The Resource Beyond the vapour trail : the beauty, horror and humour of life : an aid worker's story, Brett Pierce
Beyond the vapour trail : the beauty, horror and humour of life : an aid worker's story, Brett Pierce
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The item Beyond the vapour trail : the beauty, horror and humour of life : an aid worker's story, Brett Pierce represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- "A two year old girl is abandoned on the streets of Ulaan Bataar with a bag of clothes and a note pinned to her: 'Please take care of me ...'Twelve year old Betty, alone looking after her dying mother, is kidnapped to become a child soldier ...An Australian aid worker finds himself off the tourist map confronted by the struggles of people in the developing world, across six continents. He discovers the inspirational and the beautiful; people and cultures responding to their changing landscape; the stories and courage of individuals who bring fresh perspectives to life."--Back cover
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Beyond the vapour trail : the beauty, horror and humour of life : an aid worker's story
- Title
- Beyond the vapour trail
- Title remainder
- the beauty, horror and humour of life : an aid worker's story
- Statement of responsibility
- Brett Pierce
- Title variation
- Beyond the vapor trail
- Subject
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- trueAustralian
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- Volunteers -- Australia -- Biography
- truePhilanthropy
- trueVolunteers -- Australia
- trueAustralian literature
- trueHuman services
- truePublic service organizations
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- truePoverty
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A two year old girl is abandoned on the streets of Ulaan Bataar with a bag of clothes and a note pinned to her: 'Please take care of me ...'Twelve year old Betty, alone looking after her dying mother, is kidnapped to become a child soldier ...An Australian aid worker finds himself off the tourist map confronted by the struggles of people in the developing world, across six continents. He discovers the inspirational and the beautiful; people and cultures responding to their changing landscape; the stories and courage of individuals who bring fresh perspectives to life."--Back cover
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10548969
- Cataloging source
- ANL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Pierce, Brett
- Dewey number
- 920.710994
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- Pierce, Brett
- Volunteers
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Beyond the vapour trail : the beauty, horror and humour of life : an aid worker's story, Brett Pierce
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000058889706
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 271 pages
- Isbn
- 9780994395740
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)956915534
- Label
- Beyond the vapour trail : the beauty, horror and humour of life : an aid worker's story, Brett Pierce
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000058889706
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 271 pages
- Isbn
- 9780994395740
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)956915534
Subject
- trueAustralian
- trueAustralian literature
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueHuman services
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity
- truePhilanthropy
- truePierce, Brett
- truePoverty
- truePublic service organizations
- trueSociety and culture -- General
- trueVolunteers -- Australia
- Volunteers -- Australia -- Biography
Genre
- trueAustralian literature
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