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Adventurers, Pioneers and Misfits: Australia's Most Amazing True Life Stories by Jim Haynes
29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
From an eccentric musical genius to an escaped convict who ended up Japan, Jim Haynes reveals some of Australia's most amazing, and sometimes unbelievable, true life stories
Australia's Most Unbelievable True Stories by Jim Haynes
32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
From Jim Haynes, one of our most successful and prolific tellers of yarns and bush tales, comes this ultimate collection of unbelievable true Australian stories: the unknown, the forgotten, and the surprising. The result of decades of researching popular Aussie culture and history and yarning to mates a ...Show more
Australia's Most Unbelievable True Stories by Jim Haynes (Read by)
39.95 AUD
Category: Audio Books
The ultimate collection of unbelievable true Australian stories: the unknown, the forgotten, and the surprising
Best Australian Drinking Stories by Jim Haynes
29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
The story of Australia's almost-250-year love affair with alcohol told with yarns, verse, anecdotes and surprising historical narratives "It seemed like a good idea...at the time." --the lament of many a morning after Rum, beer, scotch, wine, beer and more beer. For nearly 250 years Australian history ...Show more
Best Australian Racing Stories by Jim Haynes
29.99 AUD
Category: Sport
Ever since he was a kid, Jim Haynes has been captivated by the exciting and colorful world of horse racing. Whether it's the love of a satin-coated thoroughbred, the scurrying touts and coat-tuggers, the surge of a last minute betting plunge in the ring, or the thrill of a close-fought finish that takes ...Show more
Best Australian Racing Stories: From Archer to Makybe Diva by Jim Haynes
19.99 AUD
Category: Sport
The finest collection of writing about horse racing includes short stories, verse and anecdotes from some of Australia's best-loved writers.
Great Australian Rascals, Rogues and Ratbags: Australia's most colourful criminal characters by Jim Haynes
32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
An incredible collection of true crime characters from Australia's master storyteller. The bold, the bad and the slightly mad . . . in Great Australian Rascals, Rogues and Ratbags, Jim Haynes brings us fifteen larger-than-life Aussies - some of the greatest, and most unknown, ne'er do wells from Austral ...Show more
Great Australian Scams, Cons and Rorts: A Book of Dodgy Schemes and Crazy Dreams from the Bush to the City by Jim Haynes
29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
Australia is the birthplace and setting of some of the wildest, craziest and least-likely-to-succeed cons and rorts in history. From the cleverest double-crosses to the most unlikely and maddest schemes, master storyteller Jim Haynes reminds us that we've never been shy of pulling a trick or two.So how ...Show more
Great Furphies of Australian History: What you really need to know - the truth behind the myths by Jim Haynes
29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
Jim Haynes upturns some of the long-held myths of Australian history with surprising results. With all the skills of the master storyteller that he is, Jim Haynes exposes some of the great myths of Australian history. Did you know that Portuguese and Spanish explorers probably found the east coast of Au ...Show more
The Best Australian Bush Stories by Jim Haynes
22.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
Stories that take us from the Mallee to the back of Bourke and beyond, an indispensable collection about the enduring appeal of the Australian bush.
The Best Australian Sea Stories: Our Land is Girt by Sea by Jim Haynes
29.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies
The deep blue sea has been an endless source of inspiration, wonder and imagination to explorers and writers alike. Australia's history and national character has been defined by the fact that we live on an isolated island continent girt by sea. Best Australian Sea Stories is full of fascinating history ...Show more
The Big Book of Australian Racing Stories: Great Tales of the Turf from Jorrocks to Black Caviar by Jim Haynes
32.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
Jim Haynes, Australia's favourite tale teller, loves the sport of kings as much as he loves Aussie yarns and bush verse. From country picnic tracks to the thoroughbred racecourses of Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, from Archer to Black Caviar, from the mysterious punter Louis the Possum to the great tra ...Show more