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Adventurers, Pioneers and Misfits: Australia's Most Amazing True Life Stories by Jim Haynes
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
From an eccentric musical genius to an escaped convict who ended up Japan, Jim Haynes reveals some of Australia's most amazing, and sometimes unbelievable, true life stories
Australia's Most Unbelievable True Stories by Jim Haynes
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
The ultimate collection of unbelievable true Australian stories: the unknown, the forgotten, and the surprising
Best Australian Drinking Stories by Jim Haynes
$29.99 AUD
Category: Humour
The story of Australia's almost-250-year love affair with alcohol told with yarns, verse, anecdotes and surprising historical narratives "It seemed like a good idea...at the time." --the lament of many a morning after Rum, beer, scotch, wine, beer and more beer. For nearly 250 years Australian history ...Show more
Best Australian Racing Stories: From Archer to Makybe Diva by Jim Haynes
$19.99 AUD
Category: Sport
The finest collection of writing about horse racing includes short stories, verse and anecdotes from some of Australia's best-loved writers.
Great Australian Rascals, Rogues and Ratbags: Australia's most colourful criminal characters by Jim Haynes
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
An incredible collection of true crime characters from Australia's master storyteller. The bold, the bad and the slightly mad . . . in Great Australian Rascals, Rogues and Ratbags, Jim Haynes brings us fifteen larger-than-life Aussies - some of the greatest, and most unknown, ne'er do wells from Austral ...Show more
Great Australian Scams, Cons and Rorts: A Book of Dodgy Schemes and Crazy Dreams from the Bush to the City by Jim Haynes
$36.99 AUD
Category: Humour
Australia is the birthplace and setting of some of the wildest, craziest and least-likely-to-succeed cons and rorts in history. From the cleverest double-crosses to the most unlikely and maddest schemes, master storyteller Jim Haynes reminds us that we've never been shy of pulling a trick or two.So how ...Show more
Great Furphies of Australian History: What you really need to know - the truth behind the myths by Jim Haynes
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
Jim Haynes upturns some of the long-held myths of Australian history with surprising results. With all the skills of the master storyteller that he is, Jim Haynes exposes some of the great myths of Australian history. Did you know that Portuguese and Spanish explorers probably found the east coast of Au ...Show more
Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia by Jim Haynes
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Australia's most amazing characters of the convict age. In Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia, our master storyteller Jim Haynes has collected a fascinating cast of characters who embody the resourcefulness, bravery, defiance, successes and tragedies of the convict era, the men and women w ...Show more
The Big Book of Australian Racing Stories: Great Tales of the Turf from Jorrocks to Black Caviar by Jim Haynes
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australiana
Jim Haynes, Australia's favourite tale teller, loves the sport of kings as much as he loves Aussie yarns and bush verse. From country picnic tracks to the thoroughbred racecourses of Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, from Archer to Black Caviar, from the mysterious punter Louis the Possum to the great tra ...Show more
The Big Book of Australia's War Stories by Jim Haynes
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military
Here are the stories of Australia's iconic battles and campaigns from the time of federation to the Vietnam War. Some are still household names, although their historical significance may be a mystery to most Aussies. Others are barely remembered now, but are part in our history and deserve to be retold ...Show more
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