Category Archives: Books

What’s Happened To The Bookstores?

Posted on July 5, 2010 by mannd

If you are a bookstore aficionado you can’t have avoided noticing how they have deteriorated over the last ten years. Fewer books, less variety, more open spaces and chairs, fewer people, most of whom are there to drink coffee and … Continue reading →

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Philip Jose Farmer

Posted on May 22, 2009 by mannd

One of my favorites authors, Philip Jose Farmer, passed away this past February, at age 91. I still remember back to the 1960s sitting in the car after going out shopping with my parents in Jenkintown, PA, reading the first … Continue reading →

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The Reavers by George MacDonald Fraser

Posted on February 6, 2009 by mannd

As noted in an earlier post, this was George MacDonald Fraser’s last book.  Fraser is best known for the wonderful Flashman novels, recounting the adventures of Victorian era swag Harry Flashman, who was, certainly not by his bidding, involved in … Continue reading →

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Alas, No More Excerpts From The Flashman Papers (?)

Posted on November 9, 2008 by mannd

A continuous joy in my life since the early 1970s has been my anticipation of the next installment of the memoirs of that Victorian cad Harry Flashman, as related by George MacDonald Fraser. If you have read any of the … Continue reading →

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Visit to the Edgar Rice Burroughs Collection in Louisville

Posted on September 28, 2008 by mannd

Since moving to Louisville, Kentucky I have always wanted to visit the Edgar Rice Burroughs collection at the Ekstrom LIbrary on the campus of the University of Louisville. As my daughter Allison is a student there, and as I had … Continue reading →

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GTD Next Action: Implement GTD

Posted on June 29, 2008 by mannd

Among my reading material while in Nice, France for the biannual Cardiostim meeting was David Allen’s Book, Getting Things Done. Somehow I had stumbled across the concept of GTD during random web surfing and I picked up the book just … Continue reading →

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“Mere Christianity” by C.S. Lewis

Posted on October 21, 2006 by Gretchen

I just finished reading “Mere Christianity” by C.S. Lewis. While initially reading it, I felt quite disappointed in Lewis’ tortured logic, twisted metaphors, and simplistic deductions. There is really a spectacular dearth of reason. He dismisses virtually all but Christian … Continue reading →

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