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  • Penguin Book of New Zealanders at War

    by Gavin McLean ...
    The New Zealand Wars of the 1840s and 1860s, other nineteenth-century military encounters, the South African War, the First and Second World Wars, Korea, Malaya, Vietnam, the Gulf War, modern-day peacekeeping . . . The Penguin Book of New Zealanders at War contains the best, widest range of published and non-published written material on our people in warfare. This is a soldier's book - thus ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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    The Man Who Mapped Australia

    by Rob Mundle ...
    The fascinating story of the exceptional maritime explorer, Matthew Flinders - the man who put Australia on the map.Shipwrecks, storms, death and danger - Matthew Flinders encountered it all on his courageous quest to circumnavigate and chart the treacherous Terra Australis coastline.From the drama of epic voyages and devastating shipwrecks; his part in the naming of Australia; his cruel ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Colony

    A history of early Sydney

    by Grace Karskens ...
    The Colony is the story of the marvellously contrary, endlessly energetic early years of Sydney. It is an intimate account of the transformation of a campsite in a beautiful cove to the town that later became Australia's largest and best-known city.From the sparkling beaches to the foothills of the Blue Mountains, Grace Karskens skilfully reveals how landscape shaped the lives of the original ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Baby Farmers

    A chilling tale of missing babies, shameful secrets and murder in 19th century Australia

    by Annie Cossins ...
    The most common murder victim in 19th century Australia was a baby, and the most common perpetrator was a woman. Annie Cossins pieces together the fascinating story of the most infamous legal trial in Australia to reveal an underworld of struggling mothers, unwanted babies, and a society that preferred to turn a blind eye.'The book's power stems from its devastating details; Cossins establishes a ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hell's Battlefield

    The Australians in New Guinea in World War II

    by Phillip Bradley ...
    The first single volume history to cover all the battles fought by the Australians against the Japanese in Papua New Guinea.Hell's Battlefield is the first book that tells the whole story of the Australians against the Japanese in New Guinea during World War II, from invasion in 1942 to the brutal end game in 1945. Besides giving new perspectives on the Kokoda campaign, the book covers the battles ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • A Cargo of Women: Susannah Watson and the convicts of the Princess Royal

    Susannah Watson and the convicts of the Princess Royal

    by Babette Smith ...
    New edition of the bestselling history that traces the chequered story of 100 women transported together in 1829 to Sydney. Includes new information on the women and treatment of convicts and new illustrations. Intrigued to discover a convict ancestor in her family tree Babette Smith decided to investigate her life and the lives of the 99 women who were transported with her on the ship Princess ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Flying the Knife Edge

    New Guinea Bush Pilot

    by Matt McLaughlin ...
    Silver Medal Winner at the 2017 Independent Publisher Book Awards in New York, NY, USA.Sometimes it’s not about the destination...it’s about the journey.‘Flying the Knife Edge’ is the story of an ordinary man experiencing extraordinary things as a pilot in Papua New Guinea in the 1990s.After an untimely exit from the Royal New Zealand Air Force, Matt McLaughlin took a leap into the unknown, ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Fear of Abandonment

    Australia in the World since 1942

    by Allan Gyngell ...
    Updated edition, covering Brexit, Trump, Xi’s ambitions for China, and the geopolitical implications of the COVID-19 pandemicEverything Australia wants to achieve as a country depends on its capacity to understand the world outside and to respond effectively to it.In Fear of Abandonment, expert and insider Allan Gyngell tells the story of how Australia has shaped the world and been shaped by it ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Australia

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Kenneth Morgan ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    In this Very Short Introduction Kenneth Morgan provides a wide-ranging and thematic introduction to modern Australia. He examines the main features of its history, geography, and culture since the beginning of the white settlement in New South Wales in 1788. Drawing attention to the distinctive features of Australian life he places contemporary developments in a historical perspective, ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • The Ghosts of Roebuck Bay

    by Ian W. Shaw ...
    The Japanese attack on Broome is the second most deadly air raid on Australia soil in our history and yet it's almost entirely overlooked.On 3 March 1942, nine Japanese Zero planes strafed the small town planning to destroy the aerodrome and American planes. With no notice, the townsfolk could only put up minimal opposition and in an attack that lasted only an hour, almost one hundred men, women ... Read more

    $8.17 CAD

  • Black Saturday

    Whittlesea Tanker 3

    by Michael Billing ...
    An unauthorised eye witness account from a first responder Fire-fighter to Australia's worst natural disaster the Black Saturday Bush-fires.Thie book details the crews actions of Whittlesea Tanker 3 during Black Saturday and the weeks after.  ... Read more

    $4.91 CAD

  • The Zealandia Drowning Debate

    Did New Zealand Sink Beneath the Waves?

    by Hamish Campbell ...
    Series Book 8 - BWB Texts
    Did the entire New Zealand land mass sink beneath the waves 23 million years ago?Many biologists reject the idea and insist that our native terrestrial fauna can be explained only by the continuous existence of land. But many geologists are now asserting that there is no longer any convincing geological evidence that the New Zealand section of Zealandia remained above the seas surface. But if ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD