Books

2020-11-07T11:49:34+01:00

This article from The Financial Times titled “What the South Sea Company can teach us” explores the history book “Money For Nothing” by Thomas Levenson on The South Sea Bubble. …

2020-02-10T12:19:30+01:00

Quote from the book “Soul Mountain” by Gao Xingjian. The protagonist is trying to find ancient forests and follows some biologists who are tracking and studying pandas. He asks …

2019-01-12T12:27:07+01:00

It seems that some "literary elites" feel threatened by the approach of Marie Kondo to only keep books that “spark joy”. I agree that books don’t have to necessarily give you joy, …

2019-01-12T00:26:12+01:00

Finished a second novel of Elizabeth Strout, "My Name is Lucy Barton". What a wonderful short novel full of heart and sincerity, I had to read it in one go! 📚 Elizabeth Strout is …

2019-01-11T16:07:33+01:00

📖 First time reading a book by Elizabeth Strout, finished "Olive Kitteridge". Very well written prose and amazing how she can give us such a detailed glimpse into all those …

2018-11-20T14:18:08+00:00

Via @openculture: Check out these free digitised art books from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.