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The Battle of Brisbane: Australia and the Yanks at War
Apr 24, 2012 No Comments ›› adminFor two days in November 1942, the city of Brisbane became a war zone when Australian servicemen attacked American troops. At the height of savage fighting on Thanksgiving Day, an American military policeman shot dead an Australian war hero and wounded six other soldiers and a civilian. The book The Battle of Brisbane: Australians and the Yanks ...
Continue ReadingThe Other Delusion
Apr 24, 2012 No Comments ›› adminI am an enthusiastic supporter of Richard Dawkins. He, more than anyone, has brought clarity of perception and expression to the issues surrounding the non-existence of that ghostly entity the religionists call god. In doing so I am certain he has saved a generation the anguish of struggling alone to free themselves of the religious dogma ...
Continue ReadingThe Jesus Delusion – the sad truth revealed
Dec 24, 2011 No Comments ›› adminAs we approach Easter and the traditional celebration of the birth of Jesus, a new book reveals for the first time the human figure behind the supernatural myth. Award-wining historian and biographer Robert Macklin returns to the original sources to cut through the distorted and dishonest picture of Jesus created and promoted by the Christian ...
Continue ReadingAh, coincidence
Dec 24, 2011 No Comments ›› adminAh, coincidence, from Dickens to Didion it is the meat and drink of the writer's art. Even readers know that. But what they do not know, and we do, is just how big a role it plays before we begin to write the story. It matters not at all whether our specialty is fiction, memoir, non-fiction ...
Continue ReadingAmerican Shoots Australian Soldier – Aussies Fight Back
Dec 24, 2011 No Comments ›› adminSeventy years ago this month American forces arrived in Australia to help repel the imminent Japanese invasion – and one year later they were fighting each other on the streets of Brisbane.One Australian soldier was killed, others wounded. At least a dozen Americans were injured when the Aussies retaliated. Australian authors Peter Thompson and Robert Macklin ...
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