Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 29th, 2007
Marylebone High Street is about 5 minutes walk from my home. One of its attractions is Daunt’s bookshop.
It’s a very good travel bookshop and it can be a dangerous place to visit if you are a booklover. You can get a feeling of wellbeing just by walking in and savouring the atmosphere.
As the bookmark they [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 28th, 2007
Writing about food yesterday inspired me to make sure Anthony Bourdain’s The Nasty Bits survived the recent book purge; 5 large boxes went to the nearest Oxfam shop after my shipment arrived. I read and hugely enjoyed Kitchen Confidential and A Cook’s Tour, and I’m keeping The Nasty Bits for a holiday.
Gilbert says envisioning the [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 21st, 2007
How I failed to finish a very funny book and have never seen a copy since. It’s one to look out for.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 20th, 2007
Reviewed: The Best a Man can Get by John O’Farrell. Is it the worst book ever in the English language? Read one sentence here and you will have an opinion.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 19th, 2007
Professor Gilbert reveals the Secrets of Happiness at a Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) conference.
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