Australian Stock Horses
Horses arrived in Australia with the First Fleet in 1788. Only the strongest and most enduring animals survived the harsh climate and difficult working conditions of the early colonies. In early Australia, horses were bred for stamina and ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Dairy Goats
According to the list of provisions for the First Fleet, 19 goats were among the first animals brought to Australia in 1788. How many goats actually lasted the trip is unknown though those that did survive were maintained for personal rather than ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Angus Konstam
In this book, expert Angus Konstam explores the fledging Tudor Navy, tracing its history, from its origins as a merchant fleet under Henry VII through to its emergence as a powerful force under Henry VIII. Examining the operational use of Henry's ... [... more]
Random House |
Barbara Taylor Bradford
Barbara Taylor Bradford was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, and was a reporter for the Yorkshire Evening Post at sixteen. By the age of twenty, she had become both an editor and a columnist on London's Fleet Street. In 1979 she wrote her first ... [... more]
Random House |
Josh Aiello
JOSH AIELLO owns two pairs of Dockers (both khaki) and can type thirty-five words per minute. He has lent his word-processing expertise to Men's Health magazine, the National Academy of Television Arts adn Sciences, and Fleet Bank, among others. ... [... more]
Random House |
Barry Unsworth
As the harsh wind holds the Greek fleet trapped in the straits at Aulis, frustration and political impotence turn into a... click for more> These powerful stories, as Conrad critic Paul Kirschner has observed, present "a chiaroscuro of sea and ... [... more]
Random House |
Barrett Tillman
Grumman's successor to the pugnacious Wildcat, the Hellcat embodied many of the lessons learnt by F4F pilots in the opening months of the Pacific war. Introduced to the fleet in January 1943, and blooded in combat against the Japanese by VF-5 ... [... more]
Random House |
Ariana Franklin
Ariana Franklin is a former Fleet Street reporter who lives in Hertfordshire, England. [... more]
Harper Collins |
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