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  • Surviving Death

    by Mark Johnston ...
    Series series Carl G. Hempel Lecture Series
    Why supernatural beliefs are at odds with a true understanding of the afterlifeIn this extraordinary book, Mark Johnston sets out a new understanding of personal identity and the self, thereby providing a purely naturalistic account of surviving death.Death threatens our sense of the importance of goodness. The threat can be met if there is, as Socrates said, "something in death that is better for ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Whispering Death

    Australian airmen in the Pacific War

    by Mark Johnston ...
    In Whispering Death, Mark Johnston, one of Australia's leading experts on World War II, explains vividly how more than 130,000 Australian airmen fought Japan from the Pacific War's first hours in 1941 to its last in 1945. They clashed over a vast area, from India to Noumea, Bass Strait to the Philippines. Merely flying over that region's boundless oceans and wild weather was dangerous enough for ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Australian Heroes of World War II

    Remarkable stories of battlefield courage

    by Mark Johnston ...
    When Australians defended against Rommel' s tanks at Tobruk and Alamein, tackled paratroopers landing among them on Crete, attacked French Foreign Legionnaires in Syrian forts, held off Japanese tanks in Malaya, fought hand-to-hand on the Kokoda Track, and took on well-hidden and tenacious Japanese soldiers in countless grim jungle locations, brave individuals risked everything to bring victory. ... Read more

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • My Kingdom For A Horse

    by Thomas Mark Johnston ...
    Scotland, 1585. Lord Warden is leading a troop of his clansmen back home. Pursued by Lord Maxwell, a battle of survival is about to commence. Meanwhile, Lady Margaret and her son, James eagerly await, looking out over the battlements of Lochwood Castle.The ensuing battle leads to a sequence of events that would reverberate down the ages through history. Referred to previously as border clans, The ... Read more

    $3.41 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Derrick VC in his own words

    The wartime writings of Australia's most famous fighting soldier of World War II

    by Mark Johnston ...
    Tom 'Diver' Derrick VC DCM was Australia's most famous fighting soldier of World War II. Derrick fought in five campaigns, won the highest medals for bravery, and died of wounds sustained while leading his men in the war's last stages. His career reached its climax on the jungle-clad heights of Sattelberg in New Guinea, where he won the Victoria Cross by spearheading the capture of seemingly ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Tree Experts

    A History of Professional Arboriculture in Britain

    by Mark Johnston ...
    Trees are now in the public eye as never before. The threat of tree diseases, the felling of street trees, and the challenge of climate change are just some of the issues that have put trees in the media spotlight. At the same time, the trees in our parks, gardens, and streets are a vital resource that can deliver environmental, social, and economic benefits that make our towns and cities ... Read more

    $38.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mark by Mercy

    by Mark Johnston ...
    From a very young age, Mark Johnston grew up around pubs, parties, drunks, drug addicts and criminals. He was a victim of physical, sexual, mental and emotional abuse. By the age of 19 Mark had attempted suicide numerous times and was put into 7 drug induced comas, self mutilated, planned on murdering other people, and was an extremely violent individual that detested life. Knocking at death's ... Read more

    $7.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • An Australian Band of Brothers

    Don Company, Second 43rd Battalion, 9th Division

    by Mark Johnston ...
    This riveting book follows a small group of Australian front-line soldiers from their enlistment in the dark days of 1940 to the end of World War II. No ordinary soldiers, they were members of Don Company of the Second 43rd Battalion, part of the famous 9th Australian Division, which sustained more casualties and won more medals than any other Australian division. Inspired by American historian ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Trees in Towns and Cities

    A History of British Urban Arboriculture

    by Mark Johnston ...
    This is the first book on the history of trees in Britain’s towns and cities and the people who have planted and cared for them. It is a highly readable and authoritative account of the trees in our urban landscapes from the Romans to the present day, including public parks, private gardens, streets, cemeteries and many other open spaces. It charts how our appreciation of urban trees and woodland ... Read more

    $28.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Street Trees in Britain

    A History

    by Mark Johnston ...
    The trees which line many of the streets in our towns and cities can often be regarded as part of a heritage landscape. Despite the difficult conditions of an urban environment, these trees may live for 100 years or more and represent ‘living history’ in the midst of our modern streetscapes. This is the first book on the history of Britain’s street trees and it gives a highly readable, ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • That Magnificent 9th

    An illustrated history of the 9th Australian Division 1940-46

    by Mark Johnston ...
    This is a unique and powerful visual history of the men who fought in the 9th Division, the most famous Australian division of World War II. Many never before published photographs, some from veterans' private collections, illustrate dramatic and moving stories of Tobruk, El Alamein, New Guinea and Borneo.The 9th Division gained renown as 'Rats of Tobruk' in 1941, were eulogised as 'that ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Secret Agent

    by Robyn Freedman Spizman, Mark Johnston ...
    LISTEN UP PEOPLE, because we've got a problem here. It's time to get really worried, and by that I mean majorly concerned, about Kyle Parker. he used to be a cool guy. Okay, not the smartest kid at school or the best looking, but he could always hold his own. Until recently. Until he failed to notice that Lucinda (who, btw, is really hot) has been following him around for weeks. Or that a ... Read more

    $7.99 USD