Frank Walker: 13 books
The Scandalous Freddie McEvoy
The true story of the swashbuckling Australian rogue
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
Swashbuckler, daredevil racing-car champion, Winter Olympian, gambler, smuggler, scoundrel, stud and suspected Nazi agent who died a mysterious death - this is the fascinating story of the scandalous Freddie McEvoy.
Born in Melbourne in 1907, Freddie's life took him from socialising with a...
by Frank Walker
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 23, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 23, 2015
Nella recensione alla II ed. di questa biografia, Eric Sams aveva scritto: “Considero il libro di Frank Walker su Wolf la migliore biografia musicale mai scritta. Il testo completo è ora disponibile per la prima volta. L’autore aveva omesso diversi passaggi dalla prima edizione ‘per rispetto...
Maralinga
The chilling expose of our secret nuclear shame and betrayal of our troops and country
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
'The story reaches out and grabs you by the throat' - Dr Clare Wright, historian and author of The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka
The facts are shocking. The treachery is chilling. The fallout ongoing.
This edition contains a new author note with shocking new material that has come to light...
by Frank Walker
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
The Vietnamese hilltribes made him a demi-god. The CIA wanted to kill him. This is the remarkable true story of Australian war hero Barry Petersen.
As he flew over South East Asia towards Vietnam, Captain Barry Petersen struggled to keep an aura of calm. Inwardly he was incredibly excited....
by Frank Walker
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
'thoroughly researched and compelling . . . a chilling account' - The Sun Herald
An eye-opening account of Australian combat history, untold . . . until now.
In 1969 a ragtag unit of 39 men were thrown together at Nui Dat, Vietnam. It was so slapdash a group it didn't even have an officer...
Commandos
Heroic and Deadly ANZAC Raids in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
Amazing revelations and extraordinary exploits of Australia's elite secret warriors.
There was something unique about Australians and New Zealanders in war that prompted World War II Allied commanders to turn to ANZAC soldiers, sailors and airmen to carry out the most dangerous and virtually...
Traitors
How Australia and its Allies betrayed our ANZACs and let Nazi and Japanese war criminals go free
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
In October 1943 Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Josef Stalin signed a solemn pact that once their enemies were defeated the Allied powers would 'pursue them to the uttermost ends of the earth and will deliver them to their accusers in order that justice may be done'. Nowhere did they...
Buffalo Dance
The Journey of York
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2010
" Winner of the 35th Annual Lillian Smith Book Award, 2004 A BookSense 76 Spring 2004 Top 10 Poetry Book! Read an excerpt from the book Listen to Frank X Walker reading on NPR's ""This I Believe"" segment of Morning Edition. This collection of persona poems tells the story...
When Winter Come
The Ascension of York
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
A sequel to the award-winning Buffalo Dance, Frank X Walker's When Winter Come: The Ascension of York is a dramatic reimagining of Lewis and Clark's legendary exploration of the American West. By focusing on the humanity and struggles of York, Clark's slave, When Winter Come challenges conventional...
Black Bone
25 Years of the Affrilachian Poets
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
The Appalachian region stretches from Mississippi to New York, encompassing rural areas as well as cities from Birmingham to Pittsburgh. Though Appalachia's people are as diverse as its terrain, few other regions in America are as burdened with stereotypes. Author Frank X Walker coined the term "Affrilachia"...
Business Networking and Sex
Not What You Think
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
It’s no surprise that communicating with the opposite sex can be tricky. Hidden in the glitches are often misleading assumptions about each gender that beg for help. Finally, help is here.
Learn the secrets to accurately reading between the gender lines, and uncover a new edge for your business-the power to effectively talk business and successfully network with the opposite sex.
The Ancient Celtic Festivals
and How We Celebrate Them Today
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2008
Travel 2,500 years back in time to find out where many of our modern holiday traditions originated.
• Charming full-color ink and watercolor illustrations throughout.
• This valuable resource for teachers and parents uses hands-on activities, natural science facts, and observations...
Turn Me Loose
The Unghosting of Medgar Evers
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Around the void left by the murder of Medgar Evers in 1963, the poems in this collection speak, unleashing the strong emotions both before and after the moment of assassination. Poems take on the voices of Evers's widow, Myrlie; his brother, Charles; his assassin, Byron De La Beckwith; and each of...