Books from Leighton Clark
Books list in the Leighton Clark Books and Articles repository is slowly growing. The delay is in part caused by the fact that I am extremely busy with other things, but certainly exacerbated by my almost willful inclination to write several books simultaneously. It is foolish, I admit, but it is a part of my psyche and I cannot do much about it.
I call it Zest!
The two bright angels are truth and justice. The killer sharks are evil people who might as well be oceanic marauders, cutting and killing, eating the dead.
BOOKS OF VARIOUS TYPES.
I will write Novels, Non-Fiction, and Articles on all sorts of subjects. This is what I mean by Leighton Clark Books.
You see, I am interested in a very wide range of subjects.
Books – NOVELS BY LEIGHTON
ONE – THE SIXTH SEASON, GUDJEWG.”
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This is one of the Leighton Clark books. Check out the book on the “Sixth” page – see “The Sixth Season , Gudjewg.”
“The Sixth Season, Gudjewg” is a Northern Territory Novel. This is the classic battle between man and beast, but the story of hunting, killing, and revenge is based on truth and fact.
This is also a story of rebirth and renewal. Gudjewg is the wet part of the wet season, when the monsoonal storms bring with it heat, humidity, rain, flooding, and rampant growth. It is the time when the crocodiles hatch out their eggs.
This book began with my own life experiences exploring and hunting in the bush, my broad readings as a teenager, and a subsequent and huge amount of research.
Love to live!
There is a lot more information on the “Sixth” book page.
THE SIXTH SEASON, GUDJEWG
CLICK ON ABOVE LINK
However, for the website http://www.thecrocodilechroniclesaustralia.com
Books -LEIGHTON CLARK NON FICTION
COMING SOON.
TWO “BUYING AND SELLING BOORARA”
This is a Leighton Clark Books project and the trilogy is now getting close to a finish.
“Buying and Selling Boorara” is a true story.
I know this because it is my own story.
My story is how I came to love a cattle station. How I began to conceive the idea of buying it, while being totally aware that the dynasty that owned Boorara would never sell it.
After all, they had it for 75 years!
It is also a story of my purchase of Boorara.
And how I also came to sell the station.
This is a trilogy packed with a wealth of details, hundreds of records, and hundreds of images.
VOLUME ONE – THE HISTORY OF BOORARA – OVER 160 YEARS OF HISTORY.
VOLUME TWO – PREPARING TO BUY BOORARA – OVER 30 YEARS IN THE MAKING.
VOLUME THREE – BUYING, OWNING, AND SELLING BOORARA.
Check out my story about Buying and Selling Boorara.
CLICK ON THE LINK.
BUYING AND SELLING BOORARA.
https://WWW.leightonclark.com.au/buyingandsellingboorara
LEIGHTON CLARK BOOKS AND ARTICLES COMING:
COMING SOON.
Leighton Clark Books moving on to the subject of the sixties.
THREE “LIVING AND DRINKING IN FITZROY AND CARLTON IN THE SIXTIES.”
A true story of a time when things were very different in what were the slums of Melbourne. Heavy drinking, wild times, criminals, fights, and more.
BY LEIGHTON CLARK
COMING SOON.
Leighton Clark Books – a fair bit about my Dad.
FOUR “THE LIFE AND TIMES OF S.J. CLARK REDUX.”
My late father, Stuart James Clark, wrote his own life story in some 16 pages. I choose to rewrite it for him. A kind of eulogy adding to (and clarifying) some of the aspects of his own volume.
I once thought that maybe my Dad didn’t like me because he loved that car and when I was born, he had to sell it. He said that there was only enough room for my older brother Kel in the Dickie seat.
BY S.J. CLARK (EDITED BY LEIGHTON CLARK).
THE FIRST DRAFT IS UP AND MY BROTHERS ARE CHECKING OUT THE FACTS. MY BROTHER BRYAN HAS A DIFFERENT MEMORY OF THE BOMB STORY. HE RECKONS WE PUT THE BOMB IN THE BOOT OF THE OLD CAR AND SET IT ON FIRE.
THEN, OF COURSE THE BOMB WENT OFF.
LINK TO STORY –
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF S.J. CLARK REDUX.
DAD’S INTERESTING LIFE
COMING SOON.
FIVE “HOW TO BUILD A 48 FOOT TRIMARAN”
BY LEIGHTON CLARK.
This is a true story of two young men who built and launched a 48 foot trimaran (reputed to be the largest in Australia at the time) when they were only 23 years of age. This was an amazing adventure, a lot of work and a fair bit of fun.
Leighton Clark Books are at times about Leighton Clark.
The most incredible thing is?
How could two young larrikins finance, build, and launch a 48 foot yacht when they were just 23 years old?
I know because I was one of the two young men.
It is an interesting story of bravado, confidence, competence, and craziness. I wonder what possessed those young fools.
Let’s say, it was a hell of a ride.
COMING SOON.
SIX “THE MISSING MILITARY – DARWIN”
This is about recognition for guys who joined the forces in Darwin, basically during the Vietnam War Period, but I include cadets, CMF, Army, Navy, and RAAF. This work is progressing.
Check it out; at present it is located on my Crocodiles Website.
COMING SOON.
SEVEN “500 COMMON DEFECTS IN CONSTRUCTION.”
“I list the defects, debate the question, and provide advice on how to remedy the problem. Then, I go one more, and I tell you how to avoid the problem in future.
You may well ask, “How can I fix this?” when you should be saying this is not a defect.
You may also be interested in the deeper thought, ” I hope I can avoid this problem next time around? But how?”
I do have some thoughts, and experience, on this very subject.
It is a fact that I have sold thousands of new homes and built more than 1000 of them. All kinds and all sizes and shapes.
If I do not know, then who does?
In all honesty, I do know a fair bit about defects and alleged defects.
EIGHT “DEATH BY 1000 CUTS – LIBEL”
COMING SOON.
This is a true story about the damage that can be brought about by slander and libel. It is not meant to be legal advice – get your own.
I was once, myself, accused of libel, and I was sued in the Supreme Court. Of course, by then I knew a bit about libel. I knew for example, that the best defence was truth. I mean you cannot defame someone if what you are saying is true.
My opponent eventually came to realise that. In the end, it ended up just the way I said it would. I offered to take the true comment down just to save the hassle, and he would not accept that. I said, “All right but in the end, you will have a lot of legal costs and you will be paying mine too.”
He still did not accept but in the end he paid my costs and his own in order to put an end to his mistake. What I mean is that it is silly to sue someone for libel when what has been said is correct.
How did I, unrepresented for almost a year, have the knowledge and confidence to tough it out? Apart from the fact that I knew that what I had said was true, I had already been an unwilling (but provoked beyond endurance) participant in a libel case. I took four parties to the Supreme Court for libel.
It is an interesting story, where two of of the people involved created a dozen or so identities, EACH, just for the sake of the attack. When I use the word “attack” I do not use it casually. I say attack in a very positive manner manner, for that is what I suffered. That was a well-organised and well-orchestrated attack designed to destroy me.
It cost me $450,000 in cash to win the case. The libel was removed and I obtained written apologies. But the damage did almost destroy me. The libellous statements published by the Gang of Four seemed to represent the thought of almost 30 individuals with 70 odd posts decrying me.
The damage was particularly worse due to the creation of this group of multi-persona attackers. Of course, not only did they lie about my deeds, but they also compounded the damage by “bullshitting” my word for their totally dishonest act of creating fake customers and fake tradespeople. Their fake identities would enter the stage, comment, and then return as another identity, and have the temerity to agree with their previous pretender to the real.
People believed this ruse. They believed the fake stories. By people, I mean tradesmen, contractors, suppliers, friends, neighbours, and worst of all my customers and prospective customers.
The damage was in the form of millions, not thousands, and the damage to my reputation was irreversible. One must accept some things in life. Of course, I might not have been so “accepting” had I been in my twenties or thirties. But in reality I had had enough of the lies, the fakes, and the authorities who permit and maybe even condone this sort of attack.
Recently I observed that the wheel may have turned. People will not find it quite so easily. Naturally, this doesn’t help me.
But I live on happily confounding my enemies, and despite their bastardry, enjoying my life. I think it is time to tell my story and expose the bastards for what they are: deceivers and shams.
I will touch on the legal system, the tribunal members, and the judges of the Supreme Court. In all honesty, I think that something should be said about this, despite the apparent risk.
But I have no desire to face litigation. I will thus present facts and not draw the conclusions. You be the judge!