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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 05, 1972
Page
2
A compact critique of The Living Clocks by Richie Ward, tracing how biological rhythms guide sleep, flowering, and migration. The review notes elegant experiments, accessible explanations, and the book’s mix of science with human portraits, praising Ward’s clear style while warning it remains substantial reading.
A Man Alone collects brief prison pieces by Anthony Grey written in his six sided cell. The critic praises Epilogue reflections and Grey's journalism in Hostage in Peking while noting some contrived links and uneven strength among the stories.
Reader's Digest presents Handy Books in the 72 project sheets series. The Jobs in the House and Garden volume by Stanley Paul offers 223 pages of practical how to projects. Aimed at both men and women, the book promises clear tasks to save time and money with step by step guidance. Based on a British television series, the guide complements the Readers Digest Home and Garden set with practical maintenance work and basic home repair tips.
An excerpted reflection on Lionel Wigmore's 1903 Canberra history The Long View and its revision, noting how Growth and Development became the city’s public theme. The piece contends Canberra’s rise mirrors official PR campaigns, with expansion across institutions and infrastructure shaping a fused national dream and rising expectations.
A Canberra discussion argues against equating growth with progress. It urges a high quality small city model, prioritizing better institutions, civic participation, and inter national ties over sheer population increases. The piece cites Margaret Mead and critics of rapid expansion, proposing a Why-plan to answer why growth and why development and to redefine Canberra’s path.
Michael Gilbert's Close Quarters and Herebert Lieberman Hutchett's Crawlspace are examined for their 1947 origins and themes. The critique notes class bias, cerebral plotting, and the tension between Christian charity and social responsibility amid private violence.
A book review compares Israel Porush’s Judaism today with Isi Leibler’s The Case for Israel. Porush questions traditional Jewish values amid secular drift in Australia, while Leibler argues for Israel’s security and negotiations, using extensive Arab sources to claim Palestinian statehood fears.
The Pan Management Series has grown beyond 50 titles, becoming a notable collection. It reflects selective title choices and a focus on distinctive topics, as noted by sources citing John W. Humble and related financial context from past discussions.
Andrew Strathern's One Father One Blood examines Mount Hagen in the New Guinea Highlands as a scholarly clone study within a broader critique of scarce histories of Aboriginal life and Papuan New Guinea societies. It notes a gap in early documentation of Aust nations' religious, social, and economic life.
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