Tag: New York

August 2015: My Reading
The gull sees farthest who flies highest. Richard Bach As citizens of a free society, we have a duty to look critically at our world. But […]
“I am a lot better, but I had a bad fortnight with the secondary effects of the streptomycin. I suppose with all these drugs it’s rather a case of sinking […]
How much did Orwell know about his Scottish ancestry? His well-known prejudice against the Scots conceivably emanated from the distaste he felt for the way wealth was accrued by his […]
“I came back to America in 1939, in October, but do not feel that I am at home yet. New York has been most inhospitable – and I am a […]
#Bookstores in New York City #NYC #bookshops
“What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore, it […]