September 2010 Issue 102

For ease of reading, our monthly book reviews, compiled by Alan Wheatley,  appear together;  simply start at the top and scroll down. ~~~ ~~~ … things were so much better on the corner of cloud nine and seventh heaven. Review by John Paul Newbury Title: A Simpler Time Author: Peter FitzSimons Publisher: Harper Collins Published: [...]

For ease of reading, our monthly book reviews, compiled by Alan Wheatley,  appear together;  simply start at the top and scroll down. ~~~ ~~~ The story of Australia’s First City Review by Paul W Newbury   Title: The Colony: A History of early Sydney Author: Grace Karskens Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published: 2 July 2010 [...]

  For ease of reading, our monthly book reviews, compiled by Alan Wheatley,  appear together;  simply start at the top and scroll down. ~~~ ~~~ Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. Oliver Goldsmith. The Deserted Village, 1770 Review by Alan Wheatley Title: Ill Fares The Land [...]

For ease of reading, our monthly book reviews, compiled by Alan Wheatley,  appear together;  simply start at the top and scroll down. ~~~ ~~~ Anyone who has been through a war, especially as a child, will understand Kiki’s fears. Review by Alan Wheatley Title: Against the Odds Author: Marjolijn Hof Cover: Illustration by Isabelle Arsenault [...]

For ease of reading, our monthly book reviews, compiled by Alan Wheatley, now appear together;  simply start at the top and scroll down. ~~~ ~~~ The letter that changed the course of the Gallipoli Campaign   Review by Paul W Newbury Title: The Gallipoli Letter Author: Keith Murdoch Introduction: Michael McKernan Foreword: Jack Thompson AM [...]

Title: Aboriginal Australians Author: Richard Broome Publisher; Allen & Unwin Published: 01 February 2010 RRP: $35.00 AUD Presentation: Soft-cover, 400pp Category:  Australian history Richard Broome is Associate Professor of History at La Trobe University. He is one of Australia’s most respected scholars of Aboriginal history. This is a fully rewritten fourth edition of Aboriginal Australians [...]

Title: Two Journeys Into Peril Author: Ken Sillcock ISBN 9780980712001 Publisher: Clouds of Magellan (Australia) RRP $40. Ken is well known to Bonzer readers and has been a looked-for regular for a long time, contributing thoughtful pieces on a wide variety of subjects. There are very few writers nearing their century who can say as [...]

Title: Looking for Lionel Author Sharon Snir Publisher: Allen and Unwin Price: AUD$29.99 ISBN: 978 1 74175 951 8 Paperback To write about dementia and to make it sound manageable and even joyful (given certain attitudes and behaviours on the part of carers) is one of those skills not readily available to your average writer. [...]

Title: Tasmania’s Convicts Author: Alison Alexander Publisher; Allen & Unwin Published: 01 March 2010 RRP: $45.00 AUD Presentation: Hardback, 318pp, index, endnotes Category:  Australian history This is a fascinating story about the 72,000 convicts Great Britain transported to Van Diemen’s Land from 1803 to 1853 and the colony they built. Dr Alexander is a published [...]

Author: Peter Nowak Published: March 1, 2010 Publisher: Allen & Unwin RPP:  $32.99 Presentation: 364 pp non-fiction A sex video appears on the Internet about a relatively unknown rich nobody who looks for the fame the web provides. An inquisitive reporter sees the green-tinged night vision, and connects it to US Military use in the [...]