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“jim eames”

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  • The Flying Kangaroo

    Great Untold Stories of Qantas...The Heroic, the Hilarious and the Sometimes Just Plain Strange

    by Jim Eames ...
    Brings to full and rich life the extraordinary characters, events and challenges that have made Qantas an Australian icon.From its earliest days, Qantas has attracted its fair share of unusual challenges and unique characters. These are the stories of a great airline and the people who made it, told by a man who has Qantas blood running through his veins. They are hilarious, nostalgic, heroic and ... Read more

    $10.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Courage in the Skies

    The untold story of Qantas, its brave men and women and their extraordinary role in World War II

    by Jim Eames ...
    This is the extraordinary and little known story of Qantas' significant role during World War II, particularly in its campaigns against the Japanese.Between 1942 and 1943, Qantas lost eight aircraft during its involvement in Australia's war against the Japanese. Over sixty passengers and crew died as a result. Yet Qantas' exemplary contribution to Australia's war effort and the courage of its ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Red Tail Skies

    A big book of Qantas Stories

    by Jim Eames ...
    Heroic, hilarious and sometimes just plain weird . . . Jim Eames shares great Qantas stories from World War II to the age of the jumbo and beyond.**'These are stories of passion and dedication, of risk and resilience, of excellence and Australian larrikinism, of inventiveness and determination.' Captain Richard Champion de Crespigny on The Flying Kangaroo'Jim Eames captures the experiences of a ... Read more

    Was $13.99 USD Now $10.99 USD

  • The Mighty 747

    Australia's Queen of the Skies

    by Jim Eames ...
    The world's most iconic commercial aircraft, the Boeing 747, and its Australian story.'We have decided we must have the 747.' - Bert Ritchie, Qantas Chief Executive, 1967From its first Qantas flight in 1971, the Boeing 747 flew millions of people to Australia, overseas for work, back to their homelands, on holiday and out of danger. For most Australians, the 747 was their first experience of ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Taking to the Skies

    Daredevils, heroes and hijackings, great Australian flying stories

    by Jim Eames ...
    So how do you test drive a Jumbo? And why did a future civil aviation director once taxi a plane down Perth's main street to attend a ball?From the ridiculous to the downright dangerous, the story of Australian aviation is full of tales of adventure and nation building. It is also a story about tragedy and eccentric characters with wild larrikin spirits.In this surprising, fascinating and ... Read more

    $9.59 USD

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    by Zoe Boccabella ...
    A captivating true story that will speak to generations of Australians, from the author of Mezza Italiana.'Nonno Anni gives me a nudge. "You know, when I first came to Australia, I knew that my life would change forever."'Leaving the small village of Fossa in Italy in 1939 to meet a father he barely remembered in a place that was far from everything he knew, fifteen-year-old Annibale Boccabella ... Read more

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  • The Lost Man

    by Jane Harper ...
    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"I love Jane Harper's Australia-based mysteries." —Stephen KingTwo brothers meet in the remote Australian outback when the third brother is found dead, in this stunning new standalone novel from Jane HarperBrothers Nathan and Bub Bright meet for the first time in months at the remote fence line separating their cattle ranches in the lonely outback.Their third ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Gotta Love This Country!

    Great stories from around Australia to lift your heart, make you laugh and puff out your chest

    by Peter FitzSimons ...
    A celebration of chest puffing goodness and kindness from around the country written in inimitable Peter FitzSimon's style.You gotta love this country when an AFL legend takes his mum instead of his girlfriend to the Brownlow, when an Australian cricket captain joins a bunch of fourteen year olds for a bit of street cricket, when a bloke wins the Australian Marbles Championship after being ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Complete Book of Australian Flying Doctor Stories

    by Bill Marsh ...
    For the first time, Bill Marsh's terrific collection of outback yarns centred on the Royal Flying Doctor Service are available in one bumper volume.the Royal Flying Doctor Service is a unique icon of Australian culture. Since its beginnings with the Reverend John Flynn in 1928, the RFDS has helped build our nation. the Flying Doctors, and the remote stations and communities that they serve, have ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Great Australian Outback Police Stories

    by Bill Marsh ...
    Series series Great Australian Stories
    Yarns and memories that capture the experience of policing in the bush, gathered by the inimitable Bill 'Swampy' Marsh, bestselling author of GREAT AUSTRALIAN FLYING DOCTOR STORIES and GREAT AUSTRALIAN CWA STORIES.'I tell you, you meet some strange characters in this game ...'Boasting the biggest beats in the world -- some as large as France -- Australia's outback police have seen it all: natural ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Miss Me When I'm Gone

    A Novel

    by Emily Arsenault ...
    "A very clever wordsmith."— New York Times Book Review"Ms. Arsenault…reveals strange truths beneath everyday surfaces."— Wall Street JournalEmily Arsenault's first two novels, Broken Teaglass ("a beautifully written, engaging mystery" —Dorothy Allison) and In Search of the Rose Notes, received resounding critical acclaim. With her third, Miss Me When I'm Gone, she firmly re-establishes her ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shining: The Story of a Lucky Man

    by Abdi Aden, Robert Hillman ...
    A remarkably warm-hearted, uplifting and inspiring story of one boy's survival against the odds.Abdi's world fell apart when he was only fifteen and Somalia's vicious civil war hit Mogadishu. Unable to find his family and effectively an orphan, he fled with some sixty others,heading to Kenya. On the way, death squads hunted them and they daily faced violence, danger and starvation. After almost ... Read more

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