25 August 2009

Back to it...

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Well, after a bit of a delay with settling into our house here in West Wyalong, we're almost fully unpacked. Once I find my notes for Kr...
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21 July 2009

On the move...

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Hi all We're currently moving to New South Wales so I'll be offline for a while. We should be back on deck by mid-August. Hope this ...
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06 July 2009

Clive Caldwell, Air Ace - Kristen Alexander

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Clive Caldwell. Heard of him? Well, if you’re here because you’re an avid reader of the type of books I review, chances are you’ve heard of...
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22 June 2009

Alexander Fax Booksellers

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Kristen Alexander and David Fax run a well known military bookshop in Canberra. While their website features their stock, among other thing...
10 June 2009

Night After Night: New Zealanders In Bomber Command - Max Lambert

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The great melting pot that was the RAF during the war has always, to me, been a strong indicator of how people from different countries and...
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27 May 2009

A Thousand Shall Fall - Murray Peden

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Remember all the things your parents used to say? “Eat your vegetables”, “You get what you pay for” and “You can’t judge a book by its cove...
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19 May 2009

Desert Flyer - Martyn R Ford-Jones

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As I mentioned in the review for Caine’s Spitfires, Thunderbolts and Warm Beer , the use of a wartime diary is often the genesis for an ins...
15 May 2009

Beyond Courage - Norman Franks

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Without knowing about the author’s earlier work on the subject - Another Kind Of Courage – you’d have little chance of guessing the subjec...
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Charles 'Bud' Tingwell - Rest In Peace

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I've just heard of the passing of this great man. Serving as a recce pilot on Spits and Mossies in the Mediterranean, he went on to beco...
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05 May 2009

Just One Of The Many - Dudley C Egles MID

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Books come in all shapes and sizes and, lately, I’ve seen a couple that are not what you’d expect – but more of those in later reviews. Val...
01 May 2009

Going Solo - Roald Dahl

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I’m embarrassed to say I had completely forgotten Roald Dahl had been a pilot. Like everyone, I knew of his children’s books – Charlie And ...
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29 April 2009

Torpedo Leader - new paperback version from Grub Street

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Hannah from Grub Street Publishing has kindly let me know of a new paperback version of Patrick Gibbs' Torpedo Leader . Grub Street wi...
28 April 2009

Spitfires, Thunderbolts and Warm Beer - Philip D. Caine

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The genesis for many a memoir can be the discovery of a wartime diary. Officially frowned upon, and therefore relatively uncommon, diaries ...
25 April 2009

Wings of Destiny - Charles Page

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With the subtitle giving no doubt as to the subject matter this book by historian Charles Page looks the part on the shelf and in the hand. ...
24 April 2009

A Gremlin On My Shoulder - Ron Cundy DFC, DFM, MID

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First impressions of this book is that there's not a lot of pages which might make you turn to something else on the shelf that appear...
23 April 2009

Torpedo Leader - Wing Commander Patrick Gibbs DSO, DFC and Bar

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There is no way in this universe I could spout on about Patrick Gibb's Not Peace But a Sword without then featuring his well-regarded...