It's an explosive situation, and Corris conjures up an atmosphere of brooding tension. British Jeremiah Islands Protectorate, South Pacific, 1928: District Officer Will Naismith doesn't know it yet, but he is in trouble. The rebellious native leader Eglito is gathering his followers to confront the British once and for all. But there is an even greater threat to Naismith from within his own ranks: from his superior, who is alarmed by Naismith's methods of keeping order, an ambitious young colonial officer and a scheming missionary. When they are joined by Tom Birmingham, a writer with an...

It was an impulse buy in a Charing Cross bookshop - Walking Across the World: The Life and Travels of Basil Craft, M.B.E. But from the moment he started reading it Vic Bright's journalist's instinct told him it would make a great film. Once Bright and his journalist partner, Marsha Prentiss, start researching the project, it soon becomes apparent that all was not right with the brothers Craft. The expeditions were real enough - the Crafts in fact were travellers out of their time, undertaking, without modern aids, some of the most hazardous journeys known to man, surviving storms, battles...

Fred Hollows once predicted Peter Corris would be 'blind in five years and dead in ten' if he didn't start taking care of his diabetes and change his lifestyle. In this candid and engaging account the author acknowledges the potentially fatal consequences of his denial and ignorance and describes how he came to terms with a chronic condition. '... fascinating and easy to read ... immensely valuable to young people or those with newly diagnosed diabetes.' Dr Alan E Stocks A.M.