By Dan van der Vat
The compelling story of a key turning point in WWI.
The British Navy's failed attempt to capture Constantinople and secure a sea route to Russia in 1915 marked a turning point of World War I. Acclaimed naval military historian Dan van der Vat argues that the disaster at the Dardanelles not only prolonged the war for two years and brought Britain to the brink of starvation, but also led to the Russian Revolution and contributed to the rapid destabilization of the Middle East.
With a narrative rich in human drama, The Dardanelles Disaster highlights the diplomatic clashes from Whitehall to the Hellespont, Berlin to Constantinople, and St Petersburg to the Bosporus. Van der Vat analyzes then-First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill's response to the obstacles he faced and describes the fateful actions of the Turkish, German, and British governments throughout the Gallipoli Campaign. With detailed analysis of the battle's events and never-before published information on the German navy's mine laying operations, The Dardanelles Disaster tells a forgotten story from a fresh viewpoint, shedding light on one of World War I's most pivotal moments – and in particular on one avoidable and monumental blunder.
Dan van der Vat is a journalist and author of ten books on maritime history, including The Ship That Changed the World. He has written for the New York Times, The Times and the Sunday Times, and now writes for the Guardian.
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A Soakingly Amazing Tale
Mr Gloomingdale has been grumpy for so long that he can't even remember why he was in a bad mood in the first place.
When he wishes for sunshine and light to go away and leave him to be gloomy, his wish backfires in a way that he doesn't expect!
Watch the video below as New Zealand author and illustrator A Patrick Conlan reads aloud the story of Mr Gloomingdale's Downpour.
Details. ISBN 9780986454929, Paperback, $17.99. Published by Gracewood Hollows.
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By Peter Millar
A book to make Dan Brown turn green with envy.
In ruins on the outskirts of Gaza, the war-torn Palestinian city that had been a metropolis since the times of the pharaohs, a plucky young female archaeologist has made a remarkable find: possibly the earliest known image of the Virgin Mary, created during her lifetime. But before she can reveal it to the world, it is stolen from her in a brutal personal assault amidst the chaos of an Israeli airstrike. But who has stolen it and why? What dark hidden secret did it conceal?
With her former lover, an Oxford professor of comparative historiography – the science of comparing alternative versions of the past – she sets out on a dangerous quest to some of the holiest sites in Christendom, from the plains of Bavaria to the mountains of central Spain and an ignored ancient temple in the heart of London. In a tale of murder, treason, intrigue and geopolitics, they uncover a web of conspiracy, cover-ups, confused mythology and interlinked religion that dates back to the last pagan Roman emperor, and maybe even to the very origins of life on earth.
Astonishingly well-researched, this is a gripping yarn that is at the same time intellectually challenging.
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The Hottest Female Rockers From The 1960s To Now
Updated Second Edition
By Alison Stieven-Taylor
This book profiles the hottest rock 'n roll women, spanning the 1960s to current times – from Janis Joplin, Suzi Quatro and Chrissie Hynde to Courtney Love and Pink. With perceptive biographies and in-depth music critiques, author Alison Stieven-Taylor gives an up close and personal look at the experiences, adventures and musical passions of these extraordinary and talented women whose wild vocals and on-stage antics have made them rock 'n roll legends.
Through personal heartaches, drug addictions, public humiliations and private nightmares, these rock chicks have risen to take the music world by storm often facing great personal adversity - pressure and scrutiny that would have destroyed mere mortals. Rock Chicks is a highly illustrated book - which features the work of leading rock photographer Tony Mott and is designed by Aria award-winning design studio Debaser - an essential rock 'n roll bible.
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By George Mallory
George Mallory belongs to a short but distinguished line-up of literary mountaineers such as Joe Simpson, Jon Krakauer and Edward Whymper, the conqueror of the Matterhorn.
All his writings on climbing, here collected for the first time in a volume – started out as letters to his wife Ruth. He turned them into finely-crafted pieces which transcend their subject matter that would inspire generations of mountaineers after him.
When questioned ‘Why climb Everest’ he answered with the wry put down ‘Because it is there.’ His body was dramatically found on Everest in 2007. One day, nonetheless, his camera may provide the answer to the question whether he was the first human to summit Everest.
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