Evil Life - The True Story of the Calabrian Mafia in Au...
The Calabrian mafia is Australias oldest, largest and most...
The Good Mothers - The True Story of the Women Who Took...
You are born into it or marry in. Loyalty is absolute, blood...
What Should I Do with My Life? - The True Story of Peop...
The bestselling author of Bombardiers and The First $2...
Trouble Boys - The True Story of the Replacements
Based on all-new interviews and including 72 rare photos, T...
Wonder Horse - The True Story of the World's Smartest H...
From a Caldecott Medalist (Mirette on the High Wire) com...
Helter Skelter - The True Story of the Manson Murders
The shocking true story of the Manson murders, revealed in t...
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
A hilarious retelling of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Sciesz...
Victoria & Abdul - The True Story of the Queen's Closes...
Now a major motion picture starring Dame Judi Dench, Ali Faz...
Catching Thunder - The True Story of the World's Longes...
A remarkable true story of courage and perseverance and a...
And Tango Makes Three: The True Story of the Very First...
And Tango Makes Three: The True Story of the Very First Chin...
Modoc - The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ev...
Spanning seven decades and three continents, Modoc is one of...
The Finest Hours - The True Story of the U.S. Coast Gua...
The story behind the major motion picture from Disney-starri...
Travelling to Infinity - The True Story Behind the Theo...
In this compelling memoir his first wife, Jane Hawking, rela...
Whispering Hope - The True Story of the Magdalene Women...
At the conclusion of my discussions with one group of the ...
Evil Life - The True Story Of The Calabrian Mafia In Australia
A Long Way Gone - The True Story of a Child Soldier
The first-person account of a 26-year-old who fought in the war in Sierra Leone as a 12-year-old boy. `My new friends have begun to suspect that I havent told them the full story of my life. Why did you leave Sierra Leone? Because there is a war. You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other? Yes, all the time. Cool. I smile a little. You should...
Elephant Dawn - The Inspirational Story of Thirteen Years Living With Elephants in the African Wilderness
A book to take readers into another world. Caroline Jones AO, presenter, Australian Story A raw, honest story that needs to be heard. Tony Park, bestselling author of An Empty Coast This mesmerizing book is not just about a love of elephants, it is also about the indomitable spirit of someone who followed her passion. Cynthia Moss, world-renowned elephant specialist, celebra...
Zero Night - The Untold Story of the Second World War's Most Daring Great Escape
Oflag VI-B, Warburg, Germany: On the night of 30 August 1942 Zero Night 40 officers from Britain, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa staged the most audacious mass escape of the Second World War. It was the first Great Escape but instead of tunnelling, the escapers boldly went over the huge perimeter fences using wooden scaling contraptions. This was the notorious Warburg ...
Whispering Hope - The True Story of the Magdalene Women
At the conclusion of my discussions with one group of the Magdalene Women one of those present sang Whispering Hope. A line from that song stays in my mind when the dark midnight is over, watch for the breaking of day.Let me hope that this day and this debate heralds a new dawn for all those who feared that the dark midnight might never end. Taoiseach Enda Kennys State apology to...
The Amazing True Story of How Babies Are Made
THE GO-TO BOOK FOR PARENTS WANTING HELP WITH THAT TALK
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 CHILDRENS BOOK COUNCIL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS Its one of the most amazing stories ever told and its true! Funny, frank and embarrassment-free, THE AMAZING TRUE STORY OF HOW BABIES ARE MADE gives a fresh take on the incredible tale of where we all come from. REVIEWS: If youre looking for a book for ...
Hana'S Suitcase Anniversary Edition - A True Story
Really, its a very ordinary looking suitcase. You could fit quite a lot in it. Books, games, treasures, toys. But nothing is inside it now. Across the front, there is a girls name, Hana Brady. A date of birth: May 16 1931. And Waisenkind. Thats the German word for orphan. Where did Hana Brady come from? Where was she going? What did she pack? What Fumiko finds in Hanas suitcase is a ...
Not your Average Nurse - The Entertaining True Story of a Student Nurse in 1970s London
Over time, I nursed victims of war, the posh, the poor, the famous and the infamous
Oh, the stories I can tell! To a young girl the life of a nurse sounds exciting, but with long hours and short shrift its never easy. So when Maggie Groff embarks on her training at Londons Kings College Hospital she must quickly get to grips with a demanding career. Its...
Not Your Average Nurse - From 1970s London to Outback Australia, the True Story of an Unlikely Girl and an Extraordinary...
Over time, I nursed victims of war, the posh, the poor, the famous and the infamous
Oh, the stories I can tell! To a young girl the life of a student nurse sounds exciting, but with long hours and short shrift its never easy. So when Maggie Groff embarks as a student nurse at Londons Kings College Hospital she must quickly get to grips with the demands of her chosen career. Its sin...
The Last Snake Man - The remarkable true-life story of an Aussie legend and a century of snake shows
Every Sunday for almost a century John Canns family ran the famous snake show in a pit at La Perouse an area once alive with tiger, brown and black snakes. After growing up with over 300 pet snakes in their backyard, John and his brother George took over the snake show from their parents in 1965. By the time John retired in 2010, hed survived five venomous snake bites. Many of those fa...
Sniper One - The Blistering True Story of a British Battle Group Under Siege
Sniper One is the gritty, awe-inspiring true story that takes you right into the heart of the Iraq war from Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Sgt. Dan Mills. One of the best first-hand accounts of combat that Ive ever read Andy McNab We all saw it at once. Half a dozen voices screamed Grenade! simultaneously. Then everything went into slow motion. The grenade took an age to travel through...
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage - The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer
So impossibly funny, clever, demented, charming and altogether wonderful that I was a convert within three pages. Buy it for everyone you know, regardless of what you think they like. Brilliant stuff Lucy Mangan, Stylist Books of the Year An eye-opener
The more I think about this, the higher I esteem it Nicholas Lezard, Guardian Books of the Year Winner of the British Book Design an...
The People Smuggler - The True Story Of Ali Al Jenabi
Robin de Crespignys The People Smuggler is the gripping, inspring story of one mans escape from Saddams Iraq to become the Oskar Schindler of Asia. When Ali Al Jenabi flees Saddam Husseins torture chambers, he is forced to leave his family behind in Iraq. What follows is an incredible international odyssey through the shadowy world of fake passports, crowded camps and illegal border ...
Bon: The Last Highway - The Untold Story of Bon Scott and AC/DC's Back in Black
The death of Bon Scott is the Da Vinci Code of rock. As the legend of the man known around the world simply as Bon has grown with each passing year since his untimely death, AC/DCs trailblazing frontman has become a rock icon. But how much of it is true and how much is myth? At the heart of Bon: The Last Highway: The Untold Story of Bon Scott and AC/DCs Back In Black is a special and unli...
Dead Mountain - The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident
This popular book is now in paperback! Imagine you are in the midst of the Siberian wilderness, the weather closing in, frozen and tired and hungry, but you cant quit yet. You cant because what youre doing is too important youre looking for your friends who disappeared here weeks ago. And then you find their tent, torn and snow covered. Your friends are nowhere in sight. In Februar...
Finding Gobi (Younger Readers edition) - The True Story of One Little Dog's Big Journey
For fans of A Streetcat Named Bob comes Finding Gobi, the heart-warming true story of a dog who captured the hearts of the world. Younger readers edition. Finding Gobi is the ultimate story of hope and friendship proving once again, that dogs really are `mans best friend. In 2016, Dion Leonard, an ultramarathon runner, stumbled across a little stray dog while competing in a gruelling 15...
Maralinga, the Anangu Story
Maralinga the Anangu Story is our story. We have told it for our children, our grandchildren and their children. We have told it for you. In words and pictures Yalata and Oak Valley community members, with author Christobel Mattingley, describe what happened in the Maralinga Tjarutja lands of South Australia before the bombs and after. Honour Book, 2010 Childrens Book Council of Austral...
In the Heart of the Sea - The Epic True Story That Inspired `Moby-Dick'
The epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the nineteenth century and inspiration for `Moby-Dick reissued to accompany a major motion picture due for release in December 2015, directed by Ron Howard and starring Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker and Cillian Murphy. When the whaleship Essex set sail from Nantucket in 1819, the unthinkable happened. A mere sp...
The House of Lies - A shocking true story of secrets, abuse, murder - and surviving it all
From the outside, Renee McBryde had a fairly typical childhood school, working mum, swimming lessons with loving grandparents. But waiting for her was a secret so awful that it would rock her to the core. Renees mother was a teenage runaway who found herself pregnant and alone when Renees father was jailed for killing two men. When Renee discovered the truth, she knew her life would never ...
Zero Six Bravo - 60 Special Forces. 100,000 Enemy. The Explosive True Story
The Sunday Times No.1 bestseller. Sixty special forces against 100,000 a feat of British arms to take the breath away Frederick Forsyth. They were branded as cowards and accused of being the British Special Forces Squadron that ran away from the Iraqis. But nothing could be further from the truth. Ten years on, the story of these sixty men can finally be told. In March 20...
Magna Carta - The True Story Behind the Charter
A soaring account of the months that transformed a messy feudal squabble into Magna Carta
his crisp storytelling, based around short chapters and rolling rhetoric, is extremely entertaining. Dan Jones, Mail on Sunday I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Good history is descriptive, narrative and analytical. This is good history. Gerard DeGroot, The Times At Runnymede, on the banks of the Riv...
The Brittle Star - An epic story of the American West
Perfect for fans of Cormac McCarthy and True Grit, The Brittle Star is the epic story of a young mans unquenchable spirit. When his mothers ranch is attacked, sixteen-year-old John Evert is wounded and left to die. But John Evert is no ordinary young man. Hes a frontiersmans son, a rancher whos lived his whole life in the untamed Southern California wilderness of 1860. In a journey th...