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  • Kathy Fruechtenicht on Chipman’s African Adventure Reader CommentsHi Jim, I just read the 1st chapter of Chipman's African Adventure. Quite entertaining. I was actually looking for myself in the book, but was...
  • John Ellison Davies on Chipman’s African Adventure Reader CommentsA major comic achievement beautifully, exuberantly, hyperactively written. Chipman Smith is a not-quite-innocent abroad looking for love during the last demented days of hippie idealism...
  • Sandra Lawson on Witch Girl and the Push Reader CommentsFascinating insight into a lifestyle and philosophy. Vividly written. Why was I twenty years too late?
  • Rev Harry Herbert on Witch Girl and the Push Reader CommentsI found Lyn Gain's book interesting. I was President of NCOSS part of the time when she was Director. She gives a good account of...
  • Steve Kerr on Best and Fairest Reader CommentsA great read. As an old school chum of the author, I was constantly looking for clues to the real identity of the characters in...
  • Naomi Doyle on Best and Fairest Reader CommentsI loved Best and Fairest and think it's an extraordinary piece of work and utter pleasure to read. It's clearly very well researched and informed...
  • Dennis Godfrey on The Bird of Time Reader CommentsThe Swiss Family Robinson, the Ancient Mariner, Robinson Crusoe, and Lord of the Flies can all eat their survivalist hearts out! Gavan Bromilow’s story is...
  • Ross Elizabeth Dalrymple on The Bird of Time Reader CommentsThis is a riveting story. A cataclysmic event causes chaotic, life threatening circumstances, described vividly and dramatically, but in simple prose. A scene set in...
  • Rebecca Garrard on Memoirs of a Dedicated Amateur Reader CommentsThis is Jane's (David's daughter) daughter Rebecca. Mum was given the book on Boxing Day 2014 but as yet has not been able to bring...
  • Bruce Chenoweth on Florence Next Time Readers CommentsYes, I had been to Florence many years ago. This was as a callow youth, unprepared for and uneducated about the wonders and mysteries of...
  • Nicole Moore on Wakuwal Readers’ CommentsDo not come to this book with preconceptions based on Botsman’s previous work, his fierce analytics and academic credentials - you will be left confused...
  • Paul Briggs on Wakuwal Readers’ CommentsStart with the ancestors and old people, the river red gums. To grow your understanding of the people and their trauma, you need to come...
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