Across The Snowy Mountains review by Frank Clune
Travel writer Frank Clune’s Across The Snowy Mountains is a brash critique of his own style as he tours Australian localities from Goulburn to Canberra. The piece mocks his cliche ridden method while noting some diverting moments despite inaccuracies and scattered jabs at science and administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Clune
Shanghai
Singapore
Hiroshima
Rome
Unity
Turkey
Spain
Fornou
New Zealand
Clune
Snowy
Goulburn
Francis Clune
Passionist Order
Australia
Hraidwond
Aramen
Captain’s Fist
Queanbeyan
Canberra
Bureau of Census and Statistics
AL Just
Snowy Mountains
Shaw Mountains
William Hudson
Murray River
Lake Eucumbene
Amun
Roberton
Yaker Larry
Lan Watson
Larry
Mal
Burnaby
Lwain Pender
Abed
Barnaby
Buss
Bogs
Wasmahy
Sholokhov and the Short Story in Review
The piece argues Mikhail Sholokhov is Russia’s greatest living novelist and praises Tales from the Don as his best medium due to sparse language and brutal war depictions. It notes the stories emphasize cruelty, stoicism, and sacrifice, with abrupt endings that hinder reader sympathy and highlights comparisons to Don novels and Australian reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mikhail Sholokhov
Pasternak
H.C. Stevens
Russia
Brother
Sholakhov
Australia
Alan Marshall
Nateship
LMR
Animal Stories Take First Plack For Child
A review of Margaret Green Wobson edited Big Hop of Animal stories praising its durable linen binding vivid illustrations by Janusz Grabianski and Allie Evers. It highlights stories from Europe America the Orient and Asia including The Pel Duckling The Three Little Pigs and Larry the Australian Seagull with lively drawings and gentle moral tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Green Wobson
Janusz Rabyaniski
Biel
Europe
America
The
Orient
Asia
Grabianski
Crete
Sthamad
Jeanie
Tahir
Book Review of Walter Poller Memoir on Buchenwald Atrocities
A critical notice praising Walter Poller’s Buchenwald memoir as a powerful firsthand account of brutal camp conditions. The review emphasizes disturbing scenes of starvation, beatings, and dehumanization, noting Poller’s unique witness as camp secretary and his documentation of atrocities that illuminate humanity’s darkest chapters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Poller
Buchenwald
Poller
The Twentieth Century and Colonialism Review
A compact critique of colonialism's reach across Asia Pacific and the British West Indies. The author surveys Singapore Fiji Borneo and related regions, noting how imperial rule shaped politics and society worldwide. Detailing the Korean experience, the work by Stewart Basen is praised for global coverage and accessible analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Borneo
Fiji
British West Indies
Stewart
Basen
Methuen
Books new arrivals flood shelves with world and local tales
The listing highlights Hal Porter's The Tilted Cross set in Hobart Town with ex convict Thomasainewright, Jon Rowe's The Crowe about King’s Cross youth, Howard Spring I Met a Lady spanning WWI to WWII, Drawn From Memory and Drawn From Life by Wost Shepard, Leonardo Da Vinci by Ivor Bo Hart, Albert Camus studies by Philip Thody, and other English editions. The batch reflects varied biographies, fiction and art history, with prices noted for several titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilted Cross
Hal Porter
Hobart Town
Wost Shepard
Ivor Bo Hart
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonards da Vieci
Leonardo
Philip. Thody
Albert Cams
Menigrainee
Hebel Hon
Markel Camus
Hack
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sholokhov
Tales From the Don
Mithall Shotouboy
Verity Hewitt
Jaar
Civic Centre
Alice Evers
Lydia
Fenders’ Book
Barnaby and the Horses
Allie Evers
Dells
Eichmann
Ranchottz
Phopel
R.R. Medical Block
Machenwald
Souvenir Pres
Piepel
Ka-Treidhenon
Anthony Blowd
City College
Oxford
Tows
Alli
Goth
Cheshires
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