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Calabrian: An Australian Mafia Story by MATTHEW BENNS
Category: Biography
Two men. One woman. Danielli Romero is happy to start afresh in Australia and leave behind the old ways of the ndrangheta, the powerful Calabrian mafia. Lucciano "Lucky" Mammone is determined to bring la mala vita - the evil life - with him and enforce it at the point of a gun. From the sugar cane field ...Show more
Dirty Money: The True Cost of Australia's Mineral Boom by Matthew Benns
Category: Business, Economics and Law
"They put the boys into the Anvil mining truck. They came for my dad. I asked them 'where are you taking him?' and they didn't answer." The Australian mining company trucks had come roaring into the African village and disgorged over 100 heavily armed government soldiers. The rebels, protesting at the ...Show more
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels by Matthew Benns
Category: Australian History
A highly entertaining, scurrilous and fascinating book on Australian con men (and women) and all their dirty, devious tricks. There are con men you fear and con men you hate, and con men with amazing stories who take your breath away with their dirty tricks and sheer brazen effontery. How do they get aw ...Show more
Fixed Cheating Doping Rape And Murder by Matthew Benns
Category: Sports and Hobbies
Matthew Benns takes us inside the murky world of Australia's racing industry. Dapper horse trainer Les Samba was in Melbourne for the annual yearling sales when he turned down an Italian meal with racing contacts saying, 'I have to meet a bloke.' Just hours later he was dead, blood pouring out of five b ...Show more
Fixed: Cheating, Doping, Rape and Murder - The Inside Track on Australia's Racing Industry by Matthew Benns
Category: True Crime
In this updated version, Matthew Benns takes us back into the murky world of Australian horseracing. Dapper horse trainer Les Samba was in Melbourne for the annual yearling sales when he turned down an Italian meal with racing contacts saying, 'I have to meet a bloke.' Just hours later he was dead, bloo ...Show more
Kathleen Folbigg Australia's Worst Female Serial Killer by Matthew Benns
Category: True Crime
This is the true story of Australia's worst convicted female serial killer, Kathleen Folbigg. Kathleen's children, Caleb, Patrick, Sarah and Laura Folbigg, died one by one over a 10-year period in similar circumstances - suddenly, unexpectedly and while sleeping. Each time, she raised the alarm to her h ...Show more
Mistress by Matthew Benns
Category: Biography
Between the sheets with Australia's powerful, rich and famous Since the First Fleet landed, Australian history has been littered with mistresses. Slide between the covers of this book to find a cheaters' list of those women and a star-studded hall of infamy of Australia's rich and powerful men, catching ...Show more
The Dying Diplomats Club: A Nick & La Contessa Mystery by Matthew Benns
Category: Fiction | Series: A\Nick and la Contessa Mystery Ser.
A brand new mystery featuring Nick and La Contessa, the beloved characters from Matthew Benns' smash hit nationwide newspaper serial. What should have been a glittering New Year's Eve at Kirribilli House takes a fatal turn. Can Nick and La Contessa unmask a murderer?And what has their intrepid beagle B ...Show more
The Men Who Killed Qantas by Matthew Benns
Category: Australiana
The full and frank history of Australia's national airline. It takes you into the boardroom, where golden parachutes are signed off, and on to the hangar floor, where engineers battle accounting cuts to keep planes flying safely. It takes you back to the foundation of the airline to disprove the line th ...Show more
The Men Who Killed Qantas by Matthew Benns
Category: Australian History
This book is the account of the Qantas story that every airline passenger needs to read: the full and frank history of Australia's national airline - updated with two new chapters It takes you into the boardroom, where golden parachutes are signed off, and onto the hangar floor, where engineers battle a ...Show more
The Men Who Killed Qantas by Matthew Benns
Category: Business, Economics and Law
This book is the account of the Qantas story that every airline passenger needs to read: the full and frank history of Australia's national airline. It takes you into the boardroom, where golden parachutes are signed off, and onto the hangar floor, where engineers battle accounting cuts to keep planes f ...Show more
The Men Who Killed Qantas by Matthew Benns
Category: Politics
This book is the account of the Qantas story that every airline passenger needs to read: the full and frank history of Australia's national airline. It takes you into the boardroom, where golden parachutes are signed off, and onto the hangar floor, where engineers battle accounting cuts to keep planes f ...Show more