79 Results: New & Used in Other Books in Loganholme 4129, QLD

'The Complete Illustrated Thorburn's Mammals' by Archibald Thorburn in very good condition. The blurb:- After his famous work on birds, which first reached the public between 1915 and 1918 in four volumes, Archibald Thorburn, no doubt encouraged by the success of that venture, published 'Mammals', in two volumes, in 1920 and 1921. And again his Fellowship of the Zoological Society and his genius as an illustrator ensured a vision of the animal kingdom which was at once technically precise and

'The Hunters' - A unique pictorial dossier on the animals that kill: How they are built, how they work, how they live by Philip Whitfield with drawings by Richard Orr and an introduction by Desmond Morris in very good condition. It's a First Edition hardback as per photo 3 [top left]. The blurb:- ...This book is an enthralling investigation of the way the hunters work. It begins with a close look at their design, examining the diverse ways in which they have adapted to their different environm

'The Secret Language of Animals' - A Guide to Remarkable Behaviour by Janine M Benyus and illustrated by Juan Carlos Barberis in excellent condition. The blurb:- A watcher's guide to the world's most fascinating creatures. Discover what makes whales whistle, cranes dance, pandas turn somersaults, and crocodiles roar. ...biologist Janine Benyus takes us inside the animal kingdom and explains the whys and hows behind the behaviour of creatures great and small in their natural environment. Divid

'Extreme Animals' - Tallest; Smallest; Fastest; Heaviest; Highest by Dominic Couzens in excellent condition. It's a First Edition First Imprint hardback as per photo 3. The blurb:- Prepare to be amazed by the most astounding feats in the natural world. Did you know that the mantis shrimp can punch its way through a sheet of glass, that the Bar-tailed Godwit can migrate non-stop for a quarter of the circumference of the Earth from Alaska to New Zealand, or that up to 40 million Mexican Free-tai

'Camouflaged Wildlife' - How Creatures Hide in Order to Survive by Joe McDonald with photos by Joe and Mary Ann McDonald in excellent condition. It's a First Edition First Imprint hardback as per photo 3. The blurb:- This beautifully illustrated book on camouflaged animals includes some of nature's greatest designs and is one of the most remarkable compilations of pictures on the subject ever published. From foxes to frogfish and owls to octopuses, some of the images have to be seen to be beli

'Animal' - The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife from Dorling Kindersley with David Burnie as Editor-in-Chief in very good condition. This is the revised edition, large format hardback with the furry feeling front cover. The blurb:- The world's best selling animal encyclopedia. Fully revised and updated, 'Animal' is a new edition of the definitive visual guide to the world's wildlife. Unrivalled in its breadth, 'Animal' illustrates and explains the incredible range of creatures

'Rolling with The Stones' by Bill Wyman [with Richard Havers] in very good condition. It's a First Edition hardback as per photo 2. The blurb:- ...Courting adversity, taking risks and generating more media hysteria than any other group...the Rolling Stones are rock 'n' roll. It has been said that if you can remember the Sixties you weren't really there. Well you can if you kept a diary - something Bill Wyman has done since childhood. Drawing on the author's enormous personal archive, this is

'Gus & Me' - The Story of My Grandad & My First Guitar by Keith Richards with art by Theodora Richards [Keef's daughter] including CD featuring Keith Richards in excellent condition. The blurb - Keith Richards is a musical legend. But long before there was a band, there was a boy and his grandad Gus. Gus could play the piano and pluck the violin. But most important, he could strum the guitar. 'Gus & Me' celebrates the magical moment when Gus gives Keith his very first guitar, beginning a life

'Life' by Keith Richards in very good condition. [Please excuse the odd photos in this one. It's a thick paperback and difficult to hold open with just the pegs] The blurb - With the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the riffs, the lyrics and the songs that roused the world. Over four decades he lived the original rock-and-roll life; taking the chances he wanted, speaking his mind and making it all work in a way that no one before him had ever done. Now, at last, the man himself tells us

'Ronnie' - Ronnie Wood's autobiography in excellent condition. Obviously there's a lot about The Stones, his mates, the tensions, excesses, etc, but it's his whole autobiography so starts with being born into a family of water gypsies and moves on to include his stints with The Birds, Creation, The Jeff Beck Group, The Faces, and references a huge number of the major players in the music business of the time. It's a great read [more enjoyable than Keef's imho] written in an easy style with man

'The Rolling Stones in Comics' from nbm Graphic Novels/nbm Comics Biographies in very good condition. Appears to be a First Edition First Imprint of the English translation hardback as per photo 3. The blurb:- When the Rolling Stones hit the scene in the 60's, it was to play Rhythm & Blues, nothing more. They are far from imagining that they are not just going to change music but also become the mouthpiece of a changing world. Sticking their tongue out at the establishment with their brilliant

'Sticky Fingers' - The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine by Joe Hagan in very good condition. The blurb:- An unforgettable biography of one of the most significant cultural forces of our time. ....is the story of how one man's ego and ambition captured the 1960's youth culture of rock and roll and turned it into a hothouse of fame, power, politics, and riches that would last for fifty years. Drawn from dozens of hours of interviews with Wenner, who granted Joe Hagan ex

'Who I Am' by Pete Townshend in very good condition. It's a First Edition hardback as per photo 3. The blurb:- Songwriter, composer, lead guitarist and creative powerhouse behind the legendary Who - at their peak the most exciting live rock band in the world - Pete Townshend is a pre-eminent influence on rock. Spearheading sixties rock, smashing guitars in auto-destructive performances and writing songs that challenged the function of popular music, Tonwshend created the power chord and broke

'Morrissey: Alone and Palely Loitering' with photography by Kevin Cummins in excellent condition. It's a First Edition First Imprint hardback as per photo 10. The blurb:- Taken by renowned photographer Kevin Cummins, the images in this book chronicle Morrissey's world as he emerged from The Smiths and established himself as a solo artist. Hundreds of previousy unseen photographs cover chaotic live performances and intimate portrait sessions, as well as snatched moments backstage and on tour o

'From the Ground Up: U2360º Tour Official Photobook' with words by Dylan Jones and featuring pictures by Ralph Larmann in good condition. It's a First Edition First Imprint hardback as per photo 3. Please see condition report further down... The blurb:- For a number of years, U2 had been thinking about how to design a set that would create an 'in the round, 360-degree experience for outdoor shows' which would be spectacular but which would also be transportable enough to tour. In the summer o

'Porcelain' - A Memoir by Moby in good condition. It's a First Edition as per photo 3. The blurb:- From one of the most interesting and iconic musicians of our time, a piercingly tender, funny and harrowing acount of the path from suburban poverty and alienation to a life of beauty, squalor and unlikely success out of the New York City club scene of the late 1980s and '90s. There were many reasons Moby was never going to make it as a DJ and musician... But it was perhaps the last good time fo

'The American Night' - The Writings of Jim Morrison in good condition. The blurb:- Exploring the genius of the prolific songwriter and lead singer of the sixties band the Doors, 'The American Night' is the second volume of Jim Morrison's poetry and writings. Here, culled from the journals, notebooks and typescripts left in the care of his wife Pamela at the time of his death in Paris in 1971, are writings that reflect the kaleidoscopic hopes and dreams, excitement and fears that captured the

'Small House Living Australia' - Smart design in homes of 90m² or less by Catherine Foster in excellent condition. It's a First Edition First Imprint as per photo 10 [can be enlarged to make easier to read]. The blurb:- ...features twenty-one small, inspiring Australian homes. Some are clever additions onto tight urban sites: others tranquil weekenders in deep countryside - what all have in common is a shared belief that good architectural design principles make even the smallest of architectu

'Frank Lloyd Wright' - A Retrospective View by Trewin Copplestone in very good condition. The blurb:- ...Architects rarely achieve world fame - although their significance in our cultural development is of the highest importance - but Wright is the great exception. During his long working life, great success, devastating tragedy and remarkable changes of fortune accompanied a creative odyssey which has no parallel in this century. He has been lauded and dismissed by critics and even now there

'Inigo Jones' - Architect of Kings by Vaughan Hart in good condition. The blurb:- Inigo Jones [1573 - 1652] is widely acknowledged to have been England's most important architect. As the court designer to the Stuart kings, James I and Charles I, he is credited with introducing the classical language of architecture to the country. Jones designed such seminal works as the Banqueting House at Whitehall, the Queen's House at Greenwich and the Queen's Chapel at St James's Palace. He famously trave

'Artists in Action' - from the collection of the Australian War Memorial edited by Lola Wilkins in very good condition. The blurb:- The distinctive Australian War Memorial building combines John Crust's classic design with Emil Sodersteen's art deco artifices and is well-known and immediately recognisable to many Australians. What is less well-known is that the building is home to one of Australia's major art collections. It holds over 30,000 works by many of Australia's leading artists, such

'Aboriginal Art' [New Edition] by Wally Caruana in excellent condition. It's from the Thames & Hudson World of Art series. Wally Caruana was Senior Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, from 1984 to 2001, during which time he oversaw the development of one of the most important collections of Indigenous Australian art in a public museum. The blurb:- This lively and comprehensive survey has established itself as a superlative introd

'Papunya' - A Place Made After the Story - The Beginnings of the Western Desert Painting Movement by Geoffrey Bardon and James Bardon in very good condition. The blurb:- In 1971, a hopeful young art teacher drove the long, lonely road from Alice Springs to the Aboriginal outpost settlement at Papunya. His name was Geoffrey Bardon. Eighteen months later, he left Papunya, defeated by a white authority. But his legacy was the beginnings of the Western Desert Painting Movement. What started as an

'The Art of Charles Blackman' with text by Thomas Shapcott and images selected and documented by Robin Burridge in very good condition. It's a First Edition hardback as per photo 2. The blurb:- Charles Blackman is one of only a handful of Australian painters whose work has attracted international acclaim. His first London showings, in 1960, called attention to work that was 'big, tough and tender'. His images of the hidden strengths and resources in those who are vulnerable - children, women,