Existentialism Is a Humanism, by Jean-Paul Sartre
Existentialism Is a Humanism by Jean-Paul Sartre (Please note that Sartre consistently speaks of “man”. Ironically, Simone de Beauvoir’s partner…
Tag: Non-Fiction
It Shouldn’t Happen to a Vet (All Creatures Great and Small #2), by James Herriot
It Shouldn’t Happen to a Vet: The Classic Memoir of a 1930s Vet by James Herriot My rating: 5 of…
If Only They Could Talk (All Creatures Great and Small #1), by James Herriot
If Only They Could Talk by James Herriot My rating: 5 of 5 stars As a rule, I never re-read…
Last Chance to See: In the Footsteps of Douglas Adams, by Mark Carwardine & Stephen Fry
Last Chance to See: In the Footsteps of Douglas Adams by Mark Carwardine My rating: 4 of 5 stars You…
Persepolis: The Story of an Iranian Childhood, by Marjane Satrapi
Persepolis: The Story of an Iranian Childhood by Marjane Satrapi My rating: 4 of 5 stars Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis is…
Happening, by Annie Ernaux
Happening by Annie Ernaux My rating: 5 of 5 stars “(Perhaps this description seems irritating or repulsive, or it may…
Lonely Planet Unpacked, by Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet Unpacked by Lonely Planet My rating: 1 of 5 stars Travel disaster stories were promised but the only…
A Soldier’s Quartet, by Colin Baldwin
A Soldier’s Quartet by Colin Baldwin My rating: 2 of 5 stars DNF at 58%… I really hoped I would…
Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary, by Linus Torvalds & David Diamond
Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary by Linus Torvalds My rating: 3 of 5 stars »And I…
When We Cease to Understand the World, by Benjamín Labatut
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut My rating: 1 of 5 stars This is one of…
