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Angelou, Maya I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A. Bantam Books 1991 0553279378 / 9780553279375 Paperback Mass Market Paperback Brand New, Unopened, Unread, 110mm x 180mm
A phenomenal #1 bestseller that has appeared on the "New York Times bestseller list for nearly three years, this memoir traces Maya Angelou's childhood in a small, rural community during the 1930s. Filled with images and recollections that point to the dignity and courage of black men and women, Angelou paints a sometimes disquieting, but always affecting picture of the people--and the times--that touched her life.
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18.95 AUD
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Frank, Anne The Diary of a Young Girl
Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A. Bantam Books 1993 0553296981 / 9780553296983 Mass Market Paperback Brand New, Unopened, Unread 171mm x 108mm
A beloved classic since its initial publication in 1947, this vivid, insightful journal is a fitting memorial to the gifted Jewish teenager who died at Bergen-Belsen, Germany, in 1945. Born in 1929, Anne Frank received a blank diary on her 13th birthday, just weeks before she and her family went into hiding in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Her marvelously detailed, engagingly personal entries chronicle 25 trying months of claustrophobic, quarrelsome intimacy with her parents, sister, a second family, and a middle-aged dentist who has little tolerance for Anne's vivacity. The diary's universal appeal stems from its riveting blend of the grubby particulars of life during wartime (scant, bad food; shabby, outgrown clothes that can't be replaced; constant fear of discovery) and candid discussion of emotions familiar to every adolescent (everyone criticizes me, no one sees my real nature, when will I be loved?). Yet Frank was no ordinary teen: the later entries reveal a sense of compassion and a spiritual depth remarkable in a girl barely 15. Her death epitomizes the madness of the Holocaust, but for the millions who meet Anne through her diary, it is also a very individual loss. 282 pages
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17.95 AUD
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Karen Blixen) Isak Dinesen Out of Africa and Shadows on the Grass
Toronto, ON, Canada Penguin Books Canada, Limited 1985 0140085335 / 9780140085334 Mass Market Paperback Very Good 195mm x 125mm
This single volume contains the two books Karen Blixen wrote about Africa. In 1914 she went to Kenya to run a coffee farm; its failure in 1931 caused her to return to Denmark where she wrote these 2 classic accounts of her experiences. A poignant farewell to her beloved farm, they describe her friendships and her affection for the animals and landscape, and rare intelligence, compassion and an accute understanding of an alien culture.
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3.99 AUD
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McGregor, Adrian Cathy Freeman : A Journey Just Begun
Scoresby, VIC, Australia Random House Australia 1998 1740510542 / 9781740510547 Mass Market Paperback Very Good 195mm x 130mm
She is young, beautiful, Aboriginal. she is a world champion, an Olympic gold medalist. She is cathy freeman and this is her story so far 385 pages
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5.95 AUD
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Newton, Jack Out of the Rough : The Jack Newton Story
Viking 2001 0670838292 / 9780670838295 Paperback Trade Paperback Very Good 230 x 150mm
THREE SHOTS JACK NEWTON WILL NEVER FORGET: the 2-iron to the 17th at Carnoustie that just cleared the first burn and ultimately cost him the British Open championship the impossible bunker shot at Metropolitan's 16th that ended 7 centimetres from the hole and sewed up the Australian Open the one-armed 5-iron after his accident, which took flight and told him he could play golf again. Jack Newton's story is full of dramatic moments, but they are told in a laconic Australian way that makes grim humour from disaster and takes success and failure in its stride. Written with the assistance of top golf journalist Peter Stone, it is a story that takes the reader into the excitement of tournament play, out on the course making shots in the company of the world's best, into the locker rooms and bars and the hustling camaraderie of the professional game. Jack the wild one played major tournaments all over the world, finding maturity with his marriage to Jackie and with his children, Kristie and Clint. They were to be his mainstay when he was cut down in a horrifying accident at Sydney airport an accident that took an arm and an eye and very nearly ended his life. From that tragedy a different Newton emerged - a top commentator, a business success across many areas, a teacher and family man, and a man of compassion who was concerned to give back something in return for his gifts. He may have regrets and even faults, but self-pity is not among them. Any way you look at it, Jack Newton's life is an inspiration. illustrated with photographs.
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7.99 AUD
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Tabberer, Maggie Maggie
Crows Nest, NSW, Australia Allen & Unwin Pty., Limited 1998 1864486430 / 9781864486438 Hard Cover Very Good Good 235 x 165mm
Allen & Unwin, New South Wales, 1998. Black Boards Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 392 pp., index. Author's photograph on dustwrapper, black and white plates, black and white illustrations, illustrated dustwrapper. Many photographs by Helmut Newton; designed by Deborah Brash.
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9.99 AUD
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