The Startling Story of Lachlan Macquarie - Founding Fat...
Ages 9 & Up The story of Lachlan Macquarie is an important ...
From Third World To First - The Singapore Story: 1965-2...
Few gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was ...
My James - The Heartrending Story of James Bulger by Hi...
James Bulger was just a few weeks shy of his third birthday ...
The Really Big Treehouse Boxed Set - (the 13-Story Tree...
Full of zany illustrations and slapstick humor, the first th...
Impossibility of Performance: A Treatise on the Law of ...
Impossibility of Performance: A Treatise on the Law of Super...
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
A hilarious retelling of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Sciesz...
Kevin Bridges: The Full Story Box Set DVD
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region...
Kevin Bridges: The Full Story Box Set DVD
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region...
Stephen Curry - The Inspirational Story of Basketball S...
Discover The Inspirational Story of Basketball Superstar Ste...
First Footprints - The Epic Story of the First Australi...
Some 60,000 years ago, a small group of people landed on Aus...
The Startling Story Of Lachlan Macquarie - Founding Father Or Fai
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...
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...
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...
Stone Cold - The Extraordinary Story of Len Opie, Australia's Deadliest Soldier
‘If I’d have been a Vietcong you’d be dead.’ – Len Opie ’Len was a soldier above soldiers.’ – Keith Payne VC Through three wars across 30 years, Len Opie carved a reputation as one of the country’s greatest infantrymen. A cold-eyed killer who drank nothing stronger than weak tea, he fought with his bare hands, a sharpened shovel and piano wire. He was a larrikin who went by the book, un...
Something in the Blood - The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula
An “essential examination” (New York Times Book Review), this revelatory biography exhumes the haunted origins of the man behind the immortal myth. In this “sumptuous” (Publishers Weekly) portrait of the man who birthed an undying cultural icon, David J. Skal “pulls back the curtain to reveal the author who dreamed up this vampire” (Time). “A fascinating character whose own anxieties and ...
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...
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 Kenny’s State apology to...
Wombat and Fox - the Whole Story
‘There’s only one thing better than a summer holiday and that’s spending a summer holiday with Wombat and Fox. This book’s got everything … Wombat and Fox rocks!’ – Andy Griffiths Wherever Wombat and Fox go, trouble is never far behind. They like to live on the edge. Well, actually, Wombat likes to live on the edge – Fox likes to stay well back from the edge. But the city is a surprising ...
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 it’s never easy. So when Maggie Groff embarks as a student nurse at London’s King’s College Hospital she must quickly get to grips with the demands of her chosen career. It’s sin...
Penguin And The Lane Brothers - The Untold Story Of A Publishing Revolution
An intimate partnership of three brothers – Allen, Richard and John Lane – lay at the heart of Penguin Books, the twentieth century’s greatest publishing house. In a spirit of daring and creative opposition, the brothers issued quality books on a massive scale and at minuscule prices – and achieved a revolution in publishing. The Lane boys did their best thin...
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...
Sounds Appealing - The Passionate Story of English Pronunciation
It’s not what you say, it’s the way that you say it … There have long been debates about ‘correct’ pronunciation in the English language, and Britain’s most distinguished linguistic expert, David Crystal, is here to set the record straight. Sounds Appealing tells us exactly why, and how, we pronounce words as we do. Pronunciation is integral to communication, and is tailored to meet the de...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
The Duchess - The Untold Story - the Explosive Biography, as Seen in the Daily Mail
THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER `The last untold account of the biggest crisis to hit the royals since the abdication Â… Explosive biography by BritainÂ’s top royal author Â… A gripping story of human frailty, love, loss, sadness, and tragedyÂ’ Daily Mail In her relationship with Charles that has survived for more than forty years, CamillaÂ’s story has seen a great many myths. This book is the d...
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...