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Michael Veitch
For more than a century and a half, a grim tale has passed down through Michael Veitch’s family: the story of the Ticonderoga, a clipper ship that sailed from Liverpool…
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The incredible untold World War II story of Australian hero Barney Greatrex - from Bomber Command to French Resistance fighter.
A school and university cadet in Sydney, Barney Greatrex signed…
The epic World War II story of Australia’s 75 Squadron - and the 44 days when these brave and barely trained pilots fought alone against the Japanese.
The epic World War II story of the heroes of Australia’s 75 Squadron - and the 44 days when these brave and barely trained pilots fought alone against the Japanese.
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From acclaimed author Michael Veitch comes this compelling, vivid history of the secret army of civilians who worked with the Australian Defence Force during World War II as ‘Coast Watchers’…
Fly is Michael Veitch’s second collection of 24 interviews with pilots, navigators and gunners - now all in their 80s - who flew during the Second World War.
Here are…
In March 1943, in the sky and sea near New Guinea, Australian and American pilots faced some of the darkest days of World War II. Bestselling author Michael Veitch (Turning…
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Every veteran has a story. Sometimes these stories become part of family folklore. Sometimes they are too terrible to speak of. In April 1943 Cyril Burcher bombed a German U…
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Bass Strait has over fifty cold, dark islands that are regularly pounded by atrocious weather and hardly visited. These islands are rich in atypical Australian history: sealers, lighthouse keepers, aboriginal…
In March and April 1942, RAAF 75 Squadron bravely defended Port Moresby for 44 days when Australia truly stood alone against the Japanese. This group of raw young recruits scrambled…
The incredible untold World War II story of Australian hero BARNEY GREATREX - from Bomber Command to French Resistance fighter.
The riveting story of one of the most calamitous voyages in Australian history, the plague-stricken sailing ship Ticonderoga that left England for Victoria with 800 doomed emigrants on board.
Told for the first time, this is the epic story of the Milne Bay campaign of 1942 - which saw Japanese land forces suffer their first defeat of the war…
Between mainland Australia and Tasmania lie the islands of Bass Strait - cold, dark, pounded by atrocious weather and hardly ever visited. But they have long fascinated adventurer, bird watcher…
A Coastwatcher's work is ... to sit in hiding like a spider, right in the web of the enemy, unseen and unheard. We became the eyes and ears of the…
This compelling, fascinating collection of wartime stories, is also a personal story of the author’s passion for the subject, and his search for these old veterans.
During World War II, thousands of young men left offices, farms and classrooms to learn to fly and fight in the greatest conflict the world has ever seen. How do…
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Veitch’s life-long obsession with the aircraft of the Second World War led him to conclude that every single person who flew, or flew in them has at least one extraordinary…
Every veteran has a story. Sometimes these stories become part of family folklore. Sometimes they are too terrible to speak of.
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John Ahern
It’s a life-changing trip. Take it!
John Ahern had a high-flying job, big house, loving wife and two great kids. But if this was success, why did he sense he…
Tess Evans
A tender, sweet and funny novel from bestselling novelist Tess Evans. A delightful, sweet and funny novel from bestselling novelist Tess Evans, MERCY STREET tells the heartwarming story of curmudgeonly…
Gary Crew
Two unsolved murders; a father in denial; a lover who knows too much, and a boy who speaks with the dead. From award-winning author, Gary Crew, comes this macabre tale…
Robert Drewe
TRADE EDITION: Now a motion picture titled Ned Kelly starring Heath Ledger. Our Sunshine is the tale of a man whose story outgrew his life. Robert Drewes strikingly imaginative re-creation…
Tim Winton
Divorced and unemployed, he’s lost faith in everything precious to him. Holed up in a grim highrise, cultivating his newfound isolation, Keely looks down at a society from which he’s…
From the Booker shortlisted author of Dirt Music and Cloudstreet, Eyrie is a heart-stoppingly moving novel for our times.
