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Lost Boys of Anzac

by Peter Stanley ...

Australians remember the dead of 25 April 1915 on Anzac Day every year. But does anyone know the name of a single soldier who died that day? What do we really know about the men supposedly most cherished in the national memory of war? Peter Stanley goes looking for the lost boys of Anzac: the men of the very first wave to land at dawn on 25 April 1915 and who died on that day. There were exactly ... Read more

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Australians remember the dead of 25 April 1915 on Anzac Day every year. But does anyone know the name of a single soldier who died that day? What do we really know about the men supposedly most cherished in the national memory of war? Peter Stanley goes looking for the lost boys of Anzac: the men of the very first wave to land at dawn on 25 April 1915 and who died on that day. There were exactly
... Read more
Oboe One, Tarakan, 1945

An Australian Tragedy

by Peter Stanley ...

In 1945, the small island of Tarakan off Borneo's coast became the unlikely stage for one of the Second World War's most gruelling campaigns. As part of General Douglas MacArthur's plan to liberate the Netherlands Indies, Australian soldiers launched Operation Oboe One, a mission to capture Tarakan’s airstrip. What was meant to last three weeks stretched into two months of bitter jungle warfare, ... Read more

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In 1945, the small island of Tarakan off Borneo's coast became the unlikely stage for one of the Second World War's most gruelling campaigns. As part of General Douglas MacArthur's plan to liberate the Netherlands Indies, Australian soldiers launched Operation Oboe One, a mission to capture Tarakan’s airstrip. What was meant to last three weeks stretched into two months of bitter jungle warfare,
... Read more
The Most Terrible Night

Allonville 1918: The AIF's Most Costly Shell Burst

by Peter Stanley ...

‘Peter Stanley has brilliantly brought to life what seems like a small wartime incident, demonstrating its effects on the participants at the time and for decades later. This is woven insightfully into the bigger story of the Anzac narrative and its legacy for Australia.’— Daniel Reynaud, author, The Man the Anzacs Revered and Faith of the AnzacsThey survived Gallipoli, Pozières, Bullecourt and ... Read more

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‘Peter Stanley has brilliantly brought to life what seems like a small wartime incident, demonstrating its effects on the participants at the time and for decades later. This is woven insightfully into the bigger story of the Anzac narrative and its legacy for Australia.’— Daniel Reynaud, author, The Man the Anzacs Revered and Faith of the AnzacsThey survived Gallipoli, Pozières, Bullecourt and
... Read more
Invading Australia: Japan and the battle for Australia, 1942

Japan and the battle for Australia, 1942

by Peter Stanley ...

1942 was a key year in Australia's history. As its people had so long feared, White Australia, an outpost of empire, seemed about to be invaded by the Japanese. In that one year, Darwin was bombed, submarines torpedoed ships in Sydney Harbour and Australian Militiamen died on the Kokoda Trail.Each year, more and more Australians celebrate Anzac Day and honour the lives of those who fought for ... Read more

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1942 was a key year in Australia's history. As its people had so long feared, White Australia, an outpost of empire, seemed about to be invaded by the Japanese. In that one year, Darwin was bombed, submarines torpedoed ships in Sydney Harbour and Australian Militiamen died on the Kokoda Trail.Each year, more and more Australians celebrate Anzac Day and honour the lives of those who fought for
... Read more
Simpson's Donkey

by Peter Stanley ...

Based on the most famous animal in Australian history Simpson's Donkey tells the story of his service during the Gallipoli campaign where for three weeks he was one of several donkeys that Simpson used to carry wounded men down to Anzac Cove. His life before and after Gallipoli is a mystery but Peter Stanley beautifully imagines the rest for the reader.Stanley tells the donkey's story--in the ... Read more

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Based on the most famous animal in Australian history Simpson's Donkey tells the story of his service during the Gallipoli campaign where for three weeks he was one of several donkeys that Simpson used to carry wounded men down to Anzac Cove. His life before and after Gallipoli is a mystery but Peter Stanley beautifully imagines the rest for the reader.Stanley tells the donkey's story--in the
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Burn For Me [Dramatized Adaptation]

Hidden Legacy 1

by Ilona Andrews ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Marissa Clay, Henry W. Kramer, Zura Johnson, Julian Dailey, Ian Putnam, LaMont Ridgell, Nanette Savard, Peter Stanley, Eva Wilhelm, Wyn Delano, Ryan Haugen ...

Series series Hidden Legacy
Unabridged

9 hours 15 min

In this spellbinding first dramatized audiobook in #1 New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews’ urban fantasy Hidden Legacy series, private detective Nevada Baylor navigates her way through an alternate world where dynasties, built on inherited wealth and magic, guide the course of humanity.Nevada Baylor runs a small-time detective agency in Houston, Texas, busting scammers, exposing ... Read more

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In this spellbinding first dramatized audiobook in #1 New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews’ urban fantasy Hidden Legacy series, private detective Nevada Baylor navigates her way through an alternate world where dynasties, built on inherited wealth and magic, guide the course of humanity.Nevada Baylor runs a small-time detective agency in Houston, Texas, busting scammers, exposing
... Read more
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Lynchpin [Dramatized Adaptation]

Rylee Adamson Epilogues 4

by Shannon Mayer ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Bradley Foster Smith, Ryan Dalusung, Peter Stanley, Nora Achrati, Jonathan Lee Taylor, Keith Richards, Chris Davenport, Megan Poppy, Nanette Savard, Tracy Lynn Olivera, Ryan Haugen ...

Series series Rylee Adamson Epilogues
Unabridged

5 hours 8 min

My name is Alex, and I am a werewolf.As a boy, I was trapped halfway between human and wolf. Rylee rescued me and I became the first outcast to join her pack.In the Battle Against Orion, I sacrificed my life for hers and became the pillar which holds the Veil separating the human world and the supernatural world, closed. I kept the demons from spilling into the human world and left Rylee and our ... Read more

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My name is Alex, and I am a werewolf.As a boy, I was trapped halfway between human and wolf. Rylee rescued me and I became the first outcast to join her pack.In the Battle Against Orion, I sacrificed my life for hers and became the pillar which holds the Veil separating the human world and the supernatural world, closed. I kept the demons from spilling into the human world and left Rylee and our
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Beyond the Broken Years

Australian military history in 1000 books

by Peter Stanley ...

What does Australia' s military history reveal about us? In Beyond the Broken Years – fifty years after Bill Gammage' s acclaimed The Broken Years was published – provocative military historian Peter Stanley argues why it' s vital for Australians to understand how our military past has been created, by whom, how and with what consequences. Stanley explores military history and the storytellers – ... Read more

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What does Australia' s military history reveal about us? In Beyond the Broken Years – fifty years after Bill Gammage' s acclaimed The Broken Years was published – provocative military historian Peter Stanley argues why it' s vital for Australians to understand how our military past has been created, by whom, how and with what consequences. Stanley explores military history and the storytellers –
... Read more
The Sherrin

A bloody battle on and off the field

by Peter Stanley ...

The island of New Aachen is a hotbed of turmoil, with more than just the enemy in the firing line.In May 1945, as Europe celebrates the end of WWII, the Pacific theatre remains a brutal battleground. On the remote Pacific Island of New Aachen, the site of a massacre of Australian troops three years prior, tensions run high.David Wachter, a veteran turned war historian clerk, joins a group of ... Read more

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The island of New Aachen is a hotbed of turmoil, with more than just the enemy in the firing line.In May 1945, as Europe celebrates the end of WWII, the Pacific theatre remains a brutal battleground. On the remote Pacific Island of New Aachen, the site of a massacre of Australian troops three years prior, tensions run high.David Wachter, a veteran turned war historian clerk, joins a group of
... Read more
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Red Rising: Sons of Ares: Volume 3: Forbidden Song [Dramatized Adaptation]

Red Rising: Sons of Ares 3

by Pierce Brown, Rik Hoskin ...

Narrated by Richard Rohan, Holly Adams, Todd Scofield, Andy Brownstein, Ian Russell, Peter Stanley, David Jourdan, Lise Bruneau, Nick DePinto, Jenna Sharpe, Stephanie Németh-Parker ...

Series series Red Rising: Sons Of Ares
Unabridged

3 hours 39 min

"The third and final audiobook in the Red Rising: Sons Of Ares series is here! The last two entries into the Sons of Ares had Fitchner on his heels. In the first, he was driven by love and desperation to save his wife Brynn before her execution at the hands of the Board of Quality Control. Then, in book two, Fitchner went head to head with both of his early allies — Arturius and Quicksilver. His ... Read more

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"The third and final audiobook in the Red Rising: Sons Of Ares series is here! The last two entries into the Sons of Ares had Fitchner on his heels. In the first, he was driven by love and desperation to save his wife Brynn before her execution at the hands of the Board of Quality Control. Then, in book two, Fitchner went head to head with both of his early allies — Arturius and Quicksilver. His
... Read more
Bad Characters

by Peter Stanley ...

Australians have celebrated the Anzacs for nearly a century--but what do we really know of what war did to them? Charles Bean, historian of the citizen soldiers of the Australian Imperial Force, wrote that its history spanned 'the good and the bad'--but so far Australians have only looked at the good.Leading war historian Peter Stanley reveals the citizen soldiers the army regarded as its 'bad ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Australians have celebrated the Anzacs for nearly a century--but what do we really know of what war did to them? Charles Bean, historian of the citizen soldiers of the Australian Imperial Force, wrote that its history spanned 'the good and the bad'--but so far Australians have only looked at the good.Leading war historian Peter Stanley reveals the citizen soldiers the army regarded as its 'bad
... Read more
A Stout Pair of Boots

A guide to exploring Australia's battlefields

by Peter Stanley ...

Australians are becoming increasingly fascinated by their military history, and every year greater numbers visit the scenes of the battles commemorated each Anzac Day - Villers-Bretonneux, Long Tan, Kokoda, Gallipoli itself. But what can you learn from visiting a battlefield? And how do you make sure you get the most out of the experience?Peter Stanley, one of Australia's most experienced military ... Read more

$10.99 USD

Australians are becoming increasingly fascinated by their military history, and every year greater numbers visit the scenes of the battles commemorated each Anzac Day - Villers-Bretonneux, Long Tan, Kokoda, Gallipoli itself. But what can you learn from visiting a battlefield? And how do you make sure you get the most out of the experience?Peter Stanley, one of Australia's most experienced military
... Read more

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