I heard about this book from Reddit and knew right away that I wanted to read it. I love history and traveling and here is a first hand account from a well traveled (for the times) man from over 600 years ago. This is unlike a history book. History books are the past seen through…… Continue reading Travels in Asia and Africa – 1325-1354 – Ibn Battúa
Category: Books
My notes on books I’ve read.
Lapham’s Quarterly – Night
It took me a while to get through this issue of Lapham’s Quarterly but was able to do so right as the spring issue arrived. I was looking forward to reading this issue as night is peaceful, one can reflect and it comes with its own special energy as William Least Moon captures in his…… Continue reading Lapham’s Quarterly – Night
The Alchemist
I read the Alchemist for the first time around 1996, almost a decade after it was originally published. Like many books I’ve read long ago I had forgotten most of it. It was a chance encounter seeing it featured as a book to digitally borrow from my library app and I listened to it during…… Continue reading The Alchemist
Lapham’s Quarterly – Water
It has taken forever and a day to get through this issue of Lapham’s Quarterly. This is not because it was a bad issue but rather these factors: WorkKidsKarateNintendo Reading has just taken a back seat as all the great times for reading are usually taken by requests to play for the kids. I will…… Continue reading Lapham’s Quarterly – Water
Montaillou – Life in a Medieval Village
I just finished Montaillou by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie. This took me over half a year to finish not because it wasn’t great, but because I have two young boys and thus free time is non-existent. I learned of this book in a Reddit post and quickly bought it as it is right up my…… Continue reading Montaillou – Life in a Medieval Village
Lapham’s Quarterly – Fear
I don’t believe ‘enjoyed’ is the right adjective to describe how I felt reading Lapham’s Quarterly – Fear. What is the right word if you continually want to do something yet it causes anxiety and fear while you do it? It is not that reading this edition made me afraid; it is that it called…… Continue reading Lapham’s Quarterly – Fear
Dhammapada
Finished the Dhammapada today. Here are my highlights: For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule. If a traveller does not meet with one who is his better, or his equal, let him firmly keep to his solitary journey; there is no companionship wtih…… Continue reading Dhammapada
Lapham’s Quarterly – Discovery
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. – Arthur Shopenhauer, 1851 The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it oneself to be acquainted with it. – Philip Dormer Stanhope, 1747 I began to see that among…… Continue reading Lapham’s Quarterly – Discovery