Don Quixote – At the inn which he mistook as a castle - The illustrations which will be shown in this Don Quixote book series come from the hand of Gustave Dore. This french artist was a child prodigy by the age of 5 and the illustrations he made for Don Quixote editions…
3/12 – 9/12 incl. Deontay Wilder, The Visitor and Order and Entropy - Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Joe Rogan on Deontay Wilder’s Crazy KO of Ortiz Video clip at JRE Clips: There are some topics Joe Rogan can talk with some…
‘Walk Star Shares His Successes’ – Hawkesbury Gazette - I mentioned in the recent post Wet Ghost that I received a lot of memorabilia from Australia. One such item was a newspaper clipping from my youth when I won and broke the record at the Australian National All-Schools Athletic…
26/11 – 2/12 incl. Movie stars, Little Books, The Moon, The Buddha and Jazz - Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Deepfake Roundtable: Cruise, Downey Jr., Lucas & More – The Streaming Wars | Above the Line Roundtable video discussion at Collider Videos: With the…
Don Quixote – Miguel de Cervantes (Introduction) - I am currently reading Don Quixote. It was recommended to me by the bookstore clerk who stated it was the greatest book in Spanish literature. His opinion isn’t without company as wikipedia affirms that Don Quixote is the most influential…
Full Index – ‘Reading’ Posts
- Don Quixote – At the inn which he mistook as a castle
- 3/12 – 9/12 incl. Deontay Wilder, The Visitor and Order and Entropy
- ‘Walk Star Shares His Successes’ – Hawkesbury Gazette
- 26/11 – 2/12 incl. Movie stars, Little Books, The Moon, The Buddha and Jazz
- Don Quixote – Miguel de Cervantes (Introduction)
- 19/11 – 25/11 incl. Elton John, Down Under and Wild Geese
- Wet Ghost – Chris Wallace-Crabbe
- 12/11 – 18/11 incl. Meaning of life, Saints, Influencers and Virgins
- Colombia’s 5 Best Secrets – Travel Article
- Deciding not to be a bitch – The Sun Also Rises (Final)
- Camino Real (Royal Road) – The road between Barichara and Guane
- Bobby Fischer – My 60 Memorable Games (First printing 1969)
- The Yellow Book – The Picture of Dorian Gray (final)
- ‘..I overtipped him. That made him happy’. – The Sun Also Rises
- Alby Mangels – Beyond World Safari (Lynn Santer)
- Humanity and Seriousness – Oscar Wilde
- A lady of little faith – The Brothers Karamazov
- Savvy and amusing dialogue in ‘The Sun Also Rises’ (1926)
- ‘If in doubt, cut it out’ – Reflections on Ernest Hemingway’s writing
- Take a walk with James Joyce along the beach
- ‘Taking pleasure of influencing and misleading’- revisiting Oscar Wilde’s only novel.
- ‘Wickedness’ and The Brothers Karamazov
- Near death and contemplation of God from Robinson Crusoe – Daniel Defoe
- ‘A morning inspiration’ – James Joyce
- ‘Youth is the One Thing Worth Having’ – The Picture of Dorian Gray
- More on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s writing
- The Happy Prince – Oscar Wilde (adapted and directed by Orson Welles)
- ‘The Future of War video’ and Political Grace (The art of disagreeing well)
- Breath – Tim Winton (A classic Australian novel)
- Virginia Woolf’s Final Letter and To the Lighthouse
- Charles Bukowski – The Genius of the Crowd
- The God Delusion – Richard Dawkins
- Charles Bukowski’s gravestone epitaph ‘Don’t Try’
- Ham on Rye – Charles Bukowski
- Eli Glasman ‘The Boy’s Own Manual to Being a Proper Jew’
- Comedy and the Ages. Lenny Bruce, Charles Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson
- East of Eden – John Steinbeck
