This insight (picked up by William Gibson in his excellent The Peripheral) helps account for some of the book’s uncannily prescient moments. Mary Renault, Fire From Heaven. As an enjoyer of historical fiction I’d heard about Renault’s Alexander the Great books for a while. But I was ...
William J. FedererFederer, W.J., 1994, America's God and Country Encyclopedia of Quotations, Coppel, Texas, Fame Publishing, Inc.Federer, William J. 1994. America's God and Country: Encyclopedia Of Quotations. Coppell, Texas: Fame Publishing, Inc....
David Epstein’sRangeexplains the greatness of Roger Federer and other generalists. Well-being Why I’m into meditation Andy Puddicombe has written a great guide to focusing your thoughts. A practical guide to making life better Even if you don’t read many inspirational books, I recommendAwakeni...
Sometimes, as in the case of William’s Wife and Appius and Virginia, this risk-taking pays off in stunning returns. In the case of Hot-House, I suspect some readers would feel short-changed. It’s true, as Anna Bogen has written, that Trevelyan’s treatment of Mina “wrests from the...
On Writing Well by William Zinsser (wrote about it here) Technology Matters by David Nye (2nd time, here was my original cheatsheet) July 2015 The Wind-up Bird Chronicles by Haruki Murakami The True Believer by Eric Hoffer [1-pager] FOB by Eddie Huang The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchet...
I got this book when looking for more information aboutUnited Airlines Flight 173(the Portland, OR crash). But I got hooked by the inside view of the NTSB. It helped me learn how to really dissect an accident report. Nance, John,Blind Trust, William and Morrow, New York, 1986. ...
In time to come we may be abhorred too, by more advanced societies for the way we treat and eat other species, and exploit the natural world These slave-owners include men like the Prophet Muhammad, William Penn, the great Quaker who founded Pennsylvania, and influenced Thomas Jefferson, ...
I turned to William the Silent, who fought the Spanish to gain independence for his country, the Netherlands, during the time of Elizabeth 1. He didn’t succeed, and was assassinated by a Spanish supporter. But at the start of every day at the newspaper where I was so poorly paid, I ...
In 1957, a teenage girl named Victoria Zielinski was murdered by a man named Edgar Smith. For the duration of the 60s, while in prison for the crime, Smith wrote numerous pleas for the overturning of the conviction, including to William F. Buckley Jr. In 1971, Edgar Smith was released,...
David Epstein’sRangeexplains the greatness of Roger Federer and other generalists. Well-being Why I’m into meditation Andy Puddicombe has written a great guide to focusing your thoughts. A practical guide to making life better Even if you don’t read many inspirational books, I recommendAwakeni...