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LIGHTNING RIDGE
In the 22nd edition of this book, Ion Idriess tells of his beginnings, of his childhood in Lismore, Tamworth and Broken Hill, of his apprenticeship in bushcraft, and of the growing love for the Australian Outback which illumines all his work. He tells of the jobs he had, - as rouseabout, horse breaker, horse tailer, shearer.
ISBN-13: 9781922384966 (Paperback)
Publisher: ETT IMPRINT
Imprint: ETT IMPRINT
Ion Idriess
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AUD $34.95
Stock: 8 in stock
Local release date: 23/10/2020
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Categories: Biography & True Stories [B]Biography: general [BG]Biography: historical, political & military [BGH]Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]True stories [BT]True stories: discovery / historical / scientific [BTH]

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Arnhem Umbrella
Major Digby Tatham Warter DSO
Major Digby Tatham Warter, the major who fought at Arnhem with umbrella and bowler hat, led a remarkable life. Known for his eccentric nature and bravery in battle, he played a prominent part in the ill-fated Operation Market Garden. Escaping from captivity, he devised a miraculous withdrawal through enemy lines before moving to Kenya.
ISBN-13: 9781781558829 (Hardback)
Publisher: FONTHILL
Imprint: FONTHILL
Neil Thornton
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AUD $80.99
Stock: 7 in stock
Local release date: 19/01/2023
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Categories: Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]Second World War [HBWQ]Battles & campaigns [JWLF]Netherlands [1DDN]c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) [3JJH]

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In the Line of Fire
Memories of a Documentary Filmmaker
In the Line of Fire is the personal memoir of Antony Thomas, a documentary filmmaker whose work has won international acclaim and many prestigious awards. From the full range of documentaries made over a fifty-two-year career, the author focuses on subjects that affected him deeply and remain relevant to this day; the pernicious effects of ......
ISBN-13: 9781914414336 (Hardback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS
Imprint: UNICORN PRESS
Antony Thomas
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AUD $61.99
Stock: 6 in stock
Local release date: 04/08/2022
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Categories: Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]

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Headhunters of the Coral Sea (Revised Edition)
The story of survivors of the shipwreck of the Charles Eaton in the Torres Strait in 1834, through the eyes of young John Ireland who befriends the Mer Islanders; and their eventual rescue.
ISBN-13: 9781923024755 (Paperback)
Publisher: ETT IMPRINT
Imprint: IMPRINT CLASSICS
Ion Idriess
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AUD $24.95
Stock: 4 in stock
Local release date: 01/03/2024
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Categories: Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]

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First Among Men
George Washington and the Myth of American Masculinity
In this accessible, detailed narrative, Valsania presents a full, complete portrait of Washington as readers have rarely seen him before: as a man, a son, a father, and a friend.
ISBN-13: 9781421444475 (Hardback)
Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Maurizio Valsania
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AUD $69.99
Stock: 4 in stock
Local release date: 10/02/2023
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Categories: Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]History of the Americas [HBJK]Gender studies, gender groups [JFSJ]

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1939-1945 As I Remember
The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry at War
A senior non-commissioned officer in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry describes the final years of mounted cavalry in the British Army. The regiment's campaigns in the Middle East, El Alamein, and the fight through Italy in 1944 are described by the author who is later commissioned; always working tirelessly to keep his regiment supplied in war.
ISBN-13: 9781781558652 (Hardback)
Publisher: FONTHILL
Imprint: FONTHILL
Leslie C. Wheeler, Stephen Keoghane
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AUD $80.99
Stock: 4 in stock
Local release date: 27/05/2022
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Categories: Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]Regiments [JWTR]c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) [3JJH]

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Understand the Weapon, Understand the Wound 2/e
Poems and letters about love, war and suffering from anti-fascist Byronic figure, killed during battle in 1936
ISBN-13: 9781784102487 (Paperback)
Publisher: CARCANET PRESS
Imprint: FYFIELD BOOKS
John Cornford
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AUD $24.99
Stock: 4 in stock
Local release date: 13/09/2016
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Categories: Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]

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Four Wars, Five Presidents
A Reporter's Journey from Jerusalem to Saigon to the White House
Terence Smiths memoir recounts his extraordinary journalistic career with The New York Times, CBS News and PBS, covering everything from the inner workings of the White House to fours wars and stories drawn from the daily lives of people in 44 countries. He also provides a first-hand account of the evolution of journalism from print to digital.
ISBN-13: 9781538160619 (Hardback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Terence Smith
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AUD $57.99
Stock: 2 in stock
Local release date: 15/10/2021
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Categories: Biography & True Stories [B]Biography: general [BG]Biography: historical, political & military [BGH]Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]

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A Bradford Pal
`It was Simply Heart Breaking' - From Mill Town to the Battlefields of F
This is the story of an individual soldier's service in a Pals battalion based on his 1916 diary and researched and presented by his son.
ISBN-13: 9781911604945 (Hardback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS
Imprint: UNICORN PRESS
John Broadhead
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AUD $44.99
Stock: 2 in stock
Local release date: 08/07/2019
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Categories: Autobiography: historical, political & military [BGHA]Diaries, letters & journals [BJ]First World War [HBWN]c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1) [3JJF]