Big Sky Publishing: 104 books

Spanning a long history of wars, battles, and peacekeeping missions around the world, Aussie Soldier Up Close and Personal is a collection of anecdotes of life in military uniform. In a flood of heart-warming, confronting and humorous stories, it gathers neverbefore-published diary extracts and personal perspectives that shed light on the Australian soldiers experience.

Beaten Down by Blood: The Battle of Mont St Quentin-Peronne 1918 charts an extraordinary journey from the trenches facing Mont St Quentin on 31 August 1918 through the frenetic phases of the battle until the final objectives are taken on 5 September. This is the story, often told in the words of the...

Game to the Last reveals the story of the men of what would become one of the finest battalions which served in the war: Western Australias 11th Infantry Battalion, AIF, during the gruelling Gallipoli campaign of 1915. The narrative follows the battalion members as they leave their homes and lives in...

Cats are more than just cute and cuddly pets. They are playful, clever, mysterious and totally awesome! Packed full of incredible true stories, fascinating facts and lots of fun stuff, this books shows just how remarkable our feline friends really are. From stories about cat adventurers, famous cats...

In November 1941 about 100 university students began their short-term compulsory military training with the 15th Infantry Battalion. Most were aged 19-22 had daytime jobs and were evening or external students from the arts commerce and law faculties. They were ambitious hard-working young men anxious...

I Confess is an intimate portrayal of command in the crucible of war. But Major General John Joseph Murrays portrait of wartime leadership is not the stuff of military textbooks and his war is no set-piece battle. Murray commanded the Australian 20th Brigade during the siege of Tobruk that grinding tortuous...

Frederick Wordsworth Ward, better known as 'Captain Thunderbolt', had one of the longest bushranging 'careers' in history. Plaguing New South Wales for almost seven years, he enjoyed much public support as he was intelligent, and charming. This book describes some of Thunderbolt's exploits and refutes many of the popular myths that surround him.

This collection of heartfelt stories and anecdotes from Australian POWs will take you on their very personal journeys. Almost 35,000 Australian service personnel were taken prisoner during the Boer War, World War 1, World War 2 and the Korean War. Aussie Soldier: Prisoners of War is a collection of the...

Chaplain Graeme Ramsden served in Vietnam as a soldier with the Royal Australian Electrical andMechanical Engineer Corps in 1968-69. In 1976 he was commissioned and served as a quartermaster officer commanding a workshop and as an instructor at the L and Warfare Centre. In 1990 he undertook theological...

When Imperial Japan unleashed the Pacific War in December 1941, Australian forces went into action, as part of a larger British Empire force, to defend Malaya and Singapore. Australias principal contribution to defending Malaya and Singapore was the 8th Division. Originally raised for service in the...

Being a grandmother is one of lifes most important roles and many women can feel unprepared to take it on. New Age Nanas presents the rich and diverse views of over 1000 modern Australian grandmothers on what it is like to be a grandmother today, interwoven with expert commentary on how to make the most...

The August Offensive or Anzac Breakout at Gallipoli saw some of the bloodiest fighting since the landing as Commonwealth and Turkish troops fought desperate battles at Lone Pine, German Officers Trench, Turkish Quinns, The Chessboard, The Nek, Chunuk Bair, The Farm, Hill Q and Hill 971. The offensive...

This book provides both practical touring information on Gallipoli for the independent traveller and a guide to the amazing First World War Anzac battlefields. Written by a serving Australian Army officer with over 30 years soldiering experience and now a historian with the Australian Army History Unit...

Gallipoli: The Final Battles and Evacuation at Anzac provides a detailed account of the final battles at Anzac viewed from both sides of the trenches. This is the first book since Charles Bean's Official History to provide a detailed narrative of the bloody and tragic battle for Hill 60, along with the...