Publish your book! Learn how
Australian Authors Store - Australian Books by Australian Authors for a Global Audience

BEECROFT, Robert

Nov 24, 2022 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Autobiography, Perth, Sport, Western Australia

Robert Beecroft self-published author out of the frying pan into the fire cover image
Get the book

ISBN 978-1-922890-38-2
PAPERBACK

Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire

A memoir

A man is not just what he does for a living, but it can determine the trajectory of his life forever.

Bob Beecroft was a top-tier footy player for 16 years. Though he has achieved many fantastic things in his life, he too has had his average moments. Real life happens when you are living the dream.

Depth, substance, mistakes, growth, love and deception engraved on life with fire.

Discover that reality is not about fame and success, but how you survive it.

Robert Beecroft author photo

About the Author

Bob Beecroft played League Football at the highest level for 16 years in three states. During his career, he was selected in an all-Australian side and is also a Hall of Fame inductee among many other football awards.

This is his life story from growing up in the bush and eventually realising his boyhood dream. This story told in his own words is at times harrowing, humorous and violent.

A story of one man’s determination to achieve his dream and push on at all costs.

Now, in his seventies, he is retired and lives a peaceful life in Mount Baker, WA.

COLES, David

Nov 24, 2022 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Adelaide, Australian, History, Military, South Australia
Get the book

See inside the book

View a 20 page sample below!

I

ISBN 978-1-922722-88-1
PAPERBACK

Australian Military Aircraft

Australia began developing military aviation less than 10 years after the Wright Brothers made their first successful powered flight and just 3 years after the first Heavier-than-air military forces were created in the USA and France. With such a long history of military aviation, the three arms of the Australian military have operated a large number of aircraft types, firstly by the Army (1914), then by the Royal Australian Navy (1915) and then by the RAAF, an entity that was established in 1921 expressly for the purpose of operating in the ‘third dimension’.

 

This book has been written as a guide to the large and varied collection of aircraft types that have been operated by, and for, all three services. Some of these aircraft, such as the Supermarine Spitfire, will be very well known to most of the public, but throughout the more than 106 years of Australian military aviation there have been a large number of types that will not be familiar. With descriptions for over 300 aircraft types, illustrated by over 350 photos, the reader will gain an appreciation of the aircraft that have served Australia from the first flight of the Bristol Boxkite in March 1914 through to the latest projects being undertaken by the Australian Defence Forces.

Features:  
  1. Limited Edition of 1,000 copies
  2. Beautifully curated, written, designed and printed
  3. Quality softcover, perfect bound, 203mm (wide) x 270mm (height) x 25mm (thickness), gloss pages, printed ends, bound in sections
  4. Size 420mm x 420 mm (about 1/2 meter square!)
  5. 400 pages
  6. More than 450 rare historical and contemporary photographs
  7. Foreword by Phil Edwards AM.
  8. Expertly researched and written

A remarkable amount of information in amazing detail…

About the Author

With a lifetime interest in both aviation and history, Warrant Officer David Coles is a 37-year veteran of the Royal Australian Air Force and continues to serve as a reservist with the RAAF. Trained as an aircraft avionics technician, the author has worked on Lockheed P-3 Orion Maritime Patrol aircraft and the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 (Classic) Hornet as well as being trained as an accident investigator. He also spent three years as an instructor, teaching Air Power Doctrine and history at the RAAF Air Power Development Centre.

 
 

FRENCH, John

Nov 1, 2022 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Autobiography, Victoria

John French self-published author another fortunate life autobiography book cover
Get the book

ISBN 978-1-922803-44-3
PAPERBACK

Another Fortunate Life

“Australia is a fantastic and lucky country and what a period in history it has been to live my life.”

John French has been successful as a teacher, squash player and as a renowned landscape designer. Here he has written a fast paced, fun and engaging story of his life and adventures, setting it within the modern history of our times.

Our world has indeed seen so many amazing events and transformations over the last 69 years. Not always do we take the opportunity to reflect on our life and opportunities.

This fascinating story covers the fortunate life of one man.

John French Author Photo

About the Author

John French is a successful Australian business man, sportsman, traveller, artist, family man and friend.

PULLICH, Zelle

Nov 1, 2022 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Animals \ Pets Fiction, Australian, Children's Books, Gold Coast, Painting & Illustration, Queensland

Zelle Pullich self-published author crocodylus scorpius childrens book cover
Get the book

ISBN 978-1-922890-62-7
PAPERBACK

Crocodylus Scorpius

Crocodylus Scorpius is banished from his Kingdom.

Where will he go?

A tale of two tails. But will the riddle be solved by Dr Olivier and his intrepid team of explorers?

About the Author

Zelle Pullich is an avid explorer. Tapping into her natural inquisitiveness, she writes stories about intriguing creatures, bravery and fantastical discoveries with the aim of nurturing childhood curiosity. Zelle is an adventurer at heart, a wife and mother of two beautiful, loving children who have inherited her itch to explore. Passionate about learning and research, Zelle holds degrees in Medicine, Physiotherapy & Exercise Science along with Creative Arts. She is a doctor, a scuba diver, a drama queen and a dancer, or could she be… a writer?

About the Illustrator

Nathaniel Eckstrom is an illustrator based in Sydney, Australia. His ability to visualise gentle realms of fun and adventure has made him one of Australia’s leading children’s illustrators. Nathaniel has illustrated over twenty five titles. His books include Meg McKinlay’s – DUCK, The Dress-Up Box written by Patrick Guest, The Hole Idea written by Beth and Paul MacDonald and Eddie Jaku’s – The Happiest Boy on Earth. A number of Nathaniel’s books have been both notable and shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year.

FRANK, Justin

Nov 1, 2022 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Children's Books, New South Wales, Painting & Illustration

justin frank self-published author disgusting justin childrens book cover
Get the book

ISBN 978-1-922890-81-8
PAPERBACK

Disgusting Justin

A fabulously funny story about friendship, farts and fails!

Disgusting Justin will do anything to make his friends laugh. His ever increasingly gross antics backfire spectacularly! Can he find a funnier way to make his friends cry with laughter?

A laugh out loud picture book designed to create special story time memories, bonding parents and children through the gift of laughter.

Complemented by hilarious illustrations from the amazingly talented Lesly Vamos.

WILKIN, Carol

Nov 1, 2022 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Fiction \ Novel, South Australia, Thriller Fiction

Carol Wilkin self-published author shimmer thriller novel cover
Get the book

ISBN 978-1-922890-00-9
PAPERBACK

Shimmer

Tragedy. Murder. Family.

SET IN A SMALL YORKSHIRE VILLAGE, ONE FAMILY HAS SUFFERED TRAGEDY MORE THAN ONCE WITH MURDER, SUICIDE AND ONE BELOVED SON DISAPPEARING WITHOUT A TRACE.

When a young girl is brutally murdered in Bluebell Woods, the perpetrator is never found. Twelve years later in the same small Yorkshire village, a man and a woman disappear from the same path in the woods. Another twelve years pass.

It is 1952 and seven-year-old Alice Waterhouse starts having dreams and visions, much the same as her namesake and Granny has done all her life. But young Alice claims to talk to people who have passed away. Can she persuade her parents that she knows what happened all those years ago? Will she be able to stop another impending horror tearing the village apart?