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Former NSW Deputy Police Commissioner, Nick Kaldas, brings us his extraordinary journey as an immigrant boy from Egypt who rose from beat cop to become one of the most senior police officers in Australia. During his time in the NSW police force, he was one of Australia's first Arab undercover cops, headed up both the Homicide and Gang Squad units, reformed the Counter Terrorism team and then became the Deputy Police Commissioner.
He has also faced down some of the toughest, most brutal criminal organisations in the world. In the Middle East, he was hand-picked by the United Nations to investigate the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri; investigate the illegal use of chemical weapons in Syria; and was the Director of Internal Oversight Services at UNRWA, the UN agency tasked with assisting Palestine refugees.
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- In certain circles and places, Arnold Dix is known. The people of Monbulk where he has lived for decades know him as a sunflower grower, sometime truck delivery guy, bit of a handyman. There are lawyers who know of his work in scientific and environmental cases. Consultants who know him as a top authority on fire safety. Geologists and engineers who know him as the president of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association. Thousands of workers from third world countries who know him as the man who saved them from a form of slavery. And millions of Indians who regard him as a hero, because in December 2023 he made a promise he somehow miraculously kept – that 41 men trapped in a collapsed tunnel would come home, safe and sound.
How this working class publican's son has become all this – and more! – is related in this highly engaging account of a self-confessed eccentric whose overriding philosophy is being kind and helping others. I thoroughly enjoyed this! Lindy
The grand story of the famous 'Birdman' John Gould and his talented wife Elizabeth, who revealed the astonishing world of Australian birds and wildlife in one of the most important naturalist expeditions in history - from Grantlee Kieza bestselling author of Sister Viv, Flinders, Banks, Mrs Kelly and The Remarkable Mrs Reibey.
Tadeusz Kosciuszko, who lived from 1746 to 1817, is the most famous person Australians probably know absolutely nothing about. Bestselling author Anthony Sharwood (From Snow to Ash; The Brumby Wars) has spent a lifetime walking, skiing and writing about Kosciuszko National Park. Now he sets off on the trail of the man himself, travelling across the USA, Poland and Switzerland to key sites in Kosciuszko's life. Returning to Australia where a potential name change from Mt Kosciuszko to an Indigenous name is hotly debated, he walks with the area's traditional owners and discovers the ancient history of Australia's highest peak.
Andra Putnis says: 'As children, we'd sneak into Grandma's bedroom on secret missions. Her cupboard was filled with old fur coats, strange woven folk costumes and small mountains of glowing amber. We were half-scared, made breathless by our discoveries, but knew we hadn't seen it all, hadn't understood what was really hidden there.'
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