I’m finally back from a wonderful Christmas and New Year in England, and after fighting through the obligatory jet lag, as well as other demands, I finally find time to catch you up on things.
The most important being the books I managed to haul back over with me, which is a veritable, eclectic feast of words, split nicely between books to reread and new tomes to explore…
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The Bridge over the Drina- Ivo Andric
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Theory of Religion – Georges Bataille
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A Pound of Paper – John Baxter
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Collapse: How Civilisations – Jared Diamond
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Guns Germs and Steel- Jared Diamond
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The Weirdstone of Brasingamen – Alan Garner
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The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame
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Catch 22 – Joseph Heller
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No One Left to Lie to – Christopher Hitchens
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Football Against the Enemy – Simon Kuper
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A Reading Diary – Alberto Manguel
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A History of Christianity – Diarmaid MacCulloch
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The Dogs and the Wolves – Irène Némirovksy
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Jezebel – Irène Némirovksy
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All Our Worldly Goods – Irène Némirovksy
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Essays – George Orwell
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Himalaya – Michael Palin
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A Dance to the Music of Time – Anthony Powell (all 12 novels)
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History of Western Philosophy – Bertrand Russell
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The Mysteries of Paris – Eugène Sue
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Tales from the Inner City – Shaun Tan
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The Coup – John Updike
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The Essential Rebecca West
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