In 1996, the 113-year-old Fitzroy Football Club played its final game in the AFL. Financial pressures brought about by the steady professionalisation of the AFL respected neither the worth of the club's history nor the passion of its fans. Out of time and money, on 4 July 1996 Fitzroy was forced into a merger with the Brisbane Bears - creating the League's first, and thus far only, merged club.MERGER tells the story of that fateful year, from boardroom dram...

Soldiers and Gentlemen: Australian Battalion Commanders in the Great War, 1914–1918 is the first book to examine the background, role and conduct of Australian commanding officers during the First World War. Though they held positions of power, commanding officers inhabited a leadership no man's land - they exerted great influence over their units, but they were also largely excluded from the decision-making process and faced the same risks as junior officers on the battlefield. A soldier'...

The United States detains and deports several hundred thousand migrants every year. Many spend significant amounts of time in immigration detention as they await adjudication of their immigration cases. The Elizabeth Detention Center in New Jersey is located in a converted warehouse, managed by a private, for-profit prison company. Over three decades, migrants and asylum seekers have been brought to EDC directly from Newark Airport or have been transferred to the site from elsewhere in the...

The Great War confronted Australia’s fledgling field and garrison artillery forces with a seemingly insurmountable challenge: to rapidly raise, prepare, deploy and engage in history’s most lethal war to date. By 1915, the Australian artillery entered into a bloody contest of learning and adaptation against resourceful and resolute opponents, where the stakes would be measured in thousands of soldiers’ lives. Far from popularly-held views of the Great War as one of stalemate and stagnation,...

Embark on an extraordinary voyage through the pages of 'Tales of Buccaneers: 50+ Sea Adventure Novels,' where the tumultuous seas and daring escapades are brilliantly brought to life. This anthology is a grand tapestry of nautical narratives, ranging from the atmospheric Gothic tales of Edgar Allan Poe to the thrilling exploits reminiscent of Jules Verne's scientific romances. The collection paints a vivid picture of maritime adventure in a variety of styles, from the suspenseful thrillers...

Embark on a high-seas adventure with 'PIRATE NOVELS: 50+ Adventure Classics, Treasure Hunt Tales & Maritime Novels,' a robust collection that captures the daring spirit and magnetic allure of pirate lore. This anthology offers a stunning array of narrative styles and themes, from thrilling treasure hunts and dramatic sea battles to introspective tales of moral ambiguity and redemption. Readers will traverse the seas with multifaceted characters and experience vivid landscapes that transpor...

Venture into the high seas and discover a thrilling tapestry of adventure and intrigue with '50+ Pirate Novels: An Ultimate Collection (Including Great Seafaring Legends).' This anthology skillfully curates a diverse array of literary styles, capturing the essence of piracy through thrilling tales of adventure, morality, and the relentless pursuit of freedom. From timeless classics to lesser-known gems, each piece reflects the socio-political and existential undertones surrounding seafarin...

Embark on a literary voyage with "50+ Pirate Novels: An Ultimate Collection (Including Great Seafaring Legends)," a compendium that navigates the depths of seafaring tales, capturing the thrill and peril of the high seas with remarkable diversity. This collection assembles stories penned by some of history's most celebrated authors, offering an exquisite range of narrative styles from the gothic elements found in certain tales to the cliff-hanging adventures that stimulate the imagination....

Sale with the iconic pirate-villains and outlaws, experience great sea adventures and dangerous treasure hunts! You will find it all in this passionately edited collection: Treasure Island (R. L. Stevenson) Captain Blood (Rafael Sabatini) Sea Hawk (Sabatini) Blackbeard: Buccaneer (R. D. Paine) Pieces of Eight (Le Gallienne) Captain Singleton (Defoe) Gold-Bug (Edgar Allan Poe) Hearts of Three (Jack London) The Dark Frigate (C. B. Hawes) Isle of Pirate's Doom (Robert E. Howard) Swords of Red...

Dive into the exhilarating world of pirate lore and high-seas adventures with 'PIRATE NOVELS: 50+ Adventure Classics, Treasure Hunt Tales & Maritime Novels.' This anthology captures the essence of maritime storytelling, weaving together tales of daring escapades, hidden treasures, and the thrill of the open ocean. From suspense-filled narratives to intricate plots, these stories encompass a variety of literary styles while staying rooted in the timeless allure of the pirate genre. This col...

The story of a lifetime at the very centre of international cricket, from the most respected TV commentator in the game.Few people understand cricket as well as Richie Benaud. For sixty years, as player and commentator, he has set the standards for others to follow and has witnessed all the major events in the game. No one else has found such favour with the vast numbers of cricket lovers in both Britain and Australia.A high-class attacking...

The eighth Canadian Battle Series volume is the little-told story of the tense final days of World War II, remembered in the Netherlands as the sweetest of springs,” which saw the country’s liberation from German occupation.The Liberation Campaign, a series of fierce, desperate battles during the last three months of the war, was bittersweet. A nation’s freedom was won and the war concluded, but these final hostilities cost Canada 6,298 casualties, including 1,482 dead.Wit...