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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 ..

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”

THE ÉVIAN CONFERENCE FAILED AND THEN THE HOLOCAUST BEGAN – Ami Magazine

Atomic Salvation Book Review by Kevin Rickard

Blog article by Travis Winks – Author of Shattered

How many times have you wished something wasn’t true?  I can think of plenty of examples –Coronavirus, last summer’s catastrophic bushfires, 9-11 – the list is endless, but there is one that selfishly tops the…

#BookReview: Happiness is a Cloud by Robert Vescio and Nancy Bevington by Just Write For Kids

Blurb: Look up to the clouds and what do you see?On a day out at the beach Harry discovers that feelings are just like the clouds… they change shape and roll on by.And even on…

Clash of the Gods of War: Australian Artillery and the Firepower Lessons of the Great War

William Westerman and Nicholas Floyd, (eds.).  Big Sky Publishing. 2020. $34.99 When Stalin described artillery as the ‘god of war’ he knew what he was talking about. More than anything else, artillery firepower shaped the…

BOOK REVIEW: The Book Muse – Max Booth, Future Sleuth: Chip Blip by Cameron Macintosh and Dave Atze

Synopsis: It’s 2424. Super Sleuth Max Booth is uncovering the secrets of mysterious 20th Century gadgets. His faithful, but slightly neurotic robodog Oscar is also on the case! In book 5 Chip Blip the duo…

ATOMIC SALVATION How the A-Bomb Attacks Saved the Lives of 32 Million People From multi-published military historian – Dr Tom Lewis

Detailed Research    |  Controversial AnalysisShortlisted for the 2020 Northern Territory Literary Awards! IN RECOGNITION OF THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE A-BOMB ATTACKS  6 & 9 AUGUST 2020 VIP DEAL 20% OFF | ENDS MIDNIGHT SUNDAY 9 AUGUST '... Remarkable in its…

Review: Atomic Salvation by The Honourable Austin Asche, Queen’s Counsel, Companion of the Order of Australia (generally expressed QC, AC)

Hiroshima This book is a reminder of something we may not wish to be reminded of. But facts are inexorable, and no history of the Second World War could possibly be complete without reference to…