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  • The Southpaw, The Diva & The Diggers

    Australia's Forgotten Heroes

    by Peter Fenton ...
    During WWII Australia's sports lovers were denied access to national and international sport, something which had captivated them since long before Federation.The popularity of racing and prize fighting during this time was amazing. Two of the most admired sports heroes were a dynamic southpaw boxer named Vic Patrick and a thoroughbred equine diva named Flight. Their careers which ran side by side ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Olive Weston the Heroic Life of A WWII Nurse Nurse

    by Peter Fenton ...
    Olive Weston was born in townsville in 1926. A cream-skinned tomboy, she joined the Girl Guides, Junior Red Cross and VADs. Her ambition was to be a medical missionary working in New Guinea, where her grandfather owned gold mines. However, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor she decided her already considerable nursing skills should be redirected. Putting up her age, she was seconded to the ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Eyeing the Flash

    The Education of a Carnival Con Artist

    by Peter Fenton ...
    A fascinating insider's view of the carnival underworld—the cons, the double-dealing, the quick banter, and, of course, the easy money. The story of a shy middle-class kid turned first-class huckster, Peter Fenton's coming-of-age memoir is highly unorthodox, and utterly compelling.The year is 1963, the setting is small-town Michigan. At age fifteen, Peter Fenton is a gawky math whiz schoolboy with ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • They Called Him Boy

    by Peter Fenton ...
    Andrew ‘Boy’ Charlton is one of our all-time greatest swimming champions.With a Foreword by Grant Hackett.Andrew 'Boy' Charlton set his first world record as a school boy. He became an Olympic and World Champion in the 1500m swim, and like Grant Hackett, in a number of shorter distances. He medalled in the 1500m in 1924, 1928 and 1932. In between each Olympics he retired and stopped competing to ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

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  • My Story

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    The best-selling autobiography of Australia's favourite military leader and Australia's newest Governor-General.the best-selling autobiography of Australia's favourite military leader and Australia's newest Governor-General. 'this book is my personal story, from boyhood to battlefield and beyond, written in my own words, reflecting on my life.' In 1999, General Peter Cosgrove was thrust into the ... Read more

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  • The Voice

    My Story

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    Ray 'Rabbits' Warren is the legendary voice of Australian sports commentary. People tell him he must have drunk a bottle of scotch and smoked a packet of cigarettes every day to have the voice that he has. That's not the case – at least, not anymore . . .The son of a railway worker, Ray placed his first bet on a horse called Playboy at the age of just six, and won. A lifelong love of the track – ... Read more

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