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Cruel Stars (#1 Cruel Stars Trilogy) by John Birmingham
$35.00 NZD
Category: Science Fiction | Series: Cruel Stars Trilogy Ser. | Reading Level: 2.5 Sci Fi
Everybody thought the Sturm were dead, engulfed by the Dark. They were wrong. Centuries after their defeat, the enemy has returned with an overwhelming attack on the fringes of human space. On the brink of annihilation, humankind's only hope is a few brave souls who survived the initial onslaught: Comma ...Show more
Designated Targets : World War 2.2 by John Birmingham
$34.95 NZD
Category: Fiction
The nightmare of the Transition has given way to a world in chaos. The battlelines of World War II are being redrawn in dangerous and unpredictable ways, leaving the Allied forces scrambling for control and the Axis forces with undreamt-of power.But the military crisis is only the beginning. An awarenes ...Show more
Final Impact (Axis of Time #3) by John Birmingham
$25.99 NZD
Category: Science Fiction | Series: Axis Of Time
As history reaches a tipping point, the forces unleashed by the Transition threaten to bring the future crashing down in ruins. Will Hitler and Tojo finish their race towards an atom bomb? Is another catastrophic wave of destruction about to sweep out of a revitalised Soviet Union? What price will Kolha ...Show more
Final Impact - World War 2.3 by John Birmingham
$35.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: World War II S. | Reading Level: good
As history reaches a tipping point, the forces unleashed by the Transition threaten to bring the future crashing down in ruins. Will Hitler and Tojo finish their race towards an atom bomb? Is another catastrophic wave of destruction about to sweep out of a revitalised Soviet Union? What price will Kolha ...Show more
How to be a Writer: Who Smashes Deadlines, Crushes Editors, and Lives in a Solid Gold Hovercraft by John Birmingham
$29.99 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
'Beauty is good, but coin is better. You can't eat artistic integrity. It tastes like sawdust.' This gonzo guide is a lesson in the practicalities of writing: how to be productive, professional and maybe one day even pay the rent. Topics covered include 'How to slay writer's block', 'What the hell is wo ...Show more
On Father (On Series) by John Birmingham
$19.99 NZD
Category: Essays & Anthologies | Series: On Series | Reading Level: near fine
John Birmingham's father died. And his life fell apart. The next six months were spent grinding through the dark forests of depression until he finally emerged out of the darkness onto sunlit upland. A unique yet universal story, On Father reaches out to everyone who has experienced and survived deep gr ...Show more
Resistance (Dave Hooper #2) by John Birmingham
$34.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Dave Hooper
Two bright geometric shapes, metallic flashes picked out in the morning sun, moving impossibly fast and straight amidst the visual clutter and chaos of forest and rock...'Is it dragons, Dave, is that what it is? Because I'm not ready for dragons...' A dragon brings down the Vice President's plane, a mon ...Show more
Stranger Thingies by John Birmingham
$29.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
John Birmingham is a master of good writing and funny lines. He has written a thousand stories, some true, some not so much. These are the best ones and they're so good, and so funny, there has been no barrel-scraping involved. Really, this book could have been much longer. The pieces contained within t ...Show more
The Brave Ones: East Timor, 1999: Short Black 5 by John Birmingham
$11.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs | Series: Short Blacks
'As the convoy growled and squeaked to a halt in the dark, angry militiamen and soldiers began to shout and wave at the Australians, demanding they move aside. The Brave Ones' vanguard presented as a B-movie vision of some pirate biker gang from Hell, a rat bastard outfit in black tee-shirts, camouflage ...Show more
The Cruel Stars by John Birmingham
$25.00 NZD
Category: Science Fiction | Series: The\Cruel Stars Trilogy Ser.
They thought the Sturm were dead. They were wrong. Centuries after their defeat, the enemy has returned with an overwhelming attack on the fringes of human space. On the brink of annihilation, humankind's only hope is a few brave souls who survived the initial onslaught: Commander Lucinda Hardy, thrust ...Show more
The Shattered Skies by John Birmingham
$35.00 NZD
Category: Science Fiction | Series: Cruel Stars Trilogy Ser.
With their advanced tech rendered null by the Sturm's attack, humanity face certain annihilation. Their only hope lies with a few brave souls who survived the initial onslaught – these five heroes might be humanity's only hope. Space opera on an epic scale – as it should be. Part two of a violently ener ...Show more