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Caesar the War Dog (#1) by Stephen Dando-Collins
16.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers | Series: Caesar the War Dog | Reading Level: 15+ years
This hero has four paws and a wagging tail! Based on the true stories of heroic military and service dogs who save countless lives. At the kennels, Caesar the chocolate labrador doesn't look special. But Corporal Ben Fulton sees something different - an intelligent dog whose curiosity will make him an e ...Show more
Crack Hardy by Stephen Dando-Collins
19.99 AUD
Category: History
Dando-Collins adroitly interweaves a compelling family history with the broader canvas of the Anzacs. Crack Hardyis a fine and important book.This is the true story of three Australian soldiers, the Searle brothers. One brother was killed at Gallipoli, another on the Western Front. One came home a decor ...Show more
Cyrus The Great: Conqueror, Liberator, Anointed One by Stephen Dando-Collins
32.99 AUD
Category: History
Cyrus the Great was one of the most influential figures in history – an enlightened ruler and brilliant general who created the Persian Empire, the largest empire known to man to that time. This concise and telling biography is the first for Cyrus and is especially relevant in the 2020 presidential elec ...Show more
Heroes of Hamel: The Australians and Americans whose WWI victory changed modern warfare by Stephen Dando-Collins
34.99 AUD
Category: WWI & WWII
The battle of Hamel was remarkable for its speed, the tactics employed, numerous acts of extreme bravery, and the fact that for the first time in history American troops fought under Australian command. The Battle of Hamel,explores the preparations and ramifications for this blitzkreig and the parts pla ...Show more
Mistaken Identity: The Trials of Joe Windred by Stephen Dando-Collins
34.95 AUD
Category: History
Mistaken identity haunted Joseph Windred. It saw him wrongly convicted on two continents, and almost cost him his life. But every time fate knocked him down, Joe got up, and came back stronger. His fighting spirit would make him a hero, and see him strike it rich. Little did the people of Orange NSW kno ...Show more
Mr Showbiz: The Biography of Robert Stigwood by Stephen Dando-Collins
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Born in Port Pirie, South Australia and moving to the UK in the 1950s where he soon established a theatrical agency, at the height of his success, in the 1970s, Robert Stigwood 'Stiggy' was the entertainment industry's most powerful tycoon. He came to renown managing the careers of the Bee Gees, Cream a ...Show more
Operation Chowhound : The Most Risky, Most Glorious US Bomber Mission of WWII by Stephen Dando-Collins
42.99 AUD
Category: WWI & WWII
Beginning with a crazy plan hatched by a suspect prince, and an even crazier reliance on the word of the Nazis, Operation Chowhound was devised. Between May 1 and May 8, 1945, 2,268 military units flown by the USAAF, dropped food to 3.5 million starving Dutch civilians in German-occupied Holland. It too ...Show more
Seven Against Thebes The Quest of the Original Magnificent Seven by Stephen Dando-Collins
32.99 AUD
Category: Mythology | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
Oedipus, who famously killed his father and married his mother, solving the riddle of the Sphinx to become king of Thebes. His devastated wife Jocasta. Their sons, the power-hungry Eteocles and the betrayed Polynices. Their loyal sisters Antigone and Ismene. And the Seven, most famous warrior band in Gr ...Show more
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
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
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