Reviews

Reviewed by Dr Kathleen Huxley In this concise pocket-sized book, the author Alexander Tulloch presents us with a comprehensive list of Greek words which have influenced English vocabulary. His aim, which he clearly states in the Introduction, “is to concentrate mainly on the ‘surprises’, by which I mean commonly used words which may even raise

Reviewed by Dr Kathleen Huxley This book is written by the founder of the Neuroscience Academy: the respected, Oxford-educated neuroscientist Dr Sarah McKay. She is a specialist who works on presenting scientific research about the brain to mainly professional audiences, translating this information into straightforward, actionable strategies for obtaining peak performance, creativity, health and wellbeing.

Reviewed by Ian Lipke It was refreshing to read of a hero of the Second World War whose name has remained unheralded until now. I had thought that there were no stories of the French Resistance movement still to be told. Certainly nothing of the calibre of Virginia Hall whose exploits have been documented in

Reviewed by Angela Marie ‘ Normally, when I’ve got Sunny, people are pretty friendly. It’s like having a dog means you can’t be a psychopath, or something. People will talk to a complete stranger if that person has a dog with them, but will cross the street to avoid someone on their own.    

By Wendy Lipke This academic book by Anne-Louise Willoughby highlights the work of the daughter of well-known Australian artist Hans Heysen. Due to the influence of the men in her life as well as the outbreak of war and the social constraints of the day, her work was sidelined in the art world that was

  Reviewed by Gerard Healy This is a crime /mystery story involving three siblings- Ryan , the older brother and sisters Gina and Cassie and is set mainly in present-day London. There are however, flashbacks to the characters’ childhood years because of the death of Cassie, which was ruled an accident at the time. This

Reviewed by Gerard Healy In an article in the New York Times on Gerald Murname, the journalist poses the question, is (he) the greatest Australian writer you’ve never heard of? Although Murname has written 11 books of fiction as well as poetry and is mentioned as a possible Nobel winner, many readers are seemingly unaware