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Sir Henry Parkes: The Australian Colossus by Stephen Dando-Collins
45.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
May 27, 2015 brings the 200th anniversary of the birth of Sir Henry Parkes. After he died, the London Times described him as 'a colonial colossus.' Henry Parkes received little schooling and worked on a rope-walk, breaking stones, as an ivory and bone turner, ironmonger, labourer and on the wharves befo ...Show more
Sir Henry Parkes: The Australian Colossus by Stephen Dando-Collins
19.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
May 27, 2015 brings the 200th anniversary of the birth of Sir Henry Parkes. After he died, the London Times described him as 'a colonial colossus.' Henry Parkes received little schooling and worked on a rope-walk, breaking stones, as an ivory and bone turner, ironmonger, labourer and on the wharves befo ...Show more
Tank Boys by Stephen Dando-Collins
17.99 AUD
Category: Young Adult
Frankie and Taz didn't think about killing, or dying, when they lied about their age to join the Australian army. They thought the war was going to be a big adventure. Now they're marching to the front. Richard is another sixteen-year-old heading to war. He's inside the massive German tank Mephisto as i ...Show more
The Big Break: The Greatest American WWII POW Escape Story Never Told by Stephen Dando-Collins
35.99 AUD
Category: History
The story opens in the stinking latrines of the Schubin camp as an American and a Canadian lead the digging of a tunnel which enabled a break involving 36 prisoners of war (POWs). The Germans then converted the camp to Of lag 64, to exclusively hold US Army officers, with more than 1500 Americans ultima ...Show more
The Hero Maker: A Biography of Paul Brickhill by Stephen Dando-Collins
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The Dam Busters, The Great Escapeand Reach for the Skywere all written by Paul Brickhill, an Australian hero of WWII. 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of his birth and the 25th anniversary of his death.It was 1956 and the writer from Sydney's lower North Shore had every reason to feel blessed. Former jo ...Show more