Albinio and Identity in Africa by Jack Cope
A book review of Black and White, Black and White Albino by Jack Cope. The critic notes Cope’s poetic style and sympathetic portrayal of life in a Zulu village, exploring themes of race, belonging, and the pull between native life and white society through the protagonist Kit. The prose balances praise for dignity and lyrical narration with questions about apartheid stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Cope
Midi
Kit
Kit mKid
Durhan
Himelf
Cross Roads to Israel reviewed by Christopher Sykes
Christopher Sykes offers a detailed appraisal of British policy in Palestine from the Balfour Declaration to the UN partition and the creation of Israel. He argues the mandate strained fairness and that Arab rejection and Jewish pressure led to violence, while praising the book for clarity and insight into the Palestine problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
League of Nations
Britain
League
Sykes
Jps
Trish
Lord
Sir Herbert) Samuel
Peel Commission
Europe
Ernest Bevin
Israel
Mitter
Magnificent Failure The True History of Lord Beaverbrook
A review of Alan Wood's Magnificent Failure on Lord Beaverbrook chronicles his rise from Canadian merger king to British press power. It weighs his political reach, wartime role, and controversial use of the Daily Express, noting his mixed legacy from 1930s to postwar Britain with wit and caution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express
Lord Beaverbrook
International Publishing Corporation Combine
Fleet Street
Alan Wood
Beaverbrook
Mr Wood
England
Max Aitken
Lord Derby
Cecils
Asquith
Lloyd George
Board of Trade
Ashton-under- Lyne
Max
Asitken
Lord Northcliffe
Daily Express
Fden
Suez
Churchill
Lord Attlee
Strachey
Britain
Pandit Nehru
Lord Mountbatten
Stanley Baldwin
J. Arthur Rank
Noel Coward
The
M.A.P
Attlee
Burns
Daily Depress
Arthur Christiansen
Beaver
Sir Winston Churchill
London
Alan Wi
Girl from Gundi Gundi NO LOVE LOST
Patricia Rolfe’s satirical novel follows expatriate Australians in dark Earls Court London. The review highlights sharp portraits of phonies, wry dialogue, and keen observations of Australian male weakness and English temptations, with comparisons to Waugh and a vivid cast including Victoria Gatacre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Rolfe
London
Patricia Rolfe
Gentlewoman Magazine
Victoria Gatacre
England
Gundi Gundi
Aes
Ithoe
Victoria
Book list of 1950s to 1960s romance and fiction titles
A catalog of contemporary novels and authors including Lloyd C. Douglas The Robe and The Big Fisherman, Peter Packer The Love Thieves, Sylvia by Cunningham, Ruth Park The Good Looking Women, Eric Maple The Dark World of Witches, Erskine Caldwell Gretta, and Dr Eustace Chesser Woman and Love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd C. Douglas
Jesus
Ruth Park
Sydney
Eric Maple
Gretta
Erskine Caldwell
Eustace Chesser
Chesser
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Heinemann
Bether
Miceli
Christopher Sykes
Collins
Price
ZYG Bookbinding Works Pty. Ltd
Isa Street
Fyshwick
A.C.T
H. M. Brinsmead
Blue Crane
N. Chau High
Mitchell
Children’s Book Week
Canberra Times
Angus & Robertson Ltd
Green Square
Kingston
East Row
Civic Centre
By Mark Stead
Lord Beaver
Brook
Alan VW
Heinemann, Price
Wild Force
Canada
Macmillan
Madame Tussauds
Harry Tufton
Sylvia
Alan Fitzgerald
Dimity May Spencer - Flood
Dimity
Paris
Berlin
Victora
Allen Carpenter
Mr Waugh
Hugo
Melisande
Peter Packer
E. ¥. Cunningham
Jegend Hyde
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