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Castaway: The extraordinary survival story of Narcisse Pelletier, a young French cabin boy shipwrecked on Cape York in 1858 by Robert Macklin
$33.00 AUD
Category: Australian
The astonishing and unknown story of Narcisse Pelletier - a French cabin boy cast away in 1858 on the Daintree coast of far north Queensland, where he was adopted by the local Aborigines for 17 years - as a full member of the tribe, and had a family. He was then in effect kidnapped and returned to Franc ...Show more
Dark Paradise by Robert Macklin
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
Aren't remote South Pacific islands supposed to be paradise? Perhaps, from a distance, Norfolk Island looks a peaceful place lush with tall pines. But look closer and that idyllic facade is shattered. For all of the 220 years we have known it, Norfolk's story has been one of darkness, pain, rage and hor ...Show more
Fighting for Justice: The Donald Thomson Story by Robert Macklin
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
Donald Thomson at 10 years old was a lone figure in Melbourne’s Bayside with its billabongs and creeks meandering to the sea. In his ‘Naturalist’s Diary’, he recorded his collection of wildflowers to wattles, seabirds to tiny blue wrens, mammals to reptiles to fish and to insects of every shape and hue. ...Show more
Hamilton Hume: Our Greatest Explorer by Robert Macklin
$33.00 AUD
Category: Australian
While English-born soldiers, sailors and surveyors have claimed pride of place among the explorers of the young New South Wales colony, the real pathfinder was a genuine native-born Australian. Hamilton Hume, a man with a profound understanding of the Aboriginal people and an almost mystical relationshi ...Show more
Hamilton Hume: Our Greatest Explorer by Robert Macklin
$23.00 AUD
Category: Australian
'You almost feel you are taking that trek with the party as Robert Macklin cites the obstacles - torrential river crossings, dense bush, the Snowy Mountains and more. Macklin covers Hume's public and private life, emphasising his affinity with the country and rapport with the Indigenous people, as well ...Show more
My Favourite Teacher by Robert Macklin
$32.95 AUD
Category: Australian
In My Favourite Teacher high-profile Australians including childrens author Mem Fox, comedian Anh Do, retired Chief Justice Michael Kirby, broadcaster Alan Jones and The Chasers Julian Morrow, along with contributors from all walks of life, share very personal stories of their favourite teachers. Their ...Show more
One False Move by Robert Macklin
$35.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
It is a story of sheer courage and skill - incredible bravery combined with the precision of a surgeon - as these men defused deadly mines, often dropped in residential areas. The detonators were frequently booby trapped by the Nazis, and these Australians and their British colleagues came to recognise ...Show more
Redback One: The True Story of an Australian SAS Hero by Robert Macklin
$35.00 AUD
Category: War | Series: Hachette Military Collection
The command came: 'Stop those vehicles!' It was like a red rag to a bull. Instantly streams of 7.62mm tracer and 50mm calibre machine gun rounds arced across the night sky and smashed into the bus and truck. Elite SAS Patrol Commander Stuart 'Nev' Bonner takes us inside the extraordinary and dangerous w ...Show more
SAS Insider: An Elite SAS Fighter on Life in Australia s Toughest and Most Secretive Combat Force by Robert Macklin
$16.99 AUD
Category: Australian | Series: Hachette Military Collection
Clint Palmer has spent much of his adult life in the SAS and has fought in this elite military unit as it developed from its fledgling beginnings into the highly trained, specialised fighting force it is today. He is an insider with the long view and this is his unique story of life in the SAS. As a bus ...Show more
The Big Fella: The Rise And Rise Of BHP Billiton by Robert Macklin, Peter Thompson
$22.99 AUD
Category: Business & Economics
BHP is part of Australia's DNA; but it remains an enigma. This is the compelling story of how BHP and its partner Billiton rose from the humblest beginnings in the Australian Outback and on the Indonesian island of Belitung to starry heights on the great bourses of the world.
The Dragon and the Kangaroo by Robert Macklin
$33.00 AUD
Category: Australian
The fascinating story of the Chinese presence in and influence on this country - our intertwined history from colonial times to today. Chinese 'presence' in Australia extends from well before the time of Captain Cook - trading with northern Australia long before Europeans came here - right through to t ...Show more
Warrior Elite: Australia's Special Forces - From Z Force and the SAS to the Wars of the Future by Robert Macklin
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
WARRIOR ELITE is a unique and compelling account of Australia's special forces and intelligence operations - ranging from the early special forces of World War II to the establishment and development of the SAS and Commando Regiments as the elite fighters of today, and from the Australian Security Intel ...Show more
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