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I only spent a few hours at the bookfair, but i got a few good selections:
Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope. Folio Books to go with the collection I'm slowly building. That was $18 in the Rare and First Edition room. Everything else was basically $1 to $5 each for a total of $50.
The Greatest Generation Speaks by Tom Brokaw. This is about the personal side of WW2, and I'm going to leave it at the American Cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach in Normandy.
Onions in the Stew by Betty Macdonald. BM is always worth buying for resale. Nancy and Plum is the title to look for, but anything is good.
"Last Stop Nagasaki!" by Hugh Clarke. Looks to be a book about a POW doing forced labour in the mines near Nagasaki when the bomb went off there. I've got a place in mind for this.
On the Road to Anywhere by Hugh Lunn. Lunn's books are great reads. A quintessential Aussie story teller.
Gettysburg by Mackinlay Kantor. I'm a bit of an MK buff. This one looks fairly simple, possibly aimed at children. I'm sure I can leave it at Gettysburg next year.
Between Silk and Cyanide by Leo Marks. One of my all-time favorite books. I'll take it with me and leave it somewhere appropriate.
From here to Eternity by James Jones. Pearl Harbour, for sure!
The Xenophobe's Guide to the Germans. I'll take it to Frankfurt with me. Looks like a funny book. And slim.
The Raven in the Foregate by Ellis Peters. A Shrewsbury release.
Empire of the Sun by J G Ballard. I saw a bit of the movie on Saturday night. Maybe in Hong Kong airport.
The last Blue Sea by David Forrest. A brilliant book on the Pacific war by a talented Queensland author. Long out of print, this one's for resale.
Terrible Swift Sword by Bruce Catton. The Gettysburg campaign - another Civil War release for 2008.
The Diary of Anne Frank. A classic of WW2, and a book which everyone should read. I'm going to make my own book on this one somehow. To be released in Hiroshima.
The Great Fair by Sholom Aleichem. The wonderful musical Fiddler on the Roof was based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem, and I've got a few of his books. A great comic writer, but also a keen observer and great story teller.
The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan. This one gets sealed up in a couple of ziplocs and put into the water off Omaha Beach.
Death in Life: The Survivors of Hiroshima (Robert Jay Lifton) and Hiroshima Joe by Martin Booth. Two more Hiroshima releases.
The Road to Pearl Harbour by Herbert Feis. An obvious release point suggests itself here!
Pig Boats, by Theodore Roscoe. A history of the US subs in WW2. For release at the sub base in Fremantle, if I can identify it. Or else at one of the hotels used as billets, if any of the four are still standing.
I saw Tokyo Burning by Robert Guillain. Not going to Tokyo, but I'll think of something.
Calendar Girl by Tricia Stewart. Mmm, I haven't forgotten abiut the calendar project.
Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope. Folio Books to go with the collection I'm slowly building. That was $18 in the Rare and First Edition room. Everything else was basically $1 to $5 each for a total of $50.
The Greatest Generation Speaks by Tom Brokaw. This is about the personal side of WW2, and I'm going to leave it at the American Cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach in Normandy.
Onions in the Stew by Betty Macdonald. BM is always worth buying for resale. Nancy and Plum is the title to look for, but anything is good.
"Last Stop Nagasaki!" by Hugh Clarke. Looks to be a book about a POW doing forced labour in the mines near Nagasaki when the bomb went off there. I've got a place in mind for this.
On the Road to Anywhere by Hugh Lunn. Lunn's books are great reads. A quintessential Aussie story teller.
Gettysburg by Mackinlay Kantor. I'm a bit of an MK buff. This one looks fairly simple, possibly aimed at children. I'm sure I can leave it at Gettysburg next year.
Between Silk and Cyanide by Leo Marks. One of my all-time favorite books. I'll take it with me and leave it somewhere appropriate.
From here to Eternity by James Jones. Pearl Harbour, for sure!
The Xenophobe's Guide to the Germans. I'll take it to Frankfurt with me. Looks like a funny book. And slim.
The Raven in the Foregate by Ellis Peters. A Shrewsbury release.
Empire of the Sun by J G Ballard. I saw a bit of the movie on Saturday night. Maybe in Hong Kong airport.
The last Blue Sea by David Forrest. A brilliant book on the Pacific war by a talented Queensland author. Long out of print, this one's for resale.
Terrible Swift Sword by Bruce Catton. The Gettysburg campaign - another Civil War release for 2008.
The Diary of Anne Frank. A classic of WW2, and a book which everyone should read. I'm going to make my own book on this one somehow. To be released in Hiroshima.
The Great Fair by Sholom Aleichem. The wonderful musical Fiddler on the Roof was based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem, and I've got a few of his books. A great comic writer, but also a keen observer and great story teller.
The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan. This one gets sealed up in a couple of ziplocs and put into the water off Omaha Beach.
Death in Life: The Survivors of Hiroshima (Robert Jay Lifton) and Hiroshima Joe by Martin Booth. Two more Hiroshima releases.
The Road to Pearl Harbour by Herbert Feis. An obvious release point suggests itself here!
Pig Boats, by Theodore Roscoe. A history of the US subs in WW2. For release at the sub base in Fremantle, if I can identify it. Or else at one of the hotels used as billets, if any of the four are still standing.
I saw Tokyo Burning by Robert Guillain. Not going to Tokyo, but I'll think of something.
Calendar Girl by Tricia Stewart. Mmm, I haven't forgotten abiut the calendar project.
