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I borrowed this book from the library. I had read a great deal in the media about this book a few years ago but only now have I got round to borrowing it. Australia, at the moment is going through a period where petty politics is playing a large part…
Tag: autobiography
My reading has suffered a little lately
I haven’t been reading as much as I usually do as I have been occupied doing other things. This book is my latest read having read a review in the newspaper I decided to buy a copy and I haven’t been disappointed. Caroline Baum’s moving and gripping memoir is for everyone who has felt they…
Books read so far this year.
The Tour Down Under starts this week so it seems appropriate that the first book in this post is a cycling one. Robbie McEwan is famous in the Australian cycling circle as he has won the Green Jersey in the Tour de France three times. He retired a few years ago but is still heavily…
At the opening of play – Cricket World Cup
I have been watching a lot of cricket lately and will be watching more soon with the World Cup about to commence this weekend. This book certainly ties in well with that – Ponting – At the Close of Play 700 pages in length but at no time did it prove to be a chore…
The happiest refugee
I borrowed this book from the library. I had read a great deal in the media about this book a few years ago but only now have I got round to borrowing it. Australia, at the moment is going through a period where petty politics is playing a large part when it comes to people seeking…
The third J is for Jenny . . .
This Jenny refers to Jenny Kee and her autobiography A Big Life. I was going to start my review of this book by saying that here is a woman who is not going to die wondering what she could have done, she has gone ahead and done it. She appears to have had an extremely…
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