Air safety as frail as air by Fred McClement
Fred McClement analyzes aviation safety failures across major carriers and regulators. He details crashes, unsafe practices during refueling, cockpit procedures, cabin design, turbulence, and inadequate FAA and international standards, arguing risk exists regardless of seat location and urging stricter enforcement.
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Pakistan International Airlines
Emery International
PIA
Air New Zealand
Brisbane
England
Lufibamas Kiss
Japan Air Lines
United States
FAA
Fred McClement
Ralph Nader
McClement
War & Pilot Initiative
DCA
Australia
el Tory
The Great Dino Saur Robbery book review
David Forrest novel The Great Dino Saur Robbery is blasted as limp and tedious with cardboard characters and laboured absurdity. The critic mocks the mashup of espionage, Mao satire, and dinosaur intrigue as dull, unfunny, and not worthy of its publicity or film rights.
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Mao
Pacific Ocean
Ford
Jong
American Museum of Natural History
Hin
Nike
Seeech Lauigh
David Forrest
Canberra Times annual guide to current books worth giving
A Canberra Times feature lists recent bestsellers and notable novels for Christmas shoppers. It highlights works by Caldwell, Gaskin, Heyer, Stewart, Segal, Deighton, Cleary and more, plus selective notes on White, Marshall, Davicen, Betlow, Murrey and Tennant. The piece also covers biographies, history, and travel titles with commentary on design and edition quality.
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Canberra ‘Times
Len Deighton
Helga
Sydney Opera
Jon Cleary
Patrick White
Earier White
Wonders of Fossils and Animals Books Review
Four child–friendly science books are highlighted in the World’s Work Ent. series. Wonders of Fossils explains fossil remains and extinct life with diagrams of time scales. How Animals Tell the Time and Wonders of Foxals discuss animal behavior and paleontological insights for young readers.
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Winder Review
Picture books for children a mix of fantasy and fact
A survey of children’s picture books and related works reviews fanciful tales and educational titles for different ages. It notes Alan Howard illustrated David and Goliath and other books with bold art, warns some volumes are too wordy or overillustrated, and highlights titles by Judy Brook and Desmond Digby among others with varied reception.
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Alan Howard
David and Goliath
Faber
Stu
Sir Orfeo
Anthea Davies
Punch
Jonathan
Ll Binzen
MacMillan
Smallates
Suner
Carla Stevens
Leonard Stevens
Heinemann
Linke
Harriet Kenny
Isabel Gordon
Gukken
Paul Flesch
Peter and the Wolf
Ann King Herring
Ann Brannen
Coppella
Falthost
Eurrope
Rhine
Swan Lake
Odette
Keisuke Tsutsui
Women's Liberation
Judy Brook
Tim Maune
Tim
Helen Mouse
Tim Musties
Dresvts
Miss Brook
Angela Carter
Miss Z
Heineman
Leslie Rees
Tony Oliver
Hum- Wyn
Desmond Digby
Collins
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Myrtle Books
Lyam
Aviaries
Australian National University
Cbarea
St Paul
Taylor Caldwell
Fiona
Catherine Gaskin
Georgette Heyer
Mary Stewart
Erich Segal
Bomber
William Leonard Marshall
Frank Dalby Davicen
Lawrence Murrel
Hagen
Justin
Kylie Tennant
Shakespeare
Anthony Hargess
Tita
Phyllis Auty
Wil
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Sunche de la World Wars Grament
Henri Charners
NSS
Robert Murray
Australie
Schestvin
Donald Home
Dreamtime Society
John Mallaws
SS Fhicel
Davies
Encel
Hyatt
Michael Cannon
Testih
Vents Nun
Melbourne
Hal Minesing
Canberra
National
Peyeloyr
Mouric
G. J. Aitchison
Willian J. Matthews
Sigmond A. Lavine
Millicour L
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Desiderio da Setfignana
Florence
Minami Nishiuchi
Seiichi Horiuchi
Evans
Lion
Ryan
Robert Livell
Philip Wende
Robert Lopstise
Helen Oxenbury
Lewis Careroll
Children's Book Council of Australia
Meg L. Rees
Rees
Boorondara Street
Amay
Mal
Ike
Bermy
Poler Ay
Rose
Prokotiey
Peter Ott
Hull
Samen
Charman Chit Se
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