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Bastard Behind The Lines: The extraordinary story of Jock McLaren's escape from Sandakan and his guerrilla war against the Japanese by Tom Gilling
Category: Audio
Scottish-born but a Queenslander to the bone, Jock McLaren was a true Australian hero. As a prisoner he escaped twice, first from Changi and later from the infamous Sandakan POW camp in Borneo. After paddling a dugout canoe across open sea, he fought for two years with American-led Filipino guerrillas, ...Show more
Bastard Behind the Lines: The Extraordinary Story of Jock Mclaren's Escape from Sandakan and His Guerrilla War Against the Japanese by Tom Gilling
Category: Military
He escaped from Singapore's Changi prisoner of war camp to become one of Australia's greatest World War II guerrilla fighters. 'The way I look at it is this...When you're behind the line and get yourself into trouble, you've got to get your bloody self out irrespective of anybody else. That's why I like ...Show more
Blood Money: Bikies, Terrorists and Middle Eastern Gangs by Clive Small; Tom Gilling
Category: True Crime
Organized crime in Australia is more reckless and more violent than ever before. Controlled by a new wave of gangland bosses, it has broken old taboos and formed alliances that would have once been unthinkable. So who now holds the power? There are the Middle Eastern gangs whose core business is drugs, ...Show more
Code of Silence: How One Honest Police Officer Took on Australia's Most Corrupt Police Force by Tom Gilling; Colin Dillon
Category: True Crime
"Wherever there is power and money, there is always the risk of corruption. But everyone has a choice: to become involved or to take a stand against it." Colin Dillon is an extraordinary man. He was the first Indigenous policeman in Australia. But that is actually a very small part of his story. He was ...Show more
Dreamland by Tom Gilling
Category: Fiction
It was just a little lie. But it has landed Nick Carmody in serious trouble. It didn't seem much, to say he was the one driving Danny Grogan's car when it was caught by a speed camera. And Danny's billionaire father has promised to make the lie worth his while. First published 2008.
Evil Life - The True Story of the Calabrian Mafia in Australia by Clive Small; Tom Gilling; Dino Marnika (Read by)
Category: Audio
The Calabrian mafia is Australia's oldest, largest, and most ruthless crime syndicate, trafficking drugs worth billions of dollars and laundering the proceeds through sophisticated international networks. Enforcing discipline with age-old tools of violence and intimidation, the Calabrians have been resp ...Show more
Evil Life : The True Story of the Calabrian Mafia in Australia by Clive Small and Tom Gilling
Category: True Crime
The Calabrian mafia is Australia's oldest, largest and most ruthless crime syndicate, trafficking drugs worth billions of dollars and laundering the proceeds through sophisticated international networks.Enforcing discipline with age-old tools of violence and intimidation, the Calabrians have been respon ...Show more
Evil Life : the Calabrian Mafia in Australia by Clive Small; Tom Gilling
Category: True Crime
The Calabrian mafia is Australia's oldest, largest, and most ruthless crime syndicate, trafficking drugs worth billions of dollars and laundering the proceeds through sophisticated international networks. Enforcing discipline with age-old tools of violence and intimidation, the Calabrians have been resp ...Show more
Griffith Wars TPB by Tom Gilling; Terry Jones
Category: True Crime
The assassination of Donald Mackay was meant to solve a problem for the mafia. Instead it roused the law-abiding citizens of Griffith to fight against the powerful criminal elements who had made their town synonymous with drugs and murder. Drawing on the personal diaries and memories of Terry Jones - wh ...Show more
Grog A Bottled History of Australia's First 30 Years by Tom Gilling
Category: Australiana
The marines on the First Fleet refused to sail without it. Convicts risked their necks to get hold of it. Rum built a hospital and sparked a revolution, made fortunes and ruined lives. In a society with few luxuries, liquor was power. It played a crucial role, not just in the lives of individuals like ...Show more
Milat - Inside Australia's Biggest Manhunt - a Detective's Story by Tom Gilling; Clive Small; Peter Hosking (Read by)
Category: Audio
A true insider's story of the backpacker murders from the detective who led the team that arrested Ivan Milat. Milat - the serial killer who preyed on young hitchhikers. The backpackers - the innocent victims of a brutal murderer. Belanglo - a place that became synonymous with pure evil. It was the bigg ...Show more
Milat: Inside Australia's biggest manhunt - a detective's story by Clive Small, Tom Gilling
Category: True Crime
Milat - the serial killer who preyed on young hitchhikers. The backpackers - the innocent victims of a brutal murderer. Belanglo - a place that became synonymous with pure evil...It was the biggest and most complex manhunt in Australian history, an investigation that gripped a nation. Behind the many fa ...Show more