A trainee chef learns how to use herbs and spices correctly in different foods.
Seven Little Australians
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 : November 21, 2021 11:25 am
A cautionary tale about however respectable Australian families get, a group of their children can be as mischievous and naughty as anywhere else.
The October child
Posted : November 21, 2021 3:12 pm
A biography of my sister, whose birthday is in October.
Half Magic
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)
Posted : November 24, 2021 3:23 am
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A comedic tale about the daughter of a mortal man and a fairy queen. She has inherited her parents gifts, but they only work half the time. So sometimes she uses magic when she intended to be mundane, and sometimes her magic fails when she thinks she needed a little boost.
The Rider of the White Horse
We have hands that fashion and heads that know,
But our hearts we lost - how long ago! -- G. K. Chesterton
Posted : November 30, 2021 8:32 am
A fan fiction tale about Gandalf during one of his journeys.
Daughter of Time
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 : November 30, 2021 12:45 pm
A story about Father Time's daughter who is in training to take over the family business.
The Velveteen Rabbit.
These are only shadows of the real world
Posted : November 30, 2021 3:34 pm
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In a land populated by talking beasts, a family of rabbits avoids paying a fine for having twenty children, by counting "...eighteen, nineteen, velveteen." Velvet, the youngest of the family, repays her parents by being kind and thoughtful.
The Small Miracle
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 2, 2021 2:38 am
A rare & ancient stand of trees deep in the Blue Mountains, which survived since the Cretaceous Period, known as the Wollemi Pines, also survived the horrific 2019-2020 months' long bushfires. This book relates the steps taken to ensure firefighters & volunteers could make this small miracle happen.
The life of Pi.
Posted : December 2, 2021 7:41 pm
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Pi, short for Pigling, has an idyllic life in a small village, until she visits a town, and questions what her life should be like.
Shakespeare Country
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 2, 2021 11:57 pm
A story of life in a land whose inhabitants and towns are all named after people and places in Shakespeare's works, where residents are only permitted to speak in Elizabethan / Jacobean-era English (or their best approximation of it), and the settling of disputes by duel is mandatory. 
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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A rare & ancient stand of trees deep in the Blue Mountains, which survived since the Cretaceous Period, known as the Wollemi Pines, also survived the horrific 2019-2020 months' long bushfires. This book relates the steps taken to ensure firefighters & volunteers could make this small miracle happen.
That one's a true story! 
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)
Posted : December 3, 2021 2:12 am
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The official stargazer's manual to issue to every Trekkie fanatic who ever got too engrossed in going boldly where nobody has gone before, with instructions on how to hitchhike on a Federation Star Cruiser, extensive fold out galaxy maps & an accompanying solar powered model of Marvin, a depressed robot, saying "nobody loves me", at the press of a blue button, + "exterminate" at the press of a red button. 
My brilliant career
@Courtenay: That one's a true story!
I know. 
Couldn't resist the idea.
Posted : December 5, 2021 12:11 am
Courtenay liked
An autobiography of someone who never stayed in one job (or even the same field) for more than five years at a time.
Ribsy
Death is swallowed up in victory.
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Posted : December 11, 2021 2:12 pm
The story of a guy who's so skinny that people can use his ribs as a xylophone.
The Great Divorce
& an accompanying solar powered model of Marvin, a depressed robot, saying "nobody loves me", at the press of a blue button, + "exterminate" at the press of a red button.
I've just recently been listening to the original radio series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Marvin is my favourite character!! ("Here I am, brain the size of a planet...")
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)
Posted : December 12, 2021 1:40 pm
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An historical account of a most notorious early medieval divorce case, involving the kings of two countries, and a very wealthy and well connected landed noblewoman, reminding that a divorcee really could become a Queen Consort in days gone by.
All at sea on land
@Courtenay:
Alan Rickman was a most perfect Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films, so when he also did the voice over for the film Marvin, saying "nobody loves me", I couldn't stop laughing. 
Posted : December 12, 2021 6:45 pm
Lasaraleen and Courtenay liked
A novel about some sailors who decide they are sick of sailing, only to realise they hate being landlocked.
Oathbringer
Death is swallowed up in victory.
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Posted : December 25, 2021 8:21 pm