"A rollicking adventure, written with wit and grace, about a remarkable family that spanned an empire and helped forge a continent. I loved it.” Douglas Rogers, author of The Last Resort and Two Weeks in November.Every family has its stories. Ours just happen to involve empires, 1820 Settlers at the Cape, 1890 Pioneers in Rhodesia. War heroes. International sportsmen. A roll call of colourful characters who chased gold, dug diamond...

The Mentals went from the top of a pool table to the top of the charts. Enjoy the untold stories behind Aussie classics like: Live it Up, Too Many Times, If You Leave Me Can I Come Too?, Berserk Warriors, Egypt, The Nips are Getting Bigger, and a whole lot more. Plus tales from the road as told by Greedy, Martin, Bird, Pete & Reg - and a star-studded cast including Colin Hay, Richard Gottehrer, Mark Opitz, and Wreckless Eric - in this access-all-areas official biography.

In 1933, the British colonial government embarked on a controversial social experiment: to raise and train a professional military unit made up entirely of native Malay soldiers. The result was the Malay Regiment, a disciplined and loyal force that would come to embody a new sense of national identity—just as the world descended into chaos.By February 1942, as the Japanese Imperial Army advanced with unstoppable ferocity, Singapore...

Just days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Britain’s naval strength in Southeast Asia was tested — and found wanting.In The Depths of December, Stuart Lloyd delivers a fast‑paced, immersive retelling of the fateful encounter between Force Z and the Japanese 22nd Air Flotilla, as HMS Repulse and Prince of Wales were left vulnerable in open seas without air cover.Lloyd draws heavily on first-hand survivor accounts, and amazingly interviewed the Japanese pilo...

‘The Missing Years’ is one of the most enduringly popular POW memoirs, because it is part military history, part travelogue, and pure human spirit.A gripping wartime chronicle of Captain Hugh ‘Pilk’ Pilkington, this 80th Anniversary Edition traces his prewar life as a rubber planter in Malaya to the horrors of Changi Prison, Japanese occupation, and forced labor on the Thai‐Burma Death Railway. Retraced decades later by his son and author Stuart Lloyd, they subsisted on ‘railway ra...

On the fringes of military history sits a horrifying true crime event few dare to discuss: the Alexandra Massacres at Alexandra Military Hospital (the largest British military hospital outside England). In A Bleeding Slaughterhouse, this long-suppressed chapter is resurrected through the painstaking work of investigation, testimony, and forensic records."There are some books, which once read, you cannot get completely out of your mind. This is one of them. Whether ...

What if paradise had a underbelly? In Gone Troppo, Stu Lloyd trades civilization for wild beaches, jungle trails, and swaying palms—and finds more mischief, madness, and magic than postcards ever show. This is escapism with grit, laughter, and heart.“A thigh-slappingly funny travelogue!”—8 Days Magazine, Singapore.“A hilarious read. Entertaining to the hilt, this irreverent tone of this book elevates armchair travelling to another more quirky, more ...

Inspire and engage your students with this brand new Lower Secondary Science course from Collins offering comprehensive coverage of the curriculum framework including all suggested practicals and scientific enquiry skills.- Develop your students’ scientific skills with a strong emphasis on scientific enquiry integrated throughout the course and plenty of opportunities for practical activities and analysis- Allow students to take ownership of their learning with self-assessme...

Inspire and engage your students with this brand new Lower Secondary Science course from Collins offering comprehensive coverage of the curriculum framework including all suggested practicals and scientific enquiry skills.- Carefully constructed learning outcomes and detailed lesson plan ideas fully support the development of scientific enquiry skills and offer ongoing, formative assessment ideas- Suggestions for challenge activities in every topic to stretch students able t...

Inspire and engage your students with this brand new Lower Secondary Science course from Collins offering comprehensive coverage of the curriculum framework including all suggested practicals and scientific enquiry skills.- Carefully constructed learning outcomes and detailed lesson plan ideas fully support the development of scientific enquiry skills and offer ongoing, formative assessment ideas- Suggestions for challenge activities in every topic to stretch students able t...

Inspire and engage your students with this brand new Lower Secondary Science course from Collins offering comprehensive coverage of the curriculum framework including all suggested practicals and scientific enquiry skills.- Develop your students’ scientific skills with a strong emphasis on scientific enquiry integrated throughout the course and plenty of opportunities for practical activities and analysis- Allow students to take ownership of their learning with self-assessme...

They call it “a drinking club with a running problem”—but Hare of the Dog proves the Hash House Harriers are much more: a global phenomenon, a social circus, and a subculture of mayhem.This is THE Hash Bible. Stuart Lloyd (author, Hasher, raconteur) offers the definitive Hash history, humour, and hell‑raising of the Hash House Harriers. Updated for the Hash's 80th anniversary 2018, this volume is a living chronicle of the Hash’s transforma...