Collection: Nonfiction

In 1963, Petersen was sent to Vietnam as part of the Australian Training Team, 2 years before the first official Australian troops arrived. Seconded to the CIA, he was sent to build an anti-communist guerrilla force among the Montagnard people.

An introductory look at bush food in Australia.

Combines medical information, such as physiological facts about the effects of stress on our bodily systems, with a contemporary snapshot on today's society & analysis of what is happening to humankind in the 21st century.

In 1944 British commando W. Stanley Moss hatches his most daring adventure of all: to kidnap the Nazi General Kriepe, commander of the Sevastopol Division in Crete, and spirit him back to British-occupied Egypt. This is his story.

Focuses on the extraordinary story of First Lightning - the first Soviet test bomb detonated in 1949 - to provide a fresh understanding of the origins of the nuclear arms race, as well as the all-too-urgent problem of proliferation.

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and endangered status of turtles and tortoises.

These are the memoirs of a survivor, someone who has reached the pinnacle of success, who has had it all. With the foundation of super group Cream in 1966, he became a superstar. He now tells his story as it is, hiding nothing. A compelling memoir. [Jacket]

The civilization of the ancient Maya reached its peak about 2,000 years ago. The Maya held a complex religious view of the world. In an effort to maintain order by pleasing their many gods, they built stone temples and developed a written language

Baroque Architecture leads the reader through the major creations of the period throughout Europe and beyond, and provides a fascinating account of how this grandiose style developed in relation to the unique urban culture of each nation

On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a riveting account of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the end of the Cold War.