Marvel Firsts: WWII Super Heroes by Joe Simon
55.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
In 1939, Timely Comics - the precursor to modern Marvel - burst onto the scene with a wild and unmatched energy, populating the Golden Age of Comics with hundreds of all-new characters. Take a trip back to the beginnings of the Marvel Universe and relive the dynamic debuts of the Sub-Mariner, Captain Am ...Show more
American Sniper The Autobiography of Seal Chief Chris Kyle (USN, 1999-2009), the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle
16.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
Former U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle tells the story of his legendary career, from 1999-2009, during which time he recorded the most confirmed sniper kills (officially a record 155, though the real number is even much higher) in the history of the United States military, any branch, from 1776 to present. Ni ...Show more
A Parting Shot: Shelling of Australia by Japanese Submarines 1942 by Terry Jones
34.95 AUD
Category: MILITARY | Series: JONES TERRY
This historical narrative tells the story of the shelling of Sydney and Newcastle in 1942 by Japanese submarines. Although casualties and damage were slight, the bombardments fuelled the real fear of an impending Japanese invasion, a fate dreaded by Australians for a century before 1942. The narrative r ...Show more
Return of a King : The Battle for Afghanistan by William Dalrymple
29.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY | Reading Level: very good
A towering history of the first Afghan War by bestselling historian William Dalrymple. In the spring of 1839, the British invaded Afghanistan for the first time. Led by lancers in scarlet cloaks and plumed shakos, nearly 20,000 British and East India Company troops poured through the high mountain passe ...Show more
Eureka Stockade: A Ferocious and Bloody Battle by Gregory Blake
29.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY | Series: Big Sky Publishing Ser.
Eureka Stockade: A ferocious and bloody battle, is the epic account of the battle for the Eureka Stockade, an iconic moment in Australian history. On the chilly dawn morning of 3 December 1854 British soldiers and police of the Victorian colonial government attacked and stormed a crudely-built fortifica ...Show more
Battle Scarred PB by Craig Deayton
29.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY | Series: Big Sky Publishing Ser.
One of the shortest lived and most battle hardened of the 1st Australian Imperial Force's 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.
The Nek : A Gallipoli Tragedy by Peter Burness
34.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY | Series: Anzac Battle Series
On 7 August 1915, in an ill-fated attempt to break the stalemate at Gallipoli, hundreds of Australian light horsemen repeatedly charged the massed rifles and machine-guns of the Turkish soldiers. The charge at The Nek has been immortalised in art, literature and film and has come to epitomise both the f ...Show more
Game to the Last: 11th Australian Infantry Battalion at Gallipoli by James Hurst
34.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY
Game to the Last, reveals the story of the men who would become 'one of the finest battalions' which served in the war. The West Australian 11th Infantry Battalion, AIF, curing the gruelling Gallipoli Campaign of 1915.
Pozieres: The Anzac Story by Scott Bennett
29.95 AUD
Category: MILITARY
In 1916, one million men fought in the first battle of the Somme. Victory hinged on their ability to capture a small village called Pozi res. After five attempts to seize it, the British called in the Anzacs to complete this seemingly impossible task. At midnight on 23 July 1916, thousands of Australia ...Show more
The Pacific by Hugh Ambrose
25.95 AUD
Category: MILITARY
Hugh Ambrose's bestseller follows the struggles and triumphs of four US Marines and a US Navy carrier pilot fighting in the Pacific region during World War II. Built on hundreds of hours of testimony, as well as diaries, letters and memoirs, The Pacific tells the true stories of men who put their lives ...Show more