Big Sky Publishing: 104 books

'The dead and wounded of the 47th lay everywhere underfoot' With these words Charles Bean, Australia's Official War Historian, described the battlefield of Dernancourt on the morning of the 5th of April, 1918, strewn with the bodies of the Australian dead. It was the final tragic chapter in the story...

Combat Medic is a personal account of one Australian soldier who found himself at the centre of events that shocked the world, and the personal toll that he paid. On the 22nd of April 1995 more than 4,000 Rwandans were massacred and thousands more injured in a place called Kibeho. No one who walked away from that day was ever the same again.

Pure Massacre is a compilation of perspectives from a group of Australian UN peacekeepers who where sent to Rwanda under a United Nations mandate. Kevin OHalloran, a Platoon Sergeant at the time, stresses the weaknesses of the UN charter and what happens when good men do nothing.

The aim of Stickman Rules!- Lets DO Well is to provide children with a resource for all the tricky questions they may have concerning cancer. Being such a scary word and not something that people talk about freely, children can sometimes become quite fearful when someone they love gets sick. Children...

Pieces of Me is a beautifully written, informative and thought-provoking account of Veronicas journey from initial diagnosis with the BRCA2 breast cancer gene to her decision to remove her healthy breasts.

Below the shattered ground that separated the British and German infantry on the Western Front in the First World War an unseen and largely unknown war was raging fought by miners tunnellers as they were known. They knew that at any moment their lives could be extinguished without warning by hundreds...

Dust, Donkeys and Delusion examines and clinically debunks the myth that has grown up around Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the so-called Man with the Donkey, the quintessential Australian hero of Gallipoli. While the various elements of the Simpson myth have now become popularly accepted as history,...

Pioneers of Australian Armour tells the story of the only Australian mechanised units of the Great War. The 1st Australian Armoured Car Section, later the 1st Australian Light Car Patrol, and the Special Tank Section were among the trailblazers of mechanisation and represented the cutting edge of...

One of the shortest lived and most battle hardened of the 1st Australian Imperial Forces battalions the 47th was formed in Egypt in 1916 and disbanded two years later having suffered one of the highest casualty rates of any Australian unit. Their story is remarkable for many reasons. Dogged by command...

So wrote an Australian prisoner-of-war Corporal Lancelot Davies only recently taken prisoner at the first battle of Bullecourt on 11 April 1917. For him like another 1200 Australians captured at Bullecourt the future was indeed blank and unpredictable. The experiences of Australian prisoners of war (POWs)...

In 1915, news of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landing and the slaughter at Gallipoli stirred tens of thousands of young men to go to war.They answered the call and formed battalions of the Australian Imperial Force. By the time the new recruits were combat ready, the campaign at Gallipoli...

During World War II Australia was under threat of invasion. Could Australia be invaded by the Japanese? Even with the heavy censorship by the government many certainly thought so. Stunned families had followed the bombings and atrocities of war that were taking place in Europe, and the nation was...

Four Green Houses and a Red Hotel provides new and experienced investors with a specific state by state guide to the best property investments for future wealth. Australians have a passion for real estate with well over one million owning investment property, and many more looking to take their first...

Pete Wargent used shares, index funds and investment property to become a millionaire at the age of 33 and quit fulltime work. His new book is a detailed plan for achieving financial freedom at any age by taking control of your finances and implementing a holistic financial strategy. The global financial...