Ariel Books IOBA (Over 3,300 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Wraps are scuffed to front with crease to rear, 46 pages are nice and crisp. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Edition Unstated. NZ Fiction. Suburban comedy whose protagonist fends off almost anything from importunate men to furry animals in the laundry. Pp 260, review copy with label removed from front, a couple of paragraphs marked in margins and review by Gordon McLaughlan laid in, spine is cocked. #New Zealand Literature# Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Edition Unstated. NZ Fiction. Portrays double standards among the high society of colonial South Canterbury. "Celia Wylde sets tongues wagging and hearts breaking amongst polite society in the fledgling Canterbury province. A tale of greed, lust and double dealing amongst New Zealand's ruling classes." CONDITION Pp 320, nice copy with some handling wear and edge browning. #New Zealand Literature# Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Edition Unstated. Covers the Simonsen Opera Co tour 1876, early printed music of NZ, Salked collection of records and players, the Douglas Lilburn collection and more. Pp 97-182 bright and crisp copy with illus. #New Zealand Literature# Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Edition Unstated. Covers Courtship & Marriage in Colonial NZ, Letters Caroline Abraham, June Starke, Womens history collection, Woman Photographers and more. Pp 5-89 bright and crisp copy with illus. #New Zealand Literature# Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Edition Unstated. NZ Fiction. Three generations of women confront the social upheavals which Halleys Comet apparently introduced in 1986, including homosexuality and the passage of the Homosexual Law Reform Bill, Alzheimers disease and the Womens Movement. CONDITION Pp 312, bright and clean, gift inscription and name label. #New Zealand Literature# Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Gaskin, Chris (illustrator). First Edition. Origins and habits of New Zealand's giant Moa bird. Fully colour illustrated throughout. Written for children. Aimed at 5 to 9 year olds. CONDITION 32 pages, juvenile gift inscription inside, wear to cnrs. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Edition Unstated. NZ Fiction. 18 short stories about rural women in NZ that challenge the myths that glorify colonial life and mask the reality of womens lives. CONDITION 159 pages, nice crisp copy with edge browing to pages, #New Zealand Literature# Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Edition Unstated. NZ Fiction. "The novel explores the nature of personal communication and the way in which it is obstructed or complicated by sexual attraction and by the burdens of the past. Aiming to tap current nineteen-forties nostalgia." 248 pages, bright and crisp. #New Zealand Literature# Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Edition Unstated. NZ Fiction. "Daniel, an average guy lured by a free trip and the promise of ten thousand dollars, Daniel boards a plane to pick up a "delivery" for an acquaintance. Shortly after his plane lands, he finds himself trafficking heroin from Thailand, penniless, and paranoid on the other side of the world. Daniel's misadventures as a drug smuggler leads him into the netherworld of grungy hostels and casinos in New Zealand, where he wins--and loses--a fortune in one night. Reduced to petty thievery, he must beg, borrow, and steal in order to live from hand to mouth." CONDITION Pp xi 292 nice copy with some handling wear. #New Zealand Literature# Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Edition Unstated. NZ Fiction. Winner of the Whitbread Award. "A fable about everybody's feeling that the body is insufficient and that there ought to be the possibility of some sort of miraculous escape from it. Its strange ambience allows the reader to half-believe in the bizarre and affirmative event at the conclusion." CONDITION 89 pages, bright and crisp as new apart from name in front. #New Zealand Literature# Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Edition Unstated. NZ Author and winner of the PEN Scholarship now living in Aussie. Detective fiction set in Sydney. Sophie Parnell is tracking a cousin lost in a mirage of wealth, drugs and the supernatural. CONDITION 169 pages, nice crisp copy with review slip laid in. #Australian Literature# Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. How to develop psychic capabilities from telepathy to photokinesis, precognition to astral projection, including conclusions on sex and the other self. CONDITION 192 pages, nice crisp copy, edge toning and the odd edge spot. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Edition Unstated. NZ Fiction was shortlisted in the Best First Book category of the Commonwealth Writers Prize, she later won the Montana book award in 1996. 15 short stories about rituals and thin facades that reveal emotions every woman will recognize. Readable, intelligent, vivid and honest. CONDITION Minor handling signs, light edge browning. #New Zealand Literature# Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Edition Unstated. Herbert Gold describes his love of Haiti, which began when he first visited the island in the early 1950s. Over the years he cultivated a cadre of friends who provided him entrance into the inner circle of Haitian society, and reveals what it's like to be a blanc who feels completely at home in a black society. A kaleidoscope of impressions and experiences: voodoo ceremonies, cockfights, machete-armed police, malnourished children, young boys peddled for homosexual use, artists, writers, carnivals, and the sound of drums. CONDITION 303 pages, has mild handling signs and edge toning. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Edition Unstated. NZ Fiction. "Oliver Gurth Perkins is 75, and the darkest cloud on his horizon is that the local bookshop no longer stocks collected volumes of the Times cryptic crosswords. He has an easy companionship with his wife; his dental practice is undemanding; his son is a decent enough sort; and his granddaughter who comes for the school holidays is a delight. But when a minor heart episode convinces Oliver that its time to put a little more time into the lives of those close to him, further shocks are in store . . ." Almost as new, 191 pages. #New Zealand Literature# Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Edition Unstated. "Emma, the narrator, is a young woman seemingly excluded from the alliances that unite those around her. She feels forsaken as a child when her sister, Kate, marries and moves away. She is bereft when Clarrie, the interloper, claims her mother's affections. But their is a more sinister betrayal that remains with Emma into adulthood and undermines, she believes, her capacity for love." CONDITION 130 pages, copy is crisp with mild handling signs. #New Zealand Literature# Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Get top dollar for your home in 30 days. The secrets of real estate will be revealed to you. This book is filled with actual cases where unbelievable results have been achieved. Not only that but it is filled with helpful hints and tips. CONDITION 121 pages, crisp copy with edge toning, cover creased bottom front cnr. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Edition Unstated. NZ Fiction. Author has been the Sargeson Fellow. "Examines the relationship between two restlessly international NZers, Nerida and Alexis, who discover that beauty and brilliance are no guarantee of happiness." As new apart from edge browning, 255 pages. #New Zealand Literature# Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Edition Unstated. Offbeat and candid account of a passionate yet difficult relationship through exotic cafes and bars of the world. From the red earth medinas of Morocco to Pondicherry on the Bay of Bengal, opening night glitz at Londons Caf Royale, to break up at desert in Timbuktu. Written by Australian poet and playwright of the Westend Musical Hot Shoe Shuffle. CONDITION 282 pages, Crisp and bright with the slightest handling signs. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Re-Issue. "Most of the policy developments described occurred during the prime ministerhips of Hayato Ikedo and Eisaku Sato. Included is consideration of the effect on Japan of the Nixon Doctrine, through which the United States called for greater independence and self-defense on the part of its allies. Modern Japanese foreign policy is also examined against the changing balance being sought by leading world powers, as signified by U.S. President Richard Nixon's visits to Peking and Moscow in 1972 and, more recently, positive developments towards a peaceful solution to the Vietnam conflict." CONDITION Covers unworn with light edge toning, pp xiv 231. Bright and crisp copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Re-Issue. NZ Fiction. Her 3rd novel, it won the Award for Achievement 1963, is about a young woman pregnant to a wimpish, unreliable lover mystifyingly attached to his sister, and who finally, in the hands of a sympathetic older man, learns independence. Pp 152, nice and crisp copy. #New Zealand Literature# Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Edition Unstated. NZ Fiction. Billing recognized as being the greatest NZ writer of his time. "Explores the courage of a modern Maori woman seeking the inner light of her people and men's fear of the ancient secrets of women" CONDITION 416 pages, copy crisp with the usual edge browning to pages. #New Zealand Literature# Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. "Both a handbook for gay and lesbian Christians looking for words and liturgies to express their own experience of life - from coming out to dealing with AIDS - this book is also offered to the clergy wishing to minister more fully to the needs of its congregation. It is a challenging book which combines practical help with inspirational psalms and prayers." CONDITION Pp xxiv 162. Bright and crisp copy with edge toning, small nick bottom front edge and compression mark from shelf top front o/w unworn. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Edition Unstated. NZ Fiction. "Hard-working GP Sam Wood lives quietly with his family in Christchurch until he stumbles into a world of drug trafficking and gang warfare and ends up fighting for his life." CONDITION 201 pages, crisp copy with minor edge browning, cover crease. #New Zealand Literature# Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Edition Unstated. Businessmen, all blacks, truck drivers, gang members, doctors an Auckland psychologist embarks on a journey in search of the NZ male. What do kiwi blokes have to say for themselves, penetrating and funny book. CONDITION 202 pages crisp copy with mild handling wear, age toned ends and edges, name inside front. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Edition Unstated. "It's not more money, bigger offices, better benefits, or flextime. Recentsurveys reveal that the number one reason employees quit their jobsis that they don't feel valued on a human level. Growing employmentopportunities and the lure of Internet companies have brought this problem to near crisis level. Now, Dottie Gandy, a former regional director with the Franklin Covey Company, provides a simple, principle-based solution that will work to solve the problem in any business. In this clear, straight-foward book, she gives us a step-by-step plan that managers can implement immediately and which yields compelling results, including: A strong sense of loyalty and commitment among employees; A new corporate culture built on a foundation of trust and designed to weather storms; A renewed sense of mission that can have a substantial impact on the bottom line." CONDITION Covers unworn, 202 pages. Copy is crisp with edge toning and dampstain to bottom cnr. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Re-Issue. A survey of sixty gravediggers in France showed that every one of them had at some time dug up coffins containing evidence that live bodies had been placed in them. Here are the records of the dead and some that have survived and lived to tell their stories. CONDITION 119 pages, crisp copy with toning, crease top rear cnr. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Magazine. Condition: Near Fine. Edition Unstated. Articles. Discontinuous distribution of plants in NZ pt 1, C J Burrows. What are Whitebait? R M McDowall. NZ filmy ferns -m hymenophyllaceae, L R Bublitz. Food of Monarch Butterfly Larvae in NZ, G W Ramsay. Opossum or, Possum? R I Kean. Moss Genera in NZ, K W Allison. Intraspecific variation in NZ Sea Star, H B Fell CONDITION pp 123 to 186 with illus. Cream card wraps, bright. Plus index to Vol 12 1964. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Not Dated but part of Seawards photo series published from 1947. CONDITION Stapled card wraps, approx 14 pages with photo illus. Clear with rusting staples, centre page loose. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.