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Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
Mike Carlton
Winner of the 2022 Commodore Sam Bateman Book Prize, awarded annually by the Australian Naval Institute to recognise excellence in books making a major contribution to naval and maritime matters
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Australian submariners at war
Submariners are a special breed. Not for them a life on the ocean wave, the fresh air and sunshine of other naval sailors. With stealth and…
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The British Admiralty’s telegram arrived at Navy Office in Melbourne, the order to go to all-out war. It was coldly succinct- TOTAL GERMANY … The war at sea had begun.
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In 1924 the grand old battle cruiser HMAS Australia I, once the pride of the nation, was sunk off Sydney Heads. She had saved Australia from a German attack in…
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HMAS Sydney’s hunt for the German raider, Emden. In the opening months of the First World War, Emden’s trail of destruction was tremendous. This one small ship and her skilled…
On Air is Mike Carlton’s story, no holds barred.
Of all the Australians who fought in the Second World War, none saw more action nor endured so much of its hardship and horror as the crew of the cruiser…
The cruiser HMAS Australia II and the Pacific War on Japan
In 1924, the grand old battle cruiser HMAS Australia I was sunk off Sydney Heads. Once she had been…
Mike Carlton was born to controversy. His father Jimmy, a renowned Olympic athlete and later a Catholic priest, married his mother…
Lew Freedman
How the 1980 Philadelphia Phillies Won the First World Series Championship in Franchise History The road was rocky and the suspense intense as a make-or-break 1980 baseball season unfolded for…
