The Mascot (PB) by Mark Kurzem
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military
As a 5 year old during WWII, Alex watched from a tree as his family was murdered. After managing to survive in the woods for months he was found by the Latvian SS. Despite discovering he was Jewish, the SS adopted him as a mascot and made him promise never to reveal his true identity. He did, until one ...Show more
Deceptions of World War II: From camouflage techniques to deception tactics by Darman
$44.99 AUD
Category: Military
Discover the inner workings of the ingenious and outrageous acts of military subterfuge that took place during WWII. From fictitious spy networks feeding the enemy false information, to disguising an entire wartime industry, these incredible stories shed light on the deceptions – and their masterminds – ...Show more
Secret Heroes of World War II: Spies, scientists and other heroes by Eric Chaline
$44.99 AUD
Category: Military
Look behind the curtain and meet the engineers, resistance fighters, spies, physicists and more who committed incredible acts of heroism amidst the chaos and danger of WWII. From the priest who hid thousands of POWs and Jews in the Vatican, to the Antipodean servicewoman who led a formidable Resistance ...Show more
Shadowline: The Dunera Diaries of Uwe Radok by Seumas Spark (Editor); Jacquie Houlden (Editor)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military
In September 1939, Britain declared war on Germany, and the life of Uwe Radok, a young German-born engineer working in Scotland, changed forever. Classified as an ‘enemy alien’, Uwe was deported to Canada on the Arandora Star. When the ship was torpedoed, drowning more than 800, Uwe and his brothers sur ...Show more
The Chipilly Six: Unsung Heroes of the Great War by Lucas Jordan
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military
On 9 August 1918, on high ground overlooking the Somme River, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 Englishmen have fallen, for no gain.Meanwhile, two Australian sergeants, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews, go absent without ...Show more
The Witness: The fighting had ended but for Sandakan's most notorious prisoner the war was not over by Tom Gilling
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military
He did what he needed to survive . . . the story of Sandakan's most notorious POW At the Australian war crimes trials that followed World War II, one prosecution witness stood out: he was Sergeant-Major Bill Sticpewich. During Sticpewich's three years inside the infamous Sandakan POW camp, hundreds of A ...Show more
Veiled Valour: Australian Special Forces in Afghanistan and war crimes allegations by Tom Frame
$49.99 AUD
Category: Military
The Brereton report - the findings of a long-running inquiry into war crimes allegations involving members of the Australian Special Operations Task Group during their 2005-13 deployment to Afghanistan - was publicly released on 19 November 2020.Veiled Valour, from one of Australia's most respected mili ...Show more
Gona's Gone!: The Battle for the Beachhead New Guinea 1942 by David W. Cameron
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military
With the Australian troops crossing of the Kumusi River in mid-November 1942, after pushing the Japanese back along the Kokoda Track to the north coast of Papua New Guinea, the time had come to face the entrenched Japanese at their beachheads at Gona, Sanananda and Buna. The Japanese were determined to ...Show more
Great-Uncle Harry - A Tale of War and Empire by Michael Palin
$36.99 AUD
Category: Military
Michael Palin recreates the extraordinary life and tragic death of a First World War soldier - his great-uncle Harry. From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, Harry, who died in tragic circumstances, he was determined to find out more about him. T ...Show more
Lawrence of Arabia: The definitive 21st-century biography of a 20th-century soldier, adventurer and leader by Ranulph Fiennes
$36.99 AUD
Category: Military
An enthralling and illuminating biography of T. E. Lawrence - the inspiration for the iconic film Lawrence of Arabia - from "The World's Greatest Living Explorer" Ranulph Fiennes Co-opted by the British military, archaeologist and adventurer Thomas Edward Lawrence became involved in the 1916 Arab Revol ...Show more
Life So Full of Promise: Further Biographies of Australia’s Lost Generation by Ross McMullin
$49.99 AUD
Category: Military
Acclaimed historian and biographer Ross McMullin has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in this sequel to Farewell, Dear People, the winner of multiple awards, including the Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History. Life So Full of Promise, his second multi-biography about Aust ...Show more
Secret Agent, Unsung Hero: The Valour of Bruce Dowding by KEN PETER AND SPILLMAN DOWDING
$39.99 AUD
Category: Military
Young Australian teacher Bruce Dowding arrived in Paris in 1938, planning only to improve his understanding of French language and culture. Secret Agent, Unsung Hero draws on decades of research to reveal, for the first time, his coming of age as a leader in escape and evasion during World War II. Dowdi ...Show more