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Peter FitzSimons
From the bestselling author of Kokoda and Gallipoli, the extraordinary story of the Australian Light Horse, their defining World War I battle: the iconic cavalry charge at Beersheba in October…
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Kokoda, 1942. In the muddy, treacherous mountains of Papua New Guinea, a small force of young Australian soldiers - some of them still teenagers - are up against highly trained…
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A celebration of chest puffing goodness and kindness from around the country written in inimitable Peter FitzSimon’s style.
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The extraordinary, must-read story of the brave, bold Hubert Wilkins - Australia’s most adventurous explorer, naturalist, photographer, war hero, aviator, spy and daredevil - brought to life by Australia’s greatest…
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In 1854, gold miners in Victoria, Australia fought a brief but deadly battle against the colonial authority of the United Kingdom. Peter FitzSimons gets into the hearts and minds of…
On a sacred site on the land of the Gadigal people, Tubowgule, a place
of gathering and storytelling for over 60,000 years, now sits the Sydney
Opera House. It is…
Peter Fitzsimons
On 31st October 1917, as the day's light faded, the Australian Light Horse charged against their enemy. Eight hundred men and horses galloped four miles across open country, towards the…
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In the early days of April 1941, the 14,000 Australian forces garrisoned in the Libyan town of Tobruk were told to expect reinforcement and supplies within eight weeks. eight months…
From the bestselling author of Kokoda and Gallipoli comes the epic story of Australia’s deadliest Vietnam War battle.
4.31 pm: Enemy [on] left flank. Could be serious.
5.01 pm: Enemy…
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The epic story of the Boer War and Harry ‘Breaker’ Morant: drover, horseman, bush poet - murderer or hero?
Most Australians have heard of the Boer War and of Harry…
The number one bestselling biography of our greatest war heroine - over 84,000 copies sold in its first two formats.
From the bestselling author of Kokoda and Gallipoli comes the epic story of Australia's deadliest Vietnam War battle.
Our heroes can come from the most ordinary of places. As a shy young lad growing up in country Victoria, no one in the district had any idea the man…
On 19 July 1916, 7000 Australian soldiers - in the first major action of the AIF on the Western Front - attacked entrenched German positions at Fromelles in northern France…
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Looks at the people who have shaped Australian sport, becoming our local heroes. From Allan Langer to Dawn Fraser, this is both an historical account, with a view to the…
The story of Australias most famous polar explorer and the giants from the heroic age of polar exploration Scott, Amundsen and Shackleton
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The number one bestselling biography of our greatest war heroine - over 84,000 copies sold in its first two formats….
You gotta love this country when an AFL legend takes his mum instead of his girlfriend to the Brownlow, when an Australian cricket captain joins a bunch of fourteen year…
Putting his unique spin on our sporting life, Peter FitzSimons celebrates the tall tales and true, the outrageous yarns and the knockabout humour from the footy fields, cricket grounds, dressing…
A saga of survival, sex, sedition, mayhem and mutiny –Cover.
Hilarious riffs on life from a man’s perspective.
Sport was never meant to be complicated. No gibberish, no statistics, no talk of green-zones, black-zones, channels and percentage plays, no cheating, no grubbiness and certainly no ball-tampering.
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Peter FitzSimons brings the Allied triumph at the Battle of Le Hamel to life, and tells the magnificent story of the first modern battle as it should be told.
Shiprwreck. Murder. Greed. Rape. Lust. Survival. Courage. Honour. Dishonour. Bravery. The story of the ship BATAVIA, wrecked off the WA coast in 1629, is arguably the greatest tale in Australias…
‘The sun did not know how beautiful its light was until it was reflected off this building.’ Louis Kahn, US architect
Peter FitzSimons has collected the biggest, bestest, funniest, downright groan-inducing rib-ticklers, one-liners, knock-knocks, shaggy dog stories and limericks and collated them into the ultimate book of jokes.
From the bestselling author of Kokoda and Gallipoli comes the epic story of Australia's deadliest Vietnam War battle. 4.31 pm: Enemy [on] left flank. Could be serious. 5.01 pm: Enemy…
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith is one of Australias most loved heroes. In an action-packed life, the indomitable Smithy went from fighting as a soldier among the carnage of Gallipoli and…
In a cornucopia of theories, conundrums and fascinating morsels, the irrepressible Peter FitzSimons seeks to resolve the BIG issues: Why do men fall asleep after sex? Why is it that…
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Fitzy at his passionate best with chest-puffing tales of great sportsmanship and fair play.
All those great and not so great sporting moments that have made us chuckle, roll and roar with laughter - told in Peter FitzSimons’ inimitable style.
The story of one man who had the guts to lose his gut. This is a book that will finally help an ordinary bloke lose weight. (Don’t worry, it has…
The mutiny on the HMS Bounty is one of the truly great stories of our history: a story of human drama, intrigue and adventure of the highest order.
The name Captain James Cook is one of the most recognisable in Australian history - an almost mythic figure who is often discussed, celebrated, reviled and debated.
But who was…
The Catalpa Rescue is the gripping story of the most dramatic and successful prison break in Australian history by the much-loved Peter FitzSimons.
Bestselling Australian author Peter FitzSimons reveals the real James Cook in this new biography.
Tells the story of the revolution in world rugby that led to the game becoming fully professional. The author relates the battle for control of Rugby Union between Kerry Packer…
The story of Les Darcy - Australia’s great ‘Blacksmith Boxer’ - a ballad of love, war, betrayal, mystery, patriotism and heroism, a ballad of a champion whose story still has…
An affectionate and hilarious tribute to the childhood of another era, from one of Australia’s favourite authors.
With Magazine Wars, a new ABC drama series from the makers of Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo, set to recreate Nene King’s heyday presiding over WOMAN’S DAY in the…
The dramatic story of Captain William Bligh, Fletcher Christian and history’s most famous mutiny, brought to life by Peter FitzSimons, Australia’s storyteller.
