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Animal Heroes by Anthony Hill
Category: Children's Fiction
Here are twenty-one fascinating stories about the forgotten heroes of war: animals who have served beside Australian forces. These are all animals that dazzle with their courage and loyalty - or sometimes just by being lovable. Whether it's a rooster guarding his battalion during the First World War or ...Show more
Captain Cook's Apprentice by Anthony Hill
Category: Fiction
The enthralling story of Captain Cook's voyage to Australia, as seen through the eager eyes of a cabin boy. When young Isaac Manley sailed on the Endeavourfrom England in 1768, no one on board knew if a mysterious southern continent existed in the vast Pacific Ocean. It would be a voyage full of uncerta ...Show more
Captain Cook's Apprentice by Anthony Hill
Category: Children's Fiction
This is the enthralling true story of Captain Cook's first, three-year-long voyage to Australia on board the Endeavour, seen through the eyes of a cabin boy, Isaac Manley, who was twelve when the journey started in 1768. The trip is hazardous and exciting, and Isaac's eyes are opened to many new experie ...Show more
For Love of Country by Anthony Hill
Category: Biography
When one choice can lead to triumph or failure, life or death, glory or destruction . . . what will you choose? With Choose the Future, YOU decide how, when, where and with whom the Doctor will fight to save the world! In this brand new adventure, Night of the Kraken, the Twelfth Doctor meets a roguish ...Show more
Lucy's Cat and the Rainbow Birds by Anthony Hill
Category: Picture Books
Lucy has a garden filled with beautiful rainbow birds. She also has a tabby cat called Artemis, and one day ...POUNCE! Lucy needs to stop Artemis catching the birds, but how? Will Artemis and the birds ever live together in peace? Find out in this cheeky read-aloud tale bt two of Australia's favourite c ...Show more
Shipping Container Homes - A Complete Guide to Designing and Building a Container Home by Anthony Hill
Category: Architecture
SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMESLiving in the 21st century is not at all an easy feat. With the constant and consistent rise in the cost of living, it is becoming virtually impossible to live comfortably in a house you own. For many people, owning a house feels like a completely unattainable goal because of the ...Show more
Soldier Boy by Anthony Hill
Category: Military
On 28 June 1915, young James Martin sailed from Melbourne aboard the troopship Berrima - bound, ultimately, for Gallipoli. He was just fourteen years old. Soldier Boyis Jim's extraordinary true story, the story of a young and enthusiastic school boy who became Australia's youngest known Anzac. Four mont ...Show more
The Burnt Stick by Anthony Hill
Category: Children's Fiction
John Jagamarra grew up at the Pearl Bay Mission for Aboriginal children in the far north-west. It was beautiful there, but it wasn't home. This is a tale for everyone about the pain of separation, and the strength of the human spirit.
The Investigators by Anthony Hill
Category: Fiction
A novel of high adventure, exploration, shipwreck and survival, based on the life of Matthew Flinders' cousin, fifteen-year-old midshipman John Franklin, by the award-winning author of Soldier Boy. 'Our discoveries have been great, but the risks and misfortunes many.'John Franklin always wanted to be a ...Show more
The Last Convict by Anthony Hill
Category: Audio
'It's a good story, Samuel. You're a piece of living history.'Oxford 1863: Young Samuel Speed sets a barley stack alight in the hope it will earn him a bed in prison for the night. He wants nothing more than a morsel of food in his belly and a warm place to sleep off the streets. What he receives is a s ...Show more
The Last Convict by Anthony Hill
Category: Fiction
'It's a good story, Samuel. You're a piece of living history.' Oxford 1863 - Young Samuel Speed sets a barley stack alight in the hope it will earn him a bed in prison for the night. He wants nothing more than a morsel of food in his belly and a warm place to sleep off the streets. What he receives is ...Show more