melanie oppenheimer (131 risultati)

Condizione: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In August 1914 South Australians - much like their fellow Australians around the country - enthusiastically displayed their patriotism when war was announced. It's a story we know well, but what do we know of South Australia in the lead up to the First World War? What was it like to live there at the time? What were South Australians talking about?South Australia on the Eve of War considers unique aspects of the state in this pre-war period, including the political reverberations of Federation, the town planning of what was then Australia's third-largest capital, Adelaide, and the shifting social positions of women, Indigenous Australians and minority groups.These insights help us understand South Australia's response to the war that would consume the state and its people for the next four years.With contributions from Melanie Oppenheimer and Margrette Kleinig, John Bannon, Margaret Anderson and Alison Mackinnon, Mandy Paul, Elspeth Grant, Jill Roe, Christine Garnaut, Margaret Allen, Peter Monteath, and Stephanie James. In August 1914 South Australians - much like their fellow Australians around the country - enthusiastically displayed their patriotism when war was announced. It's a story we know well, but what do we know of South Australia in the lead up to the First World War? What was it like to live there at the time? What were South Australians talking about? Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Laminated boards; 212 pages. illustrated, inscription on fly leaf.

Softcover. Condizione: New. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 240 pages. Various historians examine the state of South Australia on the eve of the Great War. This book considers unique aspects of the state in this pre-war period, including the political reverberations of Federation, the town planning of what was then Australia's third-largest capital, Adelaide, and the shifting social positions of women, Indigenous Australians and minority group.

Soft Cover. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. 272pp, index, notes, sepia ills. Pictorial card. Near new. Using letters and photographs the author traces one woman's extraordinary journey through WWI. Narelle Hobbes served as a nurse at Malta dealing with the wounded from Gallipoli. From there she was tranfered to Sicily and then on to India and Mesopotamia. Size: 8vo.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In recent years, there have been significant changes to volunteering in Australia. Changes to government policies and non-profit practice have led to differences in how people volunteer, what they do and where they give their time.\nVolunteering in Australia provides a critical snapshot of the issues and trends in volunteering today and their impact on Australian society. It demonstrates how change provides a fluid and contested space for volunteers and their organisations. No longer can volunteering remain outside the broad parameters of our economic and social futures.\nThis book draws on a wide range of expertise from leading Australians, who discuss cutting edge issues such as spontaneous volunteering, voluntourism and new forms of voluntary action.\nVolunteering in Australia provides a valuable and accessible resource for volunteers across the myriad of non-profit organisations, universities, and policymakers at all levels. This is essential reading for all those interested in the future of our society. Volunteering in Australia provides a critical snapshot of the issues and trends in volunteering today and their impact on Australian society. It demonstrates how change provides a fluid and contested space for volunteers and their organisations. No longer can volunteering remain outside the broad parameters of our economic and social futures. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

28.0 x 22.5cms 326pp b/w & colour illusts hardcover in dustjacket very good+ This book tracks the Australia's Red Cross's evolution from World War I volunteers to the varied humanitarian needs of the ealy 21st century.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. 1. Based on 70 unusually vivid letters home, Melanie Oppenheimer traces the life of an intrepid and extraordinary young Australian woman who took herself off in 1915 to nurse on the battlefields of a war halfway around the world. 2006. First edition, first printing. A near fine copy.

Hardback. , . NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.Author: Melanie OppenheimerFormat: HardbackNumber of Pages: 336Written by leading historian Melanie Oppenheimer, and fully illustrated with a wealth of photographs and other records from the archives of Australian Red Cross Society, this riveting history marks 100 years of Red Cross in Australia. this is the story of everyday Australians. It is a history of people helping people across 'generations, united by a common passion and commitment to humanitarian action'. Born at the outbreak of World War I, Australian Red Cross celebrates its centenary in August 2014, making it one of the oldest and most respected voluntary organisations in Australia. With the help of volunteers across Australia, Red Cross played a critical role in supporting the men fighting overseas and the families at home during WWI and its aftermath, and later during WWII. Post-WWII it continued to build on this foundation, developing humanitarian services both nationally and internationally. this celebratory book focuses not only on the past but also on the present and future of Australian Red Cross, showing how the organisation has changed and developed over the last hundred years, from an organisation formed in war to one dealing with the varied demands of the twenty-first century - from social welfare to responding to disasters within Australia such as Cyclone tracy, the Victorian bushfires and Queensland floods, as well as international crises such as the 2004 tsunami. Fully illustrated with a wealth of photographs and other material from the archives of Australian Red Cross, this is an important record of an Australian icon. Hardback.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Light foxing to edges.

Hardback. Written by leading historian Melanie Oppenheimer, and fully illustrated with a wealth of photographs and other records from the archives of the Australian Red Cross Society, this riveting history marks 100 years of the Red Cross in Australia. This is the story of everyday Australians. It is a history of people helping people across 'generations, united by a common passion and commitment to humanitarian action.' Born at the outbreak of World War I, the Australian Red Cross celebrates its centenary in August 2014, making it one of the oldest and most respected voluntary organisations in Australia. With the help of volunteers across Australia, the Red Cross played a critical role in supporting the men fighting overseas and the families at home during WWI and its aftermath, and later during WWII. Post-WWII it continued to build on this foundation, developing humanitarian services both nationally and internationally. This celebratory book focuses not only on the past but also on the present and future of the Australian Red Cross, showing how the organisation has changed and developed over the last hundred years, from an organisation formed in war to one dealing with the varied demands of the twenty-first century - from social welfare to responding to disasters within Australia such as Cyclone Tracy, the Victorian bushfires and Queensland floods, as well as international crises such as the 2004 tsunami. Fully illustrated with a wealth of photographs and other material from the archives of the Australian Red Cross Society, this is an important record of an Australian icon. 2014, First edition, first printing. A near fine copy only marked by light shelf rubbing to the spine ends. The d/w is also near fine with only light edge rubbing.

Paperback octavo, very good condition, single colour text-photos, minor edgewear. 272 pp. In this very special book that captures the ANZAC spirit, nurse Narrelle Hobbes left her comfortable life in Australia to go to London to join the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. By 1915 she was in Malta, healing the wounded from Gallipoli, then transferred to Sicily, then India and Mesopotamia, to deal with the fall-out from other fronts. Exhausted and ill, she convalesced in the hill stations of the Himalayas. The author uses Narelle's letters and photos to trace one woman's extraordinary journey through the exhilaration and tragedy of the 'war to end all wars'.

Vol. 6, No. 2, June 2014, edited by Susan Hall. 32 PP. Contains article between P. 2 and 7 with 3 b/w and 6 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (Red Cross Nurse) . New. 29.8 x 21.

Pictorial Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. 270 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition.

Paperback. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. With illustrations, a fine copy. ; 235 x 155mm; 272 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Jacket has minimal general wear and no tears. A minor abrasion to rear flap. A small abrasion to margin of last couple of pages. Otherwise internally clean. Binding tight. 327pp Size: 225mm x 275mm. Book.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. In Oceans of Love, historian Melanie Oppenheimer uses the letters and photographs of nursing sister Narrelle Hobbes to trace one woman's extraordinary journey through the exhilaration and tragedy of the 'war to end all wars'.

272pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. Black and white illustrations. A very good copy. First edition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Australian Women and War is a landmark work that traces the evolving roles of Australian women in wartime?from the Boer War through to the Gulf War. Drawing on archival material from the Australian War Memorial, Red Cross, and state libraries, Oppenheimer weaves together personal stories, official records, and cultural analysis to highlight how women contributed both on the front lines and the home front. Personal inscription within signed by Brendan Nelson, Director, Australian War Memorial 2014.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In August 1914 South Australians - much like their fellow Australians around the country - enthusiastically displayed their patriotism when war was announced. It's a story we know well, but what do we know of South Australia in the lead up to the First World War? What was it like to live there at the time? What were South Australians talking about?South Australia on the Eve of War considers unique aspects of the state in this pre-war period, including the political reverberations of Federation, the town planning of what was then Australia's third-largest capital, Adelaide, and the shifting social positions of women, Indigenous Australians and minority groups.These insights help us understand South Australia's response to the war that would consume the state and its people for the next four years.With contributions from Melanie Oppenheimer and Margrette Kleinig, John Bannon, Margaret Anderson and Alison Mackinnon, Mandy Paul, Elspeth Grant, Jill Roe, Christine Garnaut, Margaret Allen, Peter Monteath, and Stephanie James. In August 1914 South Australians - much like their fellow Australians around the country - enthusiastically displayed their patriotism when war was announced. It's a story we know well, but what do we know of South Australia in the lead up to the First World War? What was it like to live there at the time? What were South Australians talking about? Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. Sydney, ABC Books, 2006. Octavo, 272 pages with 4 maps and numerous illustrations. Colour-pictorial card covers; a fine copy. 'By the middle of 1915 she was in Malta, dealing with the wounded from Gallipoli, working in appalling conditions to help save thousands of lives.' (rear cover).

Hardback. Condizione: Fine.

8vo, 236pp. A very good paperback copy. Illustrated.