Torch Bearers and Shall I Eat You Now reviewed
Bernard Dryer’s The Torch Bearers is praised for crisp writing but criticized for overbearing and plotted themes that encumber grace. Ernest Gebler’s Shall I Eat You Now gets nods for sharp black comedy about a middle aged office man who blackmails a coworker, suggesting hope persists for a man with a dirty mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Dryer
Heineman
Ernest Gebler
Macmillan
Dryer
Gebler
Hoffman
Anthony Burgess
Enderby
Music's Great Days in the Spas and Watering-Places
Kenneth Young recalls Britain’s spa music era from 1890 to 1939 when seaside resorts shaped popular and light classical programming. The book profiles conductors, guest maestros, and bold choices by town councils, detailing Bath, Eastbourne, Hastings, and others, with vivid nostalgia for a vanishing musical world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Yoturg
MacMillan
Granville Bantock
Birmingham University
Britain
Tra- Shop
Wamiely
Eastbourne
H. G. Amers
Captain Amers
Winter Gardens
Amers
Elgar
Holst
Beecham
Mozart
Delius
Harty
Sargent
Barbirolli
Glazeunov
Hastings
Boult
Bruckner
London
Schornberg
Bath
Kenneth Young
Yorkshire Post
Kenneth Binns and the Cook Journals Coup in Canberra
Kenneth Binns shaped Australia’s library landscape as Commonwealth National Library librarian. He orchestrated the 1920s purchase of Captain Cook’s original voyage journal for about £5,000, enabling wide public access and national sharing through school copies. He led a century of service, expanding collections, opening the National Library for borrowing, and pushing archival preservation and censorship reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binns
Commonwealth National Library
Captain Cook
Sothebys
London
Cook
Sydney
Mitchell Library
Mitchell
Commonwealth
Kenneth Binns
Australia
Tasmanian
Parliament House
International Institute For Intellectual Co-operation
League of Nations
Curtin
War Archives Committee
Commonwealth Archives Office
Library
Commonwealth Literature Censorship Board
Roland Wilson
Canberra
Art and Revolution in the USSR by John Berger
A concise critique of Ernst Neizvestny and Soviet art under Stalin and Khrushchev. Berger argues for Marxist theory shaping the artist role, exploring pre 1917 innovation, official propaganda constraints, and the struggle of a modern sculptor to survive amid political pressure and evolving art ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernst Neizvestny
The
Ussr
John Berger
Pelicat Original
Russia
Neizvesiny
Ernst Weizvestny
Order of the Red Star
Neizvestny
Stalin
Khrushchev
Berger
Keys to the cultural revolution in China
A Cambridge economist and China visitor analyzes the Cultural Revolution with objectivity and sympathy. The book includes full translations of key documents such as the May 16 Circular and Mao posters. It discusses the 16 Points and aims at evaluating whether Mao aroused the masses, notably Red Guard youth and urban workers, while rural life remained relatively undisturbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
China
Central Committee
Chinese Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Red Guard
Robinson
Shanghai
Cultural Revolution in China Sees Narrow Victory for Party Cadres
A scholarly excerpt analyzes documents and participant testimony on the Cultural Revolution. It notes ideological controls and minority protections, claims economic sectors and factories felt improvement, and argues the drive aimed to unite over 95 percent of cadres and masses, centering power within the Communist Party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Communist Party
China
Antibodies and Immunity by G J W Nossal
A critical review of Nossal's Inside immunology Antibodies and immunity tracing the history of immunology from Jenner to modern concerns like organ transplantation cancer and irradiation. The reviewer notes accessible writing and aims of the book while acknowledging biases errors and simplifications. The piece discusses public funding and the role of immunology in medical research and graft rejection challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Jenner
Nossal
Nassal
Recent books and notices from Verity Hewitt Pty Ltd
Asian Contract Law by D Allan and Private Life and Public Office by E St John are listed in the June Australian Quarterly. Limited copies of current Te awacons are offered at reduced prices. Verity Hewitt Pty Ltd Booksellers Queanbeyan 59 60 Crawford Street. Tel 973067
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Allan
Frank Green
E. St. John
Verity Hewitt Pty Ltd
Queanbeyan
Crawford Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bernie
Image Makers
Arthur
Ted
Cuba
Gueverra
Puerto Rico
Caracas
New England
Favery
National
Mr Binns
Besns
Dunferm
L. C. Key
Canberra Society of Arts and Literature
Shaw Neilson
Commonwealth Literary Fund
CLF
Maurice Dunnevy
Kandinsky
Malevitch
Mondrain
Minotaur
Joan Robinson
Pelican Original
Sinkiang
Medical Academy
Geological Institute
Peking
Anes Roberts
Charles P. Mountford
Mountford
Frank C. Green
Discovery Books Pty
Inside
Immunology
Bede Morris
G. J. W. Nossal
Nelson
Melbourne
Peewee Eee
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!