HISTORY
CAPTAIN
COOK’S EPIC
VOYAGE
Geoffrey
Blainey
RRP $34.99
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APRIL
28
MUTINY ON THE
BOUNTY
Peter FitzSimons
RRP $35.00
Mutiny on the Bounty is
a sprawling, dramatic
tale of intrigue, bravery
and sheer boldness, told with the accuracy of
historical detail and total command of story
that are Peter FitzSimons’s trademarks.
This is the story
of the astonishing
voyage of Captain
James Cook and
the Endeavour,
written by our own Geoffrey Blainey to mark
the 250th anniversary of that voyage, and
Cook’s claim to sovereignty.
THE GHOST AND
THE BOUNTY
HUNTER
Adam Courtenay
RRP $29.99
PATHFINDERS
Michael Bennett
RRP $34.99
Pathfinders brings
the skilled and diverse
work of Aboriginal
trackers not only to
the forefront of law
enforcement history
but to the general
shared histories of
black and white
Australia.
When convict
William Buckley fled
for the wilderness
he lived as a
Wadawurrung man.
But the outside
world finally caught up with Buckley and
what happened next saw the Wadawurrung
betrayed and Buckley eventually broken. The
theft of Kulin country would end in the birth of
a city. The frontier wars had begun.
MILITARY
THE BATTLES FOR
KOKODA PLATEAU
David W.
Cameron
RRP $32.99
AUSTRALIAN
CODE BREAKERS
James Phelps
RRP $34.99
This is the untold
story of how a
former Australian
headmaster and
his mostly female
team cracked one
of Germany's most
complex codes, paving the way for the greatest
Allied naval victory of World War I.
Using letters, diaries
and other first-hand
accounts David W.
Cameron has for the
first time written a
detailed, compelling
and provocative account of what occurred at
the northern foot of the Owen Stanleys in 1942.
These are stories that deserve to be firmly
embedded into the Kokoda legend.
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WHEN TIME
STOPPED
28
Ariana Neumann
RRP $32.99
In this remarkably
moving memoir
Ariana Neumann
dives into the secrets
of her father’s past:
years spent hiding
in plain sight in
war torn Berlin, the annihilation of dozens
of family members in the Holocaust, and the
courageous choice to build anew.
THE RATLINE
Philippe Sands
RRP $34.99
In The Ratline
Philippe Sands
offers a unique
account of the
daily life of a Nazi fugitive, the love between
Wachter and his wife and an insight into life
in Rome and among American and Soviet
spies active at the start of the Cold War.
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TRUGANINI
Cassandra Pybus
RRP $32.99
Truganini has
become an
international icon
for a monumental
tragedy - the so-
called extinction of
the original people
of Tasmania. Her
story is inspiring and
haunting - a journey through the apocalypse.
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MAY
1
UNDER FIRE
Nick Brodie
RRP $29.99
This is a history of
Australia, measured
by the gun. From
bushrangers and
soldiers to the many
farmers and recreational shooters shooting
animals and each other, the firearm is an
inescapable part of Australia’s story and
its characters.
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APRIL
28
RADIO GIRL
David Dufty
RRP $29.99
All around Australia,
former WRANs and navy
men regard the woman
they know as Mrs
Mac with a level of reverence usually reserved
for saints. Yet today no-one has any idea of
who she was and how she rescued Australia’s
communication systems in World War II.
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APRIL
14
LETTERS OF
NOTE: WAR
Shaun Usher
RRP $14.99
In Letters of Note: War,
Shaun Usher brings
together some of the
most remarkable letters that encapsulate the
human experience of war, from unimaginable
feats of courage and compassion, to
unthinkable episodes of violence and horror..
Available in-store and online collinsbooks.com.au