An astronomical explanation of how a meteor travelled across the Milky Way Galaxy, before landing in the middle of the Nullarbor Plain, where it looked so strange, & distinct, that passing humans, appreciating its value as a landmark, called it the Nargun of the area.
Climb a lonely hill
Posted : April 21, 2021 4:49 pm
A guidebook for those planning to visit remote hill countries.
The Book of Lost Tales
Some days you battle yourself and other monsters. Some days you just make soup.
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Posted : April 25, 2021 5:57 pm
A park ranger's collection of humorous interviews with visitors to the park who left the beaten path and couldn't find their way back to where they started.
All Systems Red
We have hands that fashion and heads that know,
But our hearts we lost - how long ago! -- G. K. Chesterton
Posted : April 25, 2021 6:47 pm
A non-fiction book about nautical, aeronautical, and aerospace disasters.
Blue Willow
Some days you battle yourself and other monsters. Some days you just make soup.
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Posted : April 25, 2021 7:06 pm
A connoisseur's guide to Blue Willow patterned dinner services, Delft ware & many other similar traditional blue & white sets of china ware.
February Dragon.
Posted : April 26, 2021 6:17 am
The tale of a girl dragon second oldest of a dragon family all named after months of the year.
The Painted Garden
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 : April 26, 2021 10:54 pm
A story about a girl who discovers she can visit the garden portrayed in a painting at her house.
Cinder
Some days you battle yourself and other monsters. Some days you just make soup.
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Posted : May 1, 2021 3:41 pm
A rather useful variation on an old children's fairy story, in which Cinderella, with much experience of how to manage cooking & fires, skips the fantastically upmarket Prince's Ball, to go to a Rural Volunteer Bushfire Brigade benefit, instead, and so falls in love with the Tall, Handsome, Brave hero of the Nation, the top fireman of the Bush brigade who co-ordinates it all.
Around the world in 80 days
Posted : May 2, 2021 12:07 am
A traveller, whose 2020 trip was cancelled, finds it takes very much longer in 2021, but he succeeds in completing his journey using the credit vouchers issued by the airlines.
The Queen's Fool
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 : May 3, 2021 4:27 am
A humourous account of life in a medieval castle, told by a court jester to the queen.
The Singing Tree
Some days you battle yourself and other monsters. Some days you just make soup.
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Posted : May 7, 2021 5:55 pm
The story of a trio who were banned from singing in a public garden, so climbed into a roadside tree and sang from there.
Atlas of the Bible
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 : May 7, 2021 11:12 pm
This book of biblical maps is a must for those who go to church services & who want to follow the action on relevant maps which tell which settlement is where, where the battles took place, not to mention the shifting borders of each of the regions & countries involved in biblical stories & the reaches of the several empires which arose & fell before the 1453 Fall of Constantinople.
The Good Master
Posted : May 7, 2021 11:56 pm
A story about the life of a best friend, from a dog's perspective! Who considers their human the goodest master of all.
My Father's Dragon
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Posted : May 19, 2021 7:22 pm
A child recounts all the things they love about the dragon their father owns.
The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow
Some days you battle yourself and other monsters. Some days you just make soup.
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Posted : May 23, 2021 8:12 pm
A boy captured by Norsemen goes to learn Viking ways at the court of a Viking king, including how to bow, and brings his knowledge home years later when he is freed.
Five Go To Smugglers Top
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 : May 24, 2021 1:31 pm