Butcher of Auschwitz by John Slater (Horwitz, 1965) In the early 1960s Australian paperbacks featured a steady stream of books about the horrific treatment of...
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Canberra Book Fair Haul I thought I would share some of the books I recently found at the Lifeline Bookfair in Canberra. I ended up buying much more than the ones...
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Mourning Glory: Larry Kent 656 (Cleveland 1970?) The Larry Kent series of crime digests originated in 1954 and ran until 1983. The books were originally based on the...
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Danger Circuit by David Bower (Horwitz, 1963) Racing car dramas never reached the high levels of popularity in Australia that novels about hot rods and motorcycle gangs...
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This week’s reading I have picked a mixture of new and old and something different to read over the Christmas week. The charming Emma Viskic has quickly...
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The Wench Is Wicked by Carter Brown, Horwitz, 1955 I always liked the use of alliteration in the early Carter Brown titles, especially when combined with the various...
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