Shortz!Series - This is a novella in the Settlement of Australia Series.When the ships arrived at Sydney in the early days of the settlement of Australia, they brought convicts, the military and free settlers. A combination of these groups were to form the beginning of a huge pastoral industry.These groups would become involved in thefts, illegal use of land, plotting and planning but, above all, would found the wool industry on the back of the merino, covertly and cleverly...

Relive the horror of the vicious, bloody, dolphin hunts of Taijii, Japan and the hard life of the people of the area that resulted in young men being sent to Broome in far north-western Australia to life, and often to terrible death,as divers on the luggers plying the seas in search of the pearl. Join a chase through outback Australia as various groups are in pursuit of the man who has the ornamental koala package containing secrets of interest to Hong Kong, mainland china, Broome, Darwin ...

Can one tiny woman, descended from a line tracing the history of the ninja, and taught the secrets of an ancient clan at her granfather's knee, go against the evil of a Chinese master spy and the most ruthless tong in the city?Can she come out on top against such odds?It began as a simple private investigation into the affairs of a cheating husband.It led Trent Bain and his friend and sometime partner, Hibari Okusu, into a nest of spies and cyber criminals and a cit...

This revised and updated second edition of Comparative and International Education: An Introduction to Theory, Method and Practice provides a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the key themes, definitions and approaches in this important field. It covers the history, theory, and methods of comparative and international education, as well as the relationship with education and national development, and outlines what we can learn from comparative studies. Clear explanat...

A novelette in the Shortz!Series of stories in the Settlement of Australia Series.Fascination with the mountain ranges leads to the life of travelling the country and a life involved in prospecting.Tragedy strikes the family to tear their world apart. Ongoing restlessness of the wanderer takes the family far into the outback of this far-flung country, from the paradise of the Blue Mountains to the desolation of the barren interior of the western hinterland.

Herb recovers from a broken marriage and a life on the street and spends his spare time serving stews and soups at a city kitchen. He gets to know the men of the street as friends and becomes involved in their lives.When Albert disappears, Herb feels he must go looking for him and this opens a can of worms.How does a soup kitchen get mixed up with the mob and a biker gang as the battle for control of the drug business escalates?Murders in the past are part of the fa...

Educating the Germans examines the role of the British in the 'reconstruction' of education in occupied Germany from 1945 to 1949. It covers war-time planning for a future role in overseeing education at all levels in Germany, looks at policy and its implementation, describes the British personnel involved and their interaction with German authorities, and assesses the lasting effects of the British effort in securing the future development of education from Kindergarten to univer...

When his father is murdered, a young Matthew West is left in charge of the family busines. There is a vindictive rival, with connections around the city, who plans to bring him down and take over the West family companies.A secret file, put together by a deceased ex-cop investigator, could help Matthew survive the attacks, but there would be a heap of trouble involved in finding it before those who wish him harm.His main rival deals with a biker gang in the distribution of ...

Experience the early, exciting days at the Kimberley diamond mines in southern Africa through a friend of the famous Barney Barnato, one of the 'Kings of the Kimberley'. Ask the questions that needed to be asked following his premature, tragic death. Feel the envy, hate and love engendered on the diamond fields.Live through the terror of the wars in Angola and Sierra Leone when the blood diamonds were used to pay the price of the human tragedies resulting from ragi...

Shortz!Series - A novella in the Settlement of Australia Series.A life in the 1900's in the growing country of Australia. Feel the joys of the good times and the heartache of loss; the pleasures of peace and the horrors of war; the bounties of good seasons and the devastation of drought.

Ella married into the magazine publishing empire, but she wanted to control it. There were no limits to the methods she would adopt to achieve her goal.Would she kill to achieve her objective?

"A Big Ask" is the inside story of the Ford Motor Company's return to the world's most famous sports car race - The 24 Hours of Le Mans - as told by veteran motorsports journalist David Phillips and accompanied by more than 100 color images by some of the world's leading racing photographers. Half a century ago, Ford's battles with Ferrari for supremacy at Le Mans became the stuff of legends. Rebuffed in his bid to buy Ferrari, Henry Ford II spent untold millions to defeat the iconic Itali...