The Days of Dinkum Dodger
The Days of Dinkum Dodger

Author: John Saomes

Publisher: Inspire Point Publishing

Published: 2018-11-14

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 0994291000

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Australian Bush Poetry at its best... entertaining, thought-provoking, hilariously funny, and deftly serious. Comical antics and outrageous yarns as told by the infamous Dinkumous J. Dodger, a true blue Aussie larrikin, are iconically Australian. Political correctness is swept aside and daring opinions are openly expressed to challenge governments, politicians, and international conspirators. Probing questions are posed about political motivations, foreign manipulation, and Australia’s place in a flawed world. Often nostalgic, harking back to the simplicity and old world charm of a by-gone era, the poetry of John Saomes will tickle your funnybone and challenge your thinking.

The Days of Dinkum Dodger - Volume III
The Days of Dinkum Dodger - Volume III

Author: John Saomes

Publisher: Inspire Point Publishing

Published: 2018-11-14

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 099429106X

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Every poem tells a story... of political correctness gone wrong, immigration madness, and an encroaching one world government that threatens to consume us all. Entertaining, thought-provoking, hilariously funny, and deftly serious... this third volume of comical antics and outrageous yarns — as told by the infamous Dinkumous J. Dodger, a true blue Aussie larrikin — is intended to confront and challenge, as well as give you a good laugh! Political correctness is swept aside and daring opinions are openly expressed to challenge governments, politicians, and international conspirators. Probing questions are posed about political motivations, foreign manipulation, and Australia’s place in the world. There is nothing mild mannered about this poetry. You either laugh until your sides ache, become incensed with outrage, cringe with fear — or roar your approval that someone has the pluck to express what many of us really think in this socially engineered and tightly controlled world. The poetry of John Saomes is a feisty weave of humour and biting social comment that will tickle your funny bone and challenge your thinking!

The Days of Dinkum Dodger - Volume II
The Days of Dinkum Dodger - Volume II

Author: John Saomes

Publisher: Inspire Point Publishing

Published: 2018-11-14

Total Pages: 101

ISBN-13: 0994291043

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Entertaining, thought-provoking, hilariously funny, and deftly serious ... more Australian bush poetry at its best! This volume is a second helping of comical antics and outrageous yarns — as told by the infamous Dinkumous J. Dodger, a true blue Aussie larrikin. Political correctness is swept aside and daring opinions are openly expressed to challenge governments, politicians, and international conspirators. Probing questions are posed about political motivations, foreign manipulation, and Australia’s place in the world. There is nothing mild mannered about this poetry. You either laugh until your sides ache, become incensed with outrage, cringe with fear — or roar your approval that someone has the pluck to express what many of us really think in this socially engineered and tightly controlled world. The poetry of John Saomes is a feisty weave of humour and biting social comment that will tickle your funny bone and challenge your thinking!

Journey to Yuwmah
Journey to Yuwmah

Author: John Saomes

Publisher: Inspire Point Publishing

Published: 2018-11-08

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 0994291035

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Follow one man’s search for happiness and find a better way for the human family to live together in peace and harmony This introductory volume of the Yuwmahn Compendium challenges every aspect of the world we've created into the twenty-first century, proposing bold solutions for a better way... – Ancient wisdom to solve the problems of our modern civilisation – Sacred teachings for the rejuvenation of body, mind and spirit – Self help to create an improved you – Timeless secrets to a better life for all When journalist John Saomes explores the wilderness of South America he meets Mahonri, a learned sage from the ancient civilisation of Yuwmah. Through the course of his inspiratonal journey, Saomes discovers a different perspective for understanding of the ways of the world, the beauty and simplicity of the path to enlightenment, and the profound power of the Five Pillars of Universal Wisdom. Elements of this book remind us of Paul Coelho’s The Alchemist and Don Miguel Ruiz’s The Four Agreements, but the world envisioned is more far-reaching. To those who want to change the world and themselves for the better and find a profound sense of purpose and belonging – this book is for you.

Breverton's First World War Curiosities
Breverton's First World War Curiosities

Author: Terry Breverton

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2014-06-15

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 1445633523

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A remarkable compendium of oddities, curiosities and little-known facts from the Great War, featuring the greatest battles, war slang, heroes and heroines, animals, spies, weapons, and much more.

Rude Britannia
Rude Britannia

Author: Mina Gorji

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-04-15

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 1136009906

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Media commentators have noted a rising public tolerance to the use of rude or offensive words in modern English. John Lydon’s obscene outburst on 'I’m a Celebrity...' only provoked a handful of complaints – a muted reaction compared to the furore following his use of the f-word on television twenty-eight years earlier. This timely and authoritative exploration of rudeness in modern English draws together experts from the academic world and the media – journalists, linguists, lexicographers and literary critics – and argues that rudeness is an important cultural phenomenon. Tightly edited with clear accessibly written pieces, the essays look at rudeness in: the media literature football chants street culture seaside postcards. With contributions from media figures including Tom Paulin and leading media-friendly linguists Deborah Cameron and Lynda Mugglestone, Rude Britannia raises concerns about linguistic and social codes, standards of decency, what is considered taboo in the public realm, constructions of bawdy, class, race, power and British identity.

Hell and High Water
Hell and High Water

Author: Rochelle Nicholls

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2018-03-15

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 1925675130

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The golden boy of Australian swimming and captain of the lifeguards on Manly Beach, Cecil Healy was the poster-boy for all that was decent in Australia before World War I. Powerful, bronzed and daring, his fearlessness made him a leader in the embryonic surf-lifesaving movement, and his unique crawl stroke captured swimming records across the globe. Healy became the darling of the Olympic movement in 1912 when he allowed a disqualified rival to swim and take the 100 metres freestyle title, sacrificing almost certain victory for fair play and honour. But Cecil Healy’s seemingly perfect life was beset by darkness and secrets. His repressed sexuality and inner demons drove him to acts of recklessness which would culminate in his supreme sacrifice on the battlefields of France. As World War I raged, the Olympic champion refused to remain protected behind the lines. His death on the Somme in 1918, charging a German machine-gun post, embodies the tortured self-destructiveness which still drives many male sportsmen to both glory and disaster. Cecil Healy remains the only Australian Olympic gold medallist to have given his life in the theatre of war. This book chronicles both Healy’s glittering sports performances and the torment behind this great, lost Olympian.