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We are artist and sailors, and have been living, and working from our sailboat since …
Thank you Dev and Rek. Reading about your journey helped me get through the little blizzard that struck me this winter
I decided to read this before any of the first-hand accounts from Ibn Battuta or al-Masudi and I feel much of the wonder has been stripped from those travels by Fauvelle's terse summaries and irritating use of rhetorical questions. Nonetheless, an absolutely fascinating and under-studied part of human history.
The first few chapters of this feel oddly reminiscent of Stanislaw Lem's Fiasco. However, for better or worse the world has gradually become less fantastic in the chapters that follow.
When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting …
Sheldrake's exploration of mycology and all things adjacent goaded me into numerous little experiments-- mushroom growing, starting up the cider press again, looking for fungus in new places in relation to the trees. The book is full of tangents and somewhat out-there philosophy-- much like the kinds of conversations one would have with an old friend while you're tripping. I think what really delivered this book in its fullness was the voice of Sheldrake. He knows best how to annunciate his prose and make it digestible to a novice audience. That smooth british voice makes me question my sexuality. Highly recommended to anyone who thinks nature is neat
Not only a primer on the types of games played over the years, the origin of our gambling laws, and the great names of gambling history, this book shares colorful vignettes of how the games were played all around the country. Devoid of political grandstanding or moral judgements, this book brings together first-hand accounts as well as deeply researched facts to give viewports into the undersides of early American cities-- New Orleans, Chicago, Natchez, Cincinnati while being deeply entertaining. Not sure which I liked more-- the book or the bibliography
