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HISTORY
ENDEAVOUR
Peter Moore
RRP $34.99
THE PACIFIC: IN THE WAKE OF CAPTAIN
COOK, WITH SAM NEILL
No one has ever told Endeavour’s complete story
before. Peter Moore sets out to explore the different
lives of this remarkable ship, from the acorn that grew
into the oak that made her, to her rich and complex
legacy.
Meaghan Wilson Anastasios
RRP $39.99
This is a rich, complex and engaging account of Cook’s
voyages across the Pacific, from actor
Our Price
and raconteur Sam Neill, in which he
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retraces Cook’s footsteps, in the 250th
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anniversary year of Cook’s first voyage.
DUE 20TH AUGUST
AUSTRALIAN HEIST
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James Phelps
RRP $39.99
CAPTURED LIVES
The story of how Ben Hall, Frank Gardiner, John
O’Mealley, John Gilbert, Harry Manns, Alex Fordyce, John
Bow and Dan Charters - executed Australia’s largest
robbery and what happened to all that gold is the stuff
of this brilliant, exciting crime book.
Peter Monteath
RRP $39.99
During both world wars civilians from enemy nations
living in Australia were subjects of suspicion and locked
away in internment camps. Captured Lives peers behind
the barbed wire veil that was drawn around these
people deemed threats to Australia’s security. 
NAPOLEON’S AUSTRALIA
Terry Smyth
RRP $34.99
THE DOGS THAT MADE AUSTRALIA
Guy Hull
RRP $32.99
The Dogs That Made Australia is a vivid and meticulously
researched history of Australia told through the story of
the dingo, the dogs that were imported and bred here,
and the humans who loved, feared and worked them.
Hunter. Worker. Legend. This is the untold story of the
dog’s role in building our nation.
DUE 20TH AUGUST
Ken Inglis, Seumas Spark, Jay Winter, Carol
Bunyan
$39.95
The story of the ‘Dunera boys’ is an intrinsic part of
the history of Australia in the Second World War and
in its aftermath. The injustice these men suffered in
internment camps is well known. Less familiar is the
tale of what happened to them afterwards. This book
tells that story primarily through powerful images.
Ed Husain
RRP $29.99
In The House of Islam Ed Husain expertly and
compassionately guides us through the nuances of
Islam and its people, contending that the Muslim world
need not be a stranger to the West, nor its enemy, but a
peaceable ally.
WHERE HISTORY HAPPENED
Peter Spearritt
RRP $39.99
CARPATHIA
Jay Ludowyke
RRP $32.99
A LETTER FROM PARIS
Louisa Deasey
RRP $32.99
A Letter from Paris is about the stories we tell ourselves,
and the secrets the past can uncover. A compelling tale of
inheritance and creativity, loss and reunion, it shows the
power of the written word to cross the bridges of time.
DUE 3RD SEPTEMBER
29
DUNERA LIVES
THE HOUSE OF ISLAM
In this captivating and intensively researched story,
we follow the dual narratives of Captain Rostron and
Carpathia, and of Waring’s team and their dangerous
determination to reach the wreck. We learn the history
of the ship beyond 1912 and into World War I. Rich in
history, this true story reads like the best ficti