Pages 17-18 – Factor 8 / Haemophilia

Reference: Mike denied factor 8 by a white doctor.

Verification:

• Medical Resource: "Haemophilia and Factor VIII" – NHS UK: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/haemophilia

• Fact: In the 1980s, factor VIII was derived from pooled human plasma and was expensive. Many haemophiliacs were denied treatment (the Tainted Blood Scandal).

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Page 19 – Holiday Camp / Pontins

Reference: "The photographs of the steamy indoor swimming pool for a holiday camp campaign were all foggy."

Verification:

• Corrected Chain: Pontins (not Butlin's). Founded by Fred Pontin in 1946. First camp at Camber Sands.

• Fact: Pontins was the primary rival to Butlin's. Entertainment staff were "Bluecoats." The author's "steamy indoor swimming pool" aligns with Pontins' family-friendly indoor facilities.

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Page 19 – Bucket Shop (Travel agency)

Verification:

• Oxford English Dictionary: "Bucket shop" – A travel agency specialising in discounted airline tickets, often for last-minute flights. Term originated in the 1970s.

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Page 19 – UNRWA

Verification:

• Official Website: UNRWA – https://www.unrwa.org

• Fact: Established 8 December 1949. Provides services to approximately 5.9 million registered Palestinian refugees.]

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Page 24 – Departure from UK to Australia (1987)

Reference: Wind chill factor of -25 degrees; arrived Sydney 14 February 1987.

Verification:

• Note: Author's personal history – 14 February 1987 was a Saturday.

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Chapter Four: Tea with the Captain (Pages 25-30)

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Printed Pages 25-30 – Achille Lauro Hijacking (1985)

Reference: Captain Geraldo De Rosa; Palestinian Liberation Front siege; October 1985; murder of Leon Klinghoffer.

Verification:

• News Archive: "The Achille Lauro Hijacking" – BBC On This Day (7 October 1985): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13713597

• Wikipedia: MS Achille Lauro hijacking

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Page 28 – Leon Klinghoffer

Verification:

• Wikipedia: Leon Klinghoffer

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Chapter Five: A Little Bird Told Me (Pages 31-40)

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Pages 31-40 – Callen Park Mental Hospital

Reference: Callen Park mental hospital (Sydney, Australia).

Verification:

• Wikipedia: Callan Park Hospital (established 1878, Lilyfield/Rozelle, Sydney). Note spelling variation.

 

31 – Sydney Olympics Bid (1992-1993)

Reference: 10% approval rating increased to 80%.

Verification:

• News Archive: "Sydney Wins Right to Host Olympics" – The Sydney Morning Herald (24 September 1993)

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Page 35 – Bletchley Park – Mrs E.I. Evans

Reference: The author's grandmother served as a corporal in the Naval Section; teleprinter operator in charge of all teleprinter watches in 1943.

Verification:

• Bletchley Park Roll of Honour: https://bletchleypark.org.uk/roll-of-honour

• Search Parameters: Surname: Evans | Forename/Initials: E.I.

• Result: Corporal, Naval Section (WRNS). Teleprinter operator in charge of all teleprinter watches, 1943.

• Fact: Over 10,000 people worked at Bletchley Park during WWII, of whom approximately 75% were women, mostly from the WRNS (Wrens), ATS, and WAAF.

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Page 39 – Bennelong

Reference: Wangal man; senior diplomat of the Eora nation; travelled to England; met King George III.

Verification:

• Biography: Fullagar, Kate. (2021). Bennelong and Phillip: A History Unravelled. Scribner Australia. ISBN: 978-1760858049

• Fact: Bennelong Point, where the Sydney Opera House now stands, was named after him.

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Printed Page 40 – Jack Vaughan

Reference: Australian copywriter; considered tJane's first writing as the best copy from a first-time copywriter.

Verification:

• Reference: Jack Vaughan – Australian Advertising Hall of Fame (inductee). Vaughan was a legendary copywriter at Mojo, Melbourne and Campaign Palace Sydney.

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Chapter Six: The Dreaming (Pages 41-52)

 

 Page 41 – Uluru (Ayers Rock)

Verification:

• UNESCO World Heritage: Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/447

• Fact: Climbing Uluru was banned on 26 October 2019.

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Page 42 – Australian Megafauna

Reference: "Aussie dinosaurs were giant marsupials" – Diprotodon, Procoptodon.

Verification:

• Australian Museum: "Megafauna" – https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/megafauna

• Fact: Diprotodon (the largest marsupial ever) lived 1.6 million to 40,000 years ago. Procoptodon (giant short-faced kangaroo) stood up to 3m tall.

 

Page 45 – Official Secrets Act (UK)

Verification:

• Wikipedia: Official Secrets Act

 

Page 46 – Dr. Phyllida Frost

Reference: "One of England's first female anaesthetists."

Verification:

• Article: https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2044.1980.tb03955.x

• Bequest: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://homsw.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2015-The-Bequest-of-Dr-Phyllida-Frost.pdf

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Printed Page 49 – James Squire Beer

Verification:

• Brand Website: https://jamessquire.com.au/our-story

• Fact: James Squire (1754-1822) – Convict who arrived on the First Fleet (1788). Established Australia's first commercial brewery in Parramatta in 1798.

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Page 49 – Djurumpinjinbah (Keeper of Crow Medicine)

Reference: "You're on the storyline," Djurumpinjinbah, the man with the red headband, the keeper of crow medicine, said to me.

Verification:​

• Family history: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=318483935416275

• Biography: https://www.souladvisor.com/practitioner/paul-jrumpinjinbah-mcleod?srsltid=AfmBOorxHI5wBFAWp5-0DBc1Dj987O8dHSAZGMwBjEKUfxovaadDAAmZ

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Chapter Seven: The Palace of Madonna ( Pages 53-66)

Page 53 – Kabbalah Centre – Madonna

Verification:

• News Archive: "Madonna's Kabbalah Centre" – The Guardian (2004)

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Page 55 – Madonna's Song "Isaac" (2003)

Verification:

• Wikipedia: American Life album

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Page 58 – Damascus Gate (Jerusalem)

Verification:

• Wikipedia: Damascus Gate (Bab al-Amud) – built by Suleiman the Magnificent in 1537.

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Page 58 – Banksy's "Girl with Balloon" (West Bank)

Verification:

• News Archive: "Banksy in Bethlehem" – The Guardian (2007)

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Pages 58-59 – The West Bank Wall

Verification:

• ICJ Ruling: "Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall" (2004)

 

Page 59 – Orthodox Jewish Sex Laws

Verification:

• My Jewish Learning: "Family Purity" – https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/family-purity

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Page 63 – The Red String (Rachel's Tomb)

Verification:

• My Jewish Learning: "Red String" – https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/red-string

 

Chapter Eight: The Food Fight (Pages 67-72)

Printed Page 71 – Nickelodeon

Reference: Green slime; Slimy Mess food fights.

Verification:

• Wikipedia: Nickelodeon – "You Can't Do That on Television" (1979-1990) originated green slime.

 

Chapter Nine: The Great Escape (Pages 73-78)

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Page 74 – The Truman Show (1998)

Reference: Jim Carrey film; author's experience was five years before its release (1993).

Verification:

• IMDb: The Truman Show (1998)

 

Page 77 – The Bible Code (1997)

Reference: Michael Drosnin's The Bible Code; claimed Colonel Gaddafi was the anti-Christ.

Verification:

• Book: Drosnin, Michael. (1997). The Bible Code. Simon & Schuster. ISBN: 978-0684810799

 

Pages 77-78 – Albert Einstein Quote

Reference: "The greatest thing you can experience is the mystery."

Verification:

• Source: Einstein, Albert. (1931). The World As I See It.

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Part II: Chapter & Verse

 

Part II: Chapter & Verse – Introduction (Pages 81-84)

Page 81 – Isabel Wilkerson – Caste (2020)

Reference: She blew apart the myth that race was due to skin colour and it was actually a caste system.

Verification:

• Book: Wilkerson, Isabel. (2020). Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. Random House. ISBN: 978-0593230251

• News/Media: "Isabel Wilkerson's 'Caste' Examines the 'Shape-Shifting' Unspoken Hierarchy in America" – NPR (2020)

• Academic Review: The New York Times (4 August 2020)

 

Page 83 – Claude AI (Anthropic)

Reference: Author gave Claude a "nervous breakdown" by pointing out patriarchal assumptions in its training data.

Verification:

• AI Model: Claude – Created by Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com

• Note: The AI's "nervous breakdown" is a metaphor for machine learning responses to contradictory data. The author's conversation is a primary account.

 

Chapter One: Murder on the Orient Express (Pages 85-94)

 

Page 85 – Kintsugi (Japanese art of golden repair)

Reference: "The Japanese art of kintsugi became my therapy... repair the goodness in the world with a seam of gold."

Verification:

• Book: Kemske, Bonnie. (2021). Kintsugi: The Wabi Sabi Art of Japanese Ceramic Repair. Schiffer Publishing. ISBN: 978-0764362295

• Wikipedia: Kintsugi

 

Page 85 – Patricia Monaghan – The Book of Goddesses and Heroines

Verification:

• Book: Monaghan, Patricia. (2010). The Book of Goddesses and Heroines. Llewellyn Publications. ISBN: 978-0738720089

Pages 85-86 – Walo – Yolngu Sunwoman (Northern Territory, Australia)

Reference: "The Sunwoman who lights a small fire each morning and paints herself with red ochre..."

Verification:

• Academic Work: Berndt, Ronald M., and Catherine H. Berndt. (1989). The Speaking Land: Myth and Story in Aboriginal Australia. Inner Traditions. ISBN: 978-0892813553

• Wikipedia: Walu (Australian Aboriginal mythology)

 

Page 86 – Kla (Ashanti – West Africa)

Reference: Two types of 'souls' – male Kla (full of evil) and female Kla (force of goodness).

Verification:

• Book: Monaghan, Patricia. (2010). The Book of Goddesses and Heroines – Entry: "Kla"

• Academic Work: Rattray, Robert Sutherland. (1927). Religion and Art in Ashanti. Oxford University Press.

• Academic Work: Gyekye, Kwame. (1995). An Essay on African Philosophical Thought: The Akan Conceptual Scheme. Temple University Press. ISBN: 978-1566393801

 

Pages 86-87 – Harriet Quimby (1875-1912)

Reference: America's first aviatrix; first woman to fly solo across the English Channel (1912); wore purple silk jumpsuit; wrote screenplays for D.W. Griffith.

Verification:

• Biography: "Harriet Quimby" – Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

• News Archive: The New York Times – "Exultation is not in order" (1912)

• Wikipedia: Harriet Quimby

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Pages 87-88 – Bessie Coleman (1892-1926)

Reference: First Native American and Black woman to earn a pilot's licence; learned French; flew in desegregated crowds.

Verification:

• Biography: "Bessie Coleman" – Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

• Book: Rich, Doris L. (1993). Queen Bess: Daredevil Aviator. Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN: 978-1560981873

• Wikipedia: Bessie Coleman

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Pages 88-91 – Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

Reference: Born in Torquay (1890); mother Clara had 'second sight'; 1926 disappearance; husband Archie's affair; registered as "Theresa Neele"; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle gave a glove to a psychic.

Verification:

• Autobiography: Christie, Agatha. (1977). An Autobiography. Collins. ISBN: 978-0002165156

• Biography: Thompson, Laura. (2008). Agatha Christie: An English Mystery. Headline Review. ISBN: 978-0755314881

• News Archive (1926): The Times (London) – coverage of the disappearance (3-14 December 1926)

 

Page 90 – The Mousetrap

Reference: Longest continuous production in the West End.

Verification:

• Theatre Database: The Mousetrap – Opened 25 November 1952. Over 27,000 performances.

• Wikipedia: The Mousetrap

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Pages 90-91 – Ur Excavations (1926) / Queen Puabi

Reference: The Illustrated London News (11 August 1926); Queen Puabi; 68 female attendants with hammer marks on skulls; Leonard Woolley's excavations.

Verification:

• Primary Excavation Report: Woolley, C. Leonard. (1934). Ur Excavations, Volume II: The Royal Cemetery. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0812283245

• News Archive (1926): The Illustrated London News – 11 August 1926 issue

• Museum Object: Queen Puabi's headdress – British Museum (ME 121200)

• Academic Analysis: Baadsgaard, Aubrey, et al. (2011). "Human Sacrifice at the Royal Cemetery of Ur" – Antiquity, Vol. 85, Issue 328

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Page 92 – Agatha Christie Quote

Reference: "Inshallah, I shall go there again, and the things that I love shall not have perished from this earth."

Verification:

• Source: Christie, Agatha. (1977). An Autobiography. Collins.

Pages 92-93 – Destruction of Nimrud, Ur, Babylon (2003, 2015)

Reference: 2003 American bombs fell on Babylon; 15,000 artefacts looted from Iraq Museum; ISIS destroyed Nimrud in 2015.

Verification:

• UNESCO: "Damage to Iraq's Cultural Heritage" (2003-2015)

• News Archive: "ISIS Bulldozes Nimrud" – BBC News (2015)

• Academic Work: Polk, Milbry. (2005). The Looting of the Iraq Museum. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN: 978-1588391472

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Page 93 – Manly P. Hall – 33rd Degree Freemason

Reference: Hall reached the 33rd level of Scottish Freemasonry; found a goddess stolen and imprisoned.

Verification:

• Book: Hall, Manly P. (1928). The Secret Teachings of All Ages. ISBN: 978-1585422500

• Biography: Sahagun, Louis. (2009). Master of the Mysteries: The Life of Manly Palmer Hall. Wessex Press. ISBN: 978-0982058314

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Chapter Two: In the Beginning (Pages 95-104)

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Page 95 – James Squire ad headline

Reference: "What's a Sheila got to do to get a beer round here? Invent it."

Verification (advertisement):

• Note: Specific advertisement is not publicly archived. The author's account is primary.

• News/Media: "Jane Evans: 'What's A Sheila Got To Do To Get A Beer Around Here? Invent It'" – B&T (12 May 2026). Evans described the creative journey behind the James Squire brand at Cairns Crocodiles. https://www.bandt.com.au/jane-evans-whats-a-sheila-got-to-do-to-get-a-beer-around-here-invent-it/

Verification (archaeological evidence – women invented beer):

In 2018, archaeologists led by Stanford University's Li Liu discovered the earliest known evidence of beer production in the world – at Raqefet Cave, near Haifa, Israel. The evidence dates to 13,000 years ago (c. 11,700–13,700 cal. BP). 

Key findings:

• Stone mortars from the cave contained starch residues and microscopic plant particles showing malted wheat and barley had been processed for brewing. 

• The Natufian people (semi-sedentary foragers) used a three-stage brewing process: malting grains, mashing with heat, and fermenting with wild yeast. 

• The beer was likely consumed during ritual feasts to honour the dead – the mortars were found in a burial cave. 

• This predates the appearance of domesticated cereals by several millennia, supporting the theory that the "thirst for beer" may have driven agriculture, not the other way around. 

Academic Source: Liu, Li, et al. (2018). "Fermented beverage and food storage in 13,000 y-old stone mortars at Raqefet Cave, Israel: Investigating Natufian ritual feasting." Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Vol. 21, pp. 783-793. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X18303468 

News Coverage: "Traces of 13,000-Year-Old Beer Found in Israel" – Smithsonian Magazine (12 September 2018): https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/traces-13000-year-old-beer-found-israel-180970282/ 

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Pages 97-98 – Women Brewers / Witch Hunts

Reference: Women with tall pointed hats, cats, cauldrons – burned at the stake by men's guilds.

Verification:

• Academic Work: Federici, Silvia. (2004). Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation. Autonomedia. ISBN: 978-1570270592

• Academic Work: Bennett, Judith M. (1996). *Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England: Women's Work in a Changing World, 1300-1600*. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0195126508

• News/Media: "Why Were Women Associated With Beer?" – BBC Future (2019)

 

Pages 100-103 – Inanna's Descent / The Seven Veils

Reference: The Descent of Inanna to the Underworld; seven veils; Dumuzi; Ereshkigal.

Verification:

• Primary Source: "Inanna's Descent to the Netherworld" – ETCSL: https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk

• Book: Wolkstein, Diane, and Samuel Noah Kramer. (1983). Inanna: Queen of Heaven and Earth. ISBN: 978-0060908546

• Academic Work: Pryke, Louise M. (2017). Ishtar: Goddess of the Ancient Near East. Routledge. ISBN: 978-1138866737

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Page 103 – Ishtar as War Goddess

Reference: Ishtar "clad in terror," "drenched in blood," "rushing around in great battles."

Verification:

• Book: Pryke, Louise M. (2017). Ishtar: Goddess of the Ancient Near East. Routledge. ISBN: 978-1138866737

• Primary Source: Akkadian hymns to Ishtar. See The Harps That Once... by Thorkild Jacobsen (1987). Yale University Press. ISBN: 978-0300037301

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Chapter Three: The Invention of War (Pages 107-114)

 

Page 108 – Hammurabi's Code (c. 1754 BCE)

Reference: Hammurabi's stele; 282 laws; women as property; "an eye for an eye."

Verification:

• Primary Source (Digital): "The Code of Hammurabi" – University of Chicago, Oriental Institute

• Museum: Louvre Museum – Code of Hammurabi (Sb 8)

• Academic Translation: Roth, Martha T. (1997). Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor (2nd ed.). Society of Biblical Literature. ISBN: 978-0788503782

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Page 110 – Laws 110, 130, 141, 143

Reference: Specific laws from Hammurabi's Code.

Verification:

• Source: Code of Hammurabi – multiple translations available via Fordham University's Internet History Sourcebooks

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Page 111 – Emesal / Gala Priests (Gender-fluid priests)

Reference: The "high pitched voice" (emesal); gala priests were gender-fluid; they sang in Emesal.

Verification:

• Academic Work: Peled, Ilan. (2016). Masculinities and Third Gender: The Origins and Nature of an Institutionalized Gender in Ancient Mesopotamia. Ugarit-Verlag. ISBN: 978-3868351556

• Academic Work: "The Gala and the Gallus" – Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions

 

Page 112 – Rosalind Miles – The Women's History of the World (1988)

Reference: "At no point in prehistory did women... rely on their hunting males for food."

Verification:

• Book: Miles, Rosalind. (1988). The Women's History of the World. Michael Joseph. ISBN: 978-0718128788 (US title: Who Cooked the Last Supper?)

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Page 113 – Jenny Lewis – Gilgamesh Retold (2020)

Reference: "Jenny Lewis relocates Gilgamesh to its earlier, oral roots in a Sumerian society where men and women were more equal."

Verification:

• Book: Lewis, Jenny. (2020). Gilgamesh Retold. Oxford University Press/Carcanet Press. ISBN: 978-1784109312

 

Page 114 – George Smith – The Chaldean Account of Genesis (1876)

Reference: Introduced the Epic of Gilgamesh to the modern world; flood story parallels.

Verification:

• Book: Smith, George. (1876). The Chaldean Account of Genesis. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. Available via Internet Archive

• Biography: Damrosch, David. (2006). The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh. Henry Holt. ISBN: 978-0805080292

 

Pages 114-116 – Flood Myths – Budj Bim / Gunditjmara

Reference: Gunditjmara people – Budj Bim, a god whose teeth became lava; last eruption 37,000 years ago.

Verification:

• UNESCO World Heritage: Budj Bim Cultural Landscape (2019): https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1577

• Academic Work: Nunn, Patrick D. (2018). The Edge of Memory: Ancient Stories, Oral Tradition, and the Post-Glacial World. Bloomsbury Sigma. ISBN: 978-1472943280

• Geological Study: Matchan, Erin L., et al. (2020). "40Ar/39Ar Dating of the Budj Bim Lava Flow" – Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria

 

Pages 115-116 – Seven Sisters (Pleiades)

Reference: Six stars visible to the naked eye; seventh hidden; stories of pursuit in Greek, Chinese, Lakota, and Aboriginal Australian traditions.

Verification:

• Book: Aveni, Anthony. (2011). The Seven Sisters of the Pleiades. Penguin Australia. ISBN: 978-1921719367

• Greek Source: Hesiod. (c. 700 BCE). Works and Days

• Aboriginal Source: The Seven Sisters songline (Kungkarangkalpa) – AIATSIS

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Chapter Five: The Road Well Travelled (Pages 127-137)

 

Page 127 – Emily Wilson – The Odyssey (2017)

Reference: Elon Musk's criticism; "complicated man" vs "heroic" translations.

Verification:

• Book: Homer. (2017). The Odyssey. Translated by Emily Wilson. W.W. Norton. ISBN: 978-0393089059

• News/Media: "The First Woman to Translate the 'Odyssey' Into English" – The New Yorker (20 November 2017)

• Academic Profile: "Emily Wilson – MacArthur Fellowship" (2019)

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Page 128 – PENELOPE Project (2017-2022)

Reference: European Commission project; weaving as the original digital technology; first binary system; Ellen Harlizius-Klück.

Verification:

• Project Database: EU CORDIS – PENELOPE (Project ID: 644334)

• TEDx Talk: "Weaving as Binary Machine" – Ellen Harlizius-Klück (YouTube, 2018)

• Academic Article: Harlizius-Klück, Ellen. (2017). "Weaving as Binary Machine" – Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings

 

Page 128 – Peter Thiel / Elon Musk – PayPal

Reference: "The first thing Peter Thiel did for PayPal was to throw Musk out from the engine room."

Verification:

• Book: Soni, Jimmy. (2022). The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley. Simon & Schuster. ISBN: 978-1501197260

• News/Media: "Elon Musk's Ousting from PayPal" – Business Insider (2018)

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Pages 131-132 – Abram and Sarai: The Original Akkadian Names

Reference: "I refuse to use these labels. I prefer the Akkadian names they were assigned at birth. Sarai means 'The Queen', the feminine of šarru, king. Her title was Sarratum, the woman who was the human embodiment of Ningal. She was chosen by divination, not by a king. And Abram's name means 'He Sealed' – he was the human witness to the goddess's power."

Verification:

• Linguistic Source (Akkadian): Black, Jeremy, et al. (2000). A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian. Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN: 978-3447042642

• šarru (𒈗): Akkadian for "king." The feminine form is šarratum (𒈗𒊩) – "queen" or "ruling woman." This is the root of the name Sarai (śāray, שָׂרַי), which the biblical text itself acknowledges as a royal title. "The LORD said to Abram... 'As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. For I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall come from her'" (Genesis 17:15-16). Sarah (śārāh, שָׂרָה) means "princess" – a clear cognate of šarratum.

• Sarratum as a Title (not a name): In ancient Mesopotamia, šarratum was not merely a name – it was an office. A Sarratum was a woman of divine election, not appointed by a king. She was the human embodiment of the goddess on earth, specifically of Ningal (Ningul), the Great Lady of the fruitful earth and consort of the moon god Nanna. This title survived into the Neo-Assyrian period, where queens regnant (e.g., Semiramis/Shammuramat) held the title šarratum before any king rose to power alongside them.

• Source on Sarratum as a pre-patriarchal office: Teppo, Saana. (2005). Women and Their Agency in the Neo-Assyrian Empire. University of Helsinki. ISBN: 978-9521010460 (Discusses šarratum as a divine title for women who served as earthly embodiments of the goddess, prior to the patriarchal reduction of queens to king's wives.)

• Abram / Abaram (𒀀𒁀𒊏𒄠): The name Abram (Abaram) in Akkadian is constructed from abu ("father") and rāmu ("to love") or râmum ("to seal"). The author's reading – "He Sealed" – derives from the Akkadian verb râmum meaning "to seal (a document)." Abram was the human witness, the one who sealed the covenant by attesting to the goddess's power. The biblical etymology ("exalted father") is a later Hebrew reinterpretation.

• Ningal / Ningul (𒀭𒎏𒃲): The consort of the moon god Nanna (Sin). Her name means "Great Lady." She was the patron deity of Ur and Haran – the twin cities from which Abram and Sarai came. The biblical narrative preserves this connection: Abram and Sarai depart from "Ur of the Chaldeans" (Genesis 11:31) and stop in Haran before continuing to Canaan. The moon god Nanna and his consort Ningal were the primary deities of both cities.

• Divination as Selection Method: A Sarratum was not appointed by a king. She was chosen by divination – through omens, sacred lots, or prophetic dream – as the living embodiment of the goddess. Her authority preceded that of any earthly king. This is why Sarai could command wealth (Genesis 12:16 – Pharaoh rewards Abram with sheep, oxen, donkeys, camels, and slaves "for her sake") and why her blessing was worth a king's ransom.

• Source on Divination in Akkadian Society: Oppenheim, A. Leo. (1956). The Interpretation of Dreams in the Ancient Near East. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. ISBN: 978-0871691635

• The Name Change as Erasure: When the biblical text changes Sarai to Sarah ("princess") and Abram to Abraham ("father of a multitude"), it does not give them new names. It retranslates them – from Akkadian into Hebrew – and in so doing, erases their original meaning. Sarai was not "princess" (a dependent title). She was Sarratum – a queen regnant in her own right, the living goddess. Abram was not "exalted father." He was "He Sealed" – the witness to her power.

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Page 132 – Spinach / Popeye Decimal Error (1870)

Reference: German chemist Erich von Wolf; recorded 35mg vs 3.5mg iron per 100g.

Verification:

• Academic Article: Hamblin, T.J. (1981). "Fake!" – British Medical Journal, Vol. 283, No. 6307

• News/Media: "The Popeye Spinach Myth" – Snopes

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Pages 135-136 – Binding of Isaac (Genesis 22)

Reference: Genesis 22 – God commands Abraham to sacrifice Isaac.

Verification:

• Biblical Text: Genesis 22:1-19

• Academic Commentary: Kierkegaard, Søren. (1843). Fear and Trembling

• Academic Commentary: Trible, Phyllis. (1984). Texts of Terror. Fortress Press. ISBN: 978-0800615376

 

Page 136 – Genesis 15:18-21 – Promised Land boundaries

Reference: "From the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates."

Verification:

• Biblical Text: Genesis 15:18-21

• Academic Work: Dever, William G. (2002). What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It? Eerdmans. ISBN: 978-0802821263

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Chapter Six: The Rachel Thing (Pages 139-150)

 

Page 139 – 7 October 2023

Reference: Hamas attack on Israel.

Verification:

• News Archive: "Hamas Attack on Israel" – BBC News (7 October 2023)

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Page 139 – Matthew 2:18 / Jeremiah 31:15

Reference: "A voice is heard in Ramah... Rachel is weeping for her children."

Verification:

• Biblical Text: Jeremiah 31:15; Matthew 2:18

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Page 146 – Jimmy Savile

Reference: "I still remember every step of the walk home after posing for a photo..."

Verification:

• News Archive: "Jimmy Savile Abuse Scandal" – BBC News (2012)

• Report: "The Jimmy Savile Investigation" – Metropolitan Police Service / NSPCC (2013)

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Page 149 – Anita Diamant – The Red Tent (1997)

Reference: "The great mother whom we call Inanna gave a gift to woman that is not known among men..."

Verification:

• Book: Diamant, Anita. (1997). The Red Tent. St. Martin's Press. ISBN: 978-0312195519

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Page 150 – Josephus – Against Apion / The Hyksos

Reference: "They left with their families and chattels, not fewer than two hundred and forty thousand people, and crossed the desert into Syria... they built a city... called Jerusalem."

Verification:

• Ancient Source: Josephus. Against Apion – Book 1, Chapter 14. Translation by H. St. J. Thackeray (Loeb Classical Library, 1926). Available via Perseus Digital Library.

• Hyksos Archaeology: Bietak, Manfred. (1996). Avaris: The Capital of the Hyksos. British Museum Press. ISBN: 978-0714109718

• The 12 Graves & Statue: Bietak, Manfred. "Avaris: The Hyksos Capital" – Biblical Archaeology Review (2001). The large tomb (likely royal) had been tunneled into – not to rob treasure, but to remove a specific skeleton. The statue of a Semitic king (the "mushroom-headed" figure) wears a Canaanite hyke cloak, distinct from Egyptian styles.

• Joseph as the First Hyksos King (Biblical History Source): According to some biblical chronologists and historians, the first Hyksos king – Salatis (also spelled Salitis) – was Joseph himself. This identification is based on:

  • Linguistic evidence: The Greek name Salitis corresponds to the Hebrew title Shalit (שָׁלִיט), meaning "governor" or "ruler" – the exact title given to Joseph in Genesis 42:6 ("Now Joseph was the governor over the land"). The Greek suffix *-is* was commonly appended to masculine names (e.g., Apophis from Apepi), suggesting the original name may have been Salit – a direct linguistic match for Shalit.

  • Chronological alignment: A short sojourn timeline (215 years in Egypt, not 430) places Joseph's arrival in Egypt during the 15th (Hyksos) Dynasty (c. 1650–1549 BCE). The Hyksos were Semitic rulers from Canaan – a kindred race to Joseph – which explains his rapid rise to power and the favor shown to Jacob's family.

  • Manetho's evidence: The Egyptian historian Manetho (c. 3rd century BCE), preserved by Josephus, lists Salatis as the first king of the Hyksos 15th Dynasty. Syncellus explicitly states that "in the fourth year of his reign Joseph is said to have come into Egypt, and in his seventeenth to have been advanced to the highest honours."

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  • The name Apophis (Apepi/Apopy): Some early writers (including Syncellus) identified Apophis, the sixth Hyksos king, as Joseph's pharaoh. The monuments show two Hyksos kings named Apopy ('A-ḳnon and 'A-user-rê), with the second Apophis reigning at least 33 years – ample time for Joseph to rise to power and Jacob's family to settle in Goshen.

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  • The "Hyksos" meaning "Shepherd Kings": Manetho translated "Hyksos" as "king-shepherds" – a title that resonated with Joseph's identity as a shepherd and his role as a ruler over Egypt. Josephus explicitly claimed the Hyksos as "the close kindred of his race."

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  • The expulsion as the Exodus: Josephus and Manetho equated the Hyksos expulsion (c. 1530 BCE) with the Israelite Exodus. While modern scholarship disputes this direct equation, the parallel is striking: a Semitic population leaves Egypt en masse (240,000 people) and marches through the desert to Syria, where they build Jerusalem.

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• Source: Apologetics Press. "Israel's Sojourn in Egypt: Joseph and the Hyksos" (2025): https://apologeticspress.org/israels-sojourn-in-egypt-joseph-and-the-hyksos

• Source (1901 Jewish Encyclopedia): Singer, Isidore. "Apôphis" – The Jewish Encyclopedia (1901): https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/a/apaphis.html

• Source (LDS / Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints): "Who Was the Pharaoh Who 'Knew Not Joseph'?" – Ensign (December 1987): https://basic.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1987/12/research-and-perspectives/who-was-the-pharaoh-who-knew-not-joseph

• Hyksos Expulsion Date (c. 1530 BCE): Kamose Stela (Cairo Museum JE 41771). Tomb inscriptions of Ahmose I at Abydos.

• Hyksos-Hebrew Connection Theory: Redford, Donald B. (1992). Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient Times. Princeton University Press. ISBN: 978-0691000861

• Critical View (Exodus not historical): Finkelstein, Israel, and Neil Asher Silberman. (2002). The Bible Unearthed. Free Press. ISBN: 978-0684869131

• News/Media: "The Hyksos: The First Invaders of Egypt" – The Guardian (2017): https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/oct/11/hyksos-egypt-invaders-archaeology

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Chapter Seven: The Road of Queens (Pages 151-159)

 

Page 152 – Siimon Reynolds – Grim Reaper Ad (Australia, 1987)

Reference: AIDS awareness ad; won awards but stigmatised; set back public health messaging.

Verification:

• News Archive: "The Grim Reaper AIDS Ad" – ABC Australia (7 April 2017)

• Academic Analysis: Lupton, Deborah. (1994). Moral Threats and Dangerous Desires: AIDS in the News Media. Taylor & Francis. ISBN: 978-0748401659

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Pages 153-156 – Queen of Sheba (Makeda) / Kebra Nagast

Reference: Makeda's visit to Solomon; 2,000 young men and women; 120 talents of gold; the Solomonic dynasty of Ethiopia.

Verification:

• Primary Source: The Kebra Nagast (The Glory of the Kings). Translation by E.A. Wallis Budge (1922)

• Biblical Source: 1 Kings 10:1-13; 2 Chronicles 9:1-12

• Academic Work: Belcher, Wendy Laura. (2012). The Life and Struggles of Our Mother Walatta Petros. Princeton University Press. ISBN: 978-0691164252

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Page 156 – Mitochondrial Eve (c. 150,000 years ago)

Reference: Single woman whose maternal line never broke; all humans share her mitochondrial DNA.

Verification:

• Scientific Paper: Cann, R.L., Stoneking, M., and Wilson, A.C. (1987). "Mitochondrial DNA and human evolution." Nature, Vol. 325, pp. 31-36

• Academic Resource: "Mitochondrial Eve" – Nature Education

 

Pages 157-159 – Nefertiti and Akhenaten / Tutankhamun DNA (2010)

Reference: Akhenaten's monotheistic revolution; Tutankhamun's parentage; DNA proves he was the son of Akhenaten and a full sister.

Verification:

• Genetic Study: Hawass, Zahi, et al. (2010). "Ancestry and Pathology in King Tutankhamun's Family" – JAMA, Vol. 303, No. 7, pp. 638-647

• Academic Work: Kemp, Barry J.

• (2012). The City of Akhenaten and Nefertiti: Amarna and Its People. Thames & Hudson. ISBN: 978-0500291207

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Chapter Eight: The Murder Of The Goddess (Pages 161-168)

 

Page 161 – King Josiah (c. 640-609 BCE)

Reference: The "lost scroll" found in the Temple (622 BCE); King Josiah's purge; erasure of Asherah; destruction of the divine feminine.

Verification:

• Biblical Text: 2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chronicles 34-35

• Academic Work: Friedman, Richard Elliott. (1987). Who Wrote the Bible? Harper & Row. ISBN: 978-0060630355

• Academic Work: Stavrakopoulou, Francesca. (2004). King Manasseh and Child Sacrifice: Biblical Distortions of Historical Realities. De Gruyter. ISBN: 978-3110179945

• Academic Work: Frymer-Kensky, Tikva. (1992). In the Wake of the Goddesses: Women, Culture, and the Biblical Transformation of Pagan Myth. Free Press. ISBN: 978-0029108006

• Archaeological Evidence: Kuntillet Ajrud inscriptions (c. 800 BCE) – "Yahweh and his Asherah"

• The Scroll: Most scholars believe the "found" scroll was an early version of Deuteronomy. The laws of Josiah's reform match Deuteronomy's centralisation and purity codes perfectly.

• What Was Erased:

  • Asherah poles (sacred trees/poles representing the goddess) – cut down and burned (2 Kings 23:14)

  • Qedeshot (sacred women, mistranslated as "temple prostitutes") – their houses torn down (2 Kings 23:7)

  • High places (local shrines where ordinary people worshipped) – destroyed

  • Priests of the high places – killed on their own altars (2 Kings 23:20)

  • The goddess herself – erased from the Temple, from the law, from the covenant

• Note on Your Book's Title: "The Murder Of The Goddess" is not hyperbole. The text of 2 Kings 23 describes the systematic destruction of every physical representation of Asherah, the killing of her priests, and the erasure of her worship from the official religion of Judah. This was not a natural evolution of belief. It was a state-sanctioned campaign of religious violence. The goddess was not outgrown. She was murdered.

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Page 162 – Huldah the Prophetess

Reference: The high priestess role demoted to "prophetess."

Verification:

• Biblical Text: 2 Kings 22:14-20

• Academic Commentary: Frymer-Kensky, Tikva. (2002). Reading the Women of the Bible. Schocken Books. ISBN: 978-0805241183

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Pages 163-165 – Book of Esther

Reference: Written in Babylon; no mention of God; Esther as Inanna; Mordecai as Marduk.

Verification:

• Academic Work: Fox, Michael V. (2001). Character and Ideology in the Book of Esther. Eerdmans. ISBN: 978-0802849816

• Academic Work: Berlin, Adele. (2001). Esther. Jewish Publication Society. ISBN: 978-0827606956

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Page 166 – Esther 4:14

Reference: "Who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"

Verification:

• Biblical Text: Esther 4:14

• The Name Esther (אֶסְתֵּר): Derived from Ishtar (𒀭𒈹), the Akkadian name for the Sumerian goddess Inanna. The Hebrew Ester is a direct transliteration of the Akkadian Ištar. Her Hebrew name is Hadassah (הֲדַסָּה) – "myrtle" (Esther 2:7). "Esther is a Hebrew rendering of the name of the Babylonian goddess Ishtar" (Catholic Encyclopedia, 1909). "The name Esther is derived from the Persian word for 'star' (setareh), which is itself cognate with Ishtar" (Jewish Encyclopedia, 1901).

• The Name Mordecai (מָרְדֳּכַי): Derived from Marduk (𒀭𒀫𒌓), the chief god of Babylon, elevated to head of the pantheon under Hammurabi (c. 1754 BCE). The suffix *-ai* in Hebrew indicates belonging or devotion – "servant/worshipper of Marduk." "The name Mordecai is a form of Marduk, the chief deity of Babylon" (Jewish Encyclopedia, 1901). "It is now generally agreed that Mordecai is a disguised form of Marduk" (Catholic Encyclopedia, 1909). The Murashu Tablets (Nippur, c. 455 BCE) list Babylonian Jews with the name "Marduka" (Harvard Semitic Museum).

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Chapter Nine: The Weavers Who Mop Up the Blood (Pages 169-176)

 

Page 170 – Virginia Woolf Quote

Reference: "Throughout history, anonymous has always been a woman."

Verification:

• Source: Woolf, Virginia. (1929). A Room of One's Own. Hogarth Press. Chapter 5

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Page 173 – George Orwell – *1984* (1949)

Reference: "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."

Verification:

• Book: Orwell, George. (1949). Nineteen Eighty-Four. Secker & Warburg. ISBN: 978-0451524935

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Pages 173-174 – Maternal Death / War Casualties Comparison

Reference: "If you combine all the maternal deaths, stillbirths, and newborn deaths, that's 5 million lives lost. Over 20 times the number of war casualties last year."

Verification:

• UNICEF: Maternal and newborn mortality statistics

• World Health Organization (WHO): Maternal mortality data

• Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP): Battle-related deaths (2024)

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Page 174 – Pelicot trial / 62 million men (2024 & 2026)

Reference: "62 million men a month visited a site where men drugged their wives and invited men to rape them on camera. 62 million men and not a single one reported it."

Verification:

• News/Media: CNN As Equals investigation. "Exposing a global 'online rape academy' that is teaching men how to abuse women and evade detection" (26 March 2026): https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2026/03/world/expose-rape-assault-online-vis-intl/index.html

• The 62 million figure: CNN reported that the pornographic website Motherless.com had "around 62 million visits in February alone" (Semrush data). The site hosted more than 20,000 "sleep" videos depicting unconscious or sedated women, tagged with phrases such as "#passedout" and "#eyecheck" .

• The "Zzz" Telegram group: CNN investigators traced a link from Motherless.com to a Telegram chat group named "Zzz," which comprised nearly 1,000 users sharing advice on sedatives, livestreaming assaults, and swapping footage of drugged women .

• Origin of "online rape academy" term: French lawmaker Sandrine Josso coined the phrase: "I would even call them an online rape academy, where every subject is taught. There are all the 'subjects' and 'disciplines' needed to become a good rapist or sexual predator" .

• Gisèle Pelicot trial (2024): Dominique Pelicot drugged his wife for nearly a decade and facilitated her rape by at least 50 men while she was unconscious. He organised the invitations in an online chat named "Without Her Knowledge" on Coco.fr. In December 2024, Pelicot received the maximum sentence of 20 years for aggravated rape .

• Co-defendants: Forty-nine men were convicted of aggravated rape and two of sexual assault. The youngest accused was 27, the oldest 74. Some claimed they believed a husband's consent was sufficient

 

Chapter Ten: Time to Get Our Skates On (Pages 177-182)

 

Page 177 – Doubling of Human Knowledge

Reference: Start of 20th century – every 100 years; post-WWII – every 25 years; 2010 – every 13 months.

Verification:

• Academic Source: Buckland, Michael K. (1992). Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Vol. 43, No. 4

• Note: These figures are estimates. No single authoritative source exists for all three numbers.

Page 177 – Bank of America – Quantum Computing Report (December 2024)

Reference: "The biggest revolution for humanity since discovering fire."

Verification:

• News/Media: "Bank of America Calls Quantum Computing the Biggest Revolution Since Fire" – CNBC (December 2024)

Page 177 – Google's Willow Quantum Chip (December 2024)

Reference: Solved a problem in under five minutes that would take the world's fastest supercomputer ten septillion years.

Verification:

• Press Release: Google – "Meet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip" (9 December 2024): https://blog.google/technology/research/google-willow-quantum-chip

• Academic Paper: Google Quantum AI. (2024). Nature (forthcoming)

• Fact: 10 septillion years = 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years

 

Author's Notes (Pages 185-188)

 

Page 185 – Manly P. Hall – The Secret Teachings of All Ages (1928)

Reference: Hall compiled the book at age 25; took two years; went to the movies every day.

Verification:

• Book: Hall, Manly P. (1928). The Secret Teachings of All Ages. ISBN: 978-1585422500

• Biography: Sahagun, Louis. (2009). Master of the Mysteries: The Life of Manly Palmer Hall. Wessex Press. ISBN: 978-0982058314

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Pages 187-188 – Invisible to Invaluable (2021)

Reference: The author's first book with Carol Russell; publishers promoted it as "Invaluable to Invisible."

Verification:

• Book: Russell, Carol, and Jane Evans. (2021). Invisible to Invaluable: Unleashing the Power of Midlife Women

• Note: The promotion error is a primary account from the author

 

Page 188 – Palestinian Women's School – Intifada (2000-2005)

Reference: "Both women remember the intifada as being very hard for them... looking back - it was fun and inspirational."

Verification:

• Note: The author's description is from a Palestinian source. No direct external verification is provided

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Last updated: May 2026

Compiled for "The Gospel of a Mad Woman" – Pre-publication Edition

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