Thanks to Will Martindale for gifting me this book, a thoroughly illuminating history of the conflicts in the middle east over the last 120 years. With all that is going on between Israel and the Palestinians, Hamas and all the other myriad players in this complex region and globally this book helps give tremendous context … Continue reading The making of the modern middle east by Jeremy Bowen
A charming book that a friend recommended as an introduction to philosophy. Part fictional that escapade through existential landscapes and part exposition of the beliefs and theories of philosophers from the early Greeks through to the 21st century, it’s an ideal introduction for teenagers and adults alike. Just what I was looking for to get … Continue reading Sophie’s World. A wonderful introduction to philosophy
This will be a short review of this Fantasy Novel recommended by a podcast, I took it up for holiday reading. It was a hard slog for me, 538 pages of very dense ornate prose, with a slow moving story. Sort of “Midnight in the garden of good and evil” set just outside of New … Continue reading Little, Big by John Crowley
A fascinating read about human evolution from c 12000 bc by a scientist anthropologist with tremendous real world experience. He hypothesises about the key driving forces that have really made the world as we know it today, a world largely dominated by Eurasian societies and provides compelling evidence in support of those hypotheses. This book … Continue reading Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
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