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Conquering Jerusalem by Stephen Dando-Collins
32.99 AUD
Category: History
AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR AND HISTORIAN STEPHEN DANDO-COLLINS PROVIDES UNPARALLELED NEW INSIGHT INTO THE FIRST JEWISH REVOLT Dando-Collins details the conflict from both sides of the 7-year campaign. His examination of the revolt draws upon numerous archaeological and forensic discoveries made in recent yea ...Show more
Constantine at the Bridge: How the Battle of the Milvian Bridge Created Christian Rome by Stephen Dando-Collins
32.99 AUD
Category: History
"A marvelous book. Constantine at the Bridge is an engaging and beautifully written study of a pivotal moment in Roman and European history." --Mark Felton, author of Castle of the Eagles: Escape from Mussolini's Colditz The AD 312 Battle of the Milvian Bridge, just outside Rome, marked the start of a ...Show more
Heroes of Hamel: The Australians and Americans whose WWI victory changed modern warfare by Stephen Dando-Collins
34.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
The battle of Hamel was remarkable for its speed, the tactics employed, numerous acts of extreme bravery, and the fact that for the first time in history American troops fought under Australian command. The Battle of Hamel,explores the preparations and ramifications for this blitzkreig and the parts pla ...Show more
Mr Showbiz: The Biography of Robert Stigwood by Stephen Dando-Collins
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Born in Port Pirie, South Australia and moving to the UK in the 1950s where he soon established a theatrical agency, at the height of his success, in the 1970s, Robert Stigwood 'Stiggy' was the entertainment industry's most powerful tycoon. He came to renown managing the careers of the Bee Gees, Cream a ...Show more
Operation Chowhound : The Most Risky, Most Glorious US Bomber Mission of WWII by Stephen Dando-Collins
44.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
Beginning with a crazy plan hatched by a suspect prince, and an even crazier reliance on the word of the Nazis, Operation Chowhound was devised. Between May 1 and May 8, 1945, 2,268 military units flown by the USAAF, dropped food to 3.5 million starving Dutch civilians in German-occupied Holland. It too ...Show more
Rebels against Rome: 400 Years of Rebellions against the Rule of Rome by Stephen Dando-Collins
32.99 AUD
Category: History
The Great Roman Empire was no stranger to rebellions, but who were the rebels behind these lost causes, and what fueled their brazen plights? Despite their many differences, the rebels of the Roman Empire had one thing in common: all were Romans, or onetime Roman allies, who attempted to overthrow Roma ...Show more
Seven Against Thebes The Quest of the Original Magnificent Seven by Stephen Dando-Collins
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Category: History | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
Oedipus, who famously killed his father and married his mother, solving the riddle of the Sphinx to become king of Thebes. His devastated wife Jocasta. Their sons, the power-hungry Eteocles and the betrayed Polynices. Their loyal sisters Antigone and Ismene. And the Seven, most famous warrior band in Gr ...Show more
Sir Henry Parkes: The Australian Colossus by Stephen Dando-Collins
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Category: Biography
May 27, 2015 brings the 200th anniversary of the birth of Sir Henry Parkes. After he died, the London Times described him as 'a colonial colossus.' Henry Parkes received little schooling and worked on a rope-walk, breaking stones, as an ivory and bone turner, ironmonger, labourer and on the wharves befo ...Show more
Tank Boys by Stephen Dando-Collins
17.99 AUD
Category: Teenagers
Frankie and Taz didn't think about killing, or dying, when they lied about their age to join the Australian army. They thought the war was going to be a big adventure. Now they're marching to the front. Richard is another sixteen-year-old heading to war. He's inside the massive German tank Mephisto as i ...Show more
The Big Break: The Greatest American WWII POW Escape Story Never Told by Stephen Dando-Collins
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Category: Warfare
The story opens in the stinking latrines of the Schubin camp as an American and a Canadian lead the digging of a tunnel which enabled a break involving 36 prisoners of war (POWs). The Germans then converted the camp to Of lag 64, to exclusively hold US Army officers, with more than 1500 Americans ultima ...Show more
The Hero Maker: A Biography of Paul Brickhill by Stephen Dando-Collins
34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The Dam Busters, The Great Escapeand Reach for the Skywere all written by Paul Brickhill, an Australian hero of WWII. 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of his birth and the 25th anniversary of his death.It was 1956 and the writer from Sydney's lower North Shore had every reason to feel blessed. Former jo ...Show more
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