Balwyn Booktalk. 22 February 2010

Lisa

Howell, Lis.
The chorister at the abbey
FIC HOWEL

Grandin, Temple.
Making animals happy
591.5 GRA

Through the lens: National Geographic greatest photographers
779 THR

McGirr, Michael.
The lost art of sleep
154.6 MACG

Hannah

Blum, Scott.
Waiting for autumn
FIC BLUM

Gray, Theodore.
The elements: a visual exploration of every known atom in the universe

Thomas, Claire.
Fugitive blue
FIC THOMA

Polyp.
Speechless: world history without words
G POLYP

Cameron, Anson.
Stealing Picasso
FIC CAMER

Sue

Russell, Mary Doria.
Dreamers of the day
FIC RUSSE

Moore, Lorrie.
A gate at the stairs
FIC MOORE

Gubler, Fritz.
Great, grand & famous hotels
FOL 728.509 GUB

Bloomsbury good reading guides.

Meet Michael Enright author of Flyers Far Away

FLYERS FAR AWAY
Australian aircrew in Europe during World War II

Australian airmen flying with Britain’s Royal Air Force in World War II made a remarkable contribution to the Alliedcause. This book tells their story from arrival in England to the terrifying flights over enemy territory.

There were 17,000 Australian airmen who flew with the RAF.Spread across 500 squadrons in Europe, 5000 died during the war in the air – one of World War II’s bloodiest and most punishing campaigns.

As these men were not part of the Royal Australian Air Force, their stories were almost forgotten. Using first-hand accounts from the surviving airmen, Flyers Far Away tells the full story of these daring young men, from their recruitment in Australia to operations over the Axis territories. The book is based on interviews with almost 100 airmen, allowing them to tell much of the story for the first time.

At last these courageous Australian airmen are given their rightful place in the history of the European air war.

Key coverage

• Australians in 38 Group, Second Tactical Air Force, Coastal Command and Fighter Command, especially the developing relationship between the air and ground wars, an association that developed with the D-Day landings in June 1944, which has hitherto remained virtually ignored.

• Those who flew operationally in the various tactical campaigns.

• Those who delivered airborne troops and supplies during D-Day.

• Australian aircrew involved in ill-fated attempt to seize the bridge at Arnhem and other neglected operations receive particular attention.

About the author

Dr Michael Enright is retired academic who maintains a long-standing interest in history.

He was Associate Professorship at Swinburne University of Technology and holds a PhD in History from the University of Melbourne.



WHEN:

11am. Thursday March 11, 2010.

WHERE:

Balwyn Library

336 Whitehorse Road

Balwyn.

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RIP Dick Francis.

DICK FRANCIS born Richard Stanley Francis (31 October 1920 – 14 February 2010) was one of the most successful post-war National Hunt jockeys. The winner of over 350 races, he was champion jockey in 1953/1954 and rode for HM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. On his retirement from the sport he published his autobiography, The Sport of Queens, before going on to write forty-one bestselling novels, a volume of short stories (Field of 13), and the biography of Lester Piggott. He is rightly acclaimed as one of the greatest thriller writers in the world.

Dick Francis is the winner of the prestigious Crime Writers’ Association’s Cartier Diamond Dagger and the only three-time recipient of the Mystery Writer of America’s Edgar Award for Best Novel, winning for Forfeit in 1970, Whip Hand in 1981, and Come to Grief in 1996, the same year he was make a Grand Master for a lifetime’s achievement. He was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list in 2000.

NOVELS

Dead Cert
Nerve
For Kicks
Odds Against
Flying Finish
Blood Sport
Forfeit
Enquiry
Rat Race
Bonecrack
Smokescreen
Slayride
Knockdown
High Stakes
In the Frame
Risk
Trial Run
Whip Hand
Reflex
Twice Shy
Banker
The Danger
Proof
Break In
Bolt
Hot Money
The Edge
Straight
Longshot
Comeback
Driving Force
Decider
Wild Horses
Come to Grief
To the Hilt
10 LB. Penalty
Field of Thirteen
Second Wind
Shattered
Under Orders
Dead Heat
Silks
Even Money

Ashburton booktalk - 10 February.

If you missed the first booktalk for 2010 here is a list of the books we talked about...

Jane

WOODSWORTH, Nicholas.
Seeking Provence : old myths, new paths.
944.9 WOO

MALOUF, David.
Ransom.
FIC MALOU

ATWOOD, Margaret.
Penelopiad.
FIC ATWOO
LP FIC ATWOO

GREENWOOD, Kerry.
Forbidden fruit.
FIC GREEN


Jo

NIFFENEGGER, Audrey.
Her fearful symmetry.
FIC NIFFE

McGIRR, Michael.
The lost art of sleep.
154.6 MACG

SEBESTYEN, Victor.
Revolution 1989 : the fall of the Soviet empire.
947.0854 SEB


Ros

KENNEDY, Cate.
The world beneath.
FIC KENNE.

RUIZ, Carlos Zafon.
The angel's game.
FIC RUIZ

THEORIN, Johan.
The darkest room.
FIC THEOR

WILKINSON, Giselle.
The conscious cook : sustainable cooking and living.
641.563 WIL