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Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Not Applicable. First Australian Edition. Medium softcover, first Australian edition, 316gms, 268 pages. This is a brilliant and compelling story of loss and love and family. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Not Applicable. First Australian Trade Paperback Edition. Large softcover, first Australian trade paperback edition, 378gms, 261 pages. As a five year old in India, Saroo became completely lost. Twenty-five years later in Australia, Saroo finally works out how to find his way home. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration/spottting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 170 pages. The cover has a little wear. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Pages are sunned. Signed and inscribed by author.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Tiny mark on inside front cover and half-title page. A true trailblazer, Majak Daw's life is an inspiration to anyone who's ever struggled to belong, felt oppressed or dared to dream big.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Some chipping to book edges at top and tail. Dust jacket has light creasing at edges and spine. Interior and binding are also very good. On 10 March 1965, the first Nasho's birthdate was drawn from a lottery barrel at the Department of Labour and National Service in Melbourne. Over the next seven years, a total of 63740 young Australian men would be drafted into the army and face the prospect of being sent to war. The Nashos came from all walks of life: plumbers and dentists, footballers and musicians, Christians and Jews, willing and unwilling. Some spent their two years square-bashing in Singleton. Others went to Vietnam to fight and die in Australia's bloodiest battles, including the slaughter at Long Tan. But our ideas of national service contain strange contradictions and inaccuracies: that the draft was unpopular but militarily necessary; that the Nashos in Vietnam all volunteered to go to war; and that they were met by protesters and demonstrations on their return to Australia, rather than the huge welcome-home parades reported at the time. Here, Mark Dapin dramatically deconstructs the folklore of Vietnam and national service. Drawing on the accounts of over one hundred and fifty former national servicemen, The Nashos' War tells a vastly more personal and nuanced story of national service and Australia's Vietnam War than that previously heard. Most powerfully, it records with extraordinary intensity what it was like to be a bank clerk one day, and fighting for your life in the jungles of Vietnam soon afterwards. …

Hardcover,27x21cm,359pp., colour and b/white photographic illustrations throughout, light general wear. Fabulous motor racing history, well detailed and beautifully presented.