In their Time of Need: Volume 6, The Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations
In their Time of Need: Volume 6, The Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations

Author: Steven Bullard

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-08-04

Total Pages: 1458

ISBN-13: 1108225489

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This volume of The Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations recounts the activities of Australia's military forces in response to overseas natural disasters. The military's involvement in overseas emergency management is focused primarily on the period immediately after disaster strikes: transporting relief supplies, providing medical assistance, restoring basic services and communications and other logistical support. Beginning with the 1917–18 influenza epidemic that ravaged the Pacific and culminating with the 2005 Pakistan earthquake, this book covers Australia's response to some of the most catastrophic natural events of the twentieth century. In their Time of Need is richly detailed, as Steven Bullard weaves together official government records and archival images with the personal narratives and photographs of those who served. This volume is an authoritative and compelling history of Australia's efforts to help their neighbours.

The Eighties
The Eighties

Author: Frank Bongiorno

Publisher: Black Inc.

Published: 2017-01-12

Total Pages: 558

ISBN-13: 192520359X

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Winner of the ACT Book of the Year Award Shortlisted for the Ernest Scott Prize and CHASS Australia Prize It was the era of Hawke and Keating, Kylie and INXS, the America's Cup and the Bicentenary. It was perhaps the most controversial decade in Australian history, with high-flying entrepreneurs booming and busting, torrid debates over land rights and immigration, the advent of AIDS, a harsh recession and the rise of the New Right. It was a time when Australians fought for social change - on union picket lines, at rallies for women's rights and against nuclear weapons, and as part of a new environmental movement. And then there were the events that left many scratching their heads- Joh for Canberra . . . the Australia Card . . . Cliff Young. In The Eighties, Frank Bongiorno brings all this and more to life. He sheds new light on 'both the ordinary and extraordinary things that happened to Australia and Australians during this liveliest of decades'. 'The definitive account of an inspired, infuriating decade' - George Megalogenis 'A very impressive achievement' - The Monthly 'Meaty and entertaining' - The Australian

Who Killed Iago?
Who Killed Iago?

Author: James Walton

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2009-06-02

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 1101057327

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A masterful collection of mindboggling questions guaranteed to have bibliophiles wracking their brains. This engaging and stimulating book of quizzes will test readers' knowledge of classic and contemporary literature. From Charlotte Brontë to Chinua Achebe, hidden double entendres to famous opening lines, Who Killed Iago? runs the gamut and challenges even the most avid readers. Readers can flex their literary muscle with questions such as: ? In Pride and Prejudice, what is Mr. Darcy's first name? ? Which classic novel of the Second World War begins: "It was love at first sight"? ? In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, how many times has the Wife of Bath been married? ? In the Harry Potter novels, what are the first four names of Professor Dumbledore? ? In Othello, who kills Iago?

Offenders on Offending
Offenders on Offending

Author: Wim Bernasco

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 1843927772

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The book addresses the issue of assessing the reliability of information about crime from offenders, taking stock of the various methods used to elicit information on offending from offenders and collecting useful information on criminal behaviour.

Dangerous To Know
Dangerous To Know

Author: James Morton

Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing

Published: 2009-09-01

Total Pages: 587

ISBN-13: 0522859445

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From the bestselling authors of Gangland Australia comes Dangerous to Know, an A to Z of Australasian crimes, criminals and their victims. James Morton and Susanna Lobez have trawled through written records to compile this snappy yet comprehensive account of the bad, mad and plain notorious. All the names are here, from Ronald Ryan (the last man hanged in Australia), to the Carlton Crew. An unmissable book, in one handy volume, for anyone who wants to know all there is to know about Australia's dark underbelly.

Never Trust a Lady
Never Trust a Lady

Author: Suzanne Robinson

Publisher: Bantam

Published: 2008-12-18

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0307488667

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Bestselling author Suzanne Robinson takes readers back to the days of the Civil War, as passions run high and even a proper British lady cannot resist the pull of history—or the rugged charms of a Union spy. Visiting friends in Mississippi, Lady Eva Sparrow hopes to escape the tedium of London society’s social calendar. Instead she is appalled by the slavery she finds in the South. Though she is a British citizen, her heart demands that she do something to improve the slaves’ lot. But little does the lady imagine that she possesses the tools for espionage, the influence to turn the tide of a Confederate plot, and the courage to root out a rebel assassin. Texan Ryder Drake works for President Lincoln, setting up a network of spies across the Confederacy. Seeking Britain’s support, Ryder is introduced to Lady Eva, who has powerful political connections in London. Unwilling to trust the fate of the Union to a silly socialite, he dismisses the lovely lady—until her sharp wit and intelligence win him over . . . head and heart. And though Eva is no innocent, just one dangerous glance from Ryder sets her pulse racing—and readies her spirit to risk everything to help him infiltrate society’s highest circles.

Rotor in the Green
Rotor in the Green

Author: Ray Dousset

Publisher: Xulon Press

Published: 2007-06

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 1602663165

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Exposed to flying at an early age, Dousset pursued his dream of flying often at the expense of his family. This autobiography reveals how he achieved that dream, only to find it a necessary step to attaining the real secret of peace and fulfillment in his life.

Kings of Stings
Kings of Stings

Author: James Morton

Publisher: Victory Books

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 0522858597

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Do you want to...Help distribute money to the poor and be given a fee to do so? Share in Al Qaeda's hidden gold? Help a young girl orphaned in the tsunami? In their highly entertaining and often shocking new book James Morton and Susanna Lobez follow up their bestselling Gangland Australia by delving into the world of Australian con artists such as Mario Condello, Helen Demidenko, Christopher Skase, Brenton Jarrett, Peter Foster, Lola Montez and Fairlie Arrow. Here are highly talented men and women and their tricks: changing paper into banknotes, selling other people's property, faking deaths, and forging paintings; promising miracle cures and impersonating aristocracy, preachers, military gents, lawyers and doctors. In fact, whatever it takes to separate the unwary from their money. Read about the scams and think twice about that offer that seems almost too good to be true.

World Literature: A Non-British Approach
World Literature: A Non-British Approach

Author: Krishna Sharma

Publisher: Krishna Kumar Sharma

Published:

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13:

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This book has been designed to help the students who prepare for competitive exams like UGC NET, SET/SLET, PGT, Assistant Professor Exams, etc. Every important writer across the world has been covered in this book. The Caribbean, African, Canadian, Australian, German, French, Russian, Italian, Greek, Roman, New Zealandia, and several other writers have been given in the book.

The History of Australian Crime
The History of Australian Crime

Author: Nigel Cawthorne

Publisher: Arcturus Publishing

Published: 2013-07-05

Total Pages: 547

ISBN-13: 1782127046

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The criminal history of Australia from bushrangers who robbed, raped and murdered their way across the Outback in the late 18th and 19th centuries to today's breed of celebrity villain, from Ned Kelly and Jack the Rammer to Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read and Alan Bond.