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13 Things That Don’t Make Sense – Michael Brooks
Michael Brooks’ 13 Things That Don’t Make Sense is a an exceptional science book which is both difficult and easy to read. There are some mind-blowing subjects covered, and at the end one is left amazed at the wonder of science. Highly recommended and worth re-reading.No comments on 13 Things That Don’t Make Sense – Michael Brooks -
Mimi e Coco, Cheam Village
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Change of plan
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Having been thwarted by a power cut on the train line into London, we eventually ended up in Wimbledon Village. A coffee in the very pleasant Light Cafe was enhanced by a cheery chat with an Aussie who was reading the latest novel by Jo Nesbo, of whom we are huge fans. We then went for a stroll around the Common, from where the picture was taken.We definitely had a better morning in Wimbledon than we would have had at the Oxford Street sales!
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Banstead’s Ibis Bookshop saved
The Ibis Bookshop in Banstead , which was due to close at the end of 2013, has been saved, for the moment. Its future is assured until June but not beyond. I did my small bit to help by buying Jim Crace’s Being Dead and Ferdinand von Schirach’s The Collini Case. Best wishes to the Ibis owner. -
No chocolate in the house?
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Vinegar Hill – A. Manette Ansay
A. Manette Ansay’s Vinegar Hill is a wonderful story about Ellen, mother, wife and daughter-in-law, who struggles to survive in a family of unhappy, unpleasant people. The book will not be to everyones’s liking, but I found it a terrific read, and ultimately uplifting. Highly recommended. -
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River Thames near Hampton Court
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The best of 2013
Favourite TV – The Young Montalbano; Borgen
Favourite films – Blue Jasmine; Captain Phillips; What Maisie Knew
Favourite box-set – The Wire (what else!)Most Favourite book – The Man Who Wouldn’t Stand Up by Jacob M. Appel
More favourite books – Trans Am by Rob Ryan; Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre; Ten Stories About Smoking by Stuart Evers; No Beast So Fierce by Edward BunkerFavourite day out – Chatham Docks
Favourite city visited – Berlin. Where else!
Favourite places – Llanrhaeadr YM Mochnant; London; Yorkshire coast/moors
Favourite meal out – The Crooked Well, London SE5
Favourite nice-place – Curzon cinema, Soho, London
Favourite weather – Snow!
Favourite blog post – Happy Birthday
Favourite quote – “I think everyone I ever met named Mike was a good fellow” – David Mamet
Favourite picture – too many to choose!Saddest news – Closure of Eirianfa B&B in the village of Llanrhaeadr YM Mochnant
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High Price – Drugs, Neuroscience and Discovering Myself – Carl Hart
Carl Hart’s High Price – Drugs, Neuroscience and Discovering Myself is a memoir describing how the author evaded a life of drugs and crime to became a neuroscientist researching drug addiction. He combines this with detailing controversial research and views on drug addiction and drug laws. I was left questioning why people are punished and imprisoned for taking drugs.
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