Against the Rising Sun

By

Jeff Steel

An Australian POW’s Survival: From Changi to Nagasaki Volunteer Australian soldier Don Graham, part of the greatest military disaster in the British Empire’s history, like many returned soldiers, rarely talked...
Documentary, History, Non Fiction
Never Forgotten vol 2 Honouring our Veterans from Vietnam to Afghanistan.”

By

Dave Morgan

After the success of author Vietnam veteran David Morgan’s first collection, ‘Never Forgotten’ of veteran stories, he was contacted by a number of past service men and women, asking him...
History, Non Fiction
The House of Blue Glass

By

Alan Atkinson

The author, Alan Atkinson, is a Historian with post graduate degrees from four universities. He has been a Fullbright Scholar and is the author of books on Australian history. His...
Biographies, History, Non Fiction
Fuji: A Mountain in the Making

By

Andrew W. Bernstein

(Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute)              Mount Fuji is one of the most recognisable mountains in the world. Part of the “Ring of Fire” that circles the Pacific,...
Documentary, History, Non Fiction, Science
Secret Maps

By

Tom Harper .Nick Dykes. Magdalena Peszko.

How they Conceal and Reveal the World  For those people who love maps Secret Maps is the most interesting collection. It is unique in that it claims the 150 rare...
Documentary, History, Non Fiction
Convicts, Crimes and Tragic Times

By

Tony Matthews.

Dark Days of Old Australia  Historian and author Tony Matthews’s latest meticulously researched book “Convicts, Crimes and Tragic Times Dark Days of Old Australia” not only gives the reader insight...
History, Non Fiction
The Little Book of Trolls

By

Carolyne Larrington

Carolyne Larrington is an Emeritus Professor of Medieval European literature at Oxford University. She has published a book of Dragons in this series now followed by The Little Book of...
History, Non Fiction
The Little Book of Dragons

By

Carolyne Larrington

What an absolute delight The Little Book of Dragons and is an absolute delight for all those older children and adults who have always had a soft spot for a...
History, Literature, Non Fiction
The Queen’s Atlas: Saxton’s Elizabethan Masterpiece

By

David Fletcher

The Queen’s Atlas is a book of great beauty. The maps are wonderfully reproduced in colour, and the many documents and pictures all contribute to an extraordinary historical story about...
History, Non Fiction, Science
No Heil Hitler

By

Paul Cieslar and Jeff Steel

A True Story of Faith, Courage, and Defiance in Nazi-Occupied Poland Award winning authors Paul Cieslar and Jeff Steel’s fascinating book ‘No Heil Hitler!’ is not only an inspirational memoir...
Documentary, History, Non Fiction
Code of Silence: How Australian Women Helped Win the War”

By

Diana Thorpe

Australian men’s war time service has generally been well documented; however, this is not the case of the dedicated women, who were entrusted with the complex work of decoding and...
Documentary, History, Non Fiction
Miracula

By

Paul Chrystal

Weird and Wonderful Stories of Ancient Greece and Rome Paul Chrystal has an astonishing knowledge of little-known ancient texts that were often boring and long winded. He has taken the...
History, Non Fiction