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	CARR, CALEB The Lessons of Terror, A History of Warfare Against Civilians - Why It Has Always Failed, and Why It Will Fail Again London, Little, Brown. 2002. (ISBN: 0316860794) Soft Cover , 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. This book argues that far from breaking the resolve of communities, terrorism creates unity and purpose to fight back; time and time again, the ultimate victims of terror are the terrorists themselves; Carr argues that pre-emptive action against such groups, and the states that harbour them, is the only way to remove the threat for good. 271pp, outer edge of pages have one line of scoring - may be a remainder mark. Very Good. AUD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 13.86 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1225] Book number: 0534 Click here to order or inquire at Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music.
	H C COOMBS Kulinma, Listening To Aboriginal Australians Canberra, A.C.T. Australian National University Press. 1978. (ISBN: 0708111491) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ex-Library, Australian Aborigines. Communication. 'Kulinma' means 'keep listening' and this is what this book urges Australians to do. Illustrated with figures, tables and 7 plates. 250 pages, ex-library with the usual marks and stamps, pocket pasted on fep, covered in clear plastic sleeve. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.5 US$ 18.48 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1633] Book number: AH7223 Click here to order or inquire at Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music.
	SELINA LI DUKE With Barbarian Ghosts Lismore, N.S.W. Southern Cross Uni Press. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 1875855270) Soft Cover , 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. An experience of migration: the Chinese author's story of marriage to a 'barbarian ghost' (a westerner) and leaving Hong Kong for Australia. 150pp. Very Good. AUD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 13.86 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1225] Book number: 001178 Click here to order or inquire at Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music.
	KAI T ERIKSON In The Wake Of The Flood London, George Allen & Unwin. 1979. (ISBN: 0043630073) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Sociology. Psychology. A vivid, dramatic and imaginative analysis of communities destroyed by disaster; makes clear that the preservation or restoration of communal forms of life must become a lasting concern, not only for those charged with healing the wounds of acute disaster, but for those charged with planning a truly human future; with a preface and postscript on Buffalo Creek, Aberfan, and the impact of disaster on the community by C Murray Parkes. 220 pages, light wear to edges of d/j, corners knocked, marks to edges of pages, foxing on eps. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 13.86 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1225] Book number: 8310 Click here to order or inquire at Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music.
	FRIDAY, NANCY Jealousy London, Collins. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 000217878) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Jealousy is one of our most common emotions; it propels us in deeply unconscious ways, influencing our actions much more than we realise; the author investigates every aspect of jealousy in the hope that we may be able to come to terms with it. 593pp. Remainder mark at bottom. Pages have tanned. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 US$ 9.24 \| £UK 5.75 \| JP¥ 816] Book number: 001049 Click here to order or inquire at Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music.
	MICHAEL J HARNER The Jivaro, People Of The Sacred Waterfalls London, Robert Hale & Co. 1973, First Edition. (ISBN: 0709119047) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Anthropology. South America. The Jivaro, People Of The Sacred Waterfalls, Long famous for witchcraft, killing and the shrinking of the heads of their enemies, the Jivaro Indians of the Ecuadorian Amazon are the subject of this fascinating and authoritative account based upon data collected by the author who lived with the tribe; this highly readable study explains the importance of hallucinogens in Jivaro society and the reasons why killing is a highly-desirable activity - the acquisition of a new soul provides the murderer with immunity from death. 233 pages. D/j is sunned on upper edge and spine, worn and chipped along upper edge, rear flap is clipped. Foxing on edges of pages. Very Good/Good. AUD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.1 \| £UK 14 \| JP¥ 2041] Book number: 8366 Click here to order or inquire at Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music.
	PIPHER, MARY Another Country, Navigating the Emotional Terrain of our Elders Sydney, Doubleday. (ISBN: 1864710322) Soft Cover , 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. In a society that has come to worship youth, the problems of ageing are complicated; adults in two-career families are struggling to divide their time between their children, their jobs and their ageing parents, who can be just as reluctant to ask for help as their children are to understand the needs of people who lived before television, Freudian psychology, the first trip to the moon or e-mail; a practical and positive guide to the journey into old age. 328pp. Very Good. AUD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 13.86 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1225] Book number: 0821 Click here to order or inquire at Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music.
	REESON, MARGARET No Fixed Address: The Story of Noreen Towers and Her Friendship with Sydney's Homeless Sydney, Albatross Books. 1992, Reprint. (ISBN: 0867601299) Soft Cover , 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 336pp. Fine. AUD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 13.86 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1225] Book number: 0809 Click here to order or inquire at Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music.
	EDITED BY LOUISE R RORABACHER Aliens In Their Land, The Aborigine In The Australian Short Story Melbourne, F W Cheshire. 1968. (ISBN: No ISBN) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. An anthology of short stories. The Australian people as a whole may be accused of neglecting the aborigines; not so Australian authors, as this collection of short stories testifies; authors include Katharine Susannah Prichard, Xavier Herbert, Vance Palmer and Hal Porter; Judith Wright tells through a third person the sad and somehow inevitable failure of one particular black/white marriage; Chris Gardner writes of the problem of a boy who "passing white", turns his back on his half-caste parents; Cecil Mann humorously describes the exploits of black Beulah the Beautiful, while Roland Robinson and Judah Waten treat the subject of white man's desire for black girl in a more serious vein; all the stories are united by a common concern for and sympathy with a people who are ever-increasingly aliens on their own land; the editor makes a thought-provoking comparison between their position and that of the North American Indian and the American Negro. 242 pages, d/j soiled, knocked in corners and has small tears at top, page edges lightly soiled. Very Good/Good. AUD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 13.86 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1225] Book number: L6978 Click here to order or inquire at Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music.
	VALLELY, PAUL Promised Lands, Stories of Power and Poverty in The Third World London, Fount with Christian Aid. 1992. (ISBN: 0006276083) Soft Cover , 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Photographs by Mike Goldwater foreword by Jonathon Porritt. 159pp. Good. AUD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 13.86 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1225] Book number: 0497 Click here to order or inquire at Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music.
	VARIOUS Human Rights and Business Ethics: Proceedings of an International Symposium to Commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 24 October 1998, Bangkok Bangkok, Thailand, The Thai National Committee to Commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 1999. (ISBN: 09747750228) Soft Cover , 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 127pp. Fine. AUD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.5 US$ 18.48 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1633] Book number: 0609 Click here to order or inquire at Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music.
	VARIOUS Pegasus XVI: Pegasus On Institutions UK, Mobil Services Co Limited. 1979. (ISBN: No ISBN) Soft Cover , 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Sociology. Our institutions are are like the buildings that contain them: some are majestic, some utilitarian, some mouldering; this issue of Pegasus considers institutions as old as the Vatican and as recent as the Peace Corps; it speculates on the institutions once housed by ancient megaliths and weighs the contributions of museums, corporations, markets, and health spas to contemporary life; it is a reminder that we are distinguished - or controlled - by the institutions we create and superintend; illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. 72 pages. Cover creased and lightly soiled, pages are very good. Very Good. AUD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.63 \| £UK 10.25 \| JP¥ 1470] Book number: SOC11512 Click here to order or inquire at Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music.

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	CARR, CALEB The Lessons of Terror, A History of Warfare Against Civilians - Why It Has Always Failed, and Why It Will Fail Again London, Little, Brown. 2002. (ISBN: 0316860794) Soft Cover , 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. This book argues that far from breaking the resolve of communities, terrorism creates unity and purpose to fight back; time and time again, the ultimate victims of terror are the terrorists themselves; Carr argues that pre-emptive action against such groups, and the states that harbour them, is the only way to remove the threat for good. 271pp, outer edge of pages have one line of scoring - may be a remainder mark. Very Good. AUD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 13.86 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1225] Book number: 0534 Click here to order or inquire at Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music.
	H C COOMBS Kulinma, Listening To Aboriginal Australians Canberra, A.C.T. Australian National University Press. 1978. (ISBN: 0708111491) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ex-Library, Australian Aborigines. Communication. 'Kulinma' means 'keep listening' and this is what this book urges Australians to do. Illustrated with figures, tables and 7 plates. 250 pages, ex-library with the usual marks and stamps, pocket pasted on fep, covered in clear plastic sleeve. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.5 US$ 18.48 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1633] Book number: AH7223 Click here to order or inquire at Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music.
	SELINA LI DUKE With Barbarian Ghosts Lismore, N.S.W. Southern Cross Uni Press. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 1875855270) Soft Cover , 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. An experience of migration: the Chinese author's story of marriage to a 'barbarian ghost' (a westerner) and leaving Hong Kong for Australia. 150pp. Very Good. AUD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 13.86 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1225] Book number: 001178 Click here to order or inquire at Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music.
	KAI T ERIKSON In The Wake Of The Flood London, George Allen & Unwin. 1979. (ISBN: 0043630073) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Sociology. Psychology. A vivid, dramatic and imaginative analysis of communities destroyed by disaster; makes clear that the preservation or restoration of communal forms of life must become a lasting concern, not only for those charged with healing the wounds of acute disaster, but for those charged with planning a truly human future; with a preface and postscript on Buffalo Creek, Aberfan, and the impact of disaster on the community by C Murray Parkes. 220 pages, light wear to edges of d/j, corners knocked, marks to edges of pages, foxing on eps. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 13.86 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1225] Book number: 8310 Click here to order or inquire at Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music.
	FRIDAY, NANCY Jealousy London, Collins. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 000217878) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Jealousy is one of our most common emotions; it propels us in deeply unconscious ways, influencing our actions much more than we realise; the author investigates every aspect of jealousy in the hope that we may be able to come to terms with it. 593pp. Remainder mark at bottom. Pages have tanned. Very Good/Very Good. AUD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 US$ 9.24 \| £UK 5.75 \| JP¥ 816] Book number: 001049 Click here to order or inquire at Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music.
	MICHAEL J HARNER The Jivaro, People Of The Sacred Waterfalls London, Robert Hale & Co. 1973, First Edition. (ISBN: 0709119047) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Anthropology. South America. The Jivaro, People Of The Sacred Waterfalls, Long famous for witchcraft, killing and the shrinking of the heads of their enemies, the Jivaro Indians of the Ecuadorian Amazon are the subject of this fascinating and authoritative account based upon data collected by the author who lived with the tribe; this highly readable study explains the importance of hallucinogens in Jivaro society and the reasons why killing is a highly-desirable activity - the acquisition of a new soul provides the murderer with immunity from death. 233 pages. D/j is sunned on upper edge and spine, worn and chipped along upper edge, rear flap is clipped. Foxing on edges of pages. Very Good/Good. AUD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 US$ 23.1 \| £UK 14 \| JP¥ 2041] Book number: 8366 Click here to order or inquire at Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music.
	PIPHER, MARY Another Country, Navigating the Emotional Terrain of our Elders Sydney, Doubleday. (ISBN: 1864710322) Soft Cover , 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. In a society that has come to worship youth, the problems of ageing are complicated; adults in two-career families are struggling to divide their time between their children, their jobs and their ageing parents, who can be just as reluctant to ask for help as their children are to understand the needs of people who lived before television, Freudian psychology, the first trip to the moon or e-mail; a practical and positive guide to the journey into old age. 328pp. Very Good. AUD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 13.86 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1225] Book number: 0821 Click here to order or inquire at Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music.
	REESON, MARGARET No Fixed Address: The Story of Noreen Towers and Her Friendship with Sydney's Homeless Sydney, Albatross Books. 1992, Reprint. (ISBN: 0867601299) Soft Cover , 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 336pp. Fine. AUD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 13.86 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1225] Book number: 0809 Click here to order or inquire at Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music.
	EDITED BY LOUISE R RORABACHER Aliens In Their Land, The Aborigine In The Australian Short Story Melbourne, F W Cheshire. 1968. (ISBN: No ISBN) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. An anthology of short stories. The Australian people as a whole may be accused of neglecting the aborigines; not so Australian authors, as this collection of short stories testifies; authors include Katharine Susannah Prichard, Xavier Herbert, Vance Palmer and Hal Porter; Judith Wright tells through a third person the sad and somehow inevitable failure of one particular black/white marriage; Chris Gardner writes of the problem of a boy who "passing white", turns his back on his half-caste parents; Cecil Mann humorously describes the exploits of black Beulah the Beautiful, while Roland Robinson and Judah Waten treat the subject of white man's desire for black girl in a more serious vein; all the stories are united by a common concern for and sympathy with a people who are ever-increasingly aliens on their own land; the editor makes a thought-provoking comparison between their position and that of the North American Indian and the American Negro. 242 pages, d/j soiled, knocked in corners and has small tears at top, page edges lightly soiled. Very Good/Good. AUD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 13.86 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1225] Book number: L6978 Click here to order or inquire at Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music.
	VALLELY, PAUL Promised Lands, Stories of Power and Poverty in The Third World London, Fount with Christian Aid. 1992. (ISBN: 0006276083) Soft Cover , 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Photographs by Mike Goldwater foreword by Jonathon Porritt. 159pp. Good. AUD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 13.86 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1225] Book number: 0497 Click here to order or inquire at Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music.
	VARIOUS Human Rights and Business Ethics: Proceedings of an International Symposium to Commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 24 October 1998, Bangkok Bangkok, Thailand, The Thai National Committee to Commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 1999. (ISBN: 09747750228) Soft Cover , 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 127pp. Fine. AUD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.5 US$ 18.48 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1633] Book number: 0609 Click here to order or inquire at Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music.
	VARIOUS Pegasus XVI: Pegasus On Institutions UK, Mobil Services Co Limited. 1979. (ISBN: No ISBN) Soft Cover , 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Sociology. Our institutions are are like the buildings that contain them: some are majestic, some utilitarian, some mouldering; this issue of Pegasus considers institutions as old as the Vatican and as recent as the Peace Corps; it speculates on the institutions once housed by ancient megaliths and weighs the contributions of museums, corporations, markets, and health spas to contemporary life; it is a reminder that we are distinguished - or controlled - by the institutions we create and superintend; illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. 72 pages. Cover creased and lightly soiled, pages are very good. Very Good. AUD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.63 \| £UK 10.25 \| JP¥ 1470] Book number: SOC11512 Click here to order or inquire at Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music.