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Category Archives: Books
Beautiful Losers by Leonard Cohen
Beautiful Losers is the first Canadian novel I read clearly knowing it is a Canadian novel. I mean I have probably read other authors from Canada not even realising it. Or maybe I didn’t. Then I am a complete disaster. … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful Losers, book, Catherine Tekakwitha, Kateri Tekakwitha, Leonard Cohen, novel, review
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Getting Things Done and a DIY filofax
If this book didn’t exist, I would have to write something like it myself, after years of trial and error. Although Getting Things Done by David Allen is a whole method, I would say I have actually reduced it to … Continue reading
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Tagged David Allen, decluttering, filofax, Getting Things Done, how to make your filofax, lists, productivity, time management
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Amazon Trade-In vs. Charity Shops
I didn’t know anything about Amazon Trade-In until I received an e-mail from them suggesting that I could trade in some of my books. This seems like an interesting idea, although I would prefer to keep most of my books … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon Trade-In, books, charity shops, money, recession
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: yes, again
I have read and enjoyed books like Ulysses, War and Peace, Doctor Zhivago, What Is to Be Done?, The Way by Swann’s (Part One of In Search of Lost Time), etc. It’s just Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance … Continue reading
Eyes watching you
Today I felt tempted to post this quote by the Siffuf, my favourite character in Babylon. It just seems a very interesting interpretation: ‘Man has a world in which he lives,’ the Sirruf said didactically. ‘Man is man because he … Continue reading
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: impressions after Part One
If you want to fall asleep, read a philosophy book. This is the general rule. If you want to fall asleep particularly quickly read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. This is my observation of the week. I’ve finished … Continue reading
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Tagged book, philosophy, Pirsig, reading, zen, zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance
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A dodgy interpretation
Mr Chaplin of the Russian Orthodox Church has recently shocked everyone with his statement that Nabokov and Garcia Marquez were involved in the propaganda of paedophilia in their books. I do hope this is just a doubtful governmental campaign to … Continue reading
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