Presents one of the most powerful men in late antiquity, Attila's peerless Hunnic empire stretched from the Ural mountains to the Rhine river. In a series of epic campaigns dating from the AD 430s until his death in AD 453, he ravaged first the Eastern and later the Western Roman Empire, invading Italy in AD 452 and threatening Rome itself. Lavishly illustrated, this new analysis of his military achievements examines how Attila was able to sweep across Europe, the tactics and innovations he employed and the major battles he faced, including one of his few major setbacks, the defeat at the batt... View More...
Australian Boating Manual by Captain Dick Gandy 5th Edition, released in 2015, has been updated for Maritime Training Package of 2013 and is almost twice the size of 1st edition. THE 5TH EDITION HAS BEEN UPDATED FOR.....COMMONWEALTH NAVIGATION ACT 2012 (Regulations for domestic vessels), MARITIME TRAINING PACKAGE 2013, PASSAGE PLANNING, WORK HEALTH & SAFETY (WHS) LEGISLATION 2012, MASTREP (Replacing AUSREP)VESSEL SECURITY SYSTEM,Z-DRIVE & VOITH-SCHNEIDER PROPULSION SYSTEMS, JOYSTICK PILOT SYSTEM, INCREASED STABILITY CONTENT, ALL CHAPTERS UPDATED WHERE NECESSARY. CHAPTER 1 BUYING & INSUR... View More...
The Battle of Mont St Quentin-Peronne 1918 explores the relationship between myth and history and the significance of the Anzac legend. It analyses the forces that drove the diggers forward even when they had reached the limits of their endurance. The Battle of Mont St Quentin-P?ronne represents the Australian Corps at its very best, its diggers fighting for peace and satisfied that, `whatever might lie ahead, at least everything was right behind them'. View More...
Harry Haxton will turn off his kidney dialysis machine on 31 August and within 7-10 days he will be dead. On 19 August Harry will launch his third book "Life Support or Life Sentence" at the Tatt Club in Brisbane. Harry employed his old friend, cartoonist, Brian Doyle to effectively characterise his sense of humour while discussing the serious issues around kidney disease and death. His book, while funny in some cases, highlights the differences between life and a good life and discusses the rational decision-making process required to end that life under your own control. While marriage equ... View More...
At the age of 31, Betty Eadie died after routine surgery. The events that followed can only be described as the most profound and extensive near-death experience ever recorded. During the time she was clinically dead, Betty was given knowledge of the afterlife that would make even the greatest skeptic think twice. As she traveled through the spiritual realm, she learned more about the laws and history of the universe than perhaps anyone before her. She explains with uncanny detail the reasons why we have chosen to be on this earth at this time in history, and how all our actions are growing ex... View More...
This book chronicles the 91 years in which Ford built cars in Australia for Australian conditions and interviews many of the people who worked for the company. It constitutes the complete history of Ford production in this country, with many rare images and essential production statistics. The perfect book for every Ford enthusiast, or anyone with an affinity for cars or industrial Australia. On March 31, 1925, US manufacturer Ford announced that Geelong would be the Australian headquarters of its local production. The first Australian-built Ford was a Model T that came off an improvised produ... View More...
This book chronicles the 91 years in which Ford built cars in Australia for Australian conditions and interviews many of the people who worked for the company. It constitutes the complete history of Ford production in this country, with many rare images and essential production statistics. The perfect book for every Ford enthusiast, or anyone with an affinity for cars or industrial Australia. On March 31, 1925, US manufacturer Ford announced that Geelong would be the Australian headquarters of its local production. The first Australian-built Ford was a Model T that came off an improvised produ... View More...
Luke Dixon argues the case for urban beekeeping and then tells the reader everything they need to know about how to do it. From siting hives and reassuring the neighbours, to combating interference from wind, artificial light and predators, this is a one-stop reference to take the urban beekeeper from set-up to first honey harvest. Advice on equipment, planting, swarm prevention and management, and selling honey are all included. In 2010, bee colonies in Britain grew by 50% and 31% of the growth is in urban areas An in-depth guide to everything you need to know about keeping bees in town Abo... View More...
The Macquarie Little Dictionary is based on the complete Macquarie Dictionary, now in its seventh edition. It is an ideal up-to-date reference for anyone seeking quick solutions to questions of spelling, meaning and usage within the core vocabulary of Australian English. Its portable format is perfect for school, home or the office. It features: - more than 31,000 definitions - new words and meanings for items such as freecycle, listicle, microbead, and spiralise - valuable usage notes to help with common language problems - list of common prefixes and suffixes. Australia's only national dict... View More...
War has come to Discworld ... again. And, to no one's great surprise, the conflict centers on the small, insufferably arrogant, strictly fundamentalist duchy of Borogravia, which has long prided itself on its ability to beat up on its neighbors for even the tiniest imagined slight. This time, however, it's Borogravia that's getting its long-overdue comeuppance, which has left the country severely drained of young men. Ever since her brother Paul marched off to battle a year ago, Polly Perks has been running The Duchess, her family's inn - even though the revered national deity Nuggan has decre... View More...
BIG BOOK EDITION. For over 30 years 'Possum Magic' has captivated and enchanted children and adults. Mem Fox's lovable characters, little Hush and Grandma Poss, and Julie Vivas' exquisite illustrations weave a story of pure magic. Continuously in print since it was first published by Omnibus Books on 31 March 1983, Possum Magic has been embraced as a timeless Australian tale and as Australia's most-loved children's picture book. This large-format book is a brand-new edition. Julie has retouched and recoloured her illustrations, so that the images are now truer to the original artwork than ever... View More...
The birth of the mighty Roman Navy was anchored in the Romans' extraordinary ability to absorb and perfect the technology of other states and empires. This is the story of the design, development and operation of the Republican Roman warship in the age of the conquest of the Mediterranean, from the first Roman naval adventure of 394 BC and the Punic Wars, to Pompey's operations against the Cilician Pirates and Caesar's victorious naval campaigns in Armorica, concluding with the consolidation of the Mediterranean Sea as Mare Nostrum with the battle of Actium in 31 BC. Archaeological photography... View More...
This September and October, twenty international rugby teams will converge on England, the historical home of rugby union, to compete for the William Webb Ellis trophy, a little gold cup that only four nations have ever held. Over the course of forty-eight largely sold-out matches-forty pool games, four quarter-finals, two semi-finals, a third place final, and a World Cup final-at thirteen grounds as intimidating and iconic as Twickenham, Cardiff's Millennium Stadium and Wembley Stadium, these sides will compete for rugby's ultimate prize. In this opinionated and fact-filled book, rugby obs... View More...
Senior Text Types: A Writing Guide for Students is a full colour third edition with new and updated text types and activities. The comprehensive guide is a reference tool for improving writing skills and presents over 30 different types of written texts to senior students. Each text type is presented in a double page format, with one page analysing the structure of the genre and the second page presenting an example of the text ' this presentation provides the scaffolding and modelling necessary for the development of writing skills. Table of Contents :- 1 Advertisement 2 Agenda and minutes: ... View More...
Easy-to-sew wardrobe basics to wear throughout the year, no matter the season! Discover easy-to-wear and easy-to-make clothing and accessories for all seasons in Simply Sewn. The 31 versatile, contemporary clothing designs in this book include dresses, shirts, pants, and jackets that are comfortable and appropriate for all figures. Uncomplicated accessories-including scarfs, wraps and bags-add even more options to the collection. The simple, modern style found throughout allows for easy combinations to create a stylish everyday wardrobe. Basic sewing techniques and simple sewing patterns make ... View More...
Trevor Barnett is the scion of an old tobacco family. Trevor is 31 and will come into a $10 million trust fund when he turns 60 so long as he has been in continuous employment from graduation until his 60th birthday with the cigarette company his ancestor founded. Trevor is consequently not the most motivated person in the world -- at least when the novel opens. At the beginning of SMOKE SCREEN, the tobacco industry is facing a multi-billion dollar lawsuit which could bankrupt the industry. But the industry decides to fight back, and decides to use Trevor to do it. And Trevor may or may not ha... View More...
Basic A4 Stockbook with 8 doublesided white pages (16 in total). Rigid plain black cover with 9 strips. Glassine interleaves. Lighthouse stockbooks are useful for storing stamps not yet given space in printed albums, as well as keeping duplicates and extra stamps for trading. They are also recommended for starting topical collections or "safe-keeping" your most valuable stamps in deposit boxes. View More...
Basic A4 Stockbook with 8 doublesided white pages (16 in total). Rigid plain green cover with 9 strips. Glassine interleaves. Lighthouse stockbooks are useful for storing stamps not yet given space in printed albums, as well as keeping duplicates and extra stamps for trading. They are also recommended for starting topical collections or "safe-keeping" your most valuable stamps in deposit boxes. View More...
Basic A4 Stockbook with 32 doublesided white divided pages (64 in total). Double linen hinged rigid plain Black cover with 9 strips. Glassine interleaves. Horizontal centre division. Lighthouse stockbooks are useful for storing stamps not yet given space in printed albums, as well as keeping duplicates and extra stamps for trading. They are also recommended for starting topical collections or "safe-keeping" your most valuable stamps in deposit boxes. View More...
Basic A4 Stockbook with 32 doublesided white pages (64 in total). Double linen hinged rigid plain Green cover with 9 strips. Glassine interleaves. Lighthouse stockbooks are useful for storing stamps not yet given space in printed albums, as well as keeping duplicates and extra stamps for trading. They are also recommended for starting topical collections or "safe-keeping" your most valuable stamps in deposit boxes. View More...
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