GOOD BOOKS FOR YOUR WEEK-END 04/30-05/01 2011 I am almost done transforming 56,000 English words running after me, I just need to turn them into French and they are happy! So I was hoping to have some nice leisure time to spend on this blog, and then I just realized there were 6,000 more words [...]
Archive for April, 2011
16 Apr
I And Thou
I And Thou by Martin BUBER 168 p. This book counts for My Dewey Decimal Challenge and for The 2011 Non-Fiction Challenge ABOUT THE BOOK I and Thou, Martin Buber’s classic philosophical work, is among the 20th century’s foundational documents of religious ethics. “The close association of the relation to God with the relation to [...]
15 Apr
GOOD BOOKS FOR YOUR WEEK-END 04/16-17
GOOD BOOKS FOR YOUR WEEK-END 04/16-17/2011 All the bloggers I am following seem to be going through a tough time and skipping their blogging time. I am myself 8 reviews behind… I should certainly be working and translating a book right now, but I like this weekly rendez-vous and will try to keep it even [...]
8 Apr
GOOD BOOKS FOR YOUR WEEK-END 04/09-10
GOOD BOOKS FOR YOUR WEEK-END 04/09-10/2011 I can’t wait… After a nice tease, we are back to cold rain in Chicago, and if Sunday promises to be hot, it will be too hot, with thunderstorms, great! What a great reason, though, for staying inside and reading. There’s a read-a-thon organized this week-end, I [...]
6 Apr
The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore
The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore by Benjamin Hale 576 p. ABOUT THE BOOK Bruno Littlemore is quite unlike any chimpanzee in the world. Precocious, self-conscious and preternaturally gifted, young Bruno, born and raised in a habitat at the local zoo, falls under the care of a university primatologist named Lydia Littlemore. Learning of [...]
5 Apr
Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors
Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors by Lizzie COLLINGHAM 257 P. This book counts for My Dewey Decimal Challenge and for The 2011 Non-Fiction Challenge ABOUT THE BOOK There’s nothing like trying to represent the food of India on a two-page menu to raise tricky questions about authenticity and mass taste. Isn’t curry really [...]
1 Apr
GOOD BOOKS FOR YOUR WEEK-END 04/02-03
GOOD BOOKS FOR YOUR WEEK-END 04/02-03/2011 When will we be able to this on the shore of Lake Michigan?? Hiking and birding is again possible, with a few warm layers, but we still have to wait around here if we plan for some good read near the lake. So get back indoors, and [...]
