Yellow Pearl - Eighteen short stories from the Stringybark Australian History Awards    by David Vernon
Price: $1.99 USD. 35370 words. Language: English. Published on June 17, 2012. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author.
(4.75 from 4 reviews)
Raise the term ‘history’ in a conversation in any group and half the participants will glaze over and talk about something else. Why? Is it because they think that history is a collection of dates or stories about musty, dusty, kings? Perhaps. Or perhaps they have never come across an anthology like this one — full of good writing and intriguing plots.

Before Maori - NZ's First Inhabitants    by Ross Bodle
Price: $9.99 USD. 27580 words. Language: English. Published by Heather Mackay  on December 20, 2011. Nonfiction » Social Science » Immigration and Emigration.
This book explores a variety of evidence pointing to a long-term pre-Maori inhabitation of New Zealand. It covers the movement of people from Africa, across Asia and down through the Pacific, tracing their route by demonstrating striking similarities of language and culture. Far from being divisive, the book encourages all native-born New Zealanders to think of themselves as one people.

Memories of the Bush    by Patricia Jones
Price: $1.99 USD. 6880 words. Language: English. Published by Kylie Reynolds on March 8, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Australia & New Zealand.
Verse stories telling snippetts of life in outback Australia - on station properties and in an outback town. A life lived devoid of any luxuries, without ever a complaint, but full of simple joys, happiness and love.

A Warrego Dreamer    by Elizabeth Hockins
Price: $0.99 USD. 2390 words. Language: English. Published by Kylie Reynolds on March 20, 2012. Fiction » Poetry » Australian & Oceanian.
Short verses from an outback Queensland poet- Betty Hockins

Midlands Morsels, Treasures from Tasmania    by Susan Woldenberg Butler
Price: $5.99 USD. 22560 words. Language: English. Published on July 1, 2012. Nonfiction » Cooking, Food, Wine, Spirits » International.
A glimpse into daily life in one corner of our planet, with recipes from those wonderful women of all ages who keep life ticking over for their families and friends

Asbestos: Death & Magic    by Donald Pitt
Price: $2.57 USD. 7290 words. Language: English. Published by Henri Sant-Cassia on February 14, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Australia & New Zealand.
Imagine a rock that catches fire yet does not burn, strengthens construction materials, insulates materials perfectly, dampens noise, and possesses long, silky threads that can be woven into fireproof cloth. Sound impossible? This "wonder material" is asbestos.

Was the Publican a Serial Killer?    by David Coombe
Price: $2.99 USD. 28320 words. Language: English. Published on March 22, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Australia & New Zealand.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
A suspicious death, a coroner’s inquest, a Supreme Court verdict of fraud and a family cut out of a last minute will. Evidence suggests that a Victorian era publican may have murdered four men at her hotel in Adelaide – two of them husbands. This is the story of Josephine, from 1863 to 1874 the publican at the Gasworks Hotel. Author David Coombe presents the circumstantial case against Josephine.

The Tub: A story of Australian POWs on the Burma-Thailand Railway    by Hugh V. Clarke
Price: $5.99 USD. 62050 words. Language: English. Published by BWM Books  on January 23, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Australia & New Zealand.
"Mota Koi!" Slowly Tony walked to the edge of the platform. The Jap they called Rat-face made a long speech. Patiently, Tony listened. Suddenly Rat-face kicked him violently in the stomach - a silly thing to do, Tony thought in a detached way, to a man suffering from dysentery. Bent double with pain, Tony fell against the opposite bed platform and fouled the hut. At this there were angry outcries.

Brimstone: The North Lyell Mine Disaster    by Luke Scott
Price: $3.99 USD. 66380 words. Language: English. Published on October 1, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Australia & New Zealand.
(4.75 from 4 reviews)
On Saturday, October 12, 1912, a suspicious fire broke out deep underground in a copper mine on Tasmania’s rugged west coast. Fifty men were trapped below ground for five days, as a mammoth rescue effort was undertaken to free them. At the official inquiry, one man was accused of deliberately lighting the fire to avenge the death of his brother.

The Story of Australia    by robert black
Price: $0.99 USD. 29780 words. Language: English. Published on March 4, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Australia & New Zealand.
We all tend to think of Australia as a country with a very short history. In fact it has one of the oldest identifiable histories on this planet dating back to when the first Aboriginal people travelled south between the ice ages. This book tells the story of Australia.