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Corporate Gifts for the Special Occassion
Books make the perfect and thoughtful corporate gift. Shearers on Norton offers a uniquely personalized service to take the strain and hassle out of organizing festive gifts.
We have made a special selection of books ideal for gift giving at all levels within your organization and for presentation to external clients and customers. These books are organized thematically for your convenience in choosing something suitable for your organisation.
Please do not hesitate to contact Shearers for a personally tailored selection. We have experienced specialists in all areas of Adult and Children's books. We are happy to discuss any individual requirements you may have and forward our recommendations - no obligation.
All books are gift wrapped to your requirements
Personalised cards and tags added as requested
Large selection of autographed books available from Australian and International authors.
Australia Post Courier delivery.
No request too small or too big.
Please email at first instance: barbara@shearersbookshop.com.au with your contact details and we will come back with prices and ideas.
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In the Frame
By Helen Mirren
ISBN: 9780297851974
Helen Mirren has been an internationally acclaimed actress for over 40 years. The recipient of many awards, her appeal traverses effortlessly from stage, cinema and television. Known in her youth for a forthright style, a liberated attitude and a bohemian outlook, she has never ceased to be out of t
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RRP: $49.99
Price: $45.00
Delivery: 7-10 Days
Type: Hardback Book
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A Matter of Principle
By Jana Wendt
ISBN: 9780522854145
In A Matter of Principle Australia's most experienced and well respected interviewer Jana Wendt engages an assortment of people in the worlds of politics, society, art, sport, music and architecture. Wendt gets under the skin of her subjects to discover that which is genuine and authentic about each
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RRP: $35.00
Price: $31.50
Delivery: 7-10 Days
Type: Hardback Book
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The Wolf of Wall Street
By Jordan Belfort
ISBN: 9780733622625
The meteoric rise and fall of an American entrepreneurial icon, the shocking true story of Wall Street trader Jordan Belfort. By day, he made thousands of dollars a minute. By night, he spent it as fast as he could on drugs, sex and travel.
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RRP: $35.00
Price: $35.00
Delivery: 7-10 Days
Type: Paperback Book
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Shakespeare
By Bill Bryson
ISBN: 9780007197897
In this much anticipated addition to the Eminent Lives series, Bill Bryson's biography of William Shakespeare unravels the superstitions, academic discoveries and myths surrounding the life of our greatest poet and playwright. Shakespeare's life, despite the scrutiny of generations of biographers a
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RRP: $29.99
Price: $26.99
Delivery: 7-10 Days
Type: Hardback Book
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Cultural Amnesia
By Clive James
ISBN: 9780330418867
'A gigantic book on a gigantic theme' - Sunday Times. 'Aphoristic and acutely provocative: a crash course in civilization' - J.M. Coetzee.A lifetime in the making, Cultural Amnesia is the book Clive James has always wanted to write. Organized from A through to Z, and containing over 100 essays, it's
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RRP: $32.95
Price: $29.66
Delivery: 7-10 Days
Type: Paperback Book
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David Malouf
By David Malouf
ISBN: 9781741666113
David Malouf's imagination inhabits shocking violence, quick humor, appealing warmth and harsh cruelty with equal intensity. He shares tales of bookish boys, taciturn men and intimate stories of men and women looking for something they seem to have missed, or missed out on. This is a comprehensive c
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RRP: $45.00
Price: $40.50
Delivery: 7-10 Days
Type: Hardback Book
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The Memory Room
By Christopher Koch
ISBN: 9781741667301
'What is a spy? Are they born, or are they made?' With these words, Vincent Austin analyses his future occupation. Some spies are made, he says, but his kind is born. He is devoted to secrecy for its own sake. Vincent is orphaned early, and his boyhood in Tasmania is spent with an elderly aunt. His
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RRP: $32.95
Price: $32.95
Delivery: 7-10 Days
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Pictorial, Art and Photography
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Extreme Nature
By Mark Carwardine
ISBN: 9780007207688
A beautiful and fascinating portrait of the world's most extreme wildlife, from the sexiest beast to the smelliest plant.
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RRP: $59.95
Price: $53.96
Delivery: 7-10 Days
Type: Hardback Book
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Wilderness
By Russell A. Mittermeier
ISBN: 9789686397697
The result of a collaboration among CEMEX, Conservation International and Agrupacion Sierra Madre, Wilderness should enjoy the same reputation as the earlier Conservation International books - a volume that presents vital information on the earth's biodiversity and a realistic program of conservatio
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RRP: $109.00
Price: $98.10
Delivery: 10-15 Days
Type: Hardback Book
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Vanishing Act
By Art Wolfe & Barbara Sleeper
ISBN: 9780821257500
Art Wolfe is one of the world's preeminent wildlife photographers, whose many books have sold well in multiple countries. He also has retail art galleries and product outlets of his work in stores across the US. In this new book, he turns to one of nature's most fundamental survival techniques: the
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RRP: $95.00
Price: $85.50
Delivery: Up to 45 Days
Type: Hardback Book
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Wide Angle
By Ferdinand Protzman
ISBN: 9780792239130
In 250 glorious photographs Wide Angle: National Geographic Greatest Places documents the beauty and depth of every part of the world. Delving deeply into a picture archive that houses over ten million images, with many photographs being published for the first time, this new book-the third and fina
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RRP: $59.95
Price: $53.96
Delivery: 7-10 Days
Type: Hardback Book
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One Hundred Flowers
By Harold Feinstein
ISBN: 9780821226650
A collection of 100 flower portraits by photographer Harold Feinstein. The book features colour portraits of dahlias, roses, anemones, poppies, pansies, orchids, tulips, azaleas, peonies and other flowers in detail. Each variety is coupled with a brief description that includes hints about cultivati
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RRP: $90.00
Price: $81.00
Delivery: Up to 45 Days
Type: Hardback Book
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Italian Joy
By Carla Coulson
ISBN: 9781920989217
In 200 Carla Coulson left behind a corporate life and her own promotional business in Australia to take up her passion for photography. Beased in Florence, Carla has pursued her love of Italian life through the lens of her camera, captureing her own unique journey. This is her story.
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RRP: $59.95
Price: $59.95
Delivery: 7-10 Days
Type: Hardback Book
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Australia
By Nick Rains
ISBN: 9780670029013
A wonderful collection of Australian pictures. This is a contemplative work and brings home to the viewer how deeply satisfying it is to immerse oneself in the consideration of a landscape.
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RRP: $49.95
Price: $44.96
Delivery: 7-10 Days
Type: Hardback Book
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Pocket Penguins Boxed Set
By
ISBN: 9780140912715
Authors included in the Pocket Penguin series: Eric Schlosser, Nick Hornby, Albert Camus, P.D.
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RRP: $200.00
Price: $180.00
Delivery: 7-10 Days
Type: Paperback Book
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
By Bill Bryson
ISBN: 9780385609616
In the bestselling, prize-winning A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson achieved the seemingly impossible by making the world of science both understandable and entertaining to millions of people around the globe. Now, in this glorious new illustrated edition, everything that has happene
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RRP: $85.00
Price: $76.50
Delivery: 7-10 Days
Type: Hardback Book
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Illustrated Encyclopedia of Australian Native Plants
By Geoff Bryant
ISBN: 9781741660302
Australia's unique native flora includes numerous outstanding garden plants - from specimen trees to groundcovers and annuals. THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS brings together more than 1600 species, hybrids and cultivars in a highly illustrated, user-friendly volume. Over 60
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RRP: $69.95
Price: $62.96
Delivery: 7-10 Days
Type: Hardback Book
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The Richest Man in Babylon
By George S. Clason
ISBN: 9780451205360
An inspirational guide to personal money problems which presents eleven ancient Babylonian tales revealing the way to financial success.
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RRP: $19.95
Price: $17.96
Delivery: 1-2 Days
Type: Paperback Book
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Who Moved My Cheese?
By Spencer Johnson
ISBN: 9780091816971
Cheese is a metaphor for what you want in life - be it a good job, a loving relationship, money or possessions, health or spiritual peace of mind. And the maze is where you look for what you want - the organization you work in, or the family or community where you live. This book shows how to antici
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RRP: $19.95
Price: $19.95
Delivery: 1-2 Days
Type: Paperback Book
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How to Win Friends and Influence People for Girls
By Donna Dale Carnegie
ISBN: 9780091906948
Every parent knows that the teenage years are difficult for their daughters. It is a time when girls are insecure - they are anxious to fit in but desperate to stand out and assert their independence. Now the experts from Dale Carnegie bring their time-tested techniques to teenage girls in order to
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RRP: $21.95
Price: $21.95
Delivery: 10-15 Days
Type: Paperback Book
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The Cook's Book
By Jill Norman
ISBN: 9781740334549
Over 600 master recipes for classic dishes, seventeen chapters based on all the major food categories. More than 350 basic techniques demonstrated in 2000 or so colour photographs.
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RRP: $79.95
Price: $71.96
Delivery: 7-10 Days
Type: Hardback Book
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Antonio Carluccio's Italia
By Antonio Carluccio
ISBN: 9781844001668
Antonio Carluccio's Italia is a gastronomic tour embracing every region of the country. Each chapter weaves together fascinating information on the region's traditions, its typical products and its characteristic regions. Antonio's knowledge of Italy stems from his childhood when his family moved ar
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RRP: $59.95
Price: $53.96
Delivery: 10-15 Days
Type: Hardback Book
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French
By Damien Pignolet
ISBN: 9781920989170
In a world where everything has to happen instantly, I am pleased to offer you a manual for cooking slowly and carefully. My hope is that my book will bring something of the traditional craft of French cooking to all who love to cook. A chef dedicated to the improvement and refinement of his craft,
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RRP: $69.95
Price: $69.95
Delivery: 7-10 Days
Type: Hardback Book
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Happiness
By Matthieu Ricard
ISBN: 9781843545583
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RRP: $26.95
Price: $26.95
Delivery: 7-10 Days
Type: Paperback Book
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The Portable Atheist
By Christopher Hitchens
ISBN: 9780306816086
Christopher Hitchens, the acclaimed journalist and best-selling author of God Is Not Great, selects and introduces an illuminating collection of the most essential and influential writings for the non-believer, including contributions from Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Mark Twain, Bertrand Russel
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RRP: $35.00
Price: $31.50
Delivery: 7-10 Days
Type: Paperback Book
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Vietnam
By Paul Ham
ISBN: 9780732282370
This extraordinary, sweeping account, draws on hundreds of unpublished sources and itnerviews with soldiers, politicians, medical practitioners, aid providers, entertainers and the Vietnamese people to reconstruct the epic history of a campaign that disfigured a :country and divided the world, natio
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RRP: $55.00
Price: $55.00
Delivery: 7-10 Days
Type: Hardback Book
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New Europe
By Michael Palin
ISBN: 9780297844495
Until the early 1990s, when the Berlin Wall came tumbling down, travelling behind the iron curtain was never easy. In undertaking his new journey through Eastern Europe, breathing in its rich history, filming its exquisite sights and talking to its diverse peoples, Michael fills what has been a voi
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RRP: $49.99
Price: $44.99
Delivery: 7-10 Days
Type: Hardback Book
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Advance Australia... Where?
By Hugh Mackay
ISBN: 9780733622199
While many Australians complain about feeling powerless and isolated, Mackay sees some encouraging signs that we are learning how to absorb the impact of the revolutionary changes that have reshaped us.
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RRP: $35.00
Price: $29.95
Delivery: 7-10 Days
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The Age of Turbulence
By Alan Greenspan
ISBN: 9780713999822
The most remarkable thing that happened to the world economy after 9/11 was ...nothing. What would have once meant a crippling shock to the system was absorbed astonishingly quickly, partly due to the efforts of the then Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Alan Greenspan. The post 9/11 global eco
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RRP: $59.95
Price: $53.96
Delivery: 7-10 Days
Type: Hardback Book
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The Blair Years
By Alastair Campbell
ISBN: 9780091796297
The Blair Years is the most compelling and revealing account of contemporary politics you will ever read. Taken from Alastair Campbell's daily diaries, it charts the rise of New Labour and the tumultuous years of Tony Blair's leadership, providing the first important record of a remarkable decade in
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RRP: $69.95
Price: $62.96
Delivery: 7-10 Days
Type: Paperback Book
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History
By Richard Overy, Ian Harrison and Ann Kay
ISBN: 9781405318099
This is the definitive, 4.4 million year-old story of human history - from the origins of mankind to the 21st century, spanning the globe and based on the latest research, the complete story of the people, events, themes, ideas and forces that have shaped human existence. Find out about our history'
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RRP: $89.95
Price: $80.96
Delivery: 7-10 Days
Type: Hardback Book
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A Good Nose and Great Legs
By Robert Geddes
ISBN: 9781740458764
Wine is a living and changing expression of life itself. It has a birth, it reflects the places it is raised, it matures in its making and declines with time. Wandering through the art and science that makes the delectable drop, you will find a rich tapestry of human existence revealed. When all is
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RRP: $39.95
Price: $39.95
Delivery: 7-10 Days
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Designer Apartments
By
ISBN: 9783833123535
Living in a box - and what a box it is! Working with restructured space conditions, contemporary architecture and modern design have accepted the challenge of creating exciting living environments, at the same time windows on the world and places for rest and leisure. Elegance meets diversity pragma
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RRP: $95.00
Price: $85.50
Delivery: 10-15 Days
Type: Hardback Book
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30,000 Years of Art
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ISBN: 9780714847894
30,000 Years of Art presents 1000 great works of art from all periods and regions in the world, arranged in chronological order for a general readership. Breaking through the usual geographical and cultural boundaries of art history, it celebrates the vast range of human artistry across time and spa
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RRP: $69.95
Price: $62.96
Delivery: 7-10 Days
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Plastered
By Murray Walding & Nick Vukovic
ISBN: 9780522854336
This is the new paperback edition of bestselling hardback. A glorious celebration of popular music in Australia with iconic bands such as INXS, Cold Chisel, Crowded House and Silverchair. Poster designs, street art, takes us on a musical journey from the 1950s until now.Plastered leads us on a chron
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RRP: $39.95
Price: $39.95
Delivery: 7-10 Days
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The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World
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ISBN: 9780007236701
A new edition of the world's most prestigious and authoritative reference atlas. Since its first edition in 1967 it has sold well over 1 million copies and its detailed and beautifully created mapping represents the perfect blend of tradition, authority and style which set it apart. Presented in a
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RRP: $295.00
Price: $295.00
Delivery: 7-10 Days
Type: Hardback Book
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The Completely MAD Don Martin
By Don Martin
ISBN: 9780762430505
This is a deluxe 2-volume, slip cased collection of the work of Don Martin - the best-loved artist of the iconic MAD magazine. Don Martin is the most recognized and best-loved artist of the iconic MAD magazine. His twisted, original approach to art was revolutionary and inspired generations of artis
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RRP: $250.00
Price: $225.00
Delivery: 7-10 Days
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The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture: Comprehensive Edition
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ISBN: 9780714843124
The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture presents a global survey of the most outstanding works of contemporary architecture from around the world completed in the last five years. Organized geographically and illustrated with global, regional and sub-regional maps locating each building
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RRP: $275.00
Price: $275.00
Delivery: 7-10 Days
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