Sisters in Captivity: Sister Betty Jeffrey OAM and the courageous story of Australian Army nurses in Sumatra, 1942–1945 by Colin Burgess
$34.99 AUD
Category: New Military History
For readers of Anzac Girls and The Nazis Knew My Name, the incredible account of Sister Betty Jeffrey OAM and the Australian war nurses who survived the bombing of hospital ship MV Vyner Brooke in February 1942, and subsequently spent three years in Japanese prison camps in Sumatra. During those perilou ...Show more
From Desk to Dugout - The Education of a Victorian ANZAC by Keith Hallett; Robyn Youl
$24.99 AUD
Category: New Military History
'Come see my little dugout - way up on the hill it stands, Where I can get a lovely view of Anzac's golden sands.' The Anzac Book was the finest 'trench publication' produced during the Great War and was an instant bestseller when first released in 1916. Created by soldiers under enemy fire and in extre ...Show more
Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle by Ben Macintyre
$35.00 AUD
Category: New Military History
The bestselling historian with the real story of WW2's 'inescapable' Nazi prison camp In a grim Gothic castle on a German hilltop, an unlikely band of prisoners plotted a daring escape from the clutches of their Nazi captors. Or so the story of Colditz has gone, unchanged and unchallenged for 70 years. ...Show more
Beyond the Battlefield by Catherine Speck
$64.99 AUD
Category: New Military History
Beyond the Battlefield provides a fascinating account of female creativity in America, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand during the turbulent era of twentieth-century conflict. This book looks at women artists' unique artistic portrayal of war at the front lines, as well as their documentation ...Show more
SAS: Rogue Heroes by Ben MacIntyre
$24.99 AUD
Category: New Military History
In the summer of 1941, at the height of the war in the Western Desert, a bored and eccentric young officer, David Stirling, came up with a plan that was radical and entirely against the rules- a small undercover unit that would inflict mayhem behind enemy lines. So began the most celebrated and mysterio ...Show more
The Happy Warrior: An Anthology of Australian Military Poetry by Paul Barrett, Kerry Boyd Collison
$29.99 AUD
Category: New Military History
This book is an important work of historical retrieval. The volume returns to these long forgotten rank-and-file bards both their voice and their moral stature in our folk literature. The lighter side of military life is not forgotten, for laughter really is a soldier's last line of defence, putting a m ...Show more
Biting Through: Fighting for Peace, Saving Lives, and Surviving Prison in Afghanistan by John Ratcliffe
$35.00 AUD
Category: New Military History
John Ratcliffe is a quiet man, not the type of person who stands out in a crowd or draws attention to himself. But scratch the surface and you will find a person who has lived anything but a normal life. Once belonging to a group of highly trained soldiers, Ratcliffe left the Australian military to purs ...Show more
At War with Waugh: The Real Story of <i>Scoop</i> by William F. Deedes
$22.00 AUD
Category: New Military History
A delightful book of memoir from one of Britain's most beloved journalists. One of Evelyn Waugh's most popular novels is Scoop. It is an exuberant, hilarious comedy of mistaken identity and a brilliant satire on Fleet Street and its relentless and hectic pursuit of hot news set during the Italo-Ethio ...Show more
What Soldiers Do An Australian Artilleryman in Vietnam by Gordon Pound
$44.99 AUD
Category: New Military History
Of the experiences of a young gunnery officer in the Australian Army, this book gives a vivid picture of what the Australian Army was like in those now far-off days. Many dramatic and funny events occurred, and this insight into a gunner's life fills a gap in the Australian experience of the Vietnam War ...Show more
Veils and Tin Hats - Tasmanian Nurses in the Second World War by Peter Henning
$55.00 AUD
Category: New Military History
More than 200 Tasmanian nurses enlisted in Australian and British military forces during the Second World War. They formed a cross section of Australian nurses who enlisted and in microcosm, their experiences replicated those of the whole with few exceptions. They were in the Middle East, Egypt, Greece ...Show more
Endurance: SAS Soldier. Polar Adventurer. Decorated Leader by Louis Rudd
$34.99 AUD
Category: New Military History
In 2018 Captain Louis Rudd MBE walked into the history books when he finished a solo, unsupported crossing of Antarctica, pulling a 130 kg sledge laden with his supplies for more than 900 miles. Louis' skills had been honed in the SAS, on operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, but now - in the most hostile ...Show more
Eleven Bats: A Story of Combat, Cricket and the SAS by Anthony 'Harry' Moffitt
$34.99 AUD
Category: New Military History
Anthony 'Harry' Moffitt spent more than twenty years in the SAS. His decades of service and his multiple tours in East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan made him one of the regiment's most experienced and recognised figures. Alongside the SAS, Harry's other lifetime love is cricket. An improvised game of cr ...Show more