Robert Macklin

In 1858, fourteen-year-old French cabin boy Narcisse Pelletier was aboard the trader Saint-Paul when it was wrecked off the eastern tip of New Guinea. Scrambling into a longboat, Narcisse and the other survivors crossed almost 1000 kilometres of the Coral Sea before reaching the shores of Far North Queensland. If not for the local Aboriginal people, Narcisse would have perished....

'You almost feel you are taking that trek with the party as Robert Macklin cites the obstacles - torrential river crossings, dense bush, the Snowy Mountains and more. Macklin covers Hume's public and private life, emphasising his affinity with the country and rapport with the Indigenous people, as well as providing a portrait of the evolving colony.' - SYDNEY MORNING...

SAS Sniper by Robert Macklin and Rob Maylor offers an intense journey through the world's most dangerous combat zones, as experienced by an elite soldier and Royal Marine. Rob Maylor, a skilled SAS marksman, has encountered critical action from East Timor and Iraq to Afghanistan. He recounts his presence during pivotal and perilous events, including a Black Hawk helicopter crash...

In 1911, English-born Charles Weston climbs Mount Ainslie to the crest of a landscape that has become the site for the Australian capital. Down on the flats, in the harsh sunlight of an April noon, occasional clumps of sheep feed into the prevailing westerly on the scant leavings of an insatiable swarm of rabbits. On the denuded, rabbit-infested Limestone plains,...

'A fascinating read' DAILY TELEGRAPH Aren't remote South Pacific islands supposed to be paradise? Perhaps, from a distance, Norfolk Island looks a peaceful place lush with tall pines. But look closer and that idyllic façade is shattered. For all of the 240 years we have known it, Norfolk's story has been one of darkness, pain, rage, and horror. Long-buried bones...

The command came: 'Stop those vehicles!' It was like a red rag to a bull. Instantly streams of 7.62 mm tracer and 50 mm calibre machine gun rounds arced across the night sky and smashed into the bus and truck. Elite SAS Patrol Commander Stuart 'Nev' Bonner takes us inside the extraordinary and dangerous world of secret combat operations in...