25 Years of Edendale Vintage Machinery Club The title of the book might not grab the immediate interest of the average punter but when you realise that this is a history of the popular annual Crank-Up at Edendale, you might…
Category: History
Killers at Large
Killers at Large, by Nigel Cawthorne (Constable & Robinson, RRP $29.99): 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…
Coming-of-age tale
Shipping Out: A Merchant Sailor’s Tale, by Gerry Evans (Sarah Bennett Books, RRP $29.99): Gerry Evans fell in love with the sea growing up in the Welsh seaside town of Aberystwyth and at the age of 16, he joined the British merchant…
History is the best story-teller
Striking Back, by Aaron J Klein (Scribe, $40): The Steven Spielberg-directed movie Munich, released last year, has raised fresh and younger interest in the bloody events that took place during the 1972 Olympic Games. Striking Back is the story of the…