Cape Horners and the enduring lure of the voyage
A long portrait of Cape Horn as a historic proving ground for mariners from Magellan to modern yachts. It traces early circumnavigations, notable sailors, and the Cape Horners society, highlighting survive-and-succeed feats, perilous passages, and ongoing attempts including Chichester’s final voyage ambitions and the evolving mythos around The Horn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake
Cape Horn
Willem Shhouren
Magellan
Avendish
van Noort
Spilbergen
Nassau Stet
Admiral Lehermne
Cape
Hormer
Capain William Dampier
Schouten
Commodore Anson
Anson
Samain
Elizabeth
George I
Spain
George HI
Marst
Henry Dana
Dane
Alert
San Diego
Torm
Dani
Indore
Riesenberg
Admirual
Byrd
Antirtic
Horn
Admiralty
Jason Hopton
Adelaide
Passat
Hopton
Cape Horners Australia
Australis
Americas
Mosman
Cromdale
England
Horners
Cook
Bnmiversar
Chichester
Cape Horners
Pandora
Joshua Slocum
Slocum
Magellan Strait
Conor O' Bren
Dublin
Brien
al Hansen
Vito Dumas
Dumas
Tiu Hang
Miles Smeeton
Beryl
John Cruzewell
Top Sellers and New Titles Highlight Bright Reading Season
The American best sellers list features Valley of the Dolls and The High Co among top sellers with over two hundred thousand copies sold. A robust lineup includes Jacqueline Susann and Jon Cleary, plus a vibrant spread of Australian travel and nature books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiesel
Nuclear physicist writes for layman MATTER
Ralph E Lapp, a nuclear physicist, explains matter from ancient elements to atomic structure and high energy physics. The Time Life International edition highlights plasma, fusion, and the role of editors and designers in presenting a broad science narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph E. P
In Time-Life — International
Ralph E. Lapp
P. Snow
Dr Lapp
Francis Bacon
Ralph Lapp
Huddleston's old story in God's World reviewed
A review of Trevor Huddleston bishop of Masasi and author of Naught for Your Comfort, discussing God's World based on eight Makerere University addresses in 1964. The piece evaluates Huddleston's universalist Christian message, style, and impact on non Christian readers, noting the sermonlike prose and philosophical questions raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Trevor Huddlestein
C. R
Masasi
Fontana Books
University of
Makerere
Uganda
Huddleston
Paton
Africa
Community of the Resurrection
Tanzania
Tanganyika
Universal Brotherhood of Man
University College of
Canberra
Two Modern Journalists and Their Counterparts
A critical comparison of two contemporary books from Katharine Whitehorn and a BBC Home This Afternoon selection. The review notes their shared British roots, divergent tones, and the female journalist phenomenon, highlighting Whitehorn’s wit and candor versus the nostalgic yet critical bent of the other work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BBC
Katharine Whitehorn
The
Observer
Mars
Laurence Cotterell
Ning Epton
Whitehorn
Catherines
London
Mary McCarthy
YOUNG READERS The Sheep and The Pit Review
Review covers Reginald Maddock and Kelman Frost titles with sharp summary of Butch in Maddock’s The Pit and Aly in Frost’s Stallion of the Desert. Notes strong narration, setting in North England and Algeria, themes of poverty, father son dynamics, courage, and a well illustrated edition by Charles Pickard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stallion OF
Desert
Kelman Frost
Rene Guillet
Yelton
Algeria
Aly
Fondouk
Caid
Foreign Legion
Tunisia
New Books at Canberra Best Selection
New titles include George Daniels The Awful Hiprarret five book set priced at 5920 and Gerald Gree The Legion Of The Noble Christians Ian Shevill All Time with Lady Jessie Street Truth Or Repose priced at 395 and 425 respectively. Canberra stores advertise best selection of paperbacks second hand and bargain counters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Daniels
Awful Hiprarret
Gerald Gree
Legion of the Noble Christians
Ian Shevill
Lady Jessie Street
Truth Or Repose
Canberra
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Everest
Juan Fernandes Islands
Pacific
Clougester
Comdr
Felix Riesenberg
San Franciscan
Australia
Cgierman Flying P
Smeeton
Neeek
Cross
Cardinal Veriue
Nance
Plymouth
Gipsy Moth TV
Sydney
Villiers
Old Man
William TL. S. Jones
National Library
Ent
FFUL
World OF
Jacqueline Susann
Valley of the Dolls of
Jon Cleary the High
Geoffrey Jenkins Hunter
Iee
Ian Mudie Rivers
Theodore C. Sorenson
Kennedy
Feem Square
Kingsto
IYG Bookbinding Works Pty Ltd
Pastry
Vien Street
Fystwick
A.C.T
By L. J. Tassie
Trevor Huddleston
Kemsley
Bikini Atoll
Marjory O'Dea
Jack Singleton
David Knight
Lutterworth Press
Methuen
Keisure
British Rheumaism and Arthritis Association
National Varicose Foundation
Reginald Maddock
Collins
Maddock
Moors
North
Brian Ridden
Butch
Barnton
Gabrindus Ged Dicitis
Ra Bee Horse
Charles Pickard
Verity Hewitt
Garema Arcade
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