Half Earth is the final episode of E.O Wilson’s Trilogy addressing the question “Where are we going?” and it follows his earlier books “Where do we come from?” (The Social Conquest of Earth, 2012), and “What are we?” (The Meaning of Human Existence, 2014) Also known as the Father of Sociobiology and Biodiversity in his ‘Half Earth’ Wilson is telling us that the biosphere does … Continue reading Half Earth By Edward O. Wilson Goodreads 44/50
Intimacy by British Writer Hanif Kureishi is the story of a middle Aged Screen Writer. In fact 24 hours of his life as he is contemplating leaving his wife of many years and their two son’s aged 5 and 3 and move out with his much younger girl friend Nina. This is the first book I have read of Hanif and intimacy makes me want … Continue reading Intimacy by Hanif Kureishi Goodreads 43/50
The true story of the prolific book and document thief John Gilkey and his obsession with wanting to own rare books. The Cat and Mouse Chase with the antiquarian bookseller turned detective Ken Sanders. Though we all know that rare books are very valuable we often don’t think of rare book thievery in the same as Art and paintings. Authored by Allison Hoover Bartlett ‘The … Continue reading The Man Who Loved Books Too Much – Goodreads 42 / 50
How do we see memory, I am sure we all have to recollect, there is a kind of effort involved. What if remembering does not need an effort. What if you cannot forget. What if you can remember exactly what happened a few years back, on a particular day, who you were with and what you did. And like that if all the days in … Continue reading The Woman Who Can’t Forget – The Memoir of Jill Price (AJ)
Kundera’s 11th fictional work. The Story of the intersecting life of Alain, who has not seen his mother since his childhood; Ramon a retired intellectual; D’Ardelo, a narcissistic; and Charles and “Caliban” who operate a catering firm… Marking the 40th book in my 50 Book 2017 challenge. One specific part is etched in my mind with an extremely heavy philosophical tag. The imagination … Continue reading Milan Kundera’s The Festival of Insignificance
Love Wins is an interesting read. A history class of our times through the moving stories of lovers, lawyers, judges and activists who worked towards one of the most important, national civil rights victories in decades—the legalization of same-sex marriage. Written by Debbie Cenziper and Jim Obergefell the book unveils the struggles to open the eyes of a society that was hesitant to do so. It … Continue reading Love Wins: From Institutional logic to Constitutional logic
We live in a world where people have started referring to Nuclear Warheads like it is something they have seen in a movie or on High Definition TV while sitting on their plush Couches with a remote control giving them the Divine power to change channels. But we all know that’s not the case. That is why it is important that we regularly go back in … Continue reading John Hersey’s Hiroshima – “Everyone who can Read should Read”
Just finished reading the amazing journey of Stephen Ritz ‘The Power of a Plant” chronicling his mission to grow healthy minds and Schools. The book starts with the statement he made in his 2012 TED X talk “I am not a farmer. I am a people farmer, My favorite crop is organically grown Citizens.” It is not just the statement that is profound and you will … Continue reading The Power of a Plant – The incredible Journey of the People Farmer Stephen Ritz
Just finished Josh Hanagarne’s The World’s Strongest Librarian. I picked it from the Library more for it’s title than it’s content. But I should say the content is way more stronger than the title. Hats Off to Josh for writing such an honest memoir and taking people like me into many worlds that I had very less knowledge of. The book’s subtitle says ‘A Book … Continue reading Josh Hanagarne’s The World’s Strongest Librarian is a Must Read
I had not read Adam Grant’s ‘Give and Take’ but recently I watched his TED Talk and though the mention of the Book ‘Originals’ did not stick in my mind, his narrative of ‘Warby Parker’ during the talk kind of lingered with me even after the talk. So when a few days later I picked ‘Originals’ from the library and went through first few pages … Continue reading Adam Grant’s ‘Originals’ should be your first pick to read in 2017
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