Cheng Soon has read “Three Cups of Tea”
Title: Three cups of tea / Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin ; adapted by Sarah Thomson ; foreword by Jane Goodall. Author: Mortenson, Greg. Publisher: London : Puffin, 2010. Call number: J English 371.82342095491 MOR or J English 371.822 THO Adult edition: English 371.82209549 MOR To explorers or mountaineers, to scale the world’s tall...
Book Whisperers: Books that will forever change the way you think about thinking (Part 2 of 3)
Thinking, fast and slow by Daniel Kahneman Why is it better to be called up in front of a judge just after lunch, rather than later in the afternoon? (clue : low blood sugar) Why do we think politicians have more affairs than librarians? (keep guessing!) And why has Daniel Kahneman’s book Thinking, fast and...
Book Whisperers: Books that will forever change the way you think about thinking (Part 1 of 3)
You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You’re Deluding Yourself by David McRaney Do you keep putting off your dentist appointment, find it impossible to wrench yourself away from your smart phone to do your scheduled sit-ups, read People...
Wan Ni has read 52 Loaves
While I was researching the list of stunt non-fiction, I came across William Alexander’s 52 loaves: one man’s relentless pursuit of truth, meaning, and the perfect crust. This book chronicles the author’s search for the perfect recipe and technique for a simple rustic country loaf. His search will lead him to an apprenticeship in a...
Shirley has read Unmentionables
Like deodorant to disguise body odor, we use euphemisms to tone down the unpleasant nature of certain things we need to say. Commonly used euphemisms– “call of nature,” “pass gas,” “off-colour”–are not just to sanitize our conversations but also to neutralize negative connotations. As children, we all remember being reprimanded for not using the “right”...
Carmen has read Coffee with Dickens
Title: Coffee with Dickens Author: Paul Schlicke Publisher: London: Duncan Baird, 2008 Call No.: English 823.8 SCH If you’ve been in the know, it was Charles Dickens 200th birth day in February 2012. In NLB, we’ve celebrated it with book display posters and a fiction alert here on High Browse. I’ve picked out Coffee with...
Wan Ni has read Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Author: Jeanette Winterson Publisher: London : Jonathan Cape, 2011 Call No.:English 823.92 WIN I will have it upfront – I do not usually read autobiographies, or biographies for the matter. I am not the type who has any curiosity about the person behind a book, an invention,...
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