History : Australia & Oceania

The story of the Sandakan prisoner of war camp during the closing years of World War II. Of the 2434 servicemen held in the North Borneo camp and its surrounds, only six survived. more...

Price: $15.00

In 1975, a new group of Peace Corps volunteers landed on the island nation of Tonga. Among them was Deborah Gardner -- a beautiful twenty-three-year-old who, in the following year, would be stabbed twenty-two times and left for dead inside her hut. Another volunteer turned himself in to the Tongan police, and many of the other Americans were sure he had committed the crime. But with the aid of the State Department, he returned home a free man. Although the story was kept quiet in the United States, Deb Gardner's death and the outlandish aftermath took on legendary proportions in Tonga. Now journalist Philip Weiss "shines daylight on the facts of this ugly case with the fervor of an avenging angel" ( Chicago Tribune ), exposing a gripping tale of love, violence, and clashing ideals. With bravura reporting and vivid, novelistic prose, Weiss transforms a Polynesian legend into a singular artifact of American history and a profoundly moving human story. more...

Price: $10.99

An action-packed story of the men of the RAAF's No 77 fighter squadron, the only RAAF squadron to take part in the Korean War; initially with propeller driven World War II vintage mustangs which were replaced by meteor jet fighters when the Chinese, with their MiG 15s, entered the war. more...

Price: $23.95

This book encompasses the whole history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing. more...

Price: $31.00

Over 450 Australian civilian professionals volunteered and went to Viet Nam during the war to help the civilian population. This is their story. more...

Price: $28.00