A broad overview of the WW1 & WW2 Mediterranean operations in which ANZAC forces, ie troops from both New Zealand & Australia, or either, participated.
The other side of the frontier
Posted : December 11, 2020 3:14 am
The exploits of the Starship Enterprise as recorded from the standpoint of the Klingons.
Cry, the Beloved Country
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)
Posted : December 11, 2020 10:00 am
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An account that could be written in any number of countries in the world, beset by COVID-19 in 2020, what they could do, what they couldn't do, & what they actually did about it.
The four horsemen of the Apocalypse
Posted : December 11, 2020 11:10 pm
In which four neighbor kids have the best summer ever--Dennis the Menace style. The rest of the neighborhood is less enthusiastic about their exploits, and will be talking about the treehouse adventure for years.
The Eleventh Trade
We have hands that fashion and heads that know,
But our hearts we lost - how long ago! -- G. K. Chesterton
Posted : December 12, 2020 9:28 pm
A misfit teenage boy, unable to qualify to train as a carpenter, plumber, mechanic, welder or six other trades, tries his hand at cake icing.
You Must Be Joking.
There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."
Posted : December 12, 2020 11:22 pm
A book full of stories too strange to be anything but true and crazy schemes that actually worked.
The Invisible Boy
Death is swallowed up in victory.
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Posted : December 13, 2020 5:58 pm
Moving to a big house in the country, the twins keep meeting a boy who talks like he's from a book and dresses like he belongs in one of the paintings in the hall, but none of the adults seem to see him, even when he's dressed in blue satin!
Rider by Night
We have hands that fashion and heads that know,
But our hearts we lost - how long ago! -- G. K. Chesterton
Posted : December 14, 2020 7:23 pm
An autobiographical story of a high-profile businessman who moonlights as a trick rider.
The Book of Atrix Wolfe
Death is swallowed up in victory.
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Posted : December 14, 2020 7:44 pm
A dire but triumphant autobiographical story of an eventual judge who was bullied as a child because of his unusual name.
The King and Di
Posted : December 21, 2020 1:49 pm
A series of cases solved by a Detective Inspector and his colleague, Sergeant King.
Around Town Cycling
There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."
Posted : December 21, 2020 4:39 pm
A local tour guide to the town of Cycling.
The Cat in the Hat.
Death is swallowed up in victory.
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Posted : December 23, 2020 7:57 pm
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A sequel to the Kiwi classic My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes, in which the son of that famous feline gains equal renown for hiding in headgear. 
Make Way for Ducklings
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)
Posted : December 24, 2020 5:13 am
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A children's book about Mother Duck taking her line of offspring to their first swimming lessons at a regular school, where the cardinal ruling is....Make way for ducklings.
The Yellow Fairy Book
Posted : December 25, 2020 1:48 pm
The tale of a pair of very timid fairy sisters, who were called names by other sprites, gnomes and fairies.
Bon Voyage and Other Stories
There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."
Posted : December 25, 2020 9:19 pm
Very terrible to relate, this is the 2020 documentary of how so many world cruises came to grief due to a most horrible pandemic. Compulsory 2021 history students' HSC reading for understanding why pandemics pose such an enormous impact on World History.
Under the mountain.
Posted : December 26, 2020 3:03 am