Tag: reading in 2015

December 2015: My Reading

Posted by | Published on December 26, 2015

“There are two motives for reading a book: One, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.” Bertrand Russell I had […] 

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A Baker’s Dozen: Most Enjoyable Reads of 2015

Posted by | Published on December 5, 2015

Reviewing the books I read or re-read in 2015, I decided to choose the thirteen I had derived the most pleasure as a reader. In […] 

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November 2015: My Reading

Posted by | Published on November 28, 2015

  This month I have made a conscious effort to finish a number of half-read books and finally investigate some that have been on my […] 

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September-October 2015: My Reading

Posted by | Published on October 31, 2015

But only literature can put you in touch with another human spirit, as a whole, with all its weaknesses and grandeurs, its limitations, its pettinesses, […] 

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August 2015: My Reading

Posted by | Published on August 30, 2015

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 […] 

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July 2015: My Reading

Posted by | Published on August 1, 2015

Two weeks of holidays certainly provided time for more books this month than last. I continue to enjoy the pleasures of rereading and science fiction, […] 

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June 2015: My Reading

Posted by | Published on June 30, 2015

“…by writing about himself, Knausgaard has really written about them, that reading ‘My Struggle’ is like opening someone else’s diary and finding your own secrets.” […] 

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May 2015: My Reading

Posted by | Published on June 2, 2015

Certain books, though, like certain landscapes, stay with us even when we have left them, changing not just our weathers but our climates. Robert MacFarlane […] 

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April 2015: My Reading

Posted by | Published on May 1, 2015

Italy A full two weeks of the April were spent in Italy – most of the trip was spent in Perugia, a town located in […] 

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March 2015: My Reading

Posted by | Published on March 29, 2015

“Science fiction is a literature that belongs to all humankind.”  Liu Cixin March has been an exciting month of science fiction reading and some progress has […] 

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Summer Holiday Reading  →

Posted in Education, Featured, Professional development

Because in my memory of childhood there is always the smell of bubbling tar, of Pinke Zinke, the briny smell of the sea. It is always summer and I am […] 

Jonathan Zittrain: the web as random acts of kindness  →

Posted in Digital life, Uncategorized, Web 2.0

Jonathan Zittrain‘s TED talk from July 2009.  

The Web and TV, a sibling rivalry  →

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Another great TED video. Peter Hirshberg on ‘sibling rivalry’. [vodpod id=Groupvideo.1534317&w=425&h=350&fv=bgColor%3DFFFFFF%26file%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fstatic.videoegg.com%2Fted%2Fmovies%2FPeterHirschberg_2007P-embed-EG_high.flv%26autoPlay%3Dfalse%26fullscreenURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fstatic.videoegg.com%2Fted%2Fflash%2Ffullscreen.html%26forcePlay%3Dfalse%26logo%3D%26allowFullscreen%3Dtrue] more about “The Web and TV, a sibling rivalry“, posted with vodpod    

Hung Parliaments and the Importance of Literature, Philosophy and History  →

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The political uncertainty of the election ‘result’ that Australians watched unfold last night will lead to concerned discussion about what a hung parliament will mean for our democracy. There will be many at the […] 

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