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The Flying Kangaroo
Great Untold Stories of Qantas...The Heroic, the Hilarious and the Sometimes Just Plain Strange
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
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 sometimes even odd.
They...
Flying the Knife Edge
New Guinea Bush Pilot
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2015
Sometimes it’s not about the destination...it’s about the journey.
‘Flying the Knife Edge’ is the story of an ordinary man experiencing extraordinary things as a pilot in Papua New Guinea in the 1990s.
After an untimely exit from the Royal New Zealand Air Force, Matt McLaughlin...
The Bangkok Connection
Trafficking heroin from Asia to the USA
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2017
Leslie “Ike” Atkinson is one of U.S. history’s most original gangsters. According to law enforcement sources, he and his gang smuggled, by conservative estimates, 1,000 pounds of heroin annually from Bangkok, Thailand, to U.S. military bases during their period of operation from 1968 to 1975.
The...
Voyagers of the Titanic
Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came From
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
“An astonishing work.”
—Julian Fellowes, Creator and Executive Producer of “Downton Abbey”
“A book well worthy of marking the centenary of the crystal-clear night when the immense ship slid to her terrible doom.”
—Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor...
In the South
Tales of Sail and Yearning
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
It begins with two wooden boats: the schooner designed by L. Francis Herreshoff and Bruce Kirbys sharpie ketch. From these two float tales of then and now stories of sail and sea in the Australian south, of design and artistic craftsmanship, builders, teacher-mentors, sprung planks, loss and the rescue...
by Steve Orlandella
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2018
TITANIC is Steve Orlandella's masterpiece. His love affair with those in peril on the sea that fateful night started when he was a young boy. He saw every film made, read most books on the subject, and spent couple of years writing this book, obsessed with “The Convergence of the Twain.” He wanted...
The Hungarians
A Thousand Years of Victory in Defeat
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
The Hungarians is the most comprehensive, clear-sighted, and absorbing history ever of a legendarily proud and passionate but lonely people. Much of Europe once knew them as "child-devouring cannibals" and "bloodthirsty Huns." But it wasn't long before the Hungarians became steadfast...
by Matthew Condon
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Journalist and novelist Matthew Condon has crafted the definitive account—a searing story of greed, crime, and corruption—of an era that changed Queensland society; an impact that reverberates across the country to this day. In 1949, a young Terence Murray Lewis graduated from the police academy,...
Up Came a Squatter
Niel Black of Glenormiston, 1839–1880
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Niel Black, a Scot from Argyllshire, arrived in Melbourne in September intending to make his fortune. Ambitious and determined, Black became one of the most successful and energetic squatters in the Western District of Victoria – a livestock breeder and a Member of the Legislative Council. He was...
New Zealand - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Culture Smart! New Zealand offers insights into a country that is reflecting on its identity, having shed its colonial past and now moving from a bicultural society (Maori and European) toward a new multiculturalism. Despite the challenges ahead, New Zealand society is resilient, underpinned by the...
CultureShock! New Zealand
A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2009
CultureShock! New Zealand takes reorders to the Land of the Long White Cloud which is home to the Maoris, the Pakehas, the All Blacks and most recently, Middle Earth. Gain insights into why the country ranks as one of the best countries to live and work in. What's more, real experiences and tips on how...
by Paul Callaghan
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Acknowledged internationally for his ground-breaking scientific research in the field of magnetic resonance, Sir Paul Callaghan was a scientist and visionary with a rare gift for promoting science to a wide audience. He was named New Zealander of the Year in 2011. His death in early 2012 robbed New...
by Andrew Leigh
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
A forensic examination of Australian life, this insightful book suggests that contemporary society has lost touch with its communities and its people. Written from an economist’s perspective and based on organizational membership records and surveys, it presents the reasons why the social fabric...
The New Zealand Economy
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
What drives economic growth in New Zealand? How has New Zealand been impacted by globalization and the financial crisis? What will shape future productivity and competitiveness? In this book, leading economists assemble key data to provide an analytical introduction to the contemporary New Zealand...