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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Mar 30, 1968
Page
2
The Tower of Babel by Morris West forecast a Middle East crisis mirroring the Jordan invasion. West’s political thriller critiques prophecy its heroes and heroines feel overconfident while expert characters reveal both strength and weakness.
A garbled listing reviews multiple 1960s 1967 1968 publications. Notable works include Bleeding Earth by Alister Brass on Vietnam’s war impact, Catherine Gavin's The Devil in Harbour on droughts in Australia, and a stamp catalog by Stanley G. Simplified World Stamp Catalogue 1968. Also mentions ENS Always Room for One More and The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous with children's illustrations.
This review discusses Jettmar's Art of the Steppes, a richly produced study in the Eurasian animal style, tracing its emergence among nomadic horse peoples of the steppe, its spread across cultures from the Near East to China and Europe, and its dominance over other art forms.
A review of Vera Weizmann and her husband Chaim Weizmann’s lives focusing on the two pivotal diplomatic wins from Britain and the United States that aided Israel’s birth. The memoirs portray Vera’s rise from Geneva student to First Lady, the couple’s long political struggle, and the poignant reflections on a vanished era of grand political ambitions. The critic contends the book inspires yet offers a somber meditation on unattainable greatness.
A Northern Territory study of people at a birthday party set against a violent storm ending a drought. Sheila Armstrong travels to Australia, pursues romance briefly, then returns to England. Charity Blackstock is Ursula Torday, a prolific English novelist who portrays the Territory with insight.
A Victorian era mood piece set in a Wimmera town. Willie Kohlman, age eleven, narrates a series of small town episodes that reveal growing up and local characters. Christine Brand’s Nurse Matilda Goes to Town is praised as a delightful mock Victorian morality tale with humorous drawings and a distinctly English flavour.
Edith Simon surveys the age of reform from 1517 to 1648, tracing religious and secular upheavals. It emphasizes individual freedom, includes Luther and Calvin, and notes tensions with authority. The book blends text with art reproductions, highlighting architecture, literature and the arts of the era.
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