07 May 2012

Into The Midst Of Things - Sir Richard Kingsland AO, CBE, DFC

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I haven't had time to write my next review so, wanting to keep things ticking over, I invited Kristen Alexander - author of Clive Ca...
26 April 2012

Vale Phil Davenport

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An email from Stevie Davenport, publisher of her father's Hurrah For The Next Man , is always a good thing to receive and this one star...
26 March 2012

It's a girl!

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Our daughter, Margaret May, was born on March 15. Everyone going well ... but reviews aren't happening for the time being obviously! My...
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09 March 2012

Leon-Kane Maguire - RIP

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It began as one of my usual spur of the moment internet searches. Having not visited the RAAF's Air Power Development Centre online boo...
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21 February 2012

The Bomber Command Memorial book

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With construction of the long-awaited Bomber Command memorial underway on the edge of Hyde Park in London, and the grand opening scheduled f...
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18 February 2012

Springbok Fighter Victory

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Long-term readers of ABR will know I have 'favourite' theatres of war and a penchant for accounts of the more obscure campaigns. ...
26 January 2012

My New Guinea Diary - Ernest C. Ford

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A book is a package prepared by a team of people. Even something self-published is rarely prepared by just the author. Friends and fami...
20 January 2012

Fighting High flying high

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In this age of e-books and online resources you’d think anyone who started up a new, specialist publishing company to produce real...
03 January 2012

Understanding an addiction

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I think the definition of an addict has in it somewhere the performance of actions that, upon reflection, the afflicted person can’t quite...
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02 January 2012

Serendipity

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There I was innocently beavering away at work when I felt the need to stretch. It would not surprise you, as my arms reached out to either ...
24 December 2011

Season's Greetings

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It's rapidly approaching the end of Christmas Eve down here so I'll take this opportunity to send a quick Merry Christmas greeting t...
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10 December 2011

Hurrah For The Next Man - Phil Davenport

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Time marches on and we’re simply along for the ride. It, however, gives us the chance to live and grow … or live and learn. Its passing yi...
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