The hunger for learning in developing nations
A Sydney University Press review of E Lloyd Sommerlad’s book on mass media growth in Asia Africa and Latin America. It argues information access lags behind education and self government, cites press deficiencies, and highlights non white editorial leadership and potential for information dissemination despite poverty and capital barriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
Africa
Japan
Gommerlad
Latin America
Libya's little desert women
Agnes Newton Keith recounts years in Libya with her husband Henry, detailing daily desert life, the women of Tripoli and oases, and a nurselike guardian view on progress. The book follows encounters with Tuareg women, a dedicated UNESCO educator, and the poignant tale of Mohammed the servant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libya
Agnes Newton Keith
Henry
Food and Agriculture Organisation
United Nations
Alice
Raveliers
Mediterranean
Allah
Tripoli
Keith
Marianne
Lapper
Unesco
Old Sebha
Jebel Soda Basalt Mountains
Sebha
Soldier's Art and The Love Department reviewed
A review contrasts Anthony Powell’s The Soldier's Art with William Trevor's The Love Department. It notes Powell’s shift from prewar to wartime focus, Widmerpool's central role, and a broader social frame. Trevor’s novel is praised for its craft, yet described as brittle and morally probing about loneliness amid modern life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
We Soldier
Anthony Feet Feinemann
Price Fe
Willian Trevor
Bodley Head
Anthony Powell
Powell
Fife
Widmerpool
Stringham
Far East
Waugh
Moreland
Committal Chamber review fuels controversy over sexuality and Nazism
A critical appraisal of Russell Braddon the new Committal Chamber calls the plot thin and padded with a repulsive focus on sadistic detail in a crematorium setting. It contrasts Contillo by Ray mond Aitchison as uneven writing and overly simple attitudes. Cressida Lindsay No John No is praised for style and strong character Kate a liberated protagonist with bohemian sensibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ussell Braddon
Contillo
Canberra
Italy
Stefano Contillo
Australia
Lindsay
Cressida
Jack
Norman
John
Albert Camus
Kate
Cressida Lindsay
Ue Lindsay
Mikes Funner as an Alien How to Be Affilu Drawings Review
A critical survey of Andre Deutsch’s How to Be an Alien and Papas illustrations notes Mr Mikes as a Hungarian humorist with a famed quip about English manners. The piece laments reduced sharpness, loses some bite, and concludes Mr Mikes is no longer as funny as he once was.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Wimbledon
Fevor
Papas
Andre Deutsch
Dostoevsky
Gogol
Mikes
Karinthy
Mr Mikes
TFA
Ftteen
Australian Book Bargains and Specials Offered in Local Shop
A newspaper listing promotes books and prices from Cheshires Bookshop including Australian Handbooks, biographies and travelogues. Notable items include Noel Griffiths guide with 17 fields of business data, Fruth Or Repose life of Jessie Street, and Australia as It Is from a clergyman, with various prices andHoliday reading suggestions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noel Griffiths
Jessie Street
Gordon Broughton
Cobb & Co
Australia
Virgin
Sydney and
The
Bush
Elwyn Wallace
Lawson
Cheshires Bookshop
New South Wales
Dean Stranger
Britain
Stuart Gore
Ollie Polasek
Bill Bea
Lionel Wigmore
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Rohan Rivett
WTHE
E. Lloyd Sommerlad
Sydney
Unversity Press
Ustralians
Fresh
Lloyd Sommerind
Sommerid
Kraal
Congo
India
Sommerad
Continents
Statesman
Times of India
Argentina
la Prensa
la Nacion
Manila Times
Lion
John P
United States
East Pakistan
Egypt
Indonesia
Sukarno
Autralian
Sommeriad
Kerala
Mochtar
Djakarta
Medina el Kadima
Sea
Sahara
Michael Joseph
Turkey
Mohammed
Ind
George
Gurvey
Ghat
Alger- Ghat
Fies
Cairo
John Graham
William Trevor
Trevor
Tuna
Marriage-Advice Bureau
Stella Gibbons
Anthony Vowel
Russell Braddon
Heinemann
Raymond Aitchison
F. W
Cheshire
Anthony Blond
Sig
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Tual
Bohemia
Mikes Funnier
Alien
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Packard
Parkinson
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