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at the moment
The stack of books I'm battling through at this present moment in time.
* D.H. Lawrence - Three Novellas (The Ladybird, The Fox, The Captain's Doll)
* Stephen Pile - The Book of Heroic Failures
* Ross & Wilson - Foundations of Anatomy and Physiology
* A.C. Spearing (translator) - The Cloud Of Unknowing & Other Works
* Jostein Gaarder - Sophie's World
* The Rough Guide to Switzerland
So far I'm halfway through The Fox, after having read The Ladybird, this is the first D.H. Lawrence set of stories I've managed to (finally) get round to reading, and he's pretty much my kind of guy. Luckily I have a fair few of his other works kicking about, so they'll be part of the pile someday soon I'm sure.
Heroic Failures is a collection of (mostly) newspaper articles about daft incidents people have managed to get themselves involved in. It's a pretty amusing read, but I can't think of any of the stories offhand as I haven't picked it up in while....
Anatomy - another one I haven't picked up in a while. This was my mum's old book from school, I saw it lying in the bookcase and thought I might as well teach myself how the body works. I've made it past cells etc & the skeleton, muscles and now I'm onto the basic functions of the heart. I've some way to go still (!).
The Cloud is a work by an unknown 14th Century author, and I'll just grab what Amazon has to say about it: "Contains The Cloud of Unknowing, The Mystical Theology of Saint Denis, The Book of Privy Counselling, and An Epistle on Prayer. Against a tradition of devotional writings which focussed on knowing God through Christ's Passion and his humanity, these texts describe a transcendent God who exists beyond human knowledge and human language. These four texts are at the heart of medival mystical theology in their call for contemplation, calm, and above all, love, as the way to understand the Divine. "
Sophie's World - I read this ages ago and thought it was about time for a reread. It's amazing how much of it I'd forgotten, but I'm actually getting a whole new level out of it after years of touching on religious/spiritual/philosopical writings. It's good stuff, I love love love Jostein Gaarder.
Switzerland! I was supposed to go over there to visit my friend last Autumn but never made it, but it's on the cards again for Spring/Summer, so I'm doing some research.
at the moment
The stack of books I'm battling through at this present moment in time.
* D.H. Lawrence - Three Novellas (The Ladybird, The Fox, The Captain's Doll)
* Stephen Pile - The Book of Heroic Failures
* Ross & Wilson - Foundations of Anatomy and Physiology
* A.C. Spearing (translator) - The Cloud Of Unknowing & Other Works
* Jostein Gaarder - Sophie's World
* The Rough Guide to Switzerland
So far I'm halfway through The Fox, after having read The Ladybird, this is the first D.H. Lawrence set of stories I've managed to (finally) get round to reading, and he's pretty much my kind of guy. Luckily I have a fair few of his other works kicking about, so they'll be part of the pile someday soon I'm sure.
Heroic Failures is a collection of (mostly) newspaper articles about daft incidents people have managed to get themselves involved in. It's a pretty amusing read, but I can't think of any of the stories offhand as I haven't picked it up in while....
Anatomy - another one I haven't picked up in a while. This was my mum's old book from school, I saw it lying in the bookcase and thought I might as well teach myself how the body works. I've made it past cells etc & the skeleton, muscles and now I'm onto the basic functions of the heart. I've some way to go still (!).
The Cloud is a work by an unknown 14th Century author, and I'll just grab what Amazon has to say about it: "Contains The Cloud of Unknowing, The Mystical Theology of Saint Denis, The Book of Privy Counselling, and An Epistle on Prayer. Against a tradition of devotional writings which focussed on knowing God through Christ's Passion and his humanity, these texts describe a transcendent God who exists beyond human knowledge and human language. These four texts are at the heart of medival mystical theology in their call for contemplation, calm, and above all, love, as the way to understand the Divine. "
Sophie's World - I read this ages ago and thought it was about time for a reread. It's amazing how much of it I'd forgotten, but I'm actually getting a whole new level out of it after years of touching on religious/spiritual/philosopical writings. It's good stuff, I love love love Jostein Gaarder.
Switzerland! I was supposed to go over there to visit my friend last Autumn but never made it, but it's on the cards again for Spring/Summer, so I'm doing some research.