Blood Brothers - The ANZAC Genesis by Jeff Hopkins-Weise

$20.00 NZD

$34.95 (42% off)

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

By the middle of the nineteenth century, the very existence of European colonial settlement in New Zealand was under threat. Weakened by its campaigns and wars against the Maori, the New Zealand colony turned to its sister colonial states in Australia for support. This ground-breaking work shows how the Anzac spirit began not on the sandy beaches of Gallipoli, but 50 years earlier in the damp forests and fields of the North Island. ...Show more

Gallipoli - Untold Stories from war correspondant Charles Bean and front-line Anzacs by Jonathan King; Michael Bowers

$25.00 NZD

Category: Australia | Reading Level: very good

"Nothing can alter what happened now: Anzac stood and still stands for reckless valour in a good cause, for enterprise, resourcefulness, fidelity, comradeship and endurance that will never admit defeat." - World War I correspondent Charles Bean. The Gallipoli campaign of 1915 was a series of deadly batt les followed by a brilliantly executed retreat. In just eight months, more than 11,000 Australians and New Zealanders died 'for the glory of Empire'. GALLIPOLI: UNTOLD STORIES provides a day-by-day review of these defining events from the perspective of Charles Bean, Australia's official war correspondent and Sydney Morning Herald journalist. The entries are supported by his private diaries and newspaper reports. The immediacy of his testimony is illustrated by graphic and rarely seen photographs taken by Age photographer Phillip Schuler. There are also precious accounts of daily life at war, collected in an exhaustive seach for letters, diaries and memorabilia from the families of the young Anzac soldiers who served so gallantly. GALLIPOLI: UNTOLD STORIES takes the reader deep into the thick of the campaign.Through these gripping words and images we can consider again what Gallipoli meant for the nation in 1915 and what it continues to mean to us today. Paperback 368pp h256mm ...Show more

Tobruk by Peter FitzSimons

$18.00 NZD

Category: Australia | Reading Level: good-very good

In the early days of April 1941, the 14,000 Australian forces garrisoned in the Libyan town of Tobruk were told to expect reinforcements and supplies within eight weeks... Eight months later these heroic, gallant, determined 'Rats of Tobruk' were rescued by the British Navy having held the fort against the might of Rommel's never-before defeated Afrika Corps. Like Gallipoli and Kokoda, the siege of Tobruk is an iconic battle in Australia's military history. Under ceaseless attack from Rommel's men, the Australian defence held strong. In Tobruk, Peter FitzSimons relates the personal histories and stories not only of the men who defended the garrison against the German onslaught but of the Desert Fox, Erwin Rommel, and the powers back in both Berlin and Britain. ...Show more

Medical Services of the R A N and R A A F - Series Five: Medical, Volume IV by Alan S Walker

$55.00 NZD

Category: Australia | Series: Australia in the War of 1939-1945 | Reading Level: very good

Making the Legend - The War Writings of C. E. W. Bean by Denis Winter (Editor)

$10.00 NZD

Category: Australia | Series: UQP Nonfiction Ser. | Reading Level: good

Gallipoli: Untold Stories from War Correspondent Charles Bean and Front-line ANZACS by Jonathan King and Michael Bowers

$35.00 NZD

Category: World War I | Reading Level: very good

Superb photographic book brings to life the untold stories of front-line Anzacs and the war Correspondent Charles Bean (Sydney Morning Herald) with photographs from Phillip Schuler (The Age). Although Australian originated, this book has significant NZ content.Gallipoli was a tragic campaign: 2000 Anzac s slaughtered in first 24 hours; 11,410 Anzacs in the nine months (of which 2700 were New Zealanders).This unique book combines for the first time the official recordings of Bean and Schuler: many of the photos never published before. extracts from Bean's private diaries in which he recorded the realities he was not allowed to print in his newspaper stories because of wartime censorship.Another unique element are the personal stories of more than 100 Australians and NZers who served at Gallipoli. Following an appeal to readers, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and Dominion Post were inundated with memorabilia, diaries and photos from families to include in this book. ...Show more

Myth Maker - Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett by Fred & Elizabeth Brenchley

$20.00 NZD

Category: Australia | Reading Level: very good

Witnesses to War: The History of Australian Conflict Reporting by Fay and Richard Trembath

$14.00 NZD

Category: Australia | Reading Level: very good

'Witnesses to War' is a landmark history of Australian war journalism that covers the major conflicts of the 20th Century: World War I, World War II, Vietnam and Bosnia through to recent and ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. 'Witnesses to War' looks at how journalists reported the horrors and politi cs of war, the rise of the celebrity journalist, issues of censorship and the ethics of 'embedding'. Interviews with leading war correspondents including John Pilger, Paul McGeough and Chris Masters reveal the challenges of covering wars and how they personally deal with the violence they witness. Many describe becoming desensitised to the horror. Many other journalists are permanently marked by it. ...Show more

The Information Battlefield - Representing Australians at War by Kevin Foster (ed.)

$16.00 NZD

Category: Australia | Reading Level: very good

Aussie Soldier Prisoners of War by Denny Neave & Craig Smith

$14.00 NZD

Category: Australia | Series: Big Sky Publishing Ser. | Reading Level: very good

The second book in the Aussie Soldier series, Aussie Soldier: Prisoners of War by Denny Neave and Craig Smith, details the lives of the men and women who found themselves on the wrong side of the wire. This collection of heartfelt stories and anecdotes from Australian POWs will take you on their very pe rsonal journeys. Surviving as a prisoner of war required as much strength of character as any hard fought battle. Some lived to tell their tales about extreme suffering, mateship and hardship and many would carry with them forever the memories of those who died. Almost 35,000 Australian service personnel were taken prisoner during the Boer War, World War 1, World War 2 and the Korean War. As POWs are relatively few in number, their stories often take a back seat when it comes to tales about battles and conflict situations. Like most soldiers, former prisoners do not like reliving the horrors of war and their time in captivity. This is a collection of the stories of our Australian POWs. Interviews, questionnaires, written records, images and letters provide an insight into captivity and the joy and fears that came with their release. These vivid and compelling stories highlight the contradictions of war: the compassion and generosity on the one hand and the cruelty, hate and indifference on the other. ...Show more

The Kia ora Coo-ee. The Magazine for the Anzacs in the Middle East 1918 by David Kent

$30.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

An Awkward Truth: The Bombing of Darwin, February 1942 by Peter Grose

$12.00 NZD

Category: Australia | Reading Level: very good

The compelling and very human story of the first foreign assault on Australian soil since settlement--the attack on Darwin by the Japanese in February, 1942 The bombing of Darwin on February 19, 1942, is the battle Australia tries to forget. Although there was much to be proud of that day--courage, ma teship, determination, and improvisation--the dark side of the story lingers: looting, desertion, and a calamitous failure of Australian leadership. The Japanese struck with the same carrier-borne force that devastated Pearl Harbor only ten weeks earlier. There was a difference: they dropped more bombs on Darwin, killed more civilians in Darwin, and sank more ships in Darwin than in Pearl Harbor. It remains the single deadliest event in Australian history. Yet the story has remained in the shadows. Absorbing, spirited, and fast-paced, An Awkward Truth is a compelling and revealing story of the day war first came to Australia, and of the underarmed and unprepared soldiers and civilians who faced their toughest test on home soil. ...Show more