...... I have killed seventeen thousand, four hundred and sixty-nine enemies of the Sixth German Reich for sure, and I have..........
Rescuing Fiction | the quotable Birdcatcher | Are there any people more misunderstood than those who are solitary?
..... he and I stared at one another. Two men who despised one other, both knowing how easy murder was in the midst of combat.....
Rescuing Fiction | Dombey & Son | Charles Dickens the magician
.......this is a King Lear story, but with a different ending.
Rescuing Fiction | Past Imperfect by Julian Fellowes | the antidote for introverts and those on the spectrum who long to enter the social world
The problem for those of us who love sincerely, is that we so often fail, while those more callous and calculating so often succeed.
Book Review | State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny | five star spy novel
......a story that should interest everyone, for it's on our horizon already.
Rescuing Fiction | Charles Dickens and Nicholas Nickleby and the book that was to come
This week I finished the astonishing novel Nicholas Nickleby.
Rescuing Quotations | Flaubert and me out on the sea
All my life I have tried to live in an ivory tower. But a sea of shit has......
Rescuing the Future | The attack on Salman Rushdie | his book Joseph Anton
The attack on Salman Rushdie yesterday......was a shock to me, but not a surprise.
Rescuing Fiction and Non-Fiction | Darius Foroux and his 100 books for you to read.
What I'm going to give you here is not all of Foroux's 100 recommended books (there will be a link to them at the end), only those of the 100 that I have read, and why I think you should, or shouldn't read them. Here's my selection: (1) Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. One of Rome's … Continue reading Rescuing Fiction and Non-Fiction | Darius Foroux and his 100 books for you to read.
