I just read an awesome non fiction by a great journalist, "El Narco: The Bloody Rise of The Mexican Drug Cartels" by Ioan Grillo. Reality makes Breaking Bad look like Disney World. I miss @justjoinedtopost in these discussions.
Margaret Atwood is a great author. If you wish to read another Canadian humble low key masterpiece, I definitely recommend "Obasan" by Joy Kogawa.
OMG! Ferdinand about the peaceful bull who just wishes to be left alone and smell flowers and sent into the Corrida by mistake. Absolutely loved it as a kid.
I looked it up. Sounds like a productive read!"Dot Com Secrets" by Russell Brunson
Not sure how many people are interested in non- fiction or politics here, but I just finished Believer, by David Axelrod. Axelrod was the chief campaign strategist for Barack Obama and worked with him on campaigns beginning with his run for IL State Senate through the second presidential campaign. It is a great read and a fascinating glimpse into the world of politics, and especially presidential politics. Well worth the read for anyone interested in politics no matter which side of the isle you are on politically.
There's one book that always cheers me up, and one of the only books I could read more than once, it's "The Periodic Table" by Primo Levi. Each small chapter is a short story around one periodic element until reaching carbon at the end of the book.
It should be great, but I think you need the BBC Radio player for that, I'm not sure it's available outside the UK (Canada maybe?). In addition, that's a dramatization, and not a narration (which is not necessarily a bad thing). I think that it's such a good book, that you can listen to the radio adaptation, and read the book when you can, and each experience will stand on its own.Is the BBC radio adaptation any good? As books are difficult, and arguably dangerous to read while driving I thought I'd give this a shot.
I love Raymond Carver's short stories.I looked it up. Sounds like a productive read!
One of my favorite things about having a big library is that whenever I'm choosing a book, I feel like I'm in the bookshop again. Starting Carver's "will you be quiet, please?"
Halfway into the book I can say that I too love them.I love Raymond Carver's short stories.
Love Nancy Bauer... You should check out Jean de Baudrillard's 'Seduction' it's a pretty deep and heavy read.Been reading this woman philosopher, Nancy Bauer (few professional women in the field, sadly)
In particular --
"Simone de Beauvoir, Philosophy, and Feminism"
Columbia U. Press, 2001
"How to Do Things With Pornography,"
Harvard U. Press 2015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Bauer_(philosopher)
Can't ever get rid of books if you're an academic and devoting your life to the printed page. I own more books than clothes!In the same thread--do you guys keep the books you have read, or do you pass them on?
True words have been spoken. I like you!Can't ever get rid of books if you're an academic and devoting your life to the printed page. I own more books than clothes!
The feeling is mutual Vanessa
Have you seen this one?
I've already started adding some of these books to my collection!
He looks like he could be your evil sibling.I'm reading a novel by Nick Cave, I love everything this amazing artist does. Damn proud to say I met him randomly for a few minutes in the 90's.
You just made my day, being compared to Nick Cave is an awesome complimentHe looks like he could be your evil sibling.
You just made my day, being compared to Nick Cave is an awesome compliment