It was my birthday at the end of June, so I was generously gifted quite a few books from my birthday book list. Hence my Book Pile has grown substantially larger, with some quite hefty old tomes in terms of the subject matter. Most of them are non-fiction of varying sorts. I intend on borrowing fiction books from the library. It's an effective way of trimming my book spending. I rarely re-read fiction, so my keeping them seems a bit superfluous. I did finish reading five books in the last eight weeks which is quite good for me. Anyway, to the Book Pile.
Fractured - Jon Yates
I saw Jon Yates being interviewed on The Sacred podcast, and the guy has a decent assessment of what is happening to out society and how we might mend its parlous state.
A Birthday Present
Migration.- W S Merwin
Its a compendium of Merwin's poetry who is almost unknown in the UK, but a much lauded man of US literature. Not made much further progress with it yet, maybe writing about its state every month might reignite my interest,
Ordered from Holt Bookshop
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In my reading of Christian history and literature I've been meaning to investigate the mystic traditon, of which Eckhart seems pretty central. This book has a favourable reputation as a broad introduction to his thought.
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A slim volume of what I suspect is more an academic outline than a fully fledged book. But I've heard John Vervaeke talking about this and its seems an interesting suggestion. That the dominant presence of zombies in our popular culture is a reflection our unease with our cultures loss of meaning.
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Poetic Diction - Owen Barfield
Subtitled -A Study In Meaning, Barfield was one of the 'Inklings' along with Tolkein & Lewis. An influential thinker whose ideas and theories about poetry and language are probably more wide ranging than I realise. Want to read this to see if I can get a grasp of what the fuss is about.
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On Reflection - Richard Holloway
I've read quite a few books by Richard Holloway and often found them helpful in putting some much needed perspective around the religiously non-aligned viewpoint I have felt myself in over recent years..webp)
At Work In The Ruins - Dougald Hine
Saw this guy on The Sacred podcast and he has some brilliant ideas. He takes the view we are already done for,so its now more important to work out what we save and work with in the ruins of our civilisation. Its more hopeful than you'd expect.
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The Devil You Know by Dr Gwen Adshead & Eileen Horne
Again someone I've seen being interviewed on The Sacred podcast. I'm always fascinated by people whose job is to interact with the darker vile and unacceptable people in our society. Adshead is a forensic Psychiatrist whose patients are serial killers, arsonists, stalkers. Basicly the sort of folk the tabloids would label 'monsters'.
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Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin
I read Baldwin's first novel Go Tell It On The Mountain a couple of years ago. I thought maybe it was time to read Goivanni's Room his famously ground breaking 'gay' novel. I find Baldwin, as a writer really deep and compassionate, as an activist, well, what an orator, what a fluent intelligence. But boy is he an intimidating figure.
Devoured - Anna Mackimin
I saw the stylish cover of this book, and read the synopsis. Its set in a Norfolk commune and is a black satire on an idealistically driven style of living and how it can all go terribly wrong very quickly.
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Subtitled -A Study In Meaning, Barfield was one of the 'Inklings' along with Tolkein & Lewis. An influential thinker whose ideas and theories about poetry and language are probably more wide ranging than I realise. Want to read this to see if I can get a grasp of what the fuss is about.
A Birthday Present
I've read quite a few books by Richard Holloway and often found them helpful in putting some much needed perspective around the religiously non-aligned viewpoint I have felt myself in over recent years.
Stumbled across this in Book Hive, Aylsham
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Ceilings - Zuzana Brabcova
I was in my favourite independent bookshop, I got to a point where I'd quickly reached choice fatigue. Husband found this book and thrust it before me, saying I think you might like this. I read the synopsis and thought, he may well be right.
A Book Hive Norwich purchase.
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I was in my favourite independent bookshop, I got to a point where I'd quickly reached choice fatigue. Husband found this book and thrust it before me, saying I think you might like this. I read the synopsis and thought, he may well be right.
A Book Hive Norwich purchase.
.webp)
Saw this guy on The Sacred podcast and he has some brilliant ideas. He takes the view we are already done for,so its now more important to work out what we save and work with in the ruins of our civilisation. Its more hopeful than you'd expect.
A Birthday Present
.webp)
Again someone I've seen being interviewed on The Sacred podcast. I'm always fascinated by people whose job is to interact with the darker vile and unacceptable people in our society. Adshead is a forensic Psychiatrist whose patients are serial killers, arsonists, stalkers. Basicly the sort of folk the tabloids would label 'monsters'.
A Birthday Present
I read Baldwin's first novel Go Tell It On The Mountain a couple of years ago. I thought maybe it was time to read Goivanni's Room his famously ground breaking 'gay' novel. I find Baldwin, as a writer really deep and compassionate, as an activist, well, what an orator, what a fluent intelligence. But boy is he an intimidating figure.
Purchased from Waterstones in Norwich, a freeby on my loyalty card.
I saw the stylish cover of this book, and read the synopsis. Its set in a Norfolk commune and is a black satire on an idealistically driven style of living and how it can all go terribly wrong very quickly.
Bought from Book Hive, Aylsham
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