In the 1950s, Australia was a land of tangible effort and rhythmic certainty, where a man could rely on a factory line or a wheat field to sustain a family for a lifetime. Fast-forward to 2025, and the nation has become a complex, digital-driven mosaic of infinite possibility and relentless pace.Through the lived experiences of Jack Wilson, an urban fitter and turner, and Jack Sharp, a rural farmer, author Michael Holding explores ...

Year of The Red Sun is a chilling geopolitical thriller about administrative capture and the quiet mathematics of power. It explores how nations do not fall in battle, but in briefings — how sovereignty is not seized, but recalibrated.Built on the doctrine of "arithmetic as mercy," the novel traces the slow alignment of institutions, incentives, and ideology until resistance no longer feels necessary.It is the haunting story of a country that does not surre...

Two blokes, one stubborn Toyota FJ40, and a plan that barely deserves to be called a plan: drive from Melbourne to Port Douglas the long way — through the dust, the pubs, the ghost towns, and the history of the Australian outback.Part road-trip memoir, part history lesson, part misadventure comedy, this book takes readers from Kyneton to Karumba, from Bourke and Wills country to crocodile country, stopping at every pub that looked at them the wrong way. Along the way, Michael and A...

Prepare to be utterly captivated by Thomas Cook, a sprawling saga that takes you deep into the heart of an Australian family and the pub that defines them. From the moment Robert 'Cookie' Thomas steps back into the sun-drenched Hotel Cecil, he plunges into a world of hidden pasts, brutal truths, and unexpected love.This isn't just a story about a man or a place; it's a testament to resilience forged in hard times, a gripping mystery that unravels decades of secrets, and a powerful ...

They came to Australia with little more than hope and a willingness to begin again, what they found was opportunity, reputation, and a legacy neither of them expected.As their farm prospers and their family steps into new worlds, military, political, and social, Norman Baines begins to sense a deeper pull: a history rising through him, waiting to be claimed.Set against the shifting landscape of Eildon in the beautiful Goulburn Valley in Country Victoria Australia in the 195...

SOUTHERN THUNDERIn the frozen fields of Eastern Ukraine, the war has entered a new era—where steel meets ingenuity, and courage shapes the battlefield. When a shipment of Australian M1A1 Abrams tanks arrives, they are more than machines: they are instruments of survival, forged into a lethal hybrid by the minds of Ukrainian soldiers and the relentless engineer Sarah Miller.Captain Yurii Boyko and his crew of misfits take the "Southern Cross" into impossible...

In a war where the sky watches everything, survival belongs to those who adapt.When Australia sends a small team of defence specialists to Eastern Europe to assess donated M1A1 Abrams tanks, Colonel Bruce Thompson expects a technical exercise, checklists, reports, quiet professionalism conducted far from the front.What he finds instead is a battlefield rewritten by drones, improvisation, and men who have already paid for their experience in blood.Embedded with Ukrai...

A black-and-white illustrated children’s adaptation of the incredibly important?Why We Kneel, How We Rise, by sporting legend Michael Holding – winner of the William Hill Sports BOOK OF THE YEAR prize 2021.This essential adaptation takes kids through the history of racism, and gives them tools to affect the future in a positive way. Featuring profiles of sports stars through the ages, including Usain Bolt, Marcus Rashford ...

From the cold stone walls of the Sisters of Mercy orphanage to the red dust of the shearing sheds and finally the chalk dust of the classroom.Ross Cooper's journey is one of faith lost, wisdom found, and the raw poetry of the Australian outback.A story where Banjo Paterson's verses meet the grit of real men and one man's search for purpose comes full circle beneath the wide southern sky.

The autobiography of West Indies fast-bowling legend turned Sky pundit, Michael Holding, author of the award-winning Why We Kneel, How We RiseAs one of the fastest bowlers the world has seen, Michael Holding went by the haunting nickname 'Whispering Death', claiming 249 Test wickets. Despite having not laced his bowling boots since 1989, it remains a fitting sobriquet. As a commentator and administrator, Holding has delivered his views on cricket in the same manner...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice."Some people shape their future.Some people follow what their future brings.Some people wake up wondering where their future went…”.1950, ten-year-old Max Charlton was shipped from Blackpool to Australia’s post-war frontier. School at Cooma, NSW, bored him. Life didn’t.Max learned fast under shearers Cook Stewart Driscol on the shearing circuit, where a week of mutton and flour ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.James Roxby was born Giacomo Rossiarino in the stone-shadowed village of Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena, Italy, before moving to Australia and taking the name James Roxby. Roxby is a highly trained operative whose career began with quiet efficiency, progressing from general Infantry at Lavarack Barracks to the elite Special Air Service Regiment (SASR).Following his rigorous six-week Cadre Course and nine-month R...