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Unsettled : what climate science tells us, what it doesn't, and why it matters / Steven E. Koonin. Author: Koonin, Steven E., author. Publisher: Dallas, TX : BenBella Books. Inc., [2021] -- ©2021 Review by: angelfish on: 10/02/2023 1:47:26 AM Member Rating: This book may be by a distinguished scientist but he is not a climate scientist. It is a book of denial. Before you read it I would suggest reading this review linked below by a climate scientist who knew the author. He explains the book better than me. httpsyaleclimateconnections.org202105a-critical-review-of-steven-koonins-unsettled
The two worlds of Jimmie Barker : the life of an Australian Aboriginal, 1900-1972, as told to Janet Mathews Author: Barker, Jimmie, 1900-1972. -- Barker, Jimmie, 1900-1972. -- Mathews, Janet. Publisher: Canberra : Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1988 Review by: russ on: 8/02/2023 7:16:04 AM Member Rating: This historically significant but short book is a compilation of interviews by a researcher with a humble aboriginal man who grew up and spent most of his life 1900-1972 on government reserves in and around North Western NSW. It recounts the atrocious and at times criminal mistreatment and deliberate neglect of aboriginal children and adults and the generally superior and careless attitude of white society. Despite this Jimmie was able to rise above his circumstances.
Catch us the foxes / Nicola West. Author: West, Nicola, 1989-, author. Publisher: Cammeray, NSW : Simon & Schuster Australia, 2021. Review by: guygriffin@hotmail.com on: 10/01/2023 6:03:25 PM Member Rating: after the first forty pages you will be certain that you have read this book previously....and it bored you that time also. derivative is paying it a compliment.
The housemate / Sarah Bailey. Author: Bailey, Sarah (Australian author), author. Publisher: Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2021. Review by: guygriffin@hotmail.com on: 10/01/2023 5:56:50 PM Member Rating: I though that Sarah was getting tired but this is her best book yet....
Dirt town / Hayley Scrivenor. Author: Scrivenor, Hayley, author. Publisher: Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia, 2022. Review by: guygriffin@hotmail.com on: 10/01/2023 5:55:09 PM Member Rating: this brilliant & inspired. loved it.
Nightcrawling / Leila Mottley. Author: Mottley, Leila, 2002-, author. Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022. Review by: guygriffin@hotmail.com on: 10/01/2023 5:53:28 PM Member Rating: other people's sex lives are really not all that interesting......... nothing to see here after the first 10 pages.
The tilt / Chris Hammer. Author: Hammer, Chris, 1960- author. Publisher: Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2022. Review by: guygriffin@hotmail.com on: 28/12/2022 5:53:16 PM Member Rating: this is brilliant & frenetic.
The ninth life of a diamond miner : a memoir / Grace Tame. Author: Tame, Grace, author. -- Tame, Grace. Publisher: Sydney, N.S.W. : Macmillan, 2022. -- ©2022 Review by: guygriffin@hotmail.com on: 28/12/2022 5:51:28 PM Member Rating: sadly Grace does not really have a lot to say. She falls back to a limited life experience & it is not that interesting. Possibly the second volume might be more interesting providing that she does not write it before at least another thirty years.
Seeing other people / Diana Reid. Author: Reid, Diana, author. Publisher: Ultimo, NSW : Ultimo Press, 2022. Review by: guygriffin@hotmail.com on: 28/12/2022 5:47:23 PM Member Rating: what a load of unadulterated boring crap. if you want a book that doesn't go anywhere & doesn't do anything this is it.
Bumageddon : the final pongflict / Andy Griffiths. Author: Griffiths, Andy, 1961- Publisher: Sydney, N.S.W. Pan Macmillan, [2015] -- ©2005 Review by: Ruby Howe, David Mr on: 4/12/2022 11:41:02 AM Member Rating: this book is the worst