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  • Early Voyages and Travels in the Levant

    Charting Cultural Encounter and Imperial Ambitions in the Levant

    by Thomas Dallam, John Covel ...
    Early Voyages and Travels in the Levant presents a fascinating tapestry of exploration, cultural exchange, and historical insight through a selection of richly detailed accounts of travel in the Eastern Mediterranean. This anthology brings together narratives that encapsulate the varied experiences of travelers navigating the complex landscape of the Levant during the late Renaissance period. The ... Read more

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  • The Battles of Monte Cassino

    The campaign and its controversies

    by Glyn Harper, John Tonkin-Covell ...
    The Allied forces' actions in and around Monte Cassino in Italy remain some of the most controversial of the Second World War. Adolf Hitler described them as the battles that came closest to the bitter struggles on the Western Front.The name Cassino has become a touchstone for New Zealanders as a result of the crucial role played there by Kiwi forces, and the controversy surrounding the battles ... Read more

    $11.79 USD

  • Early Voyages and Travels in the Levant

    by John Covel; Thomas Dallam ...
    "Early Voyages and Travels in the Levant" is a captivating collection that chronicles the adventures of John Covel and Thomas Dallam as they journey through the Eastern Mediterranean. Their narratives provide a vivid glimpse into the cultures, landscapes, and peoples they encountered. Covel's observations as a scholar and Dallam's experiences as a traveler and diplomat offer a rich tapestry of ... Read more

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  • Gallipoli

    A Ridge Too Far

    by Robin Prior, Stephen Bradley, Ashley Ekins, Peter Burness, Peter Pedersen, John Tonkin-Covell, Kenan Celik, Holger Afflerbach, Harvey Broadbent, Colonel Frederic Guelton, Elizabeth Greenhalgh, Rana Chhina, Rhys Crawley, Janda Gooding, Rober O'Neill ...
    For the first time showcasing a unique and extensive range of Australian War Memorial photographs, Gallipoli: a Ridge too far describes the pivotal events of that momentous year as they affected all the countries involved. The book combines fresh perspectives from the worlds leading authorities, including Turkish and German historians, together with soldiers letters and diary accounts. In early ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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    New Zealand's gangster killings

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  • Gotta Love This Country!

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  • New Zealand's Great War

    New Zealand, the Allies and the First World War

    Edited by John Crawford (ed), Ian McGibbon (ed) ...
    This book is a collection of essays arising out of the Zealandias Great War conference organised by the New Zealand Military History Committee in November 2003. In 32 essays by distinguished military historians from New Zealand and around the world, various aspects of New Zealands involvement in World War One are discussed. Subjects include the Pioneer Maori Battalion, women who opposed the war, ... Read more

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  • Great Australian Outback Police Stories

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  • The Nek

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    One of the greatest tragedies in Australian military history occurred at Gallipoli on 7 August 1915, when hundreds of Australian light horsemen were repeatedly ordered to charge the massed rifles and machine-guns of the Turkish enemy. It was a hopeless endeavour, and the resulting bloodbath has horrified every generation since and been the subject of considerable scrutiny by historians. The charge ... Read more

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  • Monte Cassino

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    Selected as a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2013 The most horrific battles of World War II ring in the popular memory: Stalingrad, the Bulge, Iwo Jima, to name a few. Monte Cassino should stand among them. Waged deep in the Italian mountains beneath a medieval monastery, it was an astonishingly brutal encounter, grinding up ten armies in conditions as bad as the Eastern Front at its worst. Now the ... Read more

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  • Who Killed Scott Guy?

    The case that gripped a nation

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    Scott Guy was a good man, a great dad, a salt-of-the-earth farmer who was gunned down at his front gate for no conceivable reason.His death enthralled us, partly because it was so inexplicable, but also because there were no obvious suspects. When police finally arrested someone, public fascination soared - because the person they claimed killed Scott Guy was his brother-in-law, colleague and ... Read more

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