My little review of Slaughterhouse-Five, time travel, anti war messages, death, but also deep messages about war and what it can do men.
Born on a blue day
A few years ago I watched a documentary about a UK based savant called Daniel Tammet who had a unique ability to experience numbers as colours and/or sensations, a condition known as synesthesia. His name cropped up in a Reddit thread about memory I was reading last week so I googled Daniel to see what […]
Diary of a Legionnaire. My Life in the French Foreign Legion
Diary of a Legionnaire, written by Gareth Carins is the author’s first hand account of joining the infamous French Foreign Legion. Gareth, who after University worked as a trainee Quantity Surveyor was not exactly thrilled at the thought of spending the rest of his life either sitting in morning traffic or calculating how much concrete to pour […]
The Backpacker
The Backpacker is an enjoyable series of interconnected stories that keep you entertained throughout. Reading it makes you want to take the author’s lead by giving up your day job, dropping the pressures of everyday life and to start having some adventures while travelling. It reminds you that we are only on this planet for […]
The 80 Minute MBA: Everything You’ll Never Learn at Business School
Notes from the book, ‘The 80 minute MBA’ by Richard Reeves and John Knell.
Anything You Want
Notes from the book, ‘Anthing you want’ by Derek Sivers.
How to Make Money from your Digital Images
Notes from How to make money from your digital images, written by Douglas Freer. Short Summary I wasn’t expecting a whole lot from this book when I bought it as the cover looked a bit cheesy but as they say, never judge a book by it’s cover and all that. The content is superb and after […]