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The Irish-American story, with all its twists and triumphs, is told through the improbable life of one man. A dashing young orator during the Great Famine of the 1840s, in which a million of his Irish countrymen died, Thomas Francis Meagher led a failed uprising against British rule, for which he was banished to a Tasmanian prison colony. He escaped and six months later was heralded in the streets of New York - the revolutionary hero, back from the dead, at the dawn of the great Irish immigration to America.

Botanist, explorer, President of the Royal Society and one of Australia’s founding fathers. Sir Joseph Banks was among the most influential figures of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. As a young man he accompanied Captain Cook on his voyage of discovery to Australia, in later years he...

In the winter of 1925, a pair of 21-year-old men drove out of Perth in a small second-hand Citroen nicknamed “Bubsie” headed for Darwin. At the time, no motor vehicle had ever drive to Darwin from Perth and their borrowed Citroen had less horsepower than a modern-day lawn mower.

The mysterious disappearance of Michael Rockefeller in New Guinea in 1961 has kept the world and his powerful, influential family guessing for years. Now, Carl Hoffman uncovers startling new evidence that finally tells the full, astonishing story. Despite exhaustive searches, no trace of...

This book invites you to step into the magical world of Aboriginal Dreamtime and to share in the world's oldest living culture - its ancient knowledge and spiritual wisdom. Inside are Dreamtime concepts that everyone can understand. Come on a journey with Aboriginal elder Aunty Munya as she guides you in discovering your purpose in life and how to walk in the footsteps of our ancestors. Learn what it means to truly belong and be family to everyone and everything.

Our heroes can come from the most ordinary of places. As a shy lad growing up in country Victoria, no one in the district had any idea the man Albert Jacka would become. Albert 'Bert' Jacka was 21 when Britain declared war on Germany in August 1914. Bert soon enlisted in the Australian Imperial...

Girt Nation introduces Alfred Deakin, the Liberal necromancer whose dead advisors made Australia a better place to live, and Banjo Paterson, the jihadist who called on God and the Prophet to drive the Australian infidels from the Sudan ‘like sand before the gale’. And meet Catherine Helen Spence, the feminist polymath who envisaged a utopian future of free contraceptives, easy divorce and immigration restrictions to prevent the ‘Chinese coming to destroy all we have struggled for’!

Bloomsbury presents Dark Waters, Starry Skies by Jeffrey Cox, read by John Chancer. Esteemed Pacific War historian Jeffrey Cox has produced a fast-paced and absorbing read of the crucial New Georgia phase of the Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign during the Pacific War. Thousands of miles from...

The harrowing story of the Allied airmen who experienced the true horrors of Nazism firsthand. It was the summer of 1944 as liberating Allied forces surged towards Paris following the D-Day landings. For a large group of downed airmen being held in that city’s infamous Fresnes Prison, they...

How an ancient land became a great democracy. Longlisted for Best Non Fiction in the Indie Book Awards 2026 'Tony Abbott should be congratulated ... This history of Australia is vivid, readable, provocative' Geoffrey Blainey, historian 'A fascinating book ... that negotiates all kinds of...

Unlike most other World War II accounts, this work covers the South Pacific operations in detail. The audiobook includes many now-forgotten operations that deserve to be well remembered. Significantly, the official Australian history of World War II correctly observed that Australia's part in the Pacific war is barely mentioned in American histories. This volume finally brings the major Australian contribution to the fore.

“A crisp, confident, and convincing new account of the place and its chroniclers" — The New Yorker “A definitive history of the mysteries of Easter Island...compelling...[a] magisterial history.” — New York Times “Revelatory…fascinating… wholly convincing” — Daily Mail (UK) A...

Desvela el mayor misterio arqueológico del Pacífico y comprende cómo una civilización aislada erigió colosos de piedra. Si buscas un escape educativo y fascinante para tu trayecto diario, esta inmersión histórica te transportará directo a las costas de Rapa Nui. Acompaña a los...

Domina la historia marítima y los secretos de navegación de la civilización que conquistó el inmenso océano Pacífico. Ya sea durante tu trayecto diario o en un momento de curiosidad intelectual, sumérgete en un relato fascinante y riguroso que destierra los mitos para revelar cómo unas...

絶海の孤島に残された巨大なモアイ像は、単なる神秘的な遺物ではなく、環境変動や社会の激動という過酷な試練を生き抜いた人々の壮大な歴史ドラマそのものです。知的な刺激を求める通勤時間や夜の静かなリラックス...

古代マオリの壮大な航海から西洋文明との激しい交錯、そして現代の多文化社会へと至る、太平洋の結節点として紡がれた歴史を解き明かす、知的好奇心を刺激する物語です。毎日の通勤時間やリラックスしたい休日に、...

El choque entre la expansión colonial y una cultura indígena milenaria forjó una realidad histórica fascinante. Ideal para transformar tu trayecto diario en un momento de aprendizaje reflexivo, este vibrante relato desentraña el nacimiento de una sociedad llena de contrastes. Sumérgete en...

Plongez dans l'histoire archéologique des statues de Rapa Nui pour décrypter les secrets d'une civilisation insulaire. Lors de vos trajets quotidiens, laissez-vous transporter par cette exploration captivante qui retrace l'épopée d'une société polynésienne face aux défis extrêmes de son...

Écoutez ce documentaire historique saisissant où des cultures millénaires affrontent la violente machine coloniale. Ce choc dramatique a façonné une terre de contrastes extrêmes. Comprenez enfin la genèse complexe et les fractures profondes d'un continent fascinant. Parfait pour enrichir...

Erlebe in diesem packenden Geschichts-Hörbuch, wie meisterhafte Seefahrer den riesigen Pazifik ohne Kompass bezwangen. Perfekt für den täglichen Arbeitsweg oder entspannte Abende, entführt dich diese abenteuerliche Erzählung in die grenzenlose Weite des Ozeans. Tauche tief in eine epische...