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A pocket compendium of food wisdom from the author of [The Omnivore's Dilemma][1] and [In Defense of …
A fun and cheeky scooter travelogue from an Australian driving from Milan to Rome on a Vespa that he bought on eBay.
Started out quite repetitive but redeemed itself in the later chapters by finally applying the overworked basic principle to other fields (police interviewing, politics, etc).
Some interesting photos, but a bit of a tedious 'look how cool me and my mates were' narrative that really doesn't tell you much about the Mod revival outside of the author's own circles.
Some interesting photos, but a bit of a tedious 'look how cool me and my mates were' narrative that really doesn't tell you much about the Mod revival outside of the author's own circles.
Could have been a good travel/scooter/history piece but suffers from Roskolenko's self-important, academic and, yes, someone tedious delivery. Particularly pompous to slag off all of the Beat poet/authors of 50s San Francisco as no one has heard of him, but everyone knows the artists he deemed hacks.
Could have been a good travel/scooter/history piece but suffers from Roskolenko's self-important, academic and, yes, someone tedious delivery. Particularly pompous to slag off all of the Beat poet/authors of 50s San Francisco as no one has heard of him, but everyone knows the artists he deemed hacks.
An engaging scooter travelogue that I found much more compelling than Poet on a Scooter. Greer does dialog well, which really helps to drive the narrative. Found it fizzled a bit in the end, but overall quite an enjoyable quick read.
An engaging scooter travelogue that I found much more compelling than Poet on a Scooter. Greer does dialog well, which really helps to drive the narrative. Found it fizzled a bit in the end, but overall quite an enjoyable quick read.
Described as everything from a "last gasp" of romantic fiction to a founding text of the Beat Generation movement, this …
Blending common sense and modern psychiatry, The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World applies …
Not sure why the Dalai Lama's name is featured so prominently in this book. Perhaps fewer than 50 pages of the book contain material directly from him and the remaining 275 pages are narrative and 'interpretation' from the other author.returnreturnWhile the book covers some interesting and relevant topics, I feel it would have been much more effective in a more concise presentation.
Not sure why the Dalai Lama's name is featured so prominently in this book. Perhaps fewer than 50 pages of the book contain material directly from him and the remaining 275 pages are narrative and 'interpretation' from the other author.returnreturnWhile the book covers some interesting and relevant topics, I feel it would have been much more effective in a more concise presentation.
