David Astle Books

Are you sick of boring tourist attractions like the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House? Do you have too many photos of koalas and kangaroos? "Offbeat" Australia is a comprehensive guide to the weird and wonderful attractions that most tourists miss. David Astle has scoured the country for quirky attractions that are sure to satisfy your urge for the unusual. Check out the UFO lights at Wycliffe Well, NT, the bat hospital in Kuranda, Qld, or the Spike Milligan festival in Woy Woy, NSW. Sorted by type of attraction and location, "Offbeat Australia" is the ultimate travel guide to the real Australia.

Engaging with cryptic crosswords enhances brainpower through logic, intuition, and deduction. David Astle, a crossword expert, reveals how these puzzles boost memory and cognitive skills, supported by recent studies. This accessible guide demystifies cryptic crosswords for novices and seasoned solvers alike, offering insights and strategies to improve puzzle-solving abilities. It includes 50 curated crosswords that range from easy to challenging, making it an enjoyable and beneficial mental workout for all.

Every conclusion arrived at as a result of study of the fragments of information available in respect to money and its creators in the world of the Ancient Civilizations, indicates the existence of a far reaching conspiracy in respect to monetary issuance influencing the progression of man's history in the earliest times of which written record exists. It is also outstandingly clear that it was parent to that acknowledged and most obvious conspiracy such as exists today. Hence was able to develop that conspiracy against mankind most exemplified by a continuous propaganda of hate against all authority: in pre-antiquity and antiquity against the many city gods, and in relatively modern times against the kings that rose out of the ruins of that which had been Rome. As those controlling totally the economic life of a state through monetary creation and emission, must have felt that kings and gods were more of a nuisance than anything else, the instigators of this conspiracy in whatever place and era, obviously were those who first did the business of bankers; the controllers of values, and consequently the economic life of the states wherever the precious metal standard was used.

A guide to cryptic crosswords and how they can help increase brain power.

Why are ladies like arrows? When is a bird not a bird? What do you call a nun with a washing machine on her head? Welcome to the weird new word adventure from David Astle, plunging into the realm of riddles, chasing down and prising open 101 curious questions from around the planet. A mind-trip across time and place, Riddledom uncovers riddle relics from more than 50 cultures, delving into language and deception, sampling Pompeii walls and Twitter feeds. Readers can unravel each mini-chapter, wrestling with riddles from Wonderland or Zanzibar, Oedipus Rex or Harry Potter. French acrobats, lusty dairymaids, ancient monks—you'll meet the lot in Riddledom . Readers will roam Tasmania and Mongolia, seeking out riddles on clay tablets and Popsicle sticks.