These were some of the books brought up in conversation last night.
Ian Thorpe: The Biography - Greg Hunter
A book Thorpey hasn't read but reviews say it is worth reading.
Under the Tuscan Sun - Frances Mayes
About a woman looking for a sea change in mid-life.
Hazel's Journey: A Personal Experience of Alzheimer’s - Sue Pieters-Hawke
Written by her daughter. Available in the Bob Hawke Priministerial Library at UniSA where Blanche D'Apulget is a key adviser.
Crusade - Donn Byrne
I wondered when this book was written. I thought the 1940-50s. It turns out it was written in 1928, the same year the author died in a car accident. An Irish-American writer who was born in 1889 & wrote historical fiction, set in Crusader times with the Knights Templar. Very interesting to read the angle on the Middle East that was written at this time. It is centred in a time of chivalry & politeness which is still very evident today in the Gulf when compared to brash western society.
Chasing Mammon: Travels in Pursuit of Money - Douglas Kennedy
Book about stockmarkets & the people in them around the world.
Preserver: Star Trek- William Shatner
Captain Kirk is left with no choice.....
Drums of Autumn - Diana Gabaldon
historical romance/time-travel fiction
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