A practical introduction with projects and activities A little less than a year ago, a good friend of mine introduced me to the addictive world of bird-watching. I know that sounds like the nerdiest sentence ever, but it’s true. Since … Continue reading
Tag Archives: 1988
Treasure by Clive Cussler (1988)
I zoomed through this ninth Dirk Pitt book, not because I was so enthralled, but because I had a lot of travel time on my hands. This is the first “Dirk Pitt Adventure” (at least in a while) where an … Continue reading
Touching the Void by Joe Simpson (1988)
It wasn’t the pain, I felt sorry for myself, childishly so, and with that thought I couldn’t help the tears. Dying had seemed so far away, and yet now everything was tinged with it. I shook my head to stop … Continue reading
Riding the Iron Rooster by Paul Theroux (1988)
“By Train Through China” I’ve praised Paul Theroux‘s travel writing in the past (though not his fiction), and this book was in fact the first of his that I ever read. My impressions of Riding the Iron Rooster have long … Continue reading
Innumeracy by John Allen Paulos (1988)
At least part of the motivation for any book is anger, and this book is no exception. I’m distressed by a society which depends so completely on mathematics and science and yet seems so indifferent to the innumeracy and scientific … Continue reading
Alaska by James A. Michener (1988)
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“Alaska did not produce supermen, but in its formative periods it was served by men of character and determination, and it is a fortunate land which knows such public servants.” (365) This has been my third experience with the mind … Continue reading