Following on from Monday’s post, here’s the second half of my reading for 2011: “Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa”, Jason Stearns – A history of the Congo Wars; a twenty year conflict that involved a dozen countries and cost six million lives that [...]
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Not Enough Time? The Answer Must Be More Social Media
October 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Admin
So, about a year ago I decided that I wanted to blog my way through my bookshelf at my prosaicly title wordpress blog, Blogging the Bookshelf. But recently I’m finding that I really don’t have time to do a proper post on each of the books I’m reading as I finish them – let alone the [...]
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New Arrival on the Bookshelf: Amazon Kindle
October 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Admin, ICT, Under-Rated
Another post, another excuse for sparsity of posting. Life remains professionally intense (though interesting) and Blogging the Bookshelf has had to take a backseat this month while I’ve focused on the day job. Thankfully while my blogging has suffered, my reading time has held up well (the one saving grace of interstate commuting) and I’ve [...]
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The Searchers, 93 Smith St, Fitzroy
June 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Admin
A break in programming here to syndicate a Blogging the Bookshelf related post at my fiancee’s excellent but dichotomous blog of Melbourne’s eating, drinking, shopping and entertainment options: MEL: HOT or NOT: HOT: The Searchers, 93 Smith St, Fitzroy In a bid to save money, RM has been valianting attempting to curb his book-buying habit. [...]
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Welcome!
May 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Admin
Welcome to Blogging the Bookshelf! The premise of this site is fairly self-explanatory; I’m going to blog my way through my entire bookshelf. Why? Well at the most prosaic level, I’ve recently returned to Australia from a period in the UK. Given that this was always going to be a temporary move, my books have [...]
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