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A Sapper's War by Jimmy Thomson
Category: Military
They were the forward scouts, the mine clearers, the bridge builders and the tunnel rats. They were frequently not just on the front line, but right at the sharp end of the action. They were the legendary Aussie sappers, the army engineers, who were literally everywhere in the fighting against the Vietc ...Show more
A Sappers' War: How the Legendary Aussie Tunnel Rats Fought the Vietcong by Jimmy Thomson
Category: Military
'We make and we break.' They were the forward scouts, the mine clearers, the bridge builders and the tunnel rats. They were frequently not just on the front line, but right at the sharp end of the action. They were the legendary Aussie sappers, the army engineers, who were literally everywhere in the fi ...Show more
KOALA BOUNCES BACK, THE by THOMSON, JIMMY THOMSON
Category: Picture Books
Karri the bouncing koala has a peaceful new home - until a gang of fierce, football-crazy cats moves in.The moggies aren't welcome - they keep chasing the bush birds and animals - but they've got nowhere else to live. Karri makes a deal with the cats. They'll play football and if the cats win they get t ...Show more
Snitch: Crooked Cops and Kings Cross Crims by the Man Who Saw it All by Jimmy Thomson
Category: Non-Fiction
'The Inspector' walked the line between the crims and the cops and saw the best and worst of both sides of the law. Snitch is his story. A fast and furious journey into Sydney's dark underbelly, it is the story of one who was in the thick of the power struggles and gang wars, betting rings and illegal g ...Show more
The Koala Bounces Back by Jimmy Thomson
Category: Picture Books
Karri the bouncing koala has a peaceful new home - until a gang of fierce, football-crazy cats moves in. The moggies aren't welcome - they keep chasing the bush birds and animals - but they've got nowhere else to live. Karri makes a deal with the cats. They'll play football and if the cats win they get ...Show more
The Koala Who Bounced by Jimmy Thomson
Category: Picture Books
Karri discovers he is quite different from the other koalas when he falls out of the tree - and bounces! But what good is being able to bounce when nobody else can do it with you and you have no friends? Karri feels lonely and not very special at all. Then one day he bounces up into a tree and finds out ...Show more
The Last Snake Man by Jimmy Thomson (As told to); John Cann
Category: Biography
Every Sunday for almost a century John Cann's family ran the famous snake show in a pit at La Perouse - an area once alive with tiger, brown and black snakes. After growing up with over 300 'pet' snakes in their backyard, John and his brother George took over the snake show from their parents in 1965. B ...Show more
The Ultimate Guide to Buying and Renting Houses and Apartments by Jimmy Thomson
Category: Business
This new edition has updated information on looking at the rights of landlords and tenants; covering leases and what's standard and required by law; expectations of landlords and tenants; and what to look for in a property when buying or selling.
Tunnel Rats by THOMSON, JIMMY
Category: Audio
They were young, they were Australian, they were Army engineers and they were the first allied soldiers to risk their lives in the darkness of the Vietcong tunnels of South Vietnam. Not only did they follow their enemy down into these unknown underground labyrinths, but matched the Vietcong's jungle war ...Show more
Tunnel Rats by Jimmy Thomson
Category: Audio
'All I could do was prod the earth with my bayonet and shine the light to see if I could find anything. It doesn't matter how small the tunnel is you never know what's around the bend ...You don't know if it's abandoned, you don't know if it's booby trapped and you don't know why the tunnel is there in ...Show more
Tunnel Rats by Jimmy Thomson
Category: Military
'All I could do was prod the earth with my bayonet and shine the light to see if I could find anything. It doesn't matter how small the tunnel is you never know what's around the bend ...You don't know if it's abandoned, you don't know if it's booby trapped and you don't know why the tunnel is there in ...Show more