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In this fascinating book, Nigel Allsopp lifts the lid on the world of police dogs, examining the vital roles they play both in Australia and around the world. For all police and military personnel, K9 Cops is an informative, must-read book. For the rest of us, it is an entertaining and heart-warming account.

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Based on a detailed analysis of the battlefield, this book outlines how the victory at Wau was achieved and demonstrates how determined leadership can turn the tide of battle. Throughout most of 1942, the Australian Army fought a series of commando actions to keep the Japanese at bay in the Wau - Salamaua area of New Guinea. The Australian ...

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Anzac Sons is composed from a collection of over five hundred letters and postcards written by the five brothers serving on the Western Front in World War I. From the training grounds of Victoria, Egypt and England, to the Western Front battlefields, this compelling true story was compiled by the granddaughter of a surviving brother.

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Much of how we think, feel and behave is dictated by the images of our mind. Imagine is one of the first books on the market to provide a practical and comprehensive guide to understanding and using the power of positive mental imagery to help people achieve goals and reach their full potential.

Ride shotgun with author and award-winning copywriter Josh Langley as he battles his inner-cynic and subjects himself to a barrage of strange and creepy adventures as a result of his lifelong obsession with the afterlife. Determined to find out what happens when we die but realising it¿s unlikely that an obliging ghost is going to jump out in front of him with the verdict, Josh designs his own unique ¿afterlife investigation plan¿¿ and sets of...

It's the year 2020, and John Dean is making plans - big plans. He's seen the writing on the wall. Temperatures of over 45 degrees are a regular occurrence and sea levels are rising, severe drought has meant harsh water restrictions, and the economy has slowed almost to a standstill. But John is not going to sit and suffer, he'll do whatever it takes to protect his family, and he's taking action. This is the story of how he moves his family awa...

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This memoir is a frank, moving and at times humorous account of Matt Barwick¿s struggle with infertility, and diagnosis with bipolar disorder triggered by family suicide.At twenty-nine, still childless after a year of trying, Matt and his wife Ali realised that starting a family was not going to be the ¿cinch¿ it appeared to be for most of their friends. The couple start a crash course in conception from a straight-talking fertility guruand th...

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There were few bushrangers whose influence extended as far as that of Frank Gardiner. Handsome, clever, charismatic and dangerous, he inspired many young men to abandon the drudgery of their honest work and turn to highway robbery. So strong was his influence that it set in motion a craze known as ¿Gardinerism¿. Gardiner was the leader of the infamous Gold Escort robbery at Eugowra Rocks, he was the one who almost ¿got away¿ with the crime. es...

In 1869 Mt Egerton was outraged by the armed hold-up of the local bank by a masked villain calling himself ¿Captain Moonlite¿.The shock deepened when the perpetrator turned out to be the new lay preacher, Andrew George Scott. On his release from prison Moonlite led a ragged bunch of young desperadoes to stage a siege that would end in a shoot-out and the death of a policeman. His death cell protestations of innocence raise doubts and sympathy ...

In their own words the Aussie diggers provide a fascinating glimpse of the many funny and touching moments that our Diggers often hold to their chest. This collection of stories in this book provides a taste of what a soldiers life is like in both war and peace.

Like thousands of Australians during World War I, Ernest Watts received his tragic news through the office known as ¿Base Records¿. This letter was just one in a series of correspondence that lasted the duration of the war and well into the post-war period. Every letter was answered with patience and courtesy and every response carried the same signature: J.M. Lean. ¿The Man who Carried the Nation¿s Grief¿ describes the extraordinary work of J...

In You¿ll Be Sorry! Ann Howard honours grandmothers and mothers in a superb account of women¿s participation in the Services during World War II, and their ensuing battle for equal opportunity that set the foundation for the Women¿s Liberation Movement of the 70s. You¿ll Be Sorry! is an absorbing account of the experiences of women serving in the Australian Women¿s Army Service, and other Services. Ann Howard captures the resistance and prejud...

Like all crime and punishment, military detention in the Australian Army has a long and fraught history. Accommodating The King¿s Hard Bargain tells the gritty story of military detention and punishment dating from colonial times with a focus on the system rather than the individual soldier. World War I was Australia¿s first experience of a mass army and the detention experience was complex, encompassing short and long-term detention, from pun...

On the afternoon of 18 August 1966, just five kilometres from the main Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat, a group of Viet Cong soldiers walked into the right flank of Delta Company, 6 RAR. Under a blanket of mist and heavy monsoon rain, amid the mud and shattered rubber trees, a dispersed Company of 108 men held its ground with courage and grim determination against a three-sided attack from a force of 2, 500 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese...