We all have obsessions: for some of us it’s the quite sensible compulsion to buy designer handbags, for others it’s collecting stamps or not stepping on cracks on the footpath. This little book takes a humorous look at the weird obsessions of some very weird people. Joseph Pujol is a prime example. Mr Pujol was […]
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The back cover of the book describes it as “a heartbreaking story of abuse, betrayal and ultimate redemption” but I think it’s fair to say that any tale of abuse of a child is going to be heartbreaking. Author David Thomas’ parents split up when he was young and he had to endure growing up
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The proliferation of cop shows on television makes it clear that we have a fascination with solving mysteries. However, in real life, sometimes the mystery is never solved and the bad guys are never caught. In an ideal world, the crime is solved and some red-haired dude in a bad suit removes his sunglasses as
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When the earth moved in the Tasmanian mining town of Beaconsfield on Anzac Day last year, trapping three miners underground, it had a profound impact on everyone in the town. That day, the news that three men were trapped and probably dead caught the attention of Aussies everywhere. Five days later, when two of the
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The current state of the drug industry in the United States is being viewed as the potential future for those of us in Australasia. In the US, the public has struggled to keep up with spiralling prices while the big drug companies have grown rich and gained huge influence over the government agencies that regulate them and
Industry out of control Read Post »
Freelance journalist-columnist Gwynne Dyer has a knack of taking complex, controversial stories and offering a fresh view. From the Middle East to Afghanistan, Dyer has a depth of understanding that is seemingly unparalleled and he has the ability to take incredibly complex issues and explain them in simple terms. This is a rare talent, and is
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Aussie author Barbara Biggs continues to recount the story of her life in this latest book. While she had a truly awful start to life, being sold to a paedophile at the age of 14 and being admitted to a psychiatric hospital two years later, Biggs overcame her early challenges to become a happy, successful
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Here’s a nice juicy read for all the conspiracy theorists out there. Journalist Alex Games has co-authored this little gem with Thom Burnett, which is apparently a pseudonym for ” one of Britain’s leading experts on security and military matters”. This book looks at conspiracies in every day life, both the hidden and the not
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Proving that the rules are sometimes made to be broken, and that sometimes it isn’t always best to begin at the beginning, this book tells the life story of Stuart Shorter backwards. Shorter was a homeless man who had a tough life as the illegitimate son of gypsy and a barmaid who he inherited his
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Over the years, elite secret clubs have fascinated society as much as they have influenced it. Author Michael Bradley takes a look at what he calls the hidden story behind our economic and political hierarchy. He traces the roots of 21 secret societies and claims to have new evidence concerning arcane rituals, ties to the
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