Category Archives: Books

Reading List 9

Posted on July 1, 2018 by admin

35 books read in the first half of the year (a total reduced by the eternal London Labour and the London Poor). I managed most of what I’d planned, starting with some continuing projects: Brontës Agnes Grey — Anne Brontë … Continue reading →

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Reading List 8

Posted on January 1, 2018 by admin

A relatively gentle 44 books for the second half of the year brings my yearly total to a neat 104, or two per week. Algerian Memory in the Flesh — Ahlam Mosteghanemi What the Day Owes the Night — Yasmina … Continue reading →

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Oran 11/30: Father Paneloux’s cathedral

Posted on October 5, 2017 by admin
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Oran 4/30: Camus’s flat*

Posted on September 28, 2017 by admin

*Unless it’s next door — the internet is unsure — but they’re much the same.

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Reading List 7

Posted on July 4, 2017 by admin

A total of 60 for the first six months of the year (helped by having very little gainful employment for most of the time). Literature Oranges are not the Only Fruit — Jeanette Winterson The Passion — Jeanette Winterson To … Continue reading →

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Gutenberging 2017

Posted on June 29, 2017 by admin

This year I finally managed to complete and post two long-term projects. The first was Pictographs of the North American Indians — A preliminary paper by the American Bureau of Ethnology, which started on Distributed Proofreaders back in 2004. It’s … Continue reading →

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Reading List 6

Posted on January 1, 2017 by admin

40 books read in the second half of 2016. The emphasis has been on “straight” literature, mainly because I’ve been working through some of the mountain of paper books which I bought in my youth and never got round to … Continue reading →

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Homer, Language, and the Colleen Bawn

Posted on September 13, 2016 by admin

Recently, the third and concluding volume of Gladstone’s Homer and the Homeric Age finally made it to Project Gutenberg. The scanned versions available online all failed to include a map which was inserted at the end of the volume, showing … Continue reading →

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Reading List 5

Posted on July 1, 2016 by admin

52 books finished in the last six months (though the number is inflated slightly by the small, if well-formed, Wildeana). Literature Girl Meets Boy — Ali Smith Between the Assassinations — Aravind Adiga Last Man in Tower — Aravind Adiga … Continue reading →

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The History of the Highland Clearances

Posted on February 25, 2016 by admin

The latest book which I’ve had posted on Project Gutenberg is The History of the Highland Clearances, by Alexander Mackenzie. This was published in 1914, revised from a first edition of 1883; besides Mr Mackenzie’s own accounts, there are pieces … Continue reading →

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