Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
Not a bad read, its very very anecdotal, but thats what makes it a fun read. Dont base your life on it, but it does raise some interesting points.
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Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
I bought this book at one of the bookstores in the Heathrow airport, W H
Smith probably but it doesnt really matter, and it is a great read. Its not
groundbreaking or revolutionary or anything like that, but it is
entertaining and it does remind you to not take things at face value. In
fact all of the reporters [...]
Some fun ideas
Ive been playing with a couple of neat little things. One of them is indy.tv From the site:
“Indy is a music discovery program that learns what you like, and plays more of it. And it’s free.
Indy makes it easy for you to find great new independent music. Just download Indy and double-click: as it plays [...]
In: Books, Geek, Music
Man and Wife – Tony Parsons
Well I got about 82 pages into this and gave up. Its probably an alright
read, but it sure isnt my cup of tea.
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The Colonizer and the Colonized
By Albert Memmi.
A great read, not exactly uplifting, or light bedtime reading but hugely
insightful. Written from the perspective of a Tunisian Jew, who was one of
the colonised but whose people identified more with the coloniser, Memmi
shows how colonisation damages both the coloniser and the colonised.
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Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
A great read, this must be the sixth time ive read it. And I still enjoy it everytime. That reminds me I must buy Monstrous Regiment.
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The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
As always a hugely enjoyable read, and a great way to spend the trans tasman
flight. It certainly beats the shite that they were pretending was a movie,
or eating the shite they were trying to convince us was food. I remember
back in the day, Air New Zealand used to win awards for its food and wine
service, [...]
Thief of Time – Terry Pratchett
A great stress relief book. No real concentration involved, but very
humourous, a great way to relax before hitting the hay.
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Moving Pictures – Terry Pratchett
Reread for hmm at least the fourth time. It still cracks me up.
I need to go the library I think, im running low on reading material.
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The Guns of Navarone by Alastair Maclean
While tidying my bookshelf the other day, I came across this book, so
started reading it again. It certainly has dated, but is a good story
nonetheless.
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