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noreply@blogger.com (jimowin) — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:15:22 PST

Yesterday I was helping a feller fix his house, when we removed the Lino underneath was newspapers from 1936 to 1939 I couldn't help but take a few picks.

Old news

noreply@blogger.com (jimowin) — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:11:09 PST

Fantastic new stock used books

noreply@blogger.com (jimowin) — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 14:30:16 PDT

Late breaking news: Just arrived yesterday is a good collection or

Art books, all the classical world famous painters.
Books about antiques and collecting antiques
Books about firearms, guns reloading shooting historical guns

I will upload pictures of books to my Facebook page hopefully today.

regards

Jim

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Peter & Shirley Beale

noreply@blogger.com (jimowin) — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:40:49 PDT

This was taken on Anzac Day 2009 at East Maitland war memorial a very nice day

Catalina Flying Boat

noreply@blogger.com (jimowin) — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:13:19 PDT

THE CATALINA FLYING MEMORIAL LTD

The goal of relocating a WWII Catalina at Rathmines is a lot closer. A plane has been bought in Portugal and flown to Australia. It is now at Bankstown airport, where it will be restored to military condition.

The Catalina VH will be on display in conjunction with the Australian Air League and Aircraft Model Show in the Bankstown Airport passenger terminal over the weekend of the 9th & 10th May 2009

In exchange for a (tax deductible) donation of $20, visitors will be invited to climb aboard and sit in the pilot's seat. The Catalina Flying Memorial Ltd will also be selling copies of the excellent books by Bob Cleworth, "Cats at War" and "The Fabulous Catalina", as well as DVDs.

All donations received will help fund the work required to obtain an Australian Certificate of Airworthiness for VH-CAT. The achievement of this key milestone will mark a significant contribution to the return of the Catalina to Australian skies and seas.

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noreply@blogger.com (jimowin) — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:07:36 PDT

The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini

I can’t believe I did not read this book sooner. I loved it and could not put it down.

An honest and unbiased reflection on a country and its struggles,

which has played a massive part in the media for countless years now. Don’t get me wrong, I am no expert in Afghanistan

and it’s society, but I found all the underlying tones and hints of a long established culture really fascinating

and quite different to what I had heard or was led to believe. I love books that leave me feeling as though my life is more enriched

from the moment I pick them up and turn the first page. I also love a journey. This was no exception.

Khaled Hosseini is a real story teller and I had to go out straight after finishing The Kite Runner to buy his other book, A Thousand

Splendid Suns. I’m really looking forward to it and will keep you posted.

Thank you Laura M

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The Colour Purple by Alice walker

noreply@blogger.com (jimowin) — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:07:55 PDT

The Colour Purple,

by Alice walker

Wow! Months after reading this book and I am still blown away...

Not only is this story an incredibly realistic take of life for African Americans years ago in the deep South,

It is surprisingly,(for me anyway) a really good story. I honestly walked away smiling to myself over

The main character Celie and her life. Her struggles were, at times, mortifying and the most unfortunate of circumstances.

She became an unlikely heroine, turning everything on it’s head,( and left me feeling liberated as though I had shared this journey of self discovery too),

through the most simplest of means available to her. I have passed on this book to so many and would recommend it to any.

One of this stories hidden gems is the style in which its written.

Thanks Laura M

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Death by Design By Peter Beale

noreply@blogger.com (jimowin) — Sun, 10 May 2009 21:18:50 PDT

When Britain went to war in 1939, its tank crews were ill-equipped and under-trained, despite the fact that, at the end of World War I, Britain's tank forces were more advanced than any in the world. This text reviews British tank development to 1945 to identify the causes of this ill-preparedness.

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Death by Design: The Fate of British Tank Crews in the Second World War

By Peter Beale

Edition: illustrated

Published by Sutton Pub Ltd, 1998

ISBN 0750910593, 9780750910590

214 pages

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The Great Mistake By Peter Beale

noreply@blogger.com (jimowin) — Sun, 10 May 2009 21:13:37 PDT

Inefficient command structures, conflicts between Allied commanders and differing American and British military cultures all contributed to a huge missed opportunity, described by many historians as 'The Great Mistake'. On September 4, 1944, the British 11th Armoured Division entered Antwerp, capturing the docks intact with Belgian assistance. It was 85 days, however, before the first Allied cargo ship reached the docks on November 29. Some 80,000 soldiers of the German Fifteenth Army slipped across the Scheldt Estuary and escaped towards Germany along the Beveland peninsula. Had 11th Armoured Division immediately sealed off the peninsula where it joined the mainland, the Allies could have eliminated the Fifteenth Army and opened Antwerp's port much earlier, potentially allowing them to cross the Rhine and defeat Nazi Germany in 1944.

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The Great Mistake: The Battle For Antwerp And The Beveland Peninsula, September 1944

By Peter Beale

Edition: illustrated

Published by Sutton, 2004

ISBN 0750932864, 9780750932868

227 pages

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Tank Tracks: 9th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment at War, 1940-45 by Peter Beale

noreply@blogger.com (jimowin) — Sun, 10 May 2009 19:40:34 PDT

Now in paperback and fully illustrated -- a graphic picture of what it was like to live and fight as a member of a British heavy tank battalion in World War II.From shortly after D-Day on June 6,1944 until the end of the war in Europe on May 8, 1945, the men and Churchill tanks of the 9th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment saw plenty of combat. Tank Tracks makes extensive use of the 9th Battalion's War Diary, interwoven with letters, personal diaries and the author's own narrative to provide a vivid picture of life in a fighting unit.

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New bookshop opens soon

noreply@blogger.com (jimowin) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:19:23 PDT

Well we are very close to opening soon we just need some signs, books on the shelves can't wait to do it again. I have a million jobs to do.

So keep an eye out for more details.

My Life and Loves

noreply@blogger.com (jimowin) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:54:51 PST

My Life and Loves by Frank Harris

My review

rating: 5 of 5 stars
Well what can you say just like Frank Sinatra he did it his way. Although he couldn't sing but he certainly did it all. For an excellent list of people from history of the time it's a gem. For his sexual escapades If you got it flaunt it. I enjoyed it although it was a bit long, but a very rich source of books & people an excellent read quite memorable.

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S'Pose I Die (Outback Classics)

noreply@blogger.com (jimowin) — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:57:40 PST

S'Pose I Die by Hector Holthouse

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
A good story that I read for my mum, in many respects she did the same thing, but by the time I got for her it she couldn't read it. So this ones for you mum. XXX Another one of a dying breed well around here anyway really everyone has there own trials just these people didn't have fridges, roads, lights, take away, internet WOW how did they do it? A good read I liked it.

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A Distant Island

noreply@blogger.com (jimowin) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:40:00 PST

A Distant Island by Nancy Cato

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
A little history of Tasmania flora & fauna in Tasmania the Royal Botanic Gardens & about the descendants of the characters today a very good story from a classic Australian writer.

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Back from USA via Taipei

noreply@blogger.com (jimowin) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:28:48 PDT

Well were home after our trip state side met great people blown away from the sites up the west coast to Seattle unreal trip you have to do it. we looked in on some great bookshops more about them latter.

my reading list

noreply@blogger.com (jimowin) — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:45:11 PDT

Tent Boxing: Wayne McLennan

From the first page I had to read this. A story about a Novocastrian boy & an ex boxer to boot, who traveled all over the world. But he wanted to come back to the Australia of his past, "you know all those things that never can be the same."

So he joined a boxing troupe that traveled from central N.S.W. to F N Q that's Far North Queensland.

With a group of misfits, murri's & maori's. But basically people that don't fit in the system and lots of booze, yanni that's maryjane All the fun, fights, sadness, history of a better or just an older way of life.

All in all a good story I recommend it.

JimO

The Old Fellow's War: Edmond Nyst

This is the true story of a Dutch boy who was born in France and ended up a fair dinkum Aussie in Brisbane Australia. He was in France when the war started. He was twelve years old. He helped his father hide Jewish refugees in the mountains around Marseilles.

Having been denounced for his anti-Nazi activities, his father sent him and his two younger brothers away to the centre of France for security. There, in March 1943 at the age of sixteen, he joined the Maquis, the fighting force of the French Resistance. During his service in the Maquis he witnessed many German atrocities. He visited Oradour–sur-Glane only days after the Germans had executed every man woman and child in the town and sat fire to the place.

From there Edmund travelled to New Guinea and Timor, completed his officer training in Australia and worked for the zoo catching wild animals. Edmund then became a Barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland and the High Court of Australia and settled in Brisbane.

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noreply@blogger.com (jimowin) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:56:36 PDT

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