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A Time For War: The Rebirth of Australia's Military Culture: Quarterly Essay 20 by John Birmingham
$14.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
In the fourth Quarterly Essay of 2005, John Birmingham ponders the Aust ralian way of war. After East Timor and Bali, a combination of primal fear and primal ambition has transformed attitudes to our region, to security and to war as an instrument of politics. Australian defence policy has become more a ...Show more
After America by John Birmingham
$32.99 AUD
Category: Crime Fiction & Thrillers
March 14, 2003, was the day the world changed forever. A wave of energy slammed into North America and devastated the continent. The U.S. military, poised to invade Baghdad, was left without a commander in chief. Global order spiraled into chaos. Now, three years later, a skeleton U.S. government headqu ...Show more
After America (Volume 2) by John Birmingham
$17.99 AUD
Category: Crime Fiction & Thrillers | Series: Without Warning
Four years after an inexplicable wave of energy decimated the American mainland, and then just as inexplicably disappeared a year later, US President James Kipper is no closer to explaining the catastrophe to the traumatised survivors. In a decaying New York City, an assassination attempt on the Preside ...Show more
Angels of Vengeance by John Birmingham
$32.99 AUD
Category: Crime Fiction & Thrillers
Jed Culver, President Kipper's right hand man, knows that what is right and what is best are rarely the same thing. Can he go against the President's wishes? Mad Jackson Blackstone, rogue governor of the Republic of Texas, is slowly but surely destroying the new United States of America. The time has co ...Show more
Designated Targets (Axis of Time #2) by John Birmingham
$19.95 AUD
Category: Crime Fiction & Thrillers
The nightmare of the Transition has given way to a world in chaos. The battlelines of World War II are being redrawn in dangerous and unpredictable ways, leaving the Allied forces scrambling for control and the Axis forces with undreamt-of power. But the military crisis is only the beginning. An awarene ...Show more
Designated Targets : World War 2.2 by John Birmingham
$30.00 AUD
Category: Crime Fiction & Thrillers
The nightmare of the Transition has given way to a world in chaos. The battlelines of World War II are being redrawn in dangerous and unpredictable ways, leaving the Allied forces scrambling for control and the Axis forces with undreamt-of power.But the military crisis is only the beginning. An awarenes ...Show more
Dopeland by John Birmingham
$24.95 AUD
Category: Humour
DOPELAND follows cult author John Birmingham as he gets paid to travel around Australia in search of its marijuana culture, meeting the dope smokers of Australia - and finding that they're not what you might expect. Yes, there are some sci-fi geeks, student activists, and the obligatory Nimbin ferals, b ...Show more
Emergence (Dave Hooper #1) by John Birmingham
$29.99 AUD
Category: Crime Fiction & Thrillers | Series: Dave Hooper
'Monsters,' said Vince Martinelli. 'There are monsters on the rig, Dave.'Dave Hooper has the hangover from hell, a demonic ex-wife and the claws of the tax office sinking into him. So the last thing he needs is an explosion at the off-shore oil rig where he works.But this is no ordinary industrial accid ...Show more
Final Impact (Axis of Time #3) by John Birmingham
$19.95 AUD
Category: Crime Fiction & Thrillers | Series: Axis Of Time
As history reaches a tipping point, the forces unleashed by the Transition threaten to bring the future crashing down in ruins. Will Hitler and Tojo finish their race towards an atom bomb? Is another catastrophic wave of destruction about to sweep out of a revitalised Soviet Union? What price will Kolha ...Show more
Final Impact - World War 2.3 by John Birmingham
$32.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: World War II S. | Reading Level: good
As history reaches a tipping point, the forces unleashed by the Transition threaten to bring the future crashing down in ruins. Will Hitler and Tojo finish their race towards an atom bomb? Is another catastrophic wave of destruction about to sweep out of a revitalised Soviet Union? What price will Kolha ...Show more
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand by John Birmingham
$19.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
This tile is currently (and sadly) listed as 'out of print'. The following is archival information only. John Birmingham has lived with eighty-nine people and kept notes on all of them. This is their story. 'A rat died in the living room at King Street and we didn't know. There was at least six inches ...Show more
How to be a Writer: Who Smashes Deadlines, Crushes Editors, and Lives in a Solid Gold Hovercraft by John Birmingham
$24.99 AUD
Category: Writing, Language & Reference
'Beauty is good, but coin is better. You can't eat artistic integrity. It tastes like sawdust.' This gonzo guide is a lesson in the practicalities of writing: how to be productive, professional and maybe one day even pay the rent. Topics covered include 'How to slay writer's block', 'What the hell is wo ...Show more