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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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Category: Book Lists
| Tags: Anna Karenina, Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl, Leo Tolstoy, Michael Chabon, Nick Hornby, Philip Roth, Robert Harris
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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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Category: Book Lists
| Tags: American Gods, The Grapes of Wrath, The Great Gatsby, The Orphan Masters Son
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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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Category: Non-Fiction, Sports Books
| Tags: Aaron Boone, Australian Cricket, Barcelona FC, Bodyline, Boston Red Sox, Don Bradman, Douglas Jardine, English Cricket, Los Angeles Dodgers, Malcolm Knox, Mitchell Johnson, New York Yankees, Peter Golenbock, Real Madrid, San Francisco Giants, Simon Hughes, The Ashes
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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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Category: Fantasy Books
| Tags: Cybermen, Daleks, David Tennant, Doctor Who, Doctor Who 50th Anniversary, The Day of the Doctor, Tom Baker
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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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Category: History, Political Books
| Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Gary Wills, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, Lincoln at Gettysburg, Oratory, Rhetoric
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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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Category: Fantasy Books, History, Music, Non-Fiction
| Tags: 80's movies, 80's music, Blues Brothers, Bono, Dylan Jones, Ernest Cline, Galaga, Live Aid, Pac Man, Ready Player One, The 80s, The Eighties, The Times of the Eighties
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September 15, 2013 by brettdgale
The British Labour Party is set to win the next UK election whenever it occurs. Consistently ahead in public opinion …
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Category: Non-Fiction, Political Books
| Tags: ALP, Australian Labor Party, Chris Bowen, David Miliband, Ed Miliband
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June 30, 2013 by brettdgale
There’s nothing on earth like a genuine bona fide electrified six car monorail and in 1988 Sydney joined Brockway, Ogdenville …
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Category: Non-Fiction
| Tags: Baron Hausmann, Darling Harbour, Edward Glaeser, Laurie Brereton, Mike Carlton, monorail, Robert Caro, Robert Moses, Sydney Monorail, Triumph of the City
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June 8, 2013 by brettdgale
I don’t think I’ve been more scared about anything than I have been in going to see Baz Luhrmann’s Gatsby. …
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Category: Fiction
| Tags: Baz Luhrmann, Elizabeth Debicki, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby, Joel Edgerton, Leonardo DiCaprio, Nick Carraway, The Great Gatsby, Tom Buchanan
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May 24, 2013 by brettdgale
A political song can be a dangerous thing for a songwriter to undertake. Get it right and you have the …
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Category: Music, Non-Fiction, Political Books
| Tags: 33 Revolutions per minute, Dorian L:ynskey, Dropkick Murphys, Margaret Thatcher, Midnight OIl, political songs, protest music, protest songs, The Clash
