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Mutiny on the Bounty: A saga of sex, sedition, mayhem and mutiny, and survival against extraordinary odds by Peter FitzSimons
$36.99 AUD
Category: Australian
The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great stories - a tale of human drama, intrigue and adventure of the highest order - and in the hands of Peter FitzSimons it comes to life as never before. Commissioned by the Royal Navy to collect breadfruit plan ...Show more
Nancy Wake: A Biography of Our Greatest War Heroine by Peter FitzSimons
$27.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The number one bestselling biography of our greatest war heroine - over 84,000 copies sold in its first two formats. In the early 1930s, Nancy Wake was a young woman enjoying a bohemian life in Paris. By the end of the Second World War, she was the Gestapo's most wanted person. As a na ve, young journal ...Show more
Ned Kelly by Peter Fitzsimons
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Love him or loathe him, Ned Kelly has been at the heart of Australian culture and identity since he and his gang were tracked down in bushland by the Victorian police and came out fighting, dressed in bulletproof iron armour made from farmers' ploughs. History comes to life with Peter Fitzsimons. Histor ...Show more
Ned Kelly by Peter FitzSimons
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Secondhand. Love him or loathe him, Ned Kelly has been at the heart of Australian culture and identity since he and his gang were tracked down in bushland by the Victorian police and came out fighting, dressed in bulletproof iron armour made from farmers' ploughs. History comes to life with Peter Fitzs ...Show more
Seriously...You Have to Laugh: Great Yarns and Tall Tales from the Sporting Fields, Dressing Rooms and Commentary Boxes of Australia by Peter FitzSimons
$29.99 AUD
Category: Sport
Putting his unique spin on our sporting life, Peter FitzSimons celebrates the tall tales and true, the outrageous yarns and the knockabout humor from the footy fields, cricket grounds, dressing rooms, bars and commentary boxes of Australia. From the clever sledges behind the bales and the goalposts to t ...Show more
The Battle of Long Tan by Peter FitzSimons
$49.99 AUD
Category: Military
From the bestselling author of Kokoda and Gallipoli comes the epic story of Australia's deadliest Vietnam War battle. 4.31 pm: Enemy [on] left flank. Could be serious. 5.01 pm: Enemy ... penetrating both flanks and to north and south. 5.02: Running short of ammo. Require drop through trees. It was the a ...Show more
The Battle of Long Tan by Peter FitzSimons
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military
From the bestselling author of Kokoda and Gallipoli comes the epic story of Australia's deadliest Vietnam War battle. 4.31 pm: Enemy [on] left flank. Could be serious. 5.01 pm: Enemy ... penetrating both flanks and to north and south. 5.02: Running short of ammo. Require drop through trees. It was the ...Show more
The Catalpa Rescue: The gripping story of the most dramatic and successful prison break in Australian history by Peter FitzSimons
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
The incredible true story of one of the most extraordinary and inspirational prison breaks in Australian history. New York, 1874. Members of the Clan-na-Gael - agitators for Irish freedom from the English yoke - hatch a daring plan to free six Irish political prisoners from the most remote prison in the ...Show more
The Great Aussie Bloke Slim-Down: How an Over-50 Former Footballer Went from Fat to Fit ... and Lost 40 Kilos by Peter FitzSimons; Lisa Wilkinson (Foreword by)
$6.99 AUD
Category: Health
The story of one man who had the guts to lose his gut. This is a book that will finally help an ordinary bloke lose weight. (Don't worry, it has nothing to do with wearing a red bandana.)Ever struggled with your weight? Or did you stop struggling years ago and let the pies win? Peter FitzSimons has been ...Show more
The Incredible Life of Hubert Wilkins: Australia's greatest explorer by Peter FitzSimons
$49.99 AUD
Category: Australian
The extraordinary, must-read story of the brave, bold Hubert Wilkins - Australia's most adventurous explorer, naturalist, photographer, war hero, aviator, spy and daredevil - brought to life by one of Australia's greatest storytellers. Sir Hubert Wilkins is one of the most remarkable Australians who eve ...Show more
The Last Charge of the Australian Light Horse by Peter FitzSimons
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
On 31st October 1917, as the day's light faded, the Australian Light Horse charged against their enemy. Eight hundred men and horses galloped four miles across open country, towards the artillery, rifles and machine guns of the Turks occupying the seemingly unassailable town of Beersheba. What happened ...Show more
The Opera House: The extraordinary story of the building that symbolises Australia the people, the secrets, the scandals and the sheer genius by Peter FitzSimons
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
'The sun did not know how beautiful its light was until it was reflected off this building.' - Louis Kahn, US architect If only these walls and this land could talk ... The Sydney Opera House is a breathtaking building, recognised around the world as a symbol of modern Australia. Along with the Taj Ma ...Show more