Fire in the Blood

fire in the blood one hundred and fifty years ago, frank gardiner rose from nowhere to become the most famous outlaw in the country. his gang included ben hall, johnny gilbert and a team of desperados who brought large tracts of inland new south wales to the brink of...

Jacka VC Australian Hero

jacka vc australian hero jacka vc australian hero “everyone who knows the facts knows that jacka won the victoria cross three times.” – c.e.w. bean, official australian war historian. albert jacka was the people’s hero of the great war. in 1919...

Kevin Rudd

kevin rudd the official biographer of prime minister kevin rudd , robert macklin’s first edition of kevin rudd: the biography sold out in four months. the new edition incorporates the election campaign – including election night in which the author spent...

The Big Fella

the big fella “the broken hill proprietary company ltd, or bhp, is part of australia’s dna, yet it remains an enigma. here for the first time is the full, compelling story of how bhp rose from the humblest beginnings in the australian outback to become, in...
The Jesus Delusion

The Jesus Delusion

the jesus delusion it is the single most terrible and frightening cry in the history of man. it is the final despair. it is the sudden, awful realisation as the lifeblood departs that there is nothing to take its place, that it has all been for nought…what is...

SAS Sniper

sas sniper “in sas sniper, rob maylor takes us inside the closed world of the australian special forces – it’s tough to get in, but the fighting that follows is even tougherroyal marine…sas marksman…elite soldierrob maylor has seen action...