I am writing this book review having just watched the riveting The Count of Monte Cristo on SBS, it’s a deep dive into the remarkable true story of the real count – a stunning feat of historical sleuthing that brings …
Fact is, A COMPLETE FICTION is a joy to read, a roller-coaster ride that hooks from the first paragraph and relentlessly refuses to let go till the last satisfying page.
R.L. Maizes amazing narrative is a comedy thriller with a …
Bible readers take note: the image of a ‘cornerstone’ to faith and life is well-known. Melanie Phillips’ new book offers a sophisticated analysis of the virus that is attacking the religious, moral and cultural foundation of Western societies and …
Anyone familiar with Mary Beard’s quirky narration is always in for a treat. In this tome of a book she does so with passion and without technical jargon demonstrating how a slightly shabby Iron Age village rose to become the …
This book is intended to give anyone interested, as every Australian should be, in an account of our past that’s positive, whilst not being oblivious to our mistakes and imperfections as a nation.
If to be Australian is still akin …
This latest offering from George Saunders begins with Jill ‘Doll’ Blaine hurtling towards earth, preparing to meet her newest charge, a dying man she must guide into the afterlife. Since her own death, she’s performed this job many times, offering …
Born in the Bronx, Abel Ferrara started making amateur film on Super8 in his teens before debuting with violent exploitation films such as Driller Killer and Ms.45.
The author describes how he was there a long time ago when …
Irate at another fussy customer at Juice Body, Dell Denvers walks out of her job, straight to her unaffordable Hell’s Kitchen studio.
A fan of watching internet streamers to relax, she’s moved by desperation to initiate a livestream of …
So without realising it, it pays to slow down to smell the roses, as it were, and let Theo teach us something about what’s in front of us. The author’s descriptions of nature, art, music, and people are thought- …
The greatest generation in history suffered terribly–and in so many ways– in WWII and its aftermath. This story is an eye-opening account of a war whose devastating consequences still reverberate today.
Historian David Nasaw wrote; the men and boys who …