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Welcome to the nest at twitnz.comAlan Ireland's "adilbookz" blog can now be reached via twitnz.com and tweetnz.com. Entries are not in chronological order, but may be grouped according to subject. My sponsors: Flower Delivery, Kevin Trudeau Free Money Book, Lucky Kiwi hosting. Thanks for visiting. My experience of "progressive education" at a coeducational boarding school in Yorkshire. This site has pictures of the school building in late 1998, as well as some of the writings of headmaster Kenneth C Barnes. Click here. Autumn Leaves BookshopMy bookshop, which is based in my converted garage, specializes in history, biography, science, the arts, and other works of non-fiction. Although 99% of my sales are made through Trade Me, I do welcome visits to my secluded premises at 164 Highbury Avenue, Palmerston North, New Zealand. When I went online, in 2000, I constructed a website for Autumn Leaves, which I have since updated. PaySpree: Get your commission instantlyToday, I came across a new service that immediately caught my attention. It's called PaySpree, and it caught my attention for a simple reason: you don't have to wait for your commission. All members are paid instantly, through PayPal. You can promote any product(s) in the marketplace, including your own. Get in quick! 8.12.10 The Elingamite and Its TreasureThis book, about the wreck of the Elingamite in 1902, was written by New Zealand diver Wade Doak and published in 1969. The Elingamite, a passenger steamer on the run from Sydney to Auckland, was wrecked on one of the Three Kings Islands north of NZ. Click here for more information. Related old books of interest are Shipwrecks and Archaeology: The Unharvested Sea (1971), by Peter Throckmorton; The Pirates of the Brig Cyprus (1962), by Frank Clune and P.R. Stephensen, and Vikings of the Sunrise (1964), by Sir Peter Buck. For more books I am currently offering for sale, go to my Trade Me listings. Last updated on 9.5.10 A word about the name 'adilbookz'An explanation of the name "adilbookz": The first part of it – "adil" – is a Muslim name that incorporates the concept of justice. It's a name I unofficially acquired in late 1985 or early 1986, when a friend at the local Islamic Center suggested I adopt a name I could be known by when I visited the center. I said, "Find me a name that expresses my concern about Palestine," and a few days later he came back with "Adil", which I accepted without hesitation. It was the name I went to Makkah under in 1990, and is the name that Muslims have always known me by – except when (Continued) Great hosting from Lucky KiwiI have never regretted buying a corporate package from Lucky Kiwi. I have nearly all my sites with this company, and have always found its support excellent. Prices from $4.58 a month. To get lucky, click here. 3.15.10 One democratic state in Palestine"Through various ways and means, an ever-increa- sing number of people active in the Palestine/Israel conflict are reaching the conclusion that ethnic separatism — the two-state solution — is no longer a viable possibility. If one rules out the ethnic separatist agenda, one is limited to two opposing visions: a racist one-state model based on ethnic cleansing; or a non-racist one-state model based on mutually acceptable coexistence within the same state." For details, visit onestate.info. 7.6.10
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