A few books to read that might go on the reading list I use for my classes. Â Flesh and machines : how robots will change us / Rodney A. Brooks Here comes everybody : the power of organizing without organizations / Clay Shirky. In the beginning- was the command line / Neal Stephens. Mobilizing generation […]
Tagged Books, reading listJeanette Winterson again shows her prowess as a writer weaving humor, love, passion, tragedy, and storytelling in Lighthousekeeping. Duality is the prominent theme. The split we have in our personalities, Jekyll and Hyde, romance and science. Rather than go on explaining the book, here is a quote from about 3/4 way through: ” In the […]
Tagged jeanette winterson, lighthousekeeping, wintersonMan in the Dark: A Novel I love reading Paul Auster, following his stories as they go in and out of fantasy and reality. In “Man in the Dark: A Novel“, the man creates a story in which he is bewildered, loved, and final destroyed as he tries to reconcile two realities, and his own […]
Tagged paul austerStalking Death was the first of Kate Flora’s books that I read. This is a “Thea Kozak Mystery”, and like her other works like the others traces the thoughts and actions of a protagonist who appears in several of Flora’s novels in a series. Thea Kozak isn’t a private detective or police officer, but is […]
Tagged Books, kate flora, mystery, thea kozakSex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body Jennifer Ackerman takes you through a day starting with a detailed description of waking in the morning and finishing with just as detailed a description of going to sleep in the evening. Throughout she mixes obsrevations, quips, and the reports of scientific […]
Tagged Books, jennifer ackerman, reviewA witty and informative story of a woman who works her way up to the wait staff of a four-star NY restaurant, Per Se. This very readable book goes through the establishment of a new restaurant, and it’s striving for a great review from the NY Times food critic. The story also mirrors the author’s […]
Tagged Books, reviewMichael Pollan at Google In Videos: Michael Pollan Lectures at Google | Serious Eats : Required Eating Michael Pollan gave a lecture last week at Google’s Mountain View, CA, headquarters to discuss his book, In Defense of Food, and share simple advice about how to eat healthily and responsibly, but also for pleasure and community. […]
Philip K. Dick has left us with several good reads. I had read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, and The Man in the High Castle last year. The former deals with the future, empathy, and how humans handle the situation of very human-like androids and the destruction of wildness. The other puts us in […]
When you find a dragon in your house, do you kill it or set it free? That’s the question John Moody is faced with in Skylight Confessions: A Novel by Alice Hoffman. The story is about a family that’s trapped in their feelings and their surroundings. Hoffman tells the story using fantasy, allegory, and stark […]
I recently read Seeking Whom He May Devour: Chief Inspector Adamsberg Investigates (Chief Inspector Adamsberg Mysteries) a thoroughly enjoyable book. The setting for much of the story is a section of France a little north of Nice. WE had the pleasure of spending some days in and near Nice a few years ago, and also […]
