Flood Stories:
From ABC Local Radio Manager of Emergency Broadcasting and senior journalist lan Mannix comes a collection of 15 stories of humour, survival and courage in the face of one of our country's most powerful natural forces - flood.
Across Grantham to Condamine, Kempsey to Bullita Station, flood has devastated this wide brown land, in some instances bringing much needed relief from drought, but in many others bringing tragedy, homelessness and a fight for survival.
lan Mannix charts the pattern of floods in Australia and tells amazing stories of danger and survival, from the women trapped in a house infested with snakes as the floodwaters rose ever higher, to the helicopter rescues of people whose homes were inundated without warning, to the brave townsfolk who saved their outback Queensland towns from the menace of the Warrego River with all the odds stacked against them.
As in lan's previous book Great Australian Bushfire Stories, these fascinating accounts from the lips of those who have experienced disaster will give you an understanding of what it is like to face nature at its most deadly, how to prepare and how to recover from its shocking impact.
 
Bushfire Stories:
Great Australian Bushfire Stories is a collection of remarkable tales from all around Australia that tell of our country's fiercest natural phenomenon; the bushfire.
Farmers, landowners, firefighters and city dwellers share with ABC journalist lan Mannix their experiences of fires: preparing for them, fighting them, and the heartbreak task of mopping up when even their best efforts failed.
Some stories are funny, some tragic, many courageous, but all are a testimony to the ingenuity and grit of human beings as they fight to save their homes, their towns and, in some cases, their lives.