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Australia's Vietnam - Myth vs History by Mark Dapin
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian History / Politics/Current Affairs
When Mark Dapin first interviewed Vietnam veterans and wrote about the war, he swallowed (and regurgitated) every misconception. He wasn't alone. In Australia's Vietnam, Dapin reveals that every stage of Australia's commitment to the Vietnam War has been misunderstood, misinterpreted and shrouded in myt ...Show more
From the Trenches by Mark Dapin
$39.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
Others have written the myth, but the Anzacs themselves wrote their stories. Around the country, bronze soldiers in slouch hats stand silently at attention. It is the Anzacs' remarkable writing that reveals the lives behind the national legend. In the Trenches is a collection of gripping, awe-inspirin ...Show more
Jewish Anzacs Jews in the Australian Military by Mark Dapin
$49.99 AUD
Category: Judaica | Reading Level: Scholarly/Undergraduate
Acclaimed journalist, novelist and military historian Mark Dapin tells the personal, often extraordinary stories of Australia's Jewish servicemen and women. Over 7000 Jews from Australia - and overseas - have fought in the nation's military conflicts. Sir John Monash may be the best known, but Dapin als ...Show more
Joyful Strains: Making Australia Home by Mark Dapin (Contribution by); Diane Armstrong (Contribution by); Chris Flynn (Contribution by); Kent MacCarter; Maria Tumarkin (Contribution by); Meg Mundell (Contribution by); Paola Totaro (Contribution by); Catherine Rey (Contribution by); Ali Lemerm; Alison Lemer (Editor); Arnold Zable (Foreword by); Alice Pung (Contribution by); Danny Katz (Contribution by); Amy Espeseth (Contribution by)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Travel
These are stories about what they found, who they became and what they now think of Australia - stories that provide entertainment, perspective and cause to celebrate our increasingly diverse nation. This is an insightful, compelling and sometimes confronting collection for all Australians.Contributors ...Show more
Prison Break: Shantaram to the Bangkok Hilton, The World's Most Wanted Australians by Mark Dapin
$32.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
The real stories behind Gregory Roberts, John Killick and Australia's most daring prison escapes. In his global bestselling novel Shantaram, Gregory Roberts based his fiction on fact. He was once Australia's most wanted man - a prison escapee who went on to live an extraordinary life in India and beyond ...Show more
Public Enemies: Ray Denning, Russell (Maddog) Cox an the Golden Age of Armed Robbery by Mark Dapin
$32.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
The gripping and revealing inside story of Australia's most notorious armed robbers.
R&R by Mark Dapin
$32.99 AUD
Category: Crime/Thriller/Espionage
John 'Nashville' Grant is an American military policeman in the RR town of Vung Tau, tucked safely behind the front lines of the Vietnam War. Nashville knows how everything works: the army, the enemy, bars, secrets, men and women. He's keeping the peace by keeping his head down and making the most of it ...Show more
The Nashos' War : Australia's National Servicemen and Vietnam by Mark Dapin
$49.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
On 10 March 1965, the first nasho's birthdate was drawn from a lottery barrel at the Department of Labour and National Service in Melbourne. Over the next seven years, a total of 63740 young Australian men would be drafted into the army and face the prospect of being sent to war. The nashos came from al ...Show more
The Nasho's War: Australia's National Servicemen and Vietnam by Mark Dapin
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian History / Politics/Current Affairs
On 10 March 1965, the first nasho's birthdate was drawn from a lottery barrel at the Department of Labour and National Service in Melbourne. Over the next seven years, a total of 63740 young Australian men would be drafted into the army and face the prospect of being sent to war. The nashos came from al ...Show more
The Penguin Book of Australian War Writing by Mark Dapin (ed)
$39.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
From the cliffs of Gallipoli, to the jungles of Vietnam, to the deserts of Afghanistan and Iraq, Australia's short history has been punctuated by war. We define ourselves through our relationship to the battlefield - mateship, courage under fire, larrikinism - but few of us have been firsthand witnesses ...Show more
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