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“david wilcox”

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  • The Truckie Who Loved Trains

    The Biography of Ken Thomas, Founder of Thomas Nationwide Transport

    by David Wilcox ...
    This is the story of Ken Thomas, educated with two university degrees but nothing about trucks, who was mislead into buying a truck by a sham relative at the end of the Second World War.After this shaky start came problems with government regulations and road taxes. All the state governments wanted to protect their rail networks, so road and rail industries hated each other.Ken's father was a ... Read more

    $7.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Charlie Gold

    by Lisa M Billingham ...
    Illustrated by David Wilcox ...
    Meet Charlie Gold, a cute mongrel whose story begins at a rescue centre. He's busy trying to recover from being mistreated by his previous owners.When Charlie finds a loving new home with a soldier called Tom and his grandfather Maurice, he embarks on a new journey. Tom goes off to war, leaving Charlie and Maurice to bond. But when Tom comes home injured and Maurice passes away, everything changes ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Trophy Tree

    A Fictional Story of Illegal Immigration Along the U.S. and Mexico Border

    by David Wilcox ...
    Miguel is a man of the desert. He is reluctant to leave Las Flores, Mexico, where his family has worked and lived for generations. However, his wife, Maria, persists, believing they are no longer safe as the narco war spreads to Las Flores. She persuades Miguel they will find a better life in America. Leaving their baby with Miguel's parents, intending to return for him after joining her aunt and ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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    The Truckie Who Loved Trains

    The Biography of Ken Thomas

    by David Wilcox ...
    Narrated by Tony Saunders ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 30 min

    This is the story of an evolution. It covers the dramatic change in Australian transport over the twenty five years after World War Two. In that time so many important changes occurred. They include the sorting out of the railway gauge problems; the dieselisation of the railways; the Hughes and Vale road tax decision; the arrival of containers and roll-on roll-off shipping. Best of all, the ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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  • The Flying Kangaroo

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  • Setting the Record Straight

    A Political Memoir

    by Carl Scully ...
    In his political memoir, Carl Scully brings a confronting perspective to the challenges and obstacles an aspiring politician experiences daily to achieve political success — from the process of winning pre-selection, to campaigning for election, and once elected to retaining ministerial longevity, all while delivering significant road and rail infrastructure for the community.In this first hand ... Read more

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  • Waterfront

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    The colourful and exciting story of the larger-than-life characters who have populated Australia's docks, wharves and ports from the First Fleet to today - and the crime, violence and corruption that has always been present.Ever since the First Fleet dropped anchor, Australia's ports have been our opening to the world. They are also the breeding ground for many of Australia's most notorious ... Read more

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  • The Mighty 747

    Australia's Queen of the Skies

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  • Kerry Stokes: Self-Made Man

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    Kerry Stokes: Self-Made Man is the real, fascinating story behind the rabbits-to-riches ascendancy of one of Australia's most powerful men.Plucked from an orphanage as an infant, Kerry Stokes grew up in the slums and streets of post-Depression Melbourne with his itinerant, adoptive parents. As a boy he trapped, skinned and sold rabbits to make ends meet, and seemed destined to a life of hardship ... Read more

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