Author: David Hill

Almost a year has passed since the Lakeside Murder case. Its said that Paul Vito had hidden a large amount of money somewhere near a graveyard before he had died. It was never proven to be true so pe …

Cedarville, Kentucky was once a small town like any other. It had the same things other communities its size had. Then came progress Progress is good, but sometimes growth in population brings with i …

In 1959 David Hill's mother – a poor single parent living in Sussex – reluctantly decided to send her sons to Fairbridge Farm School in Australia where, she was led to believe, they would have a …

This book examines the media in the post-authoritarian politics of twenty-first century Indonesia. It considers how the media is being transformed, its role in politics, and its potential impact in e …

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In 2001, with support from National Science Foundation, the National Research Council began a review of the evidence concerning whether or not the National Science Education Standards have had an imp …

In 2001, with support from National Science Foundation, the National Research Council began a review of the evidence concerning whether or not the National Science Education Standards have had an imp …

Using a combination of existing and original research, this new text provides a simple explanation for the low turnout in American elections: rather than creating an environment conducive to particip …

Using a combination of existing and original research, this new text provides a simple explanation for the low turnout in American elections: rather than creating an environment conducive to particip …

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Every political aspirant and activist knows the media are important. But there is little agreement on how an increasingly diversified media operate in post-authoritarian transitions and how they migh …

Every political aspirant and activist knows the media are important. But there is little agreement on how an increasingly diversified media operate in post-authoritarian transitions and how they migh …

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Originally published in 1976. This book helps beginning and practising teachers to operate effectively in multiracial schools; its emphasis is on practical guidance for the classroom. It presents a r …

Originally published in 1976. This book helps beginning and practising teachers to operate effectively in multiracial schools; its emphasis is on practical guidance for the classroom. It presents a r …

On the afternoon of 8 April 1802, in the remote southern ocean, two explorers had a remarkable chance encounter. Englishman Matthew Flinders and Frenchman Nicolas Baudin had been sent by their govern …

Who speaks for the dead?Savings at the expense of safety have killed too many British servicemen. This book discusses over one hundred avoidable fatalities that occurred between 1987 and 2016, all li …

PRAYING BEFORE I go to sleep at night has been a habit sincechildhood. The night I thought of writing this book I prayed, God help me have good dreams and good thoughts as I sleep tonight. That isa p …

In 1959 David Hill’s mother – a poor single parent living in England – reluctantly decided to send her sons to Fairbridge Farm School in New South Wales where, she was led to believe, they would have …

The thrilling race of Frenchman Nicolas Baudin and Englishman Matthew Flinders to chart the map of Australia.On the afternoon of 8 April 1802, in the remote southern ocean, two explorers had a remark …

The fever that forever changed Australia.David Hill relates the extraordinary people and staggering events of Australia’s great gold-rush years. From the mid- to late-1800s, people from all corners o …

An extraordinary narrative history of the First Fleet, by the bestselling author of The Forgotten Children.Never before or since has there been an experiment quite as bold as this. Set against the ba …

It’s New Zealand, 1914, and the Great War is raging on battlefields in Europe. King and Country are calling! William eagerly enlists for the army but his younger brother, Edmund, is opposed to the wh …

Dieser Band versammelt die Beiträge zu einem internationalen Symposium, das aus Anlaß des 200. Todestages von Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz im September 1992 in Birmingham, England, stattfand. Die Beit …

Our series Cancer Prevention – Cancer Control continues to address the causes and prevention of cancer. In this volume, Hill, Elwood, and English bring together a rich resource summarizing the state …

Simon is a typical teenager – in every way except one. Simon likes girls, weekends and enjoys mucking about and playing practical jokes. But what s different is that Simon has muscular dystrophy – he …

Australia and the British monarchy have always made for an odd couple: the young, rebellious, egalitarian nation wed to an ancient symbol of power and social inequality. Even today, an invitation to …

If anyone is qualified to talk about sport in Australia, it’s David Hill. In this book, with the benefit of his years of personal experience both playing and working in the sporting world, he vividly …

Featured on the New Zealand Listener’s 50 best children’s books 2013 Something in the water, a hundred yards or so away. Russell jerked the binoculars back, trying to find it again. He had to be sure …

This is the story of how a struggling convict settlement grew into six dynamic colonies and then the remarkable nation of Australia. Told through the key figures who helped build it into the thriving …

The plane bucked sideways, flinging Darryl against the cabin wall. It plunged vertically, jolted so hard that his teeth clacked together, then started skidding downwards through the sky. The screams …

The bells stopped, so suddenly that their sound quivered in the air. For the first time in an hour, the loudspeakers spoke, but this time the words were different. ‘We are about to abandon ship. All …

When of hundreds of Japanese captives arrive at Featherston POW camp, the tiny town is divided. Tensions run high and then, on 25 February 1943, disaster strikes. Three boys witness it all. A compell …

Parents going through separation or divorce are understandably worried about how the change in the family will affect their children. This guide walks parents through all the factors they should cons …

Parents going through separation or divorce are understandably worried about how the change in the family will affect their children. This guide walks parents through all the factors they should cons …

The Anglo-Saxon period was crucial to the development of the English landscape, but is rarely studied. The essays here provide radical new interpretations of its development. Traditional opinion has …

EU law has greatly influenced national law in Scotland, the UK and the rest of Europe. As a result, private international law is an essential area of study and of increasing importance to lawyers thr …

New emerging diseases, new diagnostic modalities for resource-poor settings, new vaccine schedules … all significant, recent developments in the fast-changing field of tropical medicine. Hunter’s T …

The Forgotten Children was David Hill’s heartbreaking account of the abuse that he and other ‘orphans of empire’ survived at the Fairbridge Farm School in New South Wales. Part memoir, part oral hist …

A PAGE-TURNING TRUE-LIFE THRILLER! This book provides a bird’s-eye view of an incredible journey. The supernatural and extraordinary events and the settings in which they are described may be scarcel …

Art Reach – 25 Years of Cultural Development is the story, told by the Founding Director, of the evolution of a significant UK cultural consultancy and festival producer. It is a must-read for t …

A collection of personal narratives of migrants crossing the US-Mexico border, Voices of the Border brings us closer to this community of people and their strength, love, and courage in the face of h …

Carefully focused essays on major aspects of one of the most significant German literary movements, the Storm and Stress. Sturm und Drang refers to a set of values and a style of writing that arose i …

Essays on the synthesis of the musical and literary arts in German Romanticism. The interrelationship between music and literature reached its zenith during the Romantic era, and nowhere was this rel …

The life and career of Jocelin of Wells examined, with a particular emphasis on his role in the reconstruction of the Cathedral and Bishop’s Palace. Jocelin, bishop of Wells [d. 1242], is an iconic f …

EU law has greatly influenced national law in Scotland, the UK and the rest of Europe. As a result, private international law is an essential area of study and of increasing importance to lawyers thr …

This text looks at each national curriculum subject and analyzes it in terms of culture and ideology represented. It proceeds to give detailed advice and suggestions on how to promote equality and eq …

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Gustave Courbet’s L’Origine du Monde depicts a realistic, close-up view of a woman’s genitalia: one of the most notorious paintings ever made. This novel seeks to give the painting a voice from under …