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Page turning stories of inventive scams, dramatic escapes and captures, and vile deeds of our most infamous criminals.
'Graham Seal finds and writes ripper, fair-dinkum, true blue Aussie yarns. His books are great reads.' -The Weekly Times
Australia's master storyteller trawls our rich history of cold cases, notorious robberies, shameless frauds and razor gangs to uncover a cast of colourful villains. From the men and women who stepped off the convict...
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Australia's history is one of epic journeys, intrepid explorers, and mysterious disappearances in far-flung places. From perilous sea voyages to the distant south land, to forays across vast deserts on horseback, they are stories of endurance and misadventure, survival, and loss. Master storyteller Graham Seal has gathered together a gripping collection of famous and lesser-known journeys by land, sea, and air in the 19th and early 20th centuries....
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Fascination with the unknown, the hidden, the lost, the missing and the secret is universal. Australia has more than its fair share of mysteries, from before the beginning of recorded time up to the disappearance of flight MH370 in the waters to our south (or maybe elsewhere).
In Great Australian Mysteries Graham Seal retells tales of the supernatural, of unsolved crimes, lost treasures, wartime enigmas and other enduring mysteries. Some of the stories...
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Graham Seal is one of Australia's master storytellers. This bumper collection of yarns from the bush gathers some of our best stories since colonial times, retold in Graham's warm style.
It takes a certain character to make a living in the Australian bush. In the most difficult situations, laughter often comes to the rescue. Here are pioneers and battlers, convicts and settler's children, and a land that tests them with fire, flood and drought, in...
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Over the years, the experiences of soldiers at war become the stuff of legend: tales of great bravery, battlefield wins, and also the tragic losses and poignant moments. Great ANZAC Stories gathers iconic stories of Australian experience in the major wars the country has fought: World Wars I and II, Korea and Vietnam, and also tales from the home front. Here we relive the horror of the first day on Gallipoli, acutely aware of what was to come. We...