In Search of Hobart by Peter Timms

Over My Dead Body

Winner, 2008 IP selections top Fiction AwardMarked through the occasions of the nice Flood of 1893 and the formation of the 1st miners’ unions, Over My useless physique is an Australian epic; a literary feat exemplifying a writer’s craftsmanship and commitment to bringing historical past alive. This booklet places Australia’s present resource-driven prosperity into context by means of displaying the each day struggles of normal employees simply attempting to get by way of.

The Man Who Loved Crocodiles and Stories of Other Adventurous Australians

The lives of twelve impressive Australians offer a desirable glimpse of a 'vanished and vanishing land' - revealing a mosaic of Australia over the last century. 'To pay attention the tale of somebody who has lived lengthy and good is a privilege past rate. it's a unusual and beautiful procedure to delve into one other person's existence; unusual simply because we frequently specialize in our personal lives, no longer others, exceptional simply because to find one other is to discover a treasure.

Ghost Platoon (Hachette Military Collection Book 1)

'thoroughly researched and compelling . . . a chilling account' - The solar HeraldAn eye-opening account of Australian strive against historical past, untold . . . previously. In 1969 a ragtag unit of 39 males have been thrown jointly at Nui Dat, Vietnam. It was once so slapdash a bunch it did not also have an officer or sergeant liable.

Ireland's New Worlds: Immigrants, Politics, and Society in the United States and Australia, 1815–1922 (History of Ireland & the Irish Diaspora)

Within the century among the Napoleonic Wars and the Irish Civil battle, greater than seven million Irish women and men left their place of birth to start new lives in another country. whereas the bulk settled within the usa, Irish emigrants dispersed around the globe, lots of them discovering their technique to one other “New World,” Australia.