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321 Stop Running and Start Living by Lorilee Lippincott My rating: 4 of 5 stars If you are anything like me you have a vague sense of desperation about how cluttered and busy your life is and an equally vague idea that at some point you will go about simplifying it. The problem is knowing [...]
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Then They Came for Me: A Story of Injustice and Survival in Iran’s Most Notorious Prison by Maziar Bahari My rating: 5 of 5 stars I think everyone needs to read this book in order to get a better understanding of what is behind that tiny word, “Iran”, when the newsreader says it. Maziar Bahari, [...]
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This morning I noticed that my wife and I have a tendency to stack a pile of books next to our beds. I also have a tendency to analyse people by their bookshelves. I have a rude habit of making for people’s bookshelves when I visit them in order to see the sort of thing [...]
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The Seven Deadly Chess Sins by Jonathan Rowson My rating: 4 of 5 stars A fascinating analysis of the seven “most common causes of disaster in chess”, Grandmaster Jonathan Rowson’s book, “The Seven Deadly Chess Sins” provides virtually inexhaustible material to provoke thought and study for the serious player. As a beginner/improver whose ratings bumble [...]
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The Man Who Was Magic by Paul Gallico My rating: 5 of 5 stars What would happen if one day a genuine magician with real magic came to a city of illusionists who live entirely in a world of artifice and sleight of hand? This is one of the very few books that I have [...]
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