SINK OR SWIM A MEMOIR By Saxby Pridmore Austin Macauley Publishers 2021 ISBN: 9781528910811 RRP: $ 21.46 (PB) Reviewed by Anne Henderson Sink or Swim A Memoir by Saxby Pridmore AM is at times an eccentric read. At other moments it is piercingly descriptive with sentences those of a poet – short, unexpected and [...]
A LONG VIEW FROM THE LEFT by Max Ogden Bad Apple Press, 2020 ASIN : B08LVBZZN5 RRP: $32.99 (pb) Reviewed by Keith Harvey A Long View From The Left, subtitled: “From the CPA to the ALP, a lifetime of fighting for Australian workers’ rights by unionist and Communist Party of Australia (CPA) activist [...]
EAST WEST STREET – ON THE ORIGINS OF GENOCIDE AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY By Philippe Sands Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2017 ISBN: 9781474601917 RRP: $24.99 (PB) Reviewed by Anne Henderson This is a monumental work that reads like a detective novel and impacts emotionally and intellectually with tsunami like effect. Readers who finish the book [...]
LABOR PEOPLE – THE STORIES OF SIX TRUE BELIEVERS by Chris Bowen Monash University Publishing 2021 ISBN: 9781922464729 RRP: $29.95 (pb) Reviewed by Keith Harvey Who was the first federal deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party? If you know the answer to this question, you either have an exceptional knowledge of Australian political history, [...]
THE POWER BROKER: MARK LEIBLER AN AUSTRALIAN JEWISH LIFE by Michael Gawenda Monash University Publishing 2020 ISBN: 9781925835809 RRP: $44.95 (HB) DATELINE JERUSALEM: JOURNALISM’S TOUGHEST ASSIGNMENT By John Lyons Monash University Publishing 2021 ISBN: 9781922464842 RRP: $19.95 (PB) Reviewed by Gerard Henderson Michael Gawenda is a former editor of The Age in [...]
Memoirs of a Cold War Warrior by Keith Harvey Connor Court Publishing, 2021 ISBN-10: 1922449482 ISBN-13: 978-1922449481 RRP $34.95 (pb) Reviewed by Michael Danby Armando Iannucci, the British Film director, evokes the blackest of black humour about "The Death of Stalin" in a film of that name. Those not acquainted with Soviet history might guess from [...]
The Lowest Depths by Ross Fitzgerald & Ian McFadyen Hybrid Publishers, Melbourne 2021 Print ISBN: 9781925736748, 1925736741 eText ISBN: 9781925736755, 192573675X RRP: $24.99 (pb) Reviewed by Alan Gregory Graham Green’s term “An Entertainment”, probably best sums up this beautifully produced book. The Lowest Depths is a very good read, with equal elements of a socio-politico [...]
THE COUNTESS FROM KIRRIBILLI By Joyce Morgan Allen & Unwin 2021 ISBN: 978 01 76087 517 6 RRP: $32.99 (PB) Reviewed by Anne Henderson She authored some twenty novels, a memoir entitled All The Dogs of My Life and a children’s book called The April Baby’s Book of Tunes. As to her name – [...]
Lone Voice – The Wars of Isi Leibler by Suzanne Rutland Hybrid Publishers 2021 IBSN: 978-1-925736-67-0 RRP: A$49.99 On 16 March 2021, Lone Voice - The Wars of Isi Leibler by Suzanne Rutland, was launched in a moving and memorable on-line ceremony from Bar Ilan University in Israel, in which Isi and Naomi Leibler were [...]
FALL – THE MYSTERY OF ROBERT MAXWELL By John Preston Viking 2020 ISBN: 978 0 241 38867 9 RRP: $45 (HB) Reviewed by Anne Henderson The story line is not all that new – a rags to riches climb with a tragic end. A child born in poverty and deprivation goes on to become one [...]
