Womens from Lems Bookshop

On 5 June 1988 Kay Cottee fulfilled a childhoos dream, After 189 days at sea and over 22,000 nautical miles she became the first woman in history to complete a solo non-stop and unassisted voyage around the globe. 226 pages with 24 pages of colour illustrations and some black and white charts and end paper map. Book and dust jacket… Read more about this item

When written it was only fifty years before that women were allowed to vote, few women's horizons extended beyond the home as most jobs were barred to them - a look at momentous changes in women's lives. 208 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Book in very good condition with minor wear.

The author travels by bicycle from Kenya to Zimbabwe and turns her litany of mishaps into a vivid journey.276 pages with a map. Book in very good condition with previous owners name on first page.

The author, a farmer and scientist, shares how we can grow the courage to protect our land and save our food, and our future. 291 pages. Book in as new condition.

Alice Keppel and her daughter Violet Trefusis were both, in their ways, legendary lovers. Mrs Keppel, mistress of Edward VII, was the acceptable face of adultery. For Violet romance proved tragic and destructive. 338 pages with 24 black and white illustrations. Book in very good+ condition.

The young Australian author travels to Cambodia, visits a small orphanage and is determined to raise money to help the children. Ten years later she returns and sets up the Cambodian Children's Trust which now helps vulnerable children to escape poverty and be cared for within their families. 372 pages with 16 pages of mainly colour photographs. Book in very… Read more about this item

The story of Bertha Strehlow in verse - her life centering on the years she spent with her husband in Australia's Central Desert region, adventures and trials and the transforming nature of the desert and the Aboriginal people she meets. 150 pages with 6 illustrations. Book in near fine condition.

How a nineteenth century Irish courtesan became the most powerful woman in Paraguay. 344 pages with 8 pages of photographs, some in colour. Book in near fine condition.

Updated edition marking the death of Veronica Brodie. The author's story as told to Mary-Anne Gale - a recounting of the struggles of Aboriginal life told with humour and passion. 192 pages with 16 pages of black and white photographs. Book in very good+ condition with booksellers stickers on back.

The life of a Governor-General's wife - edited diaries capture the day to day life as well as the pomp and circumstance of vice-regal duties. 362 pages with ten pages of photographs, half in colour. Book and dust jacket in very good+ condition.

An Australian woman who refused to give in and against the odds achieved her Olympic dream. 288 pages with 8 pages of photographs, most in colour. Book in as new condition.

Twenty-one extraordinary women whose stories changed history in two parts; Great Pioneer women of the outback, and Heroic Australian women in war. 640 pages with photographs with illustrations through the text. Book in very good+ condition.

Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic in 1928, nine years later she disappeared attempting an around the world flight. The author researched Earhart's letters, journals, and diaries and interviews with the aviator's family and friends to provide the account of Earhart's record setting aviation and her personal life. 489 pages with 16 pages of black… Read more about this item

Tales of voyages and battles, press gangs and prostitutes - a fascinating history of two centuries of women and the sea. 334 pages with 32 illustrations. Book in very good condition with light tanning.

The author takes us into the heart and soul of her life of music and memories - married to Slim Dusty for fifty years she is an award winning songwriter and musician and wrote many of Slim's most famous songs, touring and raising two children. 346 pages with 16 pages of photographs, some in colour. Book in very good+ condition.

The author spends five years on a development project in the remote West Sepik province of Papua New Guinea. In rugged tropical terrain with few roads, she travels in tiny planes, landing on airstrips cut with grass knives and squeezed between mountains, and in remote valleys students build their own schools, babies are weighed in rice bags, and women walk… Read more about this item

The author's years as a relief worker in the field from 1914 to 1940, in Holland, France, Corsica, North Africa, Serbia, Austria and Russia. 287 pages with 33 black and white illustrations. Book in very good condition with some light pencil underlining in the Appendix and light tanning. Dust jacket in good condition price clipped with some small chips and… Read more about this item

Warrior Queens are found in almost every culture - a remarkable and original work which casts new light on the familiar heroines of history, and the whole subject of female leadership in time of war. 383 pages with 69 illustrations, 13 in colour. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition

In 1939 the author, seeking an antidote for Europe's madness and her drug addicted friend, Christina, set out for Afghanistan through Italy, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Turkey and Iran and for six months experience the exhilaration of travel and the stimulation of unfamiliar peoples and culture. 217 pages with 18 black and white photographs and a map. book in very good condition… Read more about this item

The inspiring stories of fourteen remarkable women, often heart rending and regularly touched by grief, but always life affirming - Outback women as they really are. 288 pages with 16 pages of colour photographs. Book in very good+ condition.