The Great Wall
author: Julia Lovell name: Kim average rating: 4.00 book published: 1981 rating: 4 read at: 2021/07/05 date added: 2021/07/05 shelves: review: The Great Wall as the metaphor of historyThe Chinese walls of many names, shrouded in myths and legend, the Great Wall is a...The Poisonwood Bible
author: Barbara Kingsolver name: Kim average rating: 4.29 book published: 1998 rating: 4 read at: 2021/06/09 date added: 2021/06/09 shelves: review: Illuminating. Confronting. Well written.It took me a while to get used to the constantly changing vantage points of the...
The digital media farce continues as nothing changes
Nine Entertainment is the latest of the old media companies to announce deals with Google and Facebook. For a fraction of what they once thought they deserved, and without any of the benefits to consumers which the Digital Bargaining Code bill purported to provide. In...Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
author: Simon Winchester name: Kim average rating: 4.10 book published: 2021 rating: 4 read at: 2021/05/30 date added: 2021/06/01 shelves: review: A problem of the ages so well defined, missing solutionsSimon Winchester is a superb writer. His grasp of complex issues...The Binding
author: Bridget Collins name: Kim average rating: 4.01 book published: 2019 rating: 4 read at: 2021/05/16 date added: 2021/05/16 shelves: review: A clever idea well executed Don’t be put off by the slow, strange beginnings. Persevere, and you’ll be rewarded by a...Digital Media Code – an interview with Dialogue TV (Hong Kong)
A rather prophetic interview with Dialogue TV discussing the then not yet finalised Digital Media Code. (Disregard the video image – different story, same program.) Related reading:Pay The Bully? Townsville paper hits peak nasty as Rupert Murdoch demands...Humankind: A Hopeful History
author: Rutger Bregman name: Kim average rating: 4.45 book published: 2019 rating: 0 read at: 2020/12/02 date added: 2020/12/02 shelves:...The Dictionary of Lost Words
author: Pip Williams name: Kim average rating: 4.43 book published: 2020 rating: 0 read at: 2020/12/02 date added: 2020/12/02 shelves:...The Burning Island
author: Jock Serong name: Kim average rating: 4.22 book published: 2020 rating: 4 read at: 2020/11/28 date added: 2020/11/28 shelves: review: Jock Serong doesn’t disappoint, but…A fascinating story well told, much of it feels authentic and is well researched....Get my book!
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