Questioning look at aircraft carriers AIRCRAFT AND SEA POWER
A review of Sir Arthur Hezlet’s Aircraft and Sea Power discusses the fate of HMAS Melbourne and the high cost of a future Australian carrier. It weighs strategic options, future defence plans, and the role of naval aviation in possible conventional and nuclear conflict.
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Royal Australian Navy
Hmas Melbourne
Australia
RAN
Sir Arthur Her Jet
Naval Staff College
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Institute of Strategic Studies
Council of the Navy Records Society
Military History Society of Ireland
Hezlet
Various voting methods and democracy’s future in elections
A critical review of Enid Lakeman’s HOW DEMOCRACIES VOTE argues against British first past the post and traces a long search for proportional representation. It surveys voting methods from second ballot to single transferable vote, citing Tasmanian HareClark and Australian Senate models with broad international examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hezlet
RAF
Luftwaffe
England
United States
Japan
Enid Lakeman
Faber and Faber
John H. Humphries
Senate
Isseman
Hidden Treasures In Modern Books From Canberra Market
A Canberra reader highlights the resale value of modern literature. Signed first editions by Sylvia Plath, Samuel Beckett, James Joyce, W H Auden and others can fetch high prices at auctions or in bookshops. The piece notes buying tips, with readers advised to seek early editions and signed copies from reputable shops, while warning against late, careless purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ariel
Sylvia Plath
Faber
Canberra
Sotheby's
Samuel Beckett
Calder
Becket
Proust
Beckett
Fontana Library adds major theology and philosophy titles
The Fontana Library of Theology and Philosophy expands with translations of German writers up to the New Theology. Bonhoeffer’s letters and lectures from 1928 1936 show his stance against Hitler. H D Lewis argues philosophy clarifies theological beliefs while linking historical and literary criticism to faith. Prices and accessibility noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fontana
Hitler
France
Lewis
King’s College
London
Philo
Illustrated nature handbooks series from Landsdowne Press
The series presents chunky illustrated field volumes on Australian wildlife subjects. New titles include A Pictorial Encyclopaedia of Australian Wildlife by Harry and Claudy Franco Australian Lizards and Australian Monotremes by Keith Davey and Gold Prospecting by Derrick andug Stone. Each volume features colour plates and B W illustrations, selling for $150.
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Periwinkle Books
Landsdowne Press
Harry and
Claudy Franco
Keith Davey
Derrick and
Ug Stone
Stripping the mysteries of chess problems by Rice review
A brisk critique contrasts John Rice's ARC OF CHESS PROBLEMS with Cherney and Reinfeld’s WINNING CHESS. Rice clarifies problem terminology in an alphabetic guide and course in composing and solving, while Cherney Reinfeld emphasizes practical play, openings, endgames, and the broad art of winning chess with instructive analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rice
Faber and Faber
Sam Loyd
Rice
Chemer’s
Reinfeld
Cherney Reinfeld
Truepening
Life Science Library pocket editions reviewed
The Life Science Library series from Time Life and Oliver and Boyd is examined, noting the switch to 11 by 8 inch pocket editions with limp cloth, price reductions to $1.75, and some loss of original illustrations. Minor text changes accompany new imagery, while a few large pictures have been split or reduced. Overall, new illustrations appear, and the format broadens access to science topics from astronomy to entomology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Life Science
Ae Promaing
Oliver and Boyd Ltd
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Cowra
N.5
Deger
Veinu
East Row
Green Square
Kingston
James Joyce
W. H. Audens
Lady Chatterley
A. D. Hope
Aldous Huxley
Wetl
Ginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf
Fes
Maurice Dunilevy
Jaroslav Pelikan
Collins
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Troeltsch
Wach
Bonhoeffer
Sophy
Fontina
Nature
By George Stern
B. Cherney
Science In Paperback
G. J.aitchison
Rene Dubos
Maya Pines
Robert O'Brien
Time-Life Books
Mars
W.A. Firsaff
Patrick Moore
R. M.S. Smellie
F. W. Smith
R. C. Reay
Mark Pickford
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