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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The cover has a little wear. The page edges are lightly tanned. 283 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Softcover. Zustand: Good. Reprint. 'I'm the binge-drinking health reporter. During the week, I write about Australia's booze-soaked culture. At the weekends, I wrote myself off.' Booze has dominated Jill Stark social life ever since she had her first sip of beer, at 13. She thought nothing could curb her love of big nights. And then came the hangover that changed everything. In the shadow of her 35th Year, Jill made a decision: she would give up alcohol. But what would it mean to stop drinking in a world awash with booze. This lively memoir charts Jill's tumultuous year on the wagon, as she copes with the stress of the newsroom sober, tackles the dating scene on soda water, learns to watch the footy minus beer, and deals with censure from friends and colleagues, who tell her that a year without booze is 'a year with not mates'. In re-examining her habits, Jill also explores Australia's love affair with alcohol, meeting alcopop-swigging teens who drink to fit in, beer-seilling blokes in a sporting culture backed by booze, and marketing bigwigs blamed for turning binge drinking into a way of life. And she tracks the history of this national obsession: from the idea that Australia's new colonies were drowning in drink to the Anzac ethos that a beer builds mateship, and from the six o'clock swill that encouraged bingeing to the tangled weave of advertising, social pressure, and tradition that confronts drinkers today. Will Jill make it through the year without booze? And if she does, will she go back to her old habits, or has she called last drinks? This is a funny, moving, and insightful exploration of why we drink, how we got here, and what happens when we turn off the tap. 307 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Autobiography::Memoir; Australia; Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781922070227. Inventory No: 279613.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The cover has a little wear. The page edges are moderately tanned and foxed. 122 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A correspondent who has spent thirty years in Israel - the last fifteen for The New York Times - presents a rich, wide-ranging portrait of the Israeli people today at a critical juncture in their country's history. A correspondent who has spent thirty years in Israel presents a rich, wide-ranging portrait of the Israeli people at a critical juncture in their country's history. Despite Israel's determined staying power in a hostile environment, its military might, and the innovation it fosters in businesses globally, the country is more divided than ever. The old guard - socialist secular elites and idealists - are a dying breed, and the state's democratic foundations are being challenged. A dynamic and exuberant country of nine million, Israel now largely comprises native-born Hebrew speakers, and yet any permanent sense of security and normalcy is elusive. In The Land of Hope and Fear, we meet Israelis - Jews and Arabs, religious and secular, Eastern and Western, liberals and zealots - plagued by perennial conflict and existential threats. Its citizens remain deeply polarised politically, socially, and ideologically, even as they undergo generational change and redefine what it is to be an Israeli. Who are these people, and to what do they aspire? In moving narratives and with on-the-ground reporting, Isabel Kershner reveals the core of what holds Israel together and the forces that threaten its future through the lens of real people, laying bare the question, Who is an Israeli? 370 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; History; ISBN/EAN: 9781761380259. Inventory No: 279796.…

Book, Paperback. Zustand: Used. The Brain That Changes Itself. These are USED books. Please only purchase if you are happy with that. Images & Editions We use stock images and database descriptions based on the ISBN. The image shown may NOT be the actual book cover you will receive. Covers, editions, printings, and publishers may differ. If you need a specific cover, edition, or printing, please contact us before purchasing. What ?Used? Means Because these books are pre-owned: Colouring books may be coloured in Textbooks may have answers filled in, highlighting, notes, or underlining Workbooks may have writing inside Access codes, download codes, CDs, DVDs, or online content are usually missing or already used Books that originally came with toys, inserts, maps, cards, or bonus items will usually NOT include them Pages may be folded, marked, or show normal signs of use If you are buying a book for anything other than reading (e.g. colouring, study use, collecting, gifts, specific covers, bonus items, or digital access), used books may not be suitable. Condition All books are listed as Used ? Good Books are clean and readable but not new Some books may have: Writing, highlighting, or markings Folded pages or minor wear A small warehouse or inventory sticker on the spine Original retailer stickers (we do not remove them) Our Process We purchase books by the pallet and scan thousands at a time. For this reason, we cannot photograph or individually inspect every book. Acknowledgement By purchasing, you acknowledge that: You understand the book is used You accept the condition and limitations described above Stock images and descriptions may not exactly match the item received Thank you for supporting Oak Books and helping give books a second life. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. The dust jacket has a little wear. The page edges are moderately tanned and foxed. 200 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Trade Paperback (21cm X 15cm). Zustand: Very Good. 262pp. Pages lightly age-tanned. Light bump to bottom of spine. In otherwise lovely condition.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Good condition. Some edgewear. Pages have sunned. Several months have passed since Burke and Wills have disappeared. Now a search party has assembled to rescue. A novel of love, identity, desire and death, set in a rapidly changing yet still unknown Australia.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Ex library copy with no external stickers. Sticky tape on the author synopsis page is now covered with a blank ex libris bookplate sticker. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Sunning to foredges. Interior and binding are still very good. In 1971, when the racially selected all-white Springbok rugby team toured Australia, we became a nation at war with ourselves. There was bloodshed as tens of thousands of anti-Apartheid campaigners clashed with governments, police, and rugby fans, who were given free reign to assault protestors. Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen declared a State of Emergency. Prime Minister William McMahon called the Wallabies who refused to play 'national disgraces'. Barbed wire ringed the great rugby grounds to stop protestors from invading the field. Pitched Battle recreates what became of the most rancorous periods in modern Australian history — a time of courage, pain, faith, fanaticism, and political opportunism — which made heroes of the Wallabies who refused to play, played a key role in the later political careers of Peter Beattie, Meredith Burgmann, and Peter Hain, and ultimately contributed to the abandonment of Apartheid.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. In many respects, Australia behaves as if it were still a colonial dependency. Our policies on foreign affairs, trade, human rights, and the environment seem to be uncritically allied to those of the United States. Alison Broinowski argues that Australia's development as an independent nation has stalled, and warns that behaving like the schoolyard bully's errand-boy has earned Australia a reputation for being ready to 'kiss up and kick down'.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Some pages have been dog-eared. Body text and binding are still very good. Based on extensive interviews with the main participants, journalist Nicholas Stuart traces Rudd's life from his childhood on a Queensland dairy farm and the family's struggle after the tragic death of his father to the present. He examines in detail Rudd's university years, his diplomatic service in Copenhagen and Beijing, his political apprenticeship as Wayne Goss's chief of staff and later head of the Cabinet Office, his entry into federal politics and witnessing the disintegration of successive Labor leaders, his rapprochement with Julia Gillard, and his ultimate emergence as Labor leader.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Good condition. Ex library copy with external stickers and protective plastic covering. Stamps on inside. Partial date due slip on author bio page, now covered with blank ex libris bookplate sticker. Wear to book corners and edges. Pages are sunned. Body text and binding are still very good. Farewell, Dear People contains ten extended biographies of young men who exemplified Australia's gifted lost generation of World War I. Prequel to Life So Full of Promise.…

Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Interior and binding are still very good. This is a beautiful and intense exploration of friendships, landscape, and homecoming. Written with great energy and humour, Position Doubtful offers a unique portrait of the complexities of black-and-white relations in contemporary Australia. 4th printing.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Ex library copy with all external stickers removed. Small piece of sticky tape on front end paper has been covered with a blank ex libris sticker. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket has some light creasing at edges and spine. Interior and binding are also very good. Told with the pace, depth, and psychological richness of a great novel, An Unconventional Wife is a riveting biography that shines a shaft of light on a hidden but captivating life.…

Softcover. Zustand: Good. In this multi-award-winning autobiographical novel, Cristovao Tezza draws his readers into the mind of a young father whose son, Felipe, is born with Down syndrome. From the initial shock of diagnosis, and through his growing understanding of the world of hospitals and therapies, Tezza threads the story of his son's life with his own. Felipe, who lives in an eternal present, becomes a remarkable young man; for Tezza, however, the story is a settling of accounts with himself and his own limitations and, ultimately, a coming to terms with the sublime ironies and arbitrariness of life. He struggles with the phantom of shame, as if his son's condition were an indication of his own worth, and yearns for a 'normal' world that is always out of reach. Reading this compelling book is like stumbling through a trap door into the writer's mind, where nothing is censored, and everything is constantly examined and reinterpreted. What emerges is a hard-won philosophy of everyday life. It is extraordinary to encounter a common human drama - the birth of a disabled child - investigated profoundly by a father who happens to be a gifted novelist. The Eternal Son is an honest and insightful story that touches us all, written by one of Brazil's foremost novelists and beautifully translated by Alison Entrekin. It is world literature at its finest. Light tanning to pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Australia; Fiction; Inventory No: 261787.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. In 1860, a Wotjubaluk Aboriginal youth converted to Christianity and took the name Nathanael Pepper. But even as Christian missionaries were making their first impact upon Aboriginal culture, pastoralists were driving thousands of sheep and cattle into the region. The story is about their attempt to accommodate 'the people of the sheep'. The Lamb Enters the Dreaming traces the life of Nathaniel Pepper, of the Wotjobaluk people, from his early days in the Wimmera to his conversion to Christianity, his family, particularly his brothers Philip and Timothy, his life at Ebenezer Mission, his move to Ramahyuck Mission Station, his friendship with Moravian missionary F A Hagenauer, to his last days and his grave. Includes background to the establishment of Ebenezer Mission, and life for Aboriginal people in Victoria and the Wimmera in the 1800s; includes the life of Willie Wimmera; references to the Moravian mission at Lake Boga. …

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine condition. Niki Savva lays out the final unravelling of the Coalition at the hands of resurgent Labor and the so-called Teal independents, which culminated in the historic 2022 election.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Pages are sunned. Previous owner has removed half-title page presumably to remove ownership details. Title page remains.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. SavvaÂ's blunt and often eye-popping account of the Morrison Government has smashed the mould of contemporary writing on our countryÂ's political contest  SavvaÂ's book reflects the wisdom of her judgements about politics and people formed over decades as a political reporter, and the quality of her skills as a wordsmith. Bulldozed is also the third instalment of her account of the federal Coalition which gives readers an unparalleled view of a very particular period in Australian politics  SavvaÂ's trilogy of books demonstrates how the finest in her profession can both gain an unparalleled insight into how politics really works but emerge on the other side with their independence intact. 391 pages. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Australian::Australian Politics; Politics & Government; Inventory No: 276853.…

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Kevin Rudd emerged after a period of prolonged instability and internal strife within the federal ALP to establish himself as a popular leader who could unify his party and mount a real challenge to John Howard. The early reaction to his leadership, from both voters and his political adversaries, suggests that he is widely regarded as Labor's best hope in a decade of ending the Howard ascendancy. Kevin Rudd: a political biography explores the events that have made this ambitious, self-reliant man, and the influences that have shaped his vision for the future of Australia. It asks key questions: can Rudd inspire self-belief in Labor and persuade the electorate that, this time, they can indeed be trusted? What would a Labor government under an intelligent conservative leader look like or stand for? Kevin Rudd: a political biography is a comprehensive examination of the making of this key player in Australian political life. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of Australia. 280 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography; Australia; Biography & Autobiography; Australian::Australian Politics. Inventory No: 273968.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo; trade paperback; 250pp., with 8pp. of monochrome plates. Mild wear; remainder mark to the text block bottom edge; covers a little rubbed and edgeworn; text block and page edges a little toned. Very good. Standard postage quoted is for a maximum 1kg book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. Books listed on Abebooks are not kept at our bookshop. Please enquire if you wish to see the book at our premises.…

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Niki Savva reveals the inside story of a bungled coup that overthrew the Liberal prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, and installed a surprise successor, Scott Morrison, who went on to take the party to a miraculous electoral victory. 397 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Australian::Australian History; Politics & Government; Australian::Australian Politics. Inventory No: 269293. …

Softcovers, 23.5x15.5cm,626pages, b&w plates, notes , index,light bump to spine ends, corner cover bump,rear cover has a crease to each corner. Authors second multi-biography about Australia's lost generation of World War I, features a collection of inter-woven stories set in that defining era.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 298 pages. Excellent condition. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.