Barrallier Books Pty Ltd: 17 books
Compassionate Steel
The memoirs of Wylie Gibbs, surgeon, grazier and Federal politician
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2017
Wylie Gibbs relates truly fascinating vignettes from his fifty years as a surgeon in Australia, Britain, Saudi Arabia and Fiji.
One incident relates to his treatment of the late Prime Minister Harold Holt, forty-eight hours before his disappearance. His discussion of this episode, illuminated...
War Time Poetry & Stories
from Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
Greg Writes:
'These poems and short stories, including the letters to my wife Robyn, were written while I was at Forward Operating Base Tinsley in Afghanistan in 2011. I was a member of the Force Communications Unit and part of Australia's commitment to the War on Terrorism.
'Writng...
An Indian Summer of Cricket
Reflections on Australia's Summer Game
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2016
Catherine McGregor has been a soldier, a writer and broadcaster with a life long passion for cricket. She has played cricket for over five decades and remains active as a player, coach and commentator. She was a selector for the Prime MInister's XI for two seasons. Catherine used the Indian tour of...
Half a Mile in Thirty Years
From Duntroon to Russell
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Peter writes:
'The genesis of this book was a rather raucous Corps of Signals reunion where a few of us were exchanging stories about characters in the Corps. One of the party suggested I should commit my memories to paper while I was still able. This seemed like a good idea but then I thought...
Australia's Argonauts
The remarkable story of the First Class to enter the Royal Australian Naval College
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
The story of the first cadet-midshipmen to join the Royal Australian Naval College is without parallel.
In 1913 twenty-eight thirteen-year-old boys joined the new Navy at a time when Australia was both idealistic and ambitious. The boys were drawn from every State and became known as the...
From Abbott to Turnbull
A New Direction?
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016
At the 2013 election, many Australians expressed their concern with the chaos that surrounded the Labor minority governments of Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd. They gave their support to Tony Abbott as a Prime Minister who promised to put the grown-ups back in charge with stable and strong government;...
Violent Obsession
The Stalker Next Door
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2016
The Stalker Next Door. The amazing true story of lust, fixation, courage and survival
To her, he was just the boy next door. To him she was something more. They were never lovers. They were never friends. They were never anything more than neighbours. But one day that would all change.
If...
Prostate Cancer
Not Necessarily a Death Sentence
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
In 2014, at age 80, I was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer.
This story unveils my personal involvements with various members of the medical profession over several months. My narrative is descriptive and reveals all. Penning my story was a therapeutic exercise from which I greatly benefitted.
There...
The World-Conquering Fiction
A critique of the Christian claim that Christ's death on the Cross provides salvation for a 'lost' humankind
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2016
The grand claim of the Christian religion is that it alone has the answer to the human ‘plight’, which is that all people are born into a state of ‘lostness’, and are estranged from God. If they die outside of God’s grace and salvation, they will enter an eternal state of separation from...
by Jen Curcio
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2017
Melbourne for Conscious Foodies by Decisive Cravings is a food guide for locals and travellers … with a difference.
A first of its kind, the guide helps you seek out eateries that support local producers, have a commitment to the environment, sustainablilty, and social good. It also includes...
by Nickolas Hight
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
The year is 1377. Angelo Anchioni has served in the Hospitaller Order for fourteen years. Determination, diligence and skill have made him a squire, but he remains unaware of the evil that those closest to him have within them. Returning home after a long absence, he finds his beloved family has...
by Paddy Devine
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2016
Australia’s region comes to the brink of conflict
Regional tensions are fed by political instability, neo-fundamentalism and an increasing trade in the tragic commodity of refugees.
From the Indonesian archipelago to Papua New Guinea and homeland Australia, the Australian government...
by Peter Beale
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
‘What if’ are two of the saddest words in the English language.
If the British had moved straight on after the capture of Antwerp in September 1944 the war might have been over by Christmas, with thousands of lives spared. Stranglehold imagines how this could have happened.
This...
Clancy's Hat
The Story of Tim's lone journey from Canberra to Kosciuszko and a special Hat
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
Alienated by work and city life, Tim walks into the bush and the snow of the Australian Alps. Searching for his place in modern Australia, Tim battles the extreme cold and the harsh terrain. In his fight to survive he rediscovers the Dreaming and myths that formed Australia.
Through the trials...
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