A collection of essays on politics, technology, and the environment. I particularly enjoyed 'One Nation Under Elvis' (about class and environmentalism), 'In Haiti, Words Can Kill' (on the harm of the word 'looting'), 'Icebergs and Shadows' (on the civic society that endures despite capitalism), and 'On the Dirtiness of Laundry' (rescuing Thoreau's reputation).
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Owen McK rated Ragged Trousered Philanthropists: 4 stars
Owen McK rated Lost Café Schindler: 5 stars
Owen McK rated The Library Book: 4 stars
The Library Book by Susan Orlean
On the morning of April 28, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. The fire was …
Owen McK rated Short introduction to accounting: 4 stars
Short introduction to accounting by Richard Barker (Cambridge short introductions to management)
"The incomparable Rebecca Solnit, author of more than a dozen acclaimed books of nonfiction, brings …
Review of 'The encyclopedia of trouble and spaciousness' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
A collection of essays on politics, technology, and the environment. I particularly enjoyed 'One Nation Under Elvis' (about class and environmentalism), 'In Haiti, Words Can Kill' (on the harm of the word 'looting'), 'Icebergs and Shadows' (on the civic society that endures despite capitalism), and 'On the Dirtiness of Laundry' (rescuing Thoreau's reputation).
Owen McK rated The Thirty-nine Steps: 4 stars
The Thirty-nine Steps by John Buchan
Richard Hannay has just returned to England after years in South Africa and is thoroughly bored with his life in …
Owen McK rated The T.E. Lawrence poems: 4 stars
Owen McK reviewed Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel
Review of 'Secret to Superhuman Strength' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
Like 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' if it were ironic and lighthearted instead of humourless and turgid.
Like 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' if it were ironic and lighthearted instead of humourless and turgid.
Owen McK reviewed Finn Family Moomintroll (Moomintrolls) by Tove Jansson (Moomin (1))
Finn Family Moomintroll (original Swedish title Trollkarlens hatt, ‘The Magician's Hat’; US edition The Happy …
Review of 'Finn Family Moomintroll (Moomintrolls)' on 'Storygraph'
Too whimsical for my tastes.
Too whimsical for my tastes.
Owen McK rated What About Mozart? What About Murder?: 4 stars
Owen McK rated The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Wolves Chronicles): 4 stars
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Wolves Chronicles) by Joan Aiken
This novel is the first in the Wolves Chronicles (aka The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Series), a series of children's …
Owen McK rated St. Catherine's, Oxford: 4 stars
Owen McK rated What Money Can't Buy: 5 stars
Michael Sandel: What Money Can't Buy (2013, Penguin Books, Limited)
What Money Can't Buy by Michael Sandel
Should we pay children to read books or to get good grades? Should we allow corporations to pay for the …