Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts
30 April 2011

An Easy Saturday Morning...

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The first week of Term 2 is done and dusted. I was up early this morning, for no particular reason, and decided I might write a post or tw...
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16 January 2011

"Battle Hymn of a Tiger Mother"...

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Parenting is an art form, of this there is no doubt. And, as an art form, there are styles one likes and approves of and there are styles t...
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06 January 2011

Mark Twain, "Nigger" and Political Correctness...

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I read with interest a story about a recent edition of the Mark Twain classic " Adventures of Huckleberry Finn " being published...
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10 November 2010

A Stiff-Trunked Elephant...

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In the inappropriate children's pop-up book category...we have a winner! I guess this means that I will be paying a little bit more...
14 September 2010

Confused, I Think...

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I have bought a few books in my time from Amazon and I subscribe to get updates on books that I might be interested in. I received an email ...
10 September 2010

Armenia: The Case For A Forgotten Genocide...

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Truth be told, I am packing my bookshelves into boxes in preparation for a move later this year or early next year, once I have finished my ...
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14 August 2010

Pluperfect Tense...

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I recently bought a copy of Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad. Angus & Robertson was having a sale of "5 books for $25" on their Word...
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07 August 2010

129,860,884...

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Ladies and Gentlemen, the number is 129,864,880 ! Yes, Google has determined that the total number of books written is that rather large nu...
27 October 2009

Hotel Kerobokan -- Kathryn Bonella

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Kathryn Bonella has released a new book through Pan Macmillan Australia, Hotel Kerobokan. According to the blurb on the Pan Macmillan site ...
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24 November 2008

Henry David Thoreau and Books

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How many a man [and a woman] has dated a new era in his [her] life from the reading of a book! Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862) American Po...
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01 September 2008

Moving House

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To all my 3 loyal and regular readers. I am moving house and this is the reason for my lack of postings. It is not writers block or boredom ...
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20 May 2008

Books I Have Open at the Moment

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I am a pretty good reader and collector of books! I now have six book cases that are full and a table that is stacked high with another two ...
08 May 2008

Culture Shock -- Jakarta

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I am not quite sure why I bought this book! Maybe it was to make sure that the authors ( Terry Collins and Derek Bacon ) get at least some r...
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14 April 2008

Only in Indonesia - The Bule Files

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Here is one for the "only in Indonesia" file! A book on how to catch a white bloke...the blogs have been active of late on the ...
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