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  • The Nek

    A Gallipoli Tragedy

    by Peter Burness, Glyn Harper ...
    Series Book 1 - Anzac Battles Series
    One of the greatest tragedies in Australian military history occurred at Gallipoli on 7 August 1915, when hundreds of Australian light horsemen were repeatedly ordered to charge the massed rifles and machine-guns of the Turkish enemy. It was a hopeless endeavour, and the resulting bloodbath has horrified every generation since and been the subject of considerable scrutiny by historians. The charge ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Gallipoli

    A Ridge Too Far

    by Robin Prior, Stephen Bradley, Ashley Ekins, Peter Burness, Peter Pedersen, John Tonkin-Covell, Kenan Celik, Holger Afflerbach, Harvey Broadbent, Colonel Frederic Guelton, Elizabeth Greenhalgh, Rana Chhina, Rhys Crawley, Janda Gooding, Rober O'Neill ...
    For the first time showcasing a unique and extensive range of Australian War Memorial photographs, Gallipoli: a Ridge too far describes the pivotal events of that momentous year as they affected all the countries involved. The book combines fresh perspectives from the worlds leading authorities, including Turkish and German historians, together with soldiers letters and diary accounts. In early ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Best of Military Sampler

    by Ekins, Ashley, Stewart, Elizabeth, Burness, Peter ...
    Internationally recognised for publishing a range of military books written by Australian, New Zealand and International authors who, as experts in their fields, provide an absorbing insight into great and modern wars and their after effects. Exisle is proud to present a selection of extracts from a few of our bestselling titles. Featured titles include: War Wounds: Medicine and the trauma of ... Read more

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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

  • Cult Sci-Fi Movies

    Discover the 10 Best Intergalactic, Astonishing, Far-Out, and Epic Cinema Classics

    by Danny Peary ...
    Cult Sci-Fi Movies is a collection of 10 essays that examine, dissect, defend, and exalt the greats of classic cult sci-fi films. Film geeks, cinema snobs, VHS collectors, and anyone else who likes their entertainment a little on the weird side will appreciate author Danny Peary's in-depth approach to their favorite sci-fi films ranging from Barbarella to Liquid Sky. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Battle of El Alamein (True Combat)

    by Nigel Cawthorne ...
    In the heat and dust of the North African desert, British and Australian troops led by General Montgomery were waiting for an attack by Rommel’s Afrika Korps. The defences they had prepared required the Germans to run the gauntlet between six pounder anti-tank guns and dug-in tanks. Montgomery urged his men to victory with the words: “Everyone must be imbued with the desire to kill Germans...”Read ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Battle for Berlin (True Combat)

    by Nigel Cawthorne ...
    In the bunker, the Führer still believed he could win the war. The Russian Red Army was ruthlessly rolling from the east towards the gates of Berlin. Overhead, British and American bombers were attacking in force. While outside, the corpses of dead German deserters were hanging from the lamp-posts. Hitler’s death squads were in the streets to the very end...Read about the Race for Berlin between ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Battle of The Somme (True Combat)

    by Alexander Macdonald ...
    The Germans could not believe their eyes. The English infantry were advancing at walking pace in four upright ranks, a yard or so apart from each other. They were sitting ducks. As the German machine guns rattled into life, the English died in their hundreds. On the first day of the battle, those parade-ground advances caused the greatest number of casualties of any single day in the history of ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • D-Day Invasion (True Combat)

    by Nigel Cawthorne ...
    Just sixteen minutes into D-Day and their glider had already crash-landed onto the field. Scrambling out to storm the bridge, the young British soldiers began the fight of their lives. Five miles inside enemy territory, they ran headlong into the day that shaped the twentieth century, paving the way for the invasion of Normandy. There was no going back…Read about the daring capture of Pegasus ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Fighting them on the Beaches

    The D-Day Landings - June 6, 1944

    by Nigel Cawthorne ...
    This book tells the story of Operation Overlord, the largest and most meticulously planned seaborne invasion in the history of warfare.As dawn broke on 6 June 1944, thousands of Allied soldiers - American, British, Canadian, Free French and Polish - hit the Normandy beaches and stormed the German defenses of the Atlantic Wall. By Midnight, over 150,000 troops had been safely landed, and the ling ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • History's Greatest Battles

    Masterstrokes of War

    by Nigel Cawthorne ...
    Great battles mark history's turning points, occurring as they do where cultures and ideologies clash.While some battles have been won by the superior force, others have been won by a sheer dogged refusal to surrender in the face of overwhelming odds. Superior weaponry has sometimes brought victory, as at Plassey, while the superior generalship of a Napoleon, a Wellington, or a Marlborough has won ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • 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

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus