Ordinary People. Extraordinary Impact. Timeless Lessons.For over 60 years, Peter J. Snow OAM has been at the heart of ventures that have touched the lives of more than 4 million people. As a pioneering social and commercial entrepreneur—and recipient of numerous awards and Australia's highest honour—he's had a front-row seat to stories that defy expectation.In Movers & Shakers 1, Peter brings together a powerful collection of short...

Experience the world's most significant battles through bold, easy-to-grasp maps.Covering everything from the battlefields of the ancient world to the bomb-scarred landscapes of World War II and beyond, this ebook includes engrossing maps telling the story of history's most famous battles. Using brand new, in-depth maps and expert analysis, see for yourself how legendary military milestones were won and lost, and how tactics, technology, vision, and luck have all p...

Les Bail: Leaving a Permanent Legacy is an inspiring biography of an Australian craftsman and community leader whose vision reshaped heritage tourism and environmental preservation on Western Australia's south coast. Born in Albany in 1944, Les Bail grew up in a household that valued integrity, hard work and practical skill. Never academically inclined, he found his strengths early through hands-on work, completing a carpentry and joinery apprenti...

Historians and broadcasters Peter Snow and Ann MacMillan tell the real stories of the most powerful men and women in British history.Updated for the 2023 coronation, Kings & Queens explores the lives, loves, triumphs and disasters of a monarchy that is the envy of the world. Snow and MacMillan offer a unique insight into those born to rule, whether villains or heroes – from cruel King John and warrior-king Edward III, to our newest monarch, King Charles II...

This stirring military narrative takes readers from the burning of the US capital in 1814 to the anthem-inspiring Battle of Fort McHenry."A fine example of serious and literate popular history . . . It ranks with Anthony S. Pitch's fine The Burning of Washington . . . as among the best accounts of a war that hardly deserves to be forgotten." — Washington PostIn August 1814, the United States army was defeated just outside Wa...

In this riveting book, political journalist Peter Snow and military historian Dan Snow bring to life the most intense and bitterly fought battles of the 20th century - from the apocalyptic terrain of the Western Front to the desert landscape of Iraq. Punctuated by powerful eyewitness testimony, their compelling and often shocking narrative highlights the strategy of military commanders as well as the experience of men on the frontline. 20th Century Battlefields looks back at the m...

Historians and broadcasters Peter Snow and Ann MacMillan tell the real stories of the most powerful men and women in British history.Updated for the 2023 coronation, Kings & Queens explores the lives, loves, triumphs and disasters of a monarchy that is the envy of the world. Snow and MacMillan offer a unique insight into those born to rule, whether villains or heroes – from cruel King John and warrior-king Edward III, to our newest monarch, King Charles III...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Thousands of books have been written about Jesus of Nazareth, but in this series I explore what it was like to be Jesus. The story has three threads to it. The first thread is of how Jesus is faced with a job offer without a job description. Everyone had their own opinion about what the Messiah was supposed to do. Jesus had to figure out his mission, develop his message and formulate an action plan without their help. He saw from the be...

Another history pageturner from the authors of the #1 bestsellers George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates.The War of 1812 saw America threatened on every side. Encouraged by the British, Indian tribes attacked settlers in the West, while the Royal Navy terrorized the coasts. By mid-1814, President James Madison’s generals had lost control of the war in the North, losing battles in Canada. Then British troops set...

An "evocatively written examination" of the Americans who fought alongside the British during the American Revolution ( American Spectator).The American Revolution was not simply a battle between the independence-minded colonists and the oppressive British. As Thomas B. Allen reminds us, it was also a savage and often deeply personal civil war, in which conflicting visions of America pitted neighbor against neighbor and Patriot against Tory on the battlefie...

**A New York Times BestsellerWinner of the George Washington PrizeA surprising account of the middle years of the American Revolution and the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold, from the New York Times bestselling author of In The Heart of the Sea, Mayflower, and In the Hurricane's Eye."May be one of the greatest what-if books of the age—a volume that turns one of America’s best-known narratives on it...

An English colonel chronicles three months behind Confederate lines at the height of the American Civil War—edited by a #1 New York Times –bestselling author."Richly rewarding. . . . Takes its rightful place among the standard works on the Civil War." — The Christian Science MonitorThree hours after stepping onto American soil, James Fremantle saw his first corpse: that o...