Farewell to Fear examines courage of the blind
The book by Tomi Keitlen with Norman Lobsenz details how a Calgary woman lost sight at 33 and rebuilt her life with Duchess the seeing eye dog. She returned to work, learned new skills including skiing, horseback riding, gymnastics, and photography, and argues that blind courage is ordinary grit.
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Louis
Isum
Duchess
Ifice
Joney
Mrs. Keitlen
Helen Keller
Tomi Keitlen
Norman Lobsenz
George Allen and Unwin Ltd
South of the Angels a World War I California settlement tale
A slightly satiric sentimental novel about settlers in Southern California during World War I. The story follows forty two adults and fifty four children in a community of varied figures including Tom Mount Base Cudlip Madora Shel Lewis Rosa Raunce Pete and Julian and the Copes, exploring love, faith, and sexual tension amid prejudice and tragedy. Jessamyn West’s South of the Angels receives mixed praise for its passion and polish and is noted as memorable and moving though not universally hailed as great.
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Liss Wess
California
Tom Mount
Cudlip
Madora
Shel Lewis
Rosa
Raunce
Pete
Julian
Miss
Grim Taste Comedy in The Right to an Answer summary
A Midlands businessman Denham returns home to face an adulterous web as Mr Raj from Ceylon enters his household. Raj conducts a racial experiment in pubs and lavatories provoking clashes over liaison and fame in a British setting. Denham's father dies, Raj shoots a rival husband and commits suicide. Burgess ends with Denham's persistence.
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Anthony Burgess
Asia
English Midlands
Mr. Raj
J. W. Denham
Midlands
Denham
Mr. Ray
Ceylon
Ray
Japan
Burgess
William Heinemann Ltd
Times Crossword Puzzle From Page 1
Across clues range from Antiquated to Herbaceous plant with entries 5 6 6 5 5 7 4 7 7 4 and 7 Down clues include Nut Gale Bird and Spire plus 11 13 16 18 20 21 25 30 key terms. See page 27 for solution.
Cher Papa and Cats X.Y.Z. Book Reviews
Kohner’s Cher Papa is an economically written novel about Franzie and her mountaintop romance with an unconventional suitor told with light irony. Beverley Nichols’s Cats X.Y.Z. is a whimsical feline-focused follow up that chronicles Four Five and Oscar with Nichols’s signature charm and digressions.
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Cher Papa
X.Y.Z
Frederick Kohner
Sagan
Franzie
Cass
Kohner
Sun Valley
Longmans
Beverley Nichols
Thoe
Oscar
Beverley Nicholls
Four
Five
Nichols
Chopin
Bach
Rembrandt
L.M.R. Nichols
Jonathan Cape
Beverley
The Talent Scout parody targets Castro regime entertainment
A harsh satirical novel, The Talent Scout, portrays General Almayo a brutal dictator aided by a US lawyer and vaudeville impresarios. As a barrage of decadence and corruption unfolds, the doomed cast faces swift executions. The review finds the writing poor but the showy spoof entertaining and hostile to Castro’s Cuba.
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Almayo
Cajon
Indiana
Hollywood
Diaz
Almago
Otto Radetzky
Sweden
Doctor Horvat
Corporation
Polo Grounds
Fidel Castro
Cuba
H.J.M
Michael Joseph
Fly-Fisher in Tasmania D Scholes book note
The manual for trout fishermen by D. Scholes guides readers with experience in fly fishing for trout. It explains factors affecting feeding, including climate, season, weather, and available foods, with detailed lists of natural trout foods and fly patterns. Useful for Tasmanian fishers and adaptable to ACT conditions.
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D. Scholes
C.S.I.R.0
A.C.T
World War history and notable books preview
The piece surveys major works on the Spanish Civil War and world history briefed for general readers. It highlights Hugh Thomas as a balanced, comprehensive historian and notes shortened versions by Nehru’s Glimpses of World History and the Joy Adamson captions for Elsa The Story of a Lioness, with rare photos.
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Spain
Hugh Thomas
Nehru
Saul K. Padover
Elsa
Adamson
Joy Adamson
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