What is the true story of the figure who stands at the centre of the Christian faith? Was he a god in human guise, as the established Church would have us believe, or was he a man with a singular obsession, one which he believed would transform the world as he knew it and establish Heaven and earth?
The Jesus Delusion will shatter old myths and provoke new debate on the most controversial figure in history.
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The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd, or BHP, is part of Australia's DNA, yet it remains an enigma.
Here for the first time is the full, compelling story of how BHP rose from the humblest beginnings in the Australian outback to become, in conjunction with its partner Billiton, the biggest miner in the world today.
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"Everyone who knows the facts knows that Jacka won the Victoria Cross three times." - C.E.W. Bean, official Australian war historian. Albert Jacka was the people's hero of the Great War. In 1919 he returned to a triumphant welcome as thousands lined the streets to cheer the first Australian to be awarded the Victoria Cross at Gallipoli.
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One hundred and fifty years ago, Frank Gardiner rose from nowhere to become the most famous outlaw in the country. His gang included Ben Hall, Johnny Gilbert and a team of desperados who brought large tracts of inland New South Wales to the brink of anarchy. Yet he boasted that he never hurt a woman or ever committed a mean or petty act.
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For two days in November 1942, the city of Brisbane became a war zone when Australian servicemen attacked American troops. At the height of savage fighting on Thanksgiving Day, an American military policeman shot dead an Australian war hero and wounded six other soldiers and a civilian.
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How some of Australia's greatest war heroes won their medals
Only 96 Australians have been awarded the VC - and 14 The George Cross - in conflicts from the Boer War to Vietnam.
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