Christchurch changing: An illustrated history de Geoffrey Rice - 1999

New Zealand: Penguin Random House. Very Good with no dust jacket. (2017). First Edition. Softcover. 0908812531 . Library rubber stamp "DPL - FREE" on first page. No other library markings. Small price sticker on rear cover. ; 283, [2], [1 (blank)], [2 (advertisements)] pages + 4 plate leaves. Illustrated card covers. Page dimensions: 233 x 153mm. Colour and black-and-white photographic illustrations. "The story of how one man weathered years of drought and desperation to turn his farm - and his life - around. Every day I watch my farm burn. Day after day, the sky is a relentless, empty blue. As our land dries up, all my hopes have turned to vapour, lost in that wide, blue yonder. And so begins Doug Avery's story of emotional resilience in the face of what at times seemed a hopeless situation. The South Island farmer suffered terribly during eight years of drought. His farm was depleted and so was he, to the point of severe depression. 'The Resilient Farmer' is… Leer más

Christchuch: Canterbury University Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. (2008). Softcover. 0908812531 . Ex-library. Library stamps, labels and markings. Covers laminated in clear plastic.; 2008 revised second edition of a title first published in 1999. 190, [2 (blank)] pages + 4 leaves of colour illustrations. Page dimensions: 283 x 205mm. Numerous black and white photographic illustrations. .

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.