This book has a dimension of urgency, rare in conventional works of history, because it relies on the testimony of eyewitnesses.  It records the experiences and emotions of the reporters who were there.

An Eyewitness History of Australia

History

Gordon, Harry

Australia & Oceania

Penguin Group Australia

Australia and The Olympic Games

This inspiring book is the compelling narrative of Australia's century-long involvement with the Olympics. It featuresthe official history from the 1890s to the 1990s, all the Australian teams, their results and records, the medal winners at every Olympic Games, and numerous photographs, many in colour. A story of high achievement, bold adventure, sacrifice, drama and triumph, it will stir the hearts of all Australians.

Australia and the Olympic games

University of Queensland Press

In the early morning of 5 August 1944, more than eleven hundred Japanese prisoners of war attempted to break out of their prison camp near the New South Wales town of Cowra.  Two hundred and thirty -five died, including four Australians, and hundreds actually escaped. It was the largest prison break in history.At the time and for years afterwards, the facts of the affair were not disclosed. It became a kind of sleeping secret. The in the 1960's, Harry Gordon set out to discover the truth. The book that resulted, Die like the Carp!, published in 1978, was hailed as the definitive account of the incident. Now Harry Gordon has revisited the Cowra Breakout.  When he began work on a new edition to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the incident, his intention was to revise and expand his earlier work. He has done much more than that, unearthing fresh truths and exploring new themes.

Voyage from shame: The Cowra breakout and afterwards

<p>Following on from the ground-breaking Australia and the Olympic Games (1994), this engrossing account of the dramatic lead-up to and amazing success of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games is a must-read for every Australian. Veteran journalist and official Olympic historian Harry Gordon has gone behind the scenes and interviewed all the major figures behind the Sydney Olympics – in SOCOG, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), the New South Wales. With the exclusive and official backing of the AOC, this book is one of a kind. No other book on the Sydney Olympics will ever reveal so much of the excitement, the secrets and the intrigue.Illustrated with over 130 b&amp;w and colour images, and including forewords by Cathy Freeman and Ian Thorpe and a preface by John Coates (the president of the AOC), this is a once-in-a-lifetime book. This was The Time of Our Lives.</p>

The Time of Our Lives: Inside the Sydney Olympics

1st Cassell Australia edition 2nd print 1978 hardcover edition fine book in fine dw condition but some spine sunning. In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Die Like the Carp!: The Story of the Greatest Prison Escape Ever

Asia

Cassell Australia

The Shadow of Death: The Holocaust in Lithuania

<p>" Holocaust survivor Harry Gordon recalls in brutal detail the anguished years of his youth, a youth spent struggling to survive in a Lithuanian concentration camp. A memoir about hope and resilience, The Shadow of Death describes the invasion of Kovno by the Red Army and the impact of Soviet occupation from the perspective of the ghetto's weakest and poorest class. It also serves as a reminder that the Germans were not alone responsible for the persecution and extermination of Jews.</p>

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Univ Pr of Kentucky

Europe

The University Press of Kentucky

University Press of Kentucky

An eyewitness history of Australia

RIGBY

O'Neil

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