From Third World To First - The Singapore Story: 1965-2...
Few gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was ...
The Discovery of the Third World: Decolonization and th...
The Discovery of the Third World: Decolonization and the Ris...
Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism
Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism - University ...
Middle-earth: From Script to Screen - Building the Worl...
For the first time ever, the epic, in-depth story of the cre...
Future Shock! The Story Of 2000 Ad DVD
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region...
Future Shock! The Story Of 2000 Ad DVD
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region...
The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child...
What terrible secret was buried in Shi HuangdiÂ’s tomb? Did ...
The Unlikely Story of Bennelong and Phillip
Age range 6 to 9 The Unlikely Story of Bennelong and Phillip...
Finding My Place - From Cairo to Canberra - the irresis...
From Cairo to Canberra – the irresistible story of an irrep...
The Red Line - The Gripping Story of the RAF's Bloodies...
From best-selling author of Tail-End Charlie and Tornado Dow...
Europe and the Third World; c.1500-1998
Europe and the Third World provides a schematic historical a...
First Footprints - The Epic Story of the First Australi...
Some 60,000 years ago, a small group of people landed on Aus...
Comparative Politics of the ''Third World''
Avoiding the problems of both overgeneralization and a stric...
From Third World To First - The Singapore Story: 1965-2000
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 haven’t 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...
Dear World - A Syrian Girl's Story of War and Plea for Peace
’A story of love and courage amid brutality and terror, this is the testimony of a child who has endured the unthinkable.’ J. K. ROWLING ’I‘m very afraid I will die tonight’ – Bana Alabed, Twitter, 2 October 2016 ’Stop killing us.’ – Bana Alabed, Twitter, 6 October 2016 ’I just want to live without fear.’ – Bana Alabed, Twitter, 12 October 2016 When eight-year-old Bana Alabed took ...
Alanatomy - The Inside Story
***If you loved Alan’s first memoir – Look Who It Is! – then his follow-up, Alanatomy, will take you further into the hilarious and bizarre world of the country’s favourite chatty man.*** ’As laugh out loud as his TV shows’ Daily Mirror It must seem strange to you that I’ve called a book Alanatomy . . . For anyone who has taken the time to see my stand-up performances or watched my chat...
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 ...
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...
The World of David Walliams CD Story Collection - The Boy in the Dress/Mr Stink/Billionaire Boy/Gangsta Granny/Ratburger...
Five screamingly funny stories from number one bestselling children’s author David Walliams, in this big, bumper CD boxset, performed by the King of Comedy himself. THE BOY IN THE DRESS – Dennis’s very ordinary life is about to get a lot more extraordinary. Why? There’s a clue in the title of this book… MR STINK – When Chloe decides to hide a homeless man in her garden shed, she discovers ...
The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
A heart-warming tale of courage and warmth, set against the backdrop of the second world war, about an abandoned village, a lifelong friendship and one very adventurous cat! `Classic Morpurgo brilliance’ – Publishing News “Something’s up. Something big too, very big. At school, in the village, whoever you meet, it’s all anyone talks about. It’s like a sudden curse has come down on us all. I...
Redemption at Hacksaw Ridge - The Gripping Story That Inspired the Movie
“When we go into combat, Doss, you’re not comin’ back alive. I’m gonna shoot you myself!“The men of the 77th Infantry Division couldn’t fathom why Private Desmond T. Doss would venture into the horrors of World War II without a single weapon to defend himself.“You’re nothing but a coward!” they said. But the soft-spoken medic insisted that his mission was to heal, not kill.This page-turne...
Finding My Place - From Cairo to Canberra - the irresistible story of an irrepressible woman
From Cairo to Canberra – the irresistible story of an irrepressible woman ‘Anne Aly’s … influence will be felt for years to come … It sinks in how significant she may be to public life.’ – The Good Weekend In 2016, Anne Aly was the first Australian Muslim woman, the first Egyptian-born woman and the first counter-terrorism expert to be elected to federal parliament. She was also most proba...
Inspector Singh Investigates: The Singapore School Of Villainy - Number 3 in series
Inspector Singh is home – and how he wishes he wasn’t. His wife nags him at breakfast and his superiors are whiling away their time by giving him his usual ‘you’re a disgrace to the force’ lecture. Fortunately for Singh, there is no rest for the wicked when he is called out to the murder of a senior partner at an international law firm, clubbed to death at his desk. Unfortunately for Singh,...
She Comes First - The Thinking Man's Guide to Pleasuring a Woman
As women everywhere will attest, men are “ill-cliterate.” Most guys know more about whatÂ’s under the hood of a car than under the hood of a clitoris. But in the world of “She Comes First,” the mystery of female satisfaction is solved and the tongue is proven mightier than the sword. According to sex therapist (and evangelist of the female orgasm) Ian Kerner, oral sex isnÂ’t just foreplay, itÂ...
In the Line of Fire - The Inside Story from the Lions Head Coach
Warren Gatland’s In the Line of Fire is the ultimate chronicle of this summer’s remarkable Lions tour to New Zealand – home of the fearsome All Blacks, the double world champions – which culminated in an historic and nerve-shredding series draw. The book is the Head Coach’s wonderfully candid and vibrant record of the withering ferocity, the turbulent peaks and troughs, the triumphs and desp...
The People Smuggler - The True Story Of Ali Al Jenabi
Robin de Crespigny’s The People Smuggler is the gripping, inspring story of one man’s escape from Saddam’s Iraq to become ‘the Oskar Schindler of Asia’. When Ali Al Jenabi flees Saddam Hussein’s 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 ...
The Only Story
Would you rather love the more; and suffer the more; or love the less; and suffer the less? That is; I think; finally; the only real question.First love has lifelong consequences; but Paul doesn’t know anything about that at nineteen. At nineteen; he’s proud of the fact his relationship flies in the face of social convention.As he grows older; the demands placed on Paul by love become fa...
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 `man’s best friend.’ In 2016, Dion Leonard, an ultramarathon runner, stumbled across a little stray dog while competing in a gruelling 15...
Shrinks - The Untold Story of Psychiatry
A world-renowned psychiatrist reveals the fascinating story of psychiatry’s origins, demise and redemption. Psychiatry has come a long way since the days of chaining ‘lunatics’ in cold cells and parading them as freakish marvels before a gaping public. But, as Jeffrey Lieberman reveals in his extraordinary and eye-opening book, the path to legitimacy for ‘the black sheep of medicine’ has b...
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/DC’s Back In Black is a special – and unli...
Prince Harry - The Inside Story
Prince Henry of Wales has emerged as the unexpected jewel in the crown of the modern British monarchy. Despite his unruly antics, for which heÂ’s made headlines all over the world, HarryÂ’s popularity rivals that of the Queen herself. Heartthrob and loveable rogue, he has won the publicÂ’s heart Duncan LarcombeÂ’s insightful and highly entertaining biography of the rebellious royal recalls HarryÂ...
Alice in Chains - The Untold Story
Alice in Chains were among the loudest voices out of Seattle. They were iconic pioneers who mixed grunge and metal in ways that continue to influence todayÂ’s artists, and theirs is a story of hard work, self-destruction, rising from the ashes, and carrying on a lasting legacy. Four years after their first meeting at a warehouse under SeattleÂ’s Ballard Bridge, Alice in Chains became the first of ...
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 Children’s Book Council of Austral...
Playing to Win - The Inside Story of Premiership Glory
Playing to Win reveals the intimate story of how Hawthorn, AustraliaÂ’s most successful football club over the past 60 years, won its 11th premiership.Award-winning author Michael Gordon takes the readerinside the room at the key moments during the highs and lows of HawthornÂ’s five-year journey, from an unexpected flag in 2008 to redemption in 2013 after a narrow defeat in 2012. He exposes how th...