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November 14th, 2017, 05:28 AM | #2241 |
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The Painted House ~ John Grisham
Bought it blind at a discount shop ...3 for $5 /£5.... bout the same I think Grisham has a hard pro-environment ecology sub-text in many of his books. And I think he links, 'old-law' and 'emerging-law' as a means to create his dramas In this, so far, it's a reflective tale of Ozarks and Mexican cotton pickers in the 1950s .... only just started it....but it's what I'm reading.... |
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Slow Bullets by Alastair Reynolds. British scifi writer who reinvented Space opera and made it good.
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If you're seriously interested I recommend the annotated edition with commentary by Peter Paret and Michael Howard; the latter also wrote one of those short pocket size introductions on Clausewitz in the series for Oxford University Press. |
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November 28th, 2017, 03:52 PM | #2246 |
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Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution
The French translation of Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (L'Entr'aide) written by Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin in 1902.
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution was republished in 1972 by the New York University Press. The essays explore the role of mutually-beneficial cooperation and reciprocity (or "mutual aid") in the animal kingdom and human societies both past and present. Kropotkin was a well-known zoologist, evolutionary theorist his ideas often challenged those of Charles Darwin.This book is Kropotkin's examination of mutual aid, a theory of social organization that championed cooperation and reciprocation between members of a species for the betterment of the group. Kropotkin's view challenged the beliefs of Social Darwinists, who believed competition between members of a species inherently promoted evolution and survival of the group. Kropotkin begins his book with an examination of mutual aid in the animal kingdom, where he includes examples of ants, bees, birds, large cats, wolves, and more. Kropotkin continues with a discussion of mutual aid in human societies, examining both ancient civilizations as well as modern humans. Many biologists also consider it an important catalyst in the scientific study of cooperation. Here is a part of the introduction: Quote:
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December 3rd, 2017, 12:26 PM | #2248 |
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Working my way through Harry Sidebottom's Warriors of Rome series of books. Just starting the third one. Lion of the Sun.
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Nearly finished the latest Stuart MacBride book Now We Are Dead. This one centres on newly demoted Det. Sgt. Roberta Steele. Like his last few, it lacks a hard edge but is still highly readable. MacBride excels at byplay between police officers and it adds much dark humour to his writing.
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A book about books
Paperbacks from Hell: A History of Horror Fiction from the '70s and '80s I got through the 1970's and 1980's avidly reading at least one horror paperback a week and this brings back great memories. What can you say about a book that has the sheer audacity to start off with a book on Nazi Leprechauns and then to try to get even more bizarre. The only problem here is I know I will want to get hold of some of these old books again so ebay may be my next port of call.
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