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The Catalpa Rescue: The gripping story of the most dramatic and successful prison break in Australian history by Peter FitzSimons
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
The incredible true story of one of the most extraordinary and inspirational prison breaks in Australian history. New York, 1874. Members of the Clan-na-Gael - agitators for Irish freedom from the English yoke - hatch a daring plan to free six Irish political prisoners from the most remote prison in the ...Show more
The Great Aussie Bloke Slim-Down: How an Over-50 Former Footballer Went from Fat to Fit ... and Lost 40 Kilos by Peter FitzSimons; Lisa Wilkinson (Foreword by)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Diet
The story of one man who had the guts to lose his gut. This is a book that will finally help an ordinary bloke lose weight. (Don't worry, it has nothing to do with wearing a red bandana.)Ever struggled with your weight? Or did you stop struggling years ago and let the pies win? Peter FitzSimons has been ...Show more
The Incredible Life of Hubert Wilkins: Australia's greatest explorer by Peter FitzSimons
$50.00 AUD
Category: General
The extraordinary, must-read story of the brave, bold Hubert Wilkins - Australia's most adventurous explorer, naturalist, photographer, war hero, aviator, spy and daredevil - brought to life by one of Australia's greatest storytellers. Sir Hubert Wilkins is one of the most remarkable Australians who eve ...Show more
The Last Charge of the Australian Light Horse: From the Australian Bush to the Battle of Beersheba - An Epic Story of Courage, Resilience and Derring-Do by Peter FitzSimons
$50.00 AUD
Category: War
On 31st October 1917, as the day's light faded, the Australian Light Horse charged against their enemy. Eight hundred men and horses galloped four miles across open country, towards the artillery, rifles and machine guns of the Turks occupying the seemingly unassailable town of Beersheba. What happened ...Show more
The Opera House: The extraordinary story of the building that symbolises Australia the people, the secrets, the scandals and the sheer genius by Peter FitzSimons
$40.00 AUD
Category: Australian
'The sun did not know how beautiful its light was until it was reflected off this building.' - Louis Kahn, US architect If only these walls and this land could talk ... The Sydney Opera House is a breathtaking building, recognised around the world as a symbol of modern Australia. Along with the Taj Ma ...Show more
Tobruk by Peter FitzSimons
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
The number 1 non-fiction bestseller.More than 100,000 copies sold 'What we have, we hold'MOttO OF AUStRALIA'S 2/17tH BAttALIONIn the tradition of his bestselling Kokoda, Peter FitzSimons, Australia's most beloved popular historian, focuses on one of the seminal moments in Australian history: the Battle ...Show more
Victory at Villers-Bretonneux (HB) by Peter FitzSimons
$50.00 AUD
Category: War
It's early 1918, and after four brutal years, the fate of the Great War hangs in the balance. On the one hand, the fact that Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks have seized power in Russia - immediately suing for peace with Germany - means that no fewer than one million of the Kaiser's soldiers can now be ...Show more
Victory at Villiers-Bretonneaux by Peter FitzSimons
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
It?s early 1918, and after four brutal years, the fate of the Great War hangs in the balance.On the one hand, the fact that Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks have seized power in Russia - immediately suing for peace with Germany - means that no fewer than one million of the Kaiser?s soldiers can now be ...Show more