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Me, the Old Man

by Bill Reed ...

'I not only write books. I am this book. The actual person or persons.'------------After a flash flood in 1965 an elderly man became trapped down a Sydney parkland storm drain. Children discovered him but did not tell their parents. Instead they fed him a biscuit and a bottle of water once a day for three weeks. When he was eventually rescued, the flesh on his legs had become putrescent. He could ... Read more

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'I not only write books. I am this book. The actual person or persons.'------------After a flash flood in 1965 an elderly man became trapped down a Sydney parkland storm drain. Children discovered him but did not tell their parents. Instead they fed him a biscuit and a bottle of water once a day for three weeks. When he was eventually rescued, the flesh on his legs had become putrescent. He could
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Lost Souls of the River Kwai

Experiences of a British Soldier on the Railway of Death

by Bill Reed, Mitch Peeke ...

This is the moving story of a young man who found himself along with thousands of his comrades in the nightmare of Japanese captivity. Unlike so many (it is said that one Commonwealth POW died for every sleeper laid) Bill lived to tell the tale. Indeed it is remarkable that this story has not been told before, so graphic are Bill's memories of the hardships and horrors. The book goes on to ... Read more

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This is the moving story of a young man who found himself along with thousands of his comrades in the nightmare of Japanese captivity. Unlike so many (it is said that one Commonwealth POW died for every sleeper laid) Bill lived to tell the tale. Indeed it is remarkable that this story has not been told before, so graphic are Bill's memories of the hardships and horrors. The book goes on to
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Water Workout

by Bill Reed ...

WATER EXERCISES FOR EVERYONE: NON-SWIMMERS AND SWIMMERSAs current as the day it was first floated as one of the very first, if not the first, international book of water-fitness regimes!Experience the pleasure of exercising in water.Use the pool as a general-age gym for: general day-by-day fitness beauty body building sports training and injury recovery pregnancy help aches and pains relief ... Read more

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WATER EXERCISES FOR EVERYONE: NON-SWIMMERS AND SWIMMERSAs current as the day it was first floated as one of the very first, if not the first, international book of water-fitness regimes!Experience the pleasure of exercising in water.Use the pool as a general-age gym for: general day-by-day fitness beauty body building sports training and injury recovery pregnancy help aches and pains relief
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The Rhyming Cutlets of Pirip

by Bill Reed ...

We cannot blame Charles Dickens for not meeting our national Arts treasure Philip P. Pirip, but:go blame yr rottern Fate;whos flushs beat yr faces straightsIt could be said, though, Dickens did lend his major characters to Philip P. Pirip, although 'lend' might not be the best word; rather freedom opened the door to its wide-open spaces to allow them to escape and give vent to their grievances ... Read more

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We cannot blame Charles Dickens for not meeting our national Arts treasure Philip P. Pirip, but:go blame yr rottern Fate;whos flushs beat yr faces straightsIt could be said, though, Dickens did lend his major characters to Philip P. Pirip, although 'lend' might not be the best word; rather freedom opened the door to its wide-open spaces to allow them to escape and give vent to their grievances
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Reveal.

by Bill Reed ...

'If you are a famous-enough author long presumed dead and you keep sending notes to your Publisher through some far-off precocious teenage girl who says she's never heard of you – and the frightening predictions in those notes keep coming true -- then you can't be dead. Can you?For one, the mother of Jimmy Massey knew nothing of you walking into the sea off southern Sri Lanka, or your predictions ... Read more

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'If you are a famous-enough author long presumed dead and you keep sending notes to your Publisher through some far-off precocious teenage girl who says she's never heard of you – and the frightening predictions in those notes keep coming true -- then you can't be dead. Can you?For one, the mother of Jimmy Massey knew nothing of you walking into the sea off southern Sri Lanka, or your predictions
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The Wolfman of Oz

by Bill Reed ...

You could say man into wolf and wolf into man got blasted into existence. You could also say the Tasmanian Aborigines and the Tasmanian Wolf got blasted out of existence too. It's called extinction and it lasts forever and, when Ihe the wolfman did the sums of early Tasmania, it all added up. This was except for one thing… the existence of the truly last Thylacine Wolf hiding out somewhere life ... Read more

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You could say man into wolf and wolf into man got blasted into existence. You could also say the Tasmanian Aborigines and the Tasmanian Wolf got blasted out of existence too. It's called extinction and it lasts forever and, when Ihe the wolfman did the sums of early Tasmania, it all added up. This was except for one thing… the existence of the truly last Thylacine Wolf hiding out somewhere life
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Wi

by Bill Reed ...

Surely you all remember Wi, a name especially chosen to fit our attention spans? Him, the world-record kidnappee, nabbee, swipee, snatchee, hoisted so many times even he's lost count? (How about those three times in five minutes effort? That takes real talent, that does.) I mean, if it wasn't for our Wi how many of these yabbers, yarns, shaggy dogs and yank-your-chain whoppers could I trot out for ... Read more

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Surely you all remember Wi, a name especially chosen to fit our attention spans? Him, the world-record kidnappee, nabbee, swipee, snatchee, hoisted so many times even he's lost count? (How about those three times in five minutes effort? That takes real talent, that does.) I mean, if it wasn't for our Wi how many of these yabbers, yarns, shaggy dogs and yank-your-chain whoppers could I trot out for
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Mirror, Mirror

by Bill Reed ...

Stranded in his Sydney flat, the journalist John Rinner tries to explain his Dad-dud existence to his daughter by telephone. This is not easy since he hasn't seen her in 18 years and she is on the other side of the world working in an Amsterdam hotel with little time to listen to an excuse for a Dad.Just as his working life in the field with the UN Childrens Fund now seems only smoke-and-mirrors, ... Read more

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Stranded in his Sydney flat, the journalist John Rinner tries to explain his Dad-dud existence to his daughter by telephone. This is not easy since he hasn't seen her in 18 years and she is on the other side of the world working in an Amsterdam hotel with little time to listen to an excuse for a Dad.Just as his working life in the field with the UN Childrens Fund now seems only smoke-and-mirrors,
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Shorts

by Bill Reed ...

Here are the award-winning or noted short-form plays whose productions range from a few minutes to lengthy one-acters. Each inclusion in this collection has been selected by the Australian Script Centre to be listed for viewing or purchase on its website Australianplays.org.These twelve plays are designed either for full production or as workshop exercises with allowances for a few or a goodly ... Read more

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Here are the award-winning or noted short-form plays whose productions range from a few minutes to lengthy one-acters. Each inclusion in this collection has been selected by the Australian Script Centre to be listed for viewing or purchase on its website Australianplays.org.These twelve plays are designed either for full production or as workshop exercises with allowances for a few or a goodly
... Read more
Truganinni Inside Out

by Bill Reed ...

Seven years after King Billy's death, Truganinni stood alone, arguably the most important living relic of her Tasmanian race. She would walk the streets of Hobart Town, resembling Queen Victoria in her voluminous skirts and headdress. She quite enjoyed the curiosity and finger pointing wherever she went. And she could go anywhere.Towards the end, she appeared to bear no malice towards her race's ... Read more

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Seven years after King Billy's death, Truganinni stood alone, arguably the most important living relic of her Tasmanian race. She would walk the streets of Hobart Town, resembling Queen Victoria in her voluminous skirts and headdress. She quite enjoyed the curiosity and finger pointing wherever she went. And she could go anywhere.Towards the end, she appeared to bear no malice towards her race's
... Read more
Living on Mars: The Play

by Bill Reed ...

Henry had one good eye until the surgeon lost even that one's lens down some drain. He had a wife he could call his own until she started to shack up very noisily with some young turk Australian postgraduate in his (Henry's) own home. He had a housekeeper until she left in built-up disgust claiming Henry continuously confessed to some vague past unspeakable crime. Henry also had this itch which ... Read more

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Henry had one good eye until the surgeon lost even that one's lens down some drain. He had a wife he could call his own until she started to shack up very noisily with some young turk Australian postgraduate in his (Henry's) own home. He had a housekeeper until she left in built-up disgust claiming Henry continuously confessed to some vague past unspeakable crime. Henry also had this itch which
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Lankan 1001 Nights Part 2

by Bill Reed ...

Sire? Sire!Over here, in the boiling oil, just kicking my heels up while I can, ha ha.O King, his name mightn't be Scheherazade, but if he was a she, it might well have been Scheherazade, or, otherwise, something like Sinbad the Sailor, or whatnot. You never know.He'd still be singing for his supper or else be despatched if he didn't keep your interest by spinning out his oh-pull-this-one-it's-got ... Read more

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Sire? Sire!Over here, in the boiling oil, just kicking my heels up while I can, ha ha.O King, his name mightn't be Scheherazade, but if he was a she, it might well have been Scheherazade, or, otherwise, something like Sinbad the Sailor, or whatnot. You never know.He'd still be singing for his supper or else be despatched if he didn't keep your interest by spinning out his oh-pull-this-one-it's-got
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