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Remembrance Day – Understanding the Past and Stepping into the Future

On Remembrance Day we stop to honour and remember all those who have fought to protect others, or suffered in war and conflicts of the past. It is a day of commemoration in nations across the world ..

Book Review: Between Five Eyes – by Peter Masters Military Books Australia.

BOOK REVIEW: Max Booth Map Trap by Barbara Braxton The Book Shelf

Cameron Macintosh Dave Atze  Big Sky, 2021 125pp., pbk., RRP $A12.99 9781922265906 If you have a map, you must know where you're going... but Max isn't so sure.  It’s 2424. Super Sleuth Max Booth is…

BOOK REVIEW: John Michael and Dave Atze (illustrator), Googol Boy and the peculiar incident of the Great Quiz Trophy, Big Sky Publishing, March 2021, 300 pp., RRP $14.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781922387141

A sure-fire way to get kids to read is to make them laugh and Googol Boy certainly delivers. When under-achiever Howie is zapped by lightning while working on his computer, his brain absorbs and stores…

BOOK REVIEW: Reading Time: Aleesah Darlison and Nancy Bevington (illustrator), Space Kids, Sabotage, Big Sky Publishing, October 2020, 180 pp., RRP $12.50 (pbk), ISBN 9781922387172

It is the year 2088. Eleven-year-old Nash Steele is getting ready to have a holiday on Misty Space Station and while he is pleased for the opportunity to see his dad who works there, he…

Carly Mills Pioneer Girl : Superstar

When Carly Mills goes to Melbourne with the school choir, she gets more than she expected.  Thanks to her magic shawl that transports her back in time, she takes a trip back to 1867 and…

Australia Remembers 2: Customs and Traditions of the Australian Defence Force

As our nation prepares to honour those who have served this country in both war and peace on ANZAC Day 2021,  once again we will see and hold commemorations that while confronting in their origins…

BOOK REVIEW: The Korean Kid: A Young Australian pilot’s baptism of fire in the jet fighter age

Reviewed by Neville Taylor RUSI VIC Born in 1930, James Kitchenside grew up in a Depression-ridden Marrickville, surviving in hand-me-downs in an overcrowded house a stone’s throw from Mascot Aerodrome. As he had little to…

BOOK REVIEW: Atomic Salvation: How the A-Bomb attacks saved the lives of 32 million people

Reviewed by Robert Ellis - RUSI VIC Dr Lewis has discussed two major issues in this, his 15th book of military and other history. He addresses the justification of the decision by America’s President Truman…

Books of Interest – Australian Defence Magazine by Peter Masters

Review of the Counting Series by Grace Nolan & Nancy Bevington (Illustrator) by Barbara Braxton at The Bottomshelf

10 Naughty Numbats 9781922265616 10 Bush Babies 9781922265623 10 Lively Lorikeets 9781922265630 Grace Nolan Nancy Bevington Big Sky, 2021 32pp., pbk., RRP $A14.9 Learning to count, add and subtract is one of the key reasons…

Penny Harris (text) and Winnie Zhou (illustrator), Movie Mayhem – A Story About Saying Sorry, Big Sky Publishing Australia. September 2020, 32 pp., RRP $16.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781922265777

Tao Tiger likes peace and quiet so, as he is settling into a relaxing movie night at home, he is less than impressed with the unexpected arrival of his noisy friends. Unfortunately, Tao does not…

RUSI – VIC Newsletter December 2020 – Review “William Holmes”