| Author: | Robert K. Wittman; David Kinney (As told to) |
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MILITARY |
An unprecedented, page-turning narrative of the Nazi rise to power, the Holocaust, and Hitler's post-invasion plans for Russia told through the recently discovered lost diary of Alfred Rosenberg - Hitler's 'phil... read more
| Author: | Jack Champ; Colin Burgess |
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MILITARY |
Colditz Castle was Nazi Germany's infamous 'escape-proof' wartime prison, where hundreds of the most determined and resourceful Allied prisoners were sent. Despite having more guards than inmates, Australian Lieutenant Jack Champ and other prisoners tirelessly carried out t... read more
| Author: | Denis Judd; Keith Surridge |
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MILITARY |
The Boer War of 1899-1902 was an epic of heroism and bungling, cunning and barbarism with an extraordinary cast of characters - including Churchill, Rhodes, Conan Doyle, Smuts, Kipling, Gandhi, Kruger and Kitchener. The war revealed the ineptitude of the British military and... read more
| Author: | Mark Owen |
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MILITARY |
No Easy Day by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer is the first-person account of Bin Laden's execution. For the first time anywhere, a first-person account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid fro... read more
| Author: | Ellen N. La Motte |
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MILITARY |
* An inspiration for the BBC One Drama 'The Crimson Field' *'The classic account of a First World War Field Hospital 'War, superb as it is, is not necessarily a filtering process, by which men and nations may be purified. Well, ther... read more
| Author: | Jeremy Dronfield |
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MILITARY |
| Reading Level: | 3 Biography |
In 1939, Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholsterer in Vienna, was seized by the Nazis. Along with his teenage son, Fritz, he was sent to Buchenwald in Germany. There began an unimaginable ordeal that saw the pair beaten, starved and forced to build the v... read more
The heart-stoppingly adrenalin-charged - and often dangerous - life and times of Australian war photographer, Gary Ramage. He goes where the troops go - but with a camera, not a gun. As Australia's premier war photographer - and as a former soldier - Gary Ramage has been in and out of jus... read more
| Author: | Roland Perry |
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MILITARY |
An epic yarn based on the true story of a great Australian war horse who rode with bravery and valour at Gallipoli, the desert campaigns of Egypt, and Palestine.
From the birth of the tank to unmanned vehicles and the tanks of the future, The Tank Bookoffers a truly definitive look at over 400 different tanks, produced in association with The Tank Museum. Take an up-close look at British, US... read more
| Author: | Peter Phelps |
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MILITARY |
This is the story of Tom Phelps and the 'other Kokoda Track'. Seventy-five years later, Tom's grandson, award-winning actor and writer Peter Phelps, is sharing this inspiring tale of resilience an... read more
