Peter Thompson: 41 books

'When Peter Thompson, master of the broadcasting art, turns his attention to the nuts and bolts of persuasion, the result is precisely what you d expect: lucid, comprehensive and intensely practical.' Hugh Mackay, Author of The Good Listener 'As soon as you move one step up from the bottom,...

This translation of Exile and Helplessness marks the introduction to the English-speaking world of Nabile Farès’ great trilogy, La Découverte du nouveau monde (The Discovery of the New World). An experimental work set in the time just after Algeria’s war with France, Exile...

Another set of seemingly routine accounts to be signed off. Peter was more interested in the attractive girl who dropped them on his desk than in the paperwork.....but there was one curious item; suddenly his career is in ruins, his relationships ruined, he is a wanted man. He has to find out why...

The never-before-told story of BHP Billiton's global conquests, told by the key players. BHP is part of Australia's DNA; but it remains an enigma. The Big Fella: The rise and rise of BHP Billiton is the compelling story of how BHP and its partner Billiton rose from the humblest beginnings in...

How Australia and her allies defeated the Japanese. Pearl Harbor; The Fall of Singapore; Curtin's Fight With Churchill; The Bombing Of Darwin; POW Camps; The Battle of Midway; Kokoda; Buna; Kamikaze Pilots; Hiroshima... These words alone are enough to convey the terror, courage and drama of...

The Fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 is a military disaster of enduring fascination. For the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the island, Peter Thompson tells the explosive story of the Malayan campaign, the siege of Singapore, the ignominious surrender to a much smaller Japanese force,...

The success of Harry Bell's hi-tech surveillance operations during the Australian Federal Police's recent Project Orion had attracted significant interest from both sides of the law. Depriving a Mafia mastermind of half a billion dollars of drugs-trafficking and money-laundering profits brings a swift...

Pflanzensamen sind meist kleine und unscheinbare Gebilde, die unseren Blicken verborgen sind – nichts als winzige Körnchen. Und doch haben sie unsere Entwicklung bestimmt und hatten Einfluss darauf, wo und wie wir leben. Aber nicht nur unsere wichtigsten Nahrungsmittel sind Samen – man denke...

Print version of the book includes free access to the app (web, iOS, and Android), which offers interactive Q&A review plus the entire text of the print book! Please note the app is included with print purchase only. Written by an award-winning practicing school psychologist, this thoroughly...

The Los Angeles Times called him a "counterculture icon," and TV Guide dubbed him one of "TV's Ten Most Powerful Stars," but true aficionados simply call him "The Hoff." Don't Hassel the Hoff follows David Hasselhoff's phenomenal career, from his earliest childhood...

AT LAST the full story of Diana, Princess of Wales with moving accounts of her life from those who knew her best – what made her laugh, what made her cry.  Princes William and Harry say that not a day goes by without them thinking of their beloved mother as they do their best to draw a veil over...

An Australian commando officer, Harry Bell, barely escapes death from a roadside bomb in Iraq. He returns home and adapts his security and surveillance technology to fight a new battle against global criminal organisations operating in drugs trafficking and money-laundering scams.A serial killer scientist...

ìThis guide is direct and practical. You will find out exactly where you are weakest in knowledge so that your studying can be most directed. I exceeded the NASP passing score AND the national average on my first try at the praxis 400 exam-- using this book as my 'Bible' (and I am "only"...

From Tobruk to the Battle of Crete - the new bestseller from the author of Pacific Fury. Anzac Fury commemorates the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe when 8900 Anzac prisoners of war captured in Greece and Crete were released from captivity. In 2010 it will be exactly 70...