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June 19, 2018

Review: Sex at Dawn, Christopher Ryan & Cacilda Jetha

Rating: 5 out of 5 Sex. What a loaded concept in this modern world… And, no matter where one looks, one is made to…

March 25, 2018

Review: ‘Notes on Nationalism’, George Orwell

Notes on Nationalism by George Orwell My rating: 3 of 5 stars I am, normally, not in the habit of posting quotes specifically from…

February 15, 2018

Review: ‘The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor’, Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel García Márquez My rating: 5 of 5 stars This was a moving story, and Garcia Marquez’s…

February 1, 2018

Review: ‘Landmarks’, Robert Macfarlane

Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane My rating: 5 of 5 stars If we were looking for a new bible to guide us in the 21st…

June 27, 2017

Review: The Last 60 Minutes

The Last 60 Minutes by David McCrae My rating: 1 of 5 stars I am happy that one of the first chapters of this…

February 15, 2014

‘Cloud Road’, J. Harrison

This book started out very slow — my thoughts on its quality ranging from one extreme to the other. After all, how can we…

September 20, 2012

‘How to Run the World’, P. Khanna

“The post-Cold War era will be remembered for the rapid emergence of a postmodern Middle Ages — a world without any single power in…

August 20, 2012

‘The Living Mountain’, N. Shepherd

“This narrow loch has never, I believe, been sounded. I know its depth, though not in feet.” ‘The Living Mountain’ is a brilliant work…

June 5, 2011

‘The Great Stagnation’, by T. Cowen

I had the chance of reading Tyler Cowen’s ‘The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All The Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and…

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