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Anzac and Empire : George Foster Pearce and the Foundations of Australian Defence by John Connor
Category: WWI & WWII | Series: Australian Army History Series
Anzac and Empire is the remarkable story of George Foster Pearce - a carpenter who became one Australia's most influential politicians, and the man central to how Australia planned for, and fought in, World War I. The nation's longest-serving defence minister - holding the portfolio before, during and a ...Show more
Before the Anzac Dawn: A military history of Australia to 1915 by Craig Stockings & John Connor
Category: Military
This book provides a comprehensive and compelling account of Australian military history before any soldier set foot on Gallipoli. It shows that this pre-1915 history has largely been forgotten. Indeed the extent to which Australians thought about war and experienced war before ANZAC existed will surpri ...Show more
Believe 2 by John F. Connor; Jolanta Dziok (Illustrator); Gabi Grubb (Designed by)
Category: Gift
John Connor has been writing poetry for most of his adult life and over the past 35 years has built up an enormous collection of inspirational poems. When his parents passed away, he noticed that something about his poetry had changed. This change led to John's poetry helping to heal and console hundred ...Show more
Believe 3 - For Sam by John Connor
Category: Gift | Series: Believe Ser.
John Connor was born in 1964 and has been writing poetry since he was sixteen. Following the death of his Mother and Father, John noticed that his poetry had changed. He wrote to give himself comfort and when he shared his words with others found his poems also gave comfort to them. Now, with thousands ...Show more
Endless Apocalypse - Short Stories (HB) by Mike Adamson (Contribution by); Konstantine Paradias (Contribution by); Darren Ridgley (Contribution by); John B. Rosenman (Contribution by); Zach Shephard (Contribution by); Meryl Stenhouse (Contribution by); Morgan Sylvia (Contribution by); Lucy Taylor (Contribution by); Natalia Theodoridou (Contribution by); Shannon Connor Winward (Contribution by); Florian Mussgnug (Foreword by); Bill Davidson (Contribution by); Michael Paul Gonzalez (Contribution by); Michael Haynes (Contribution by); Liam Hogan (Contribution by); Jennifer Hudak (Contribution by); Curt Jeffreys (Contribution by); Su-Yee Lin (Contribution by); Wendy Nikel (Contribution by)
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Gothic Fantasy Ser.
Stories of the end of civilized life have always fascinated us, from the mythological world endings, Armageddon to Ragnorok, to the flood stories of across the Ancient world. They make us wonder what we would do if all around us came to an end: no transport, no fuel, no communications: a retreat into th ...Show more
Falling by John Connor
Category: Fiction
A stunning thriller that sees DC Karen Sharpe brought to the very edge of her sanity
Oxford Value Bundle the Centenary History of Australia and the Great War (print) by Michael Molkentin; Jeffrey Grey; Robert Stevenson; John Connor; Peter Stanley; Peter Yule; Jean Bou; Peter Dennis; Paul Dalgleish
Category: History | Series: Centenary Hist of Aust and Great War Ser.
The Centenary History of Australia and the Great War Series includes five volumes, packaged together here:Australia and the War in the Air: Volume IThe War with the Ottoman Empire: Volume IIThe War with Germany: Volume IIIThe War at Home: Volume IVThe Australian Imperial Force: Volume V
Phoenix by John Connor
Category: Fiction
First novel from talented young English crime writer. In this stunning, grittily authentic debut novel, young Yorkshire-based barrister, John Connor, introduces Detective Constable Karen Sharpe. The 8th April 1996 was a bad day for Karen Sharpe, the eighth anniversary of something so deeply buried she ...Show more
The Australian Frontier Wars 1788-1838 by Connor John
Category: Australian History
From the Swan River to the Hawkesbury, and from the sticky Arnhem Land mangrove to the soft green hills of Tasmania, this book describes the major conflicts fought on the Australian frontier to 1838. Based on extensive research and using overseas frontier wars to add perspective to the Australian experi ...Show more
The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History by Peter Dennis; Jeffrey Grey; Robin Prior; Ewan Morris; John Connor (As told to)
Category: History | Series: Oxford Companions Ser.
'War has been one of the defining forces in Australian history ... Participation in war, whether actively in the armed forces or on the home front, or in opposition to a particular war, has shaped the lives of successive generations of Australians in the twentieth century. Today ... questions relating t ...Show more