Heartland

not-long time ago I finished two books about latest most important event of my home town, which was a calling it a stronghold (Festing) and defending it, commonly known as battle over Festin Breslau. Now I'm reading book about my a part of Wroclaw where I grow up, and what was in 90% destroyed as a result of said battle over Festun Breslau.

Not only is Stuart's stuff generally quite good, but The Light Beneath the Waves is especially fine. Highly recommended!

Currently reading "THE COLLECTED JORKENS Vol. 2" by Lord Dunsany. Cost me a fortune, but it's worth it.

Misha Glenny: DarkMarket. Cyberthieves, Cybercops and You.

At the moment I am slowly going through 100 Artists Manifestos, The various Dada-ist ones are great.

Kutan wrote:Not only is Stuart's stuff generally quite good, but The Light Beneath the Waves is especially fine. Highly recommended!

Indeed!

Couple books about meine Stadt and Brave New World by A. Huxley.

Currently reading I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe.

I don't read much fiction, so it's been a pleasure. I've already come across a few passages that will probably end up in my classes.

ended few days ago: Charles Chaplin: My Autobiography.
Now: J. Joll, G. Martel: The Orgins of the First World War.
(And few more in-beetween, as I'm reading two books).

The further adventures of 'Juice' Terry....

I recently JG Ballard - Cocaine Nights which I enjoyed immensely.
I don't know if he got the title from the line from "Dandy In The Underworld" but one likes to thinks so

I had tried "Crash" several months ago but couldn't get past the first few pages.

I love Ballard, Unlimited Dream Company, Millenium People, Crash, Kingdome Come.
Recently I ended reading Marcus Aurelius: Meditation, now on the list is Pierre Hadot: Inner Citadel, and few books by Peter F. Drucker.

Recently bought and took in one breath "William Bolts.
A Dutch Adventurer under John Company", by N. L. Hallward, brand new reprint from Cambridge 1920 issue.

The last ever TP book

Philip Kerr - Berlin Noir
Finished March Violets, near half The Pale Criminal and will end with the "A german requiem"

Edward Gibbon: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

you mean Gibbon right ?

iesus wrote:you mean Gibbon right ?

Yes, that's what I wrote.

Oh, I thought you said Gibbon

Gibson Squire.

Among few others:

Ben Collins - How to drive.
I must say that is well written book and it gives lot of useful information.

Been reading Descartes' Discourse on Method and Meditations, since I decided to teach them this term. Haven't read either in ages.

"Marshland: Dreams and Nightmares on the Edge of London" by Gareth E Rees

Just finished Why Your Five Year Old Could Not Have Done That: Modern Art Explained by susie Hodge, thoroughly enjoyed it even if it was a bit light on art theory. I get wound up with people saying oh there is no skill there etc so thought it would be interesting.
Currently reading a translation of Baudelaire's The Flowers Of Evil and a collection of Poems by Walt Whitman.

Chapters of the Fathers (Pirkei Avot)
Intersting taking fact that in Judaism as in Protestantism (all creeds) "holy" books are interpreted more freely by "supporters", more to be use in current Times, everyday, than in Catholicism. Yet, at some level SAMO as in every reigion.

quality observational humour and youth culture (well, our age culture now i suppose) insight as always; bit slow moving but £2 from the bargain bookshop.