1. Galey’s Best Reads 2016: Part 1

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    December 21, 2016 by brettdgale

    Just in time for the holiday season here’s my favourite recommendations from everything I’ve read in the past year. To …
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  2. The People Are Revolting: America on the Eve of Destruction?

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    November 7, 2016 by brettdgale

    At the end of one of the more extraordinary election campaigns in political history stock is taken of the journey …
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  3. Galey’s Best Books 2015 – Pt II

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    January 6, 2016 by brettdgale

    The Girl with all the Gifts – M.R. Carey This is definitely not your parent’s zombie book – actually truth …
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  4. The Best Books of 2015

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    January 6, 2016 by brettdgale

    After a short hiatus I’m pleased to say that this blog is back!  For the first post of 2106 I’m …
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  5. Galey’s Best Books 2013 – Part II

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    January 2, 2014 by brettdgale

    We start Part Two with a book about books and it just gets better from there. More, Baths Less Talking …
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  6. Listmania – Galey’s Best Books of 2013

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    January 2, 2014 by brettdgale

      Long before most of us know what Guinness is (a rather nasty medicinal concoction masquerading as beer) we know …
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  7. Aussie v Poms, Red Sox v Yankees, What’s the greatest rivalry in sports?

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    December 26, 2013 by brettdgale

      It’s not often that the stars align so well in the world of sports as they did for one …
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  8. Of Doctors and Daleks

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    November 25, 2013 by brettdgale

    I can’t remember the first time I saw Doctor Who.  It was just always there – a part of my …
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  9. Lincoln at Gettysburg

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    November 20, 2013 by brettdgale

    When one recalls that the phrase “detailed programmatic specificity” was uttered in a public speaking engagement or sees an Australian …
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  10. Why I Love the Eighties! The history of a decade in three books.

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    October 19, 2013 by brettdgale

    It’s often said that if you can remember the Sixties you weren’t there.  Perhaps it should also be said that …
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