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Missing: War, Sacrifice and the Search for Justice by Ian W. Shaw
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military
The tragic and carefully researched story of a WWII fighter pilot’s brutal sacrifice and the painstaking search for the truth. Not all casualties in wartime occur on the frontline; when a loved one is posted “Missing,” hope and fear bloom in the hearts of those who wait for news. Lives can fray when th ...Show more
Murder at Dusk - How US Soldier and Psychopath Eddie Leonski Terrorised Wartime Melbourne by Ian W. Shaw
$32.99 AUD
Category: Crime
Far away from any World War II battlefront, the citizens of Melbourne lived in fear of a serial killer - the Brownout Strangler. May 1942: Melbourne was torn between fearing Japanese invasion and revelling in the carnival atmosphere brought by the influx of 15,000 cashed-up American servicemen. But tho ...Show more
On Radji Beach - Vivian Bullwinkel and the Vyner Brooke by Ian W. Shaw
$24.99 AUD
Category: Military
When Singapore fell dramatically to the Japanese on 15 February 1942, hundreds of people scrambled to the docks to flee. Amongst the evacuees were 65 Australian nurses who boarded a coastal freighter named the Vyner Brooke. They only made it as far as the waters off Muntok Island near Sumatra. There, Ja ...Show more
Operation Babylift: The Incredible Story of the Inspiring Australian Women who Rescued Hundreds of Orphans at the End of the Vietnam War by Ian W. Shaw
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military | Series: Orphan Babies of Vietnam War
In late March 1975, as the Vietnam War raged, an Australian voluntary aid worker named Rosemary Taylor approached the Australian Embassy seeking assistance to fly 600 orphans out of Saigon to safety. Rosemary and Margaret Moses, two former nuns from Adelaide, had spent eight years in Vietnam during the ...Show more
Pandemic - The Spanish Flu in Australia 1918-20 by Ian W. Shaw
$34.99 AUD
Category: Science & Philosophy
ancient egyptian warfare by Ian Shaw
$24.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Casemate Short History Ser.
A concise introduction to Ancient Egyptian warfare from the Neolithic period through to the Iron Age, covering everything from battle tactics to weaponry and battle injuries. The excellent preservation of Egyptian artifacts including bows, axes and chariots, means that it is possible to track the changi ...Show more
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