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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Get rich quick This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good+/Vg-. Spine creased. Where possible small books will have postage reduced.

Zustand: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. First Thus. Paperback reprint. Firmly bound and mostly clean, a little light wear along the top edge of the cover.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Owner's Name inside. 233 pages.

First edition. xii + 254 pp w/index. Light foxing to first leaf, else near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. 518 pages. cover and spine worn, name on inside cover, page edge foxed, text lightly tannedReviews PW wrote of Bryce Courtenay's 1989 adult book, Episodic and bursting with incident, this sprawling memoir of an English boy's lonely childhood in So uth Africa during WWII pays moderate attention to questions of race but concerns itself primarily with epic melodrama. In The Power of One: Young Readers' Conde nsed Version, the author adapts the first half of his semi-autobiographical tale , but keeps all of the action in the boxing ring and the David and Goliath messa ge of victory over adversity. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information. Gr 6 Up -The opening chapters of this haunting autobiographical novel, set in small-town South Africa during World War II, are as bleak and violent as anything written for young people. Five-year-old Peekay is the only English-speaking boy in a har sh Afrikaans-language boarding school. He is urinated on by a pack of older boys , and then beaten for it by the matron. Although he endures many losses, he grow s through his experiences. His goal is to become a boxer, and the story shows ho w hard work can lead to success. Peekay forges loving relationships with adults, most notably Doc, a German professor. When Doc is detained as an enemy alien, P eekay's life becomes intertwined with the local prison. It is there that he lear ns to box and becomes a secret ally of the black prisoners. Courtenay's deft and chillingly accurate characterization of the Afrikaner prison warders. The autho r is unsparing in his portrayal of the brutality meted out to prisoners and in h is depiction of racist speech. Courtenay's ear for dialogue is impressive, and h e consistently captures the cadences of South African speech. Peekay's story is written in a direct, almost childlike style, which sometimes seems bland, but re.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 235 pages. A folktale about magic wishes and themes of romantic legend.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. 899 pages. cover and spine worn, some pages dog-eared, page edge foxedSequel to 'The power of one', this book is about Tandia, a child of all Afric a: half Indian, half African, beautiful and intelligent, she is only sixteen whe n she is first brutalised by the police. Her fear of the white man leads her to join the black resistance movement, where she trains as a terrorist. With her in the fight for justice is the one white man Tandia can trust, the welterweight c hampion of the world, Peekay. Now he must fight their common enemy in order to s ave both their lives.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 899 pages. COPY SIGNED BY BRYCE COURTENAY, Cover wornSIGNED BY AUTHOR Sequel to 'The power of one', this book is about Tandia, a c hild of all Africa: half Indian, half African, beautiful and intelligent, she is only sixteen when she is first brutalised by the police. Her fear of the white man leads her to join the black resistance movement, where she trains as a terro rist. With her in the fight for justice is the one white man Tandia can trust, t he welterweight champion of the world, Peekay. Now he must fight their common en emy in order to save both their lives.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 2nd Edition. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Pages and inside covers are sunned. Binding is still very good.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Murray-Smith's vigorous account of his trip as a 'ministerial observer' in 1985-6. pp.xi.249. Map.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good +. AUSTRALIANA History - xvi, 247 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 18 cm. #030326 Petrov, Vladimir Mikhailovich, 1907-1991 Petrov, Evdokia, 1914-2002 Espionage, Soviet -- Australia Australia -- Politics and government -- 1945-1965 First published 1955 The Petrov Affair was a pivotal 1954 Cold War spy scandal involving the defection of Soviet diplomats Vladimir and Evdokia Petrov from the Canberra embassy to Australia. Their defection, facilitated by ASIO, exposed Soviet spy networks, triggered a Royal Commission, and heavily influenced Australian politics, contributing to a major Labor Party split. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. pp 237 name cut from front fly.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Mild surface and corner wear, fine illustrated interior, 24,3 x 33 cm., 92 pages. 96 p. Book.

paperback. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…