritti Palace, Venice; Reid s Palace, Madeira; and the Baur au Lac, Zurich, alongside modern masterpieces such as The Burj al Arab, Icehotel and other futuristic hotels. Great, Grand & Famous Hotels is intended to give the traveller a better understanding of, and greater insight into, the hotels they admire and love. It is also a reference book for the passionate hotel professional and provides knowledge for young hoteliers, helping them to understand the history and the development of their industry. Combining four years of research, assisted by many students in various hotel schools around the world, and with contributions by six travel writers. Size: 240mm x 305mm. Book. …