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follow us MILITARY NO FRONT LINE Chris Masters RRP $34.99 MONASH AND CHAUVEL Australia’s foremost investigative journalist goes deep into the heart of our Special Forces long war in Afghanistan. Masterfully told, No Front Line is as controversial as it is revealing. It will find a place as one of the finest contemporary books on soldiering. Roland Perry RRP $34.99 Monash and Chauvel follows the extraordinary campaigns of the two most outstanding battlefield commanders of the First World War: John Monash and Harry Chauvel. Their impact on the war was immense and Roland Perry does justice to their extraordinary careers. BARNEY GREATREX Michael Veitch RRP $35.00 PALESTINE DIARIES This is the incredible untold World War II story of Australian hero Barney Greatrex from Bomber Command to French Our Price Resistance fighter as told to acclaimed $ 00 author Michael Veitch. Jonathan King RRP $39.99 30 Culminating with the cavalry charge at Beersheba on 31 October 1917, Palestine Diaries is the story of Australia’s Light Horsemen of WWI, told in their own brutally honest words. ESCAPE ARTIST Peter Monteath RRP $29.99 THE COMMANDO Ben McKelvey RRP $49.99 In August 1941, Australian soldier Johnny Peck made his first prison break, an escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp in Crete. Astoundingly, this was only the first of many escapes… The Commando reveals Cameron Baird’s life, from young boy and aspiring AFL player, to exemplary soldier and leader. Cameron’s story and that of 4RAR and 2nd Commando personifies the courage and character of the men and women who go to war and shows us the good man we have lost. OUTBACK MATES Daniel McIntosh RRP $39.99 ALONE Michael Korda RRP $42.95 Alone is a work that seamlessly weaves a family memoir into an unforgettable account of a political and military disaster redeemed by the evacuation of more than 300,000 men in f our days, surely one of the most heroic episodes of the war. Outback Mates is a portrait of a place where people are few and far between, but friendships are close. Inspired by a competition on the Station Photos page, this book showcases the simple beauty of friendships, and how important mateship is in rural communities. Receive a beautiful free calendar with your book. While stocks last. YOUNG HITLER: THE MAKING OF THE FUHRER AN OUTBACK LIFE Paul Ham RRP $32.99 Paula Heelan RRP $39.99 By peeling back the layers of Hitler’s childhood, war record and early political career, Paul Ham’s Young Hitler: The Making of the Fuhrer conjures the ordinary man beneath the myth and seeks to solve the riddle behind the enigma of the Nazi leader. FABULOUS BOOKS AT GREAT PRICES! Our Price 14 99 $ Our Price Our Price 29 99 Kunth Verlag RRP $59.99 Our Price 14 99 $ THE NATURAL HERITAGE OF THE WORLD This book contains heart-warming stories and stunning photography of our wide brown land, and the people and animals who live there. 14 99 $ $ DESERT AUSTRALIA TROPICAL AUSTRALIA Nick Rains RRP $39.99 Nick Rains RRP $39.99