Thursday 16th October 2014
The few words that follow encapsulate, I think, what I have tried to say about my 'Unique View' of the World. The books below look at life that has passed aeons ago at the dawn of civilization; at a world of just under 100 years ago; and a vibrant life that has just left us and will be sorely missed.
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I would urge anyone who has been to Crete and visited Knossos to read this marvellous book, THE RIDDLE OF THE LABYRINTH The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code and the Uncovering of a Lost Civilisation by MARGALIT FOX(2013-07-11)
Profile Books. Kindle Edition.
I knew very little of the Minoan culture and early Greek history - or of
archaeology for that matter. This excellent book changed all that.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Margalit+Fox
or
http://www.amazon.com/Riddle-Labyrinth-Uncovering-Civilisation-Paperback/dp/B00IJ0M9G6/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413488353&sr=1-10&keywords=Margalit+Fox http://www.amazon.com/Riddle-Labyrinth-Uncovering-Civilisation-Paperback/dp/B00IJ0M9G6/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413488353&sr=1-10&keywords=Margalit+Fox
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I am at the moment re-reading 'Sunset Song' by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, in every way a classic.
This edition has a wonderful introduction by Professor Ian Campbell and a review of the complete trilogy ('A Scots Choir') as well as other of Gibbon's works
I urge each and everyone of you to read this book. The genius of Lewis Grassic Gibbon gives the reader a world beyond the imagination - it is extraordinary.
http://www.amazon.com/Sunset-Song-Lewis-Grassic-Gibbon/dp/B00DO8YKH4/ref=sr_1_43?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413482343&sr=1-43&keywords=Sunset+Songhttp://www.amazon.com/Sunset-Song-Lewis-Grassic-Gibbon/dp/B00DO8YKH4/ref=sr_1_43?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413482343&sr=1-43&keywords=Sunset+Song
or
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sunset-Scots-Quair-Grassic-Gibbon-ebook/dp/B00DAJ7N9Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413482626&sr=1-1&keywords=Sunset+Songhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Sunset-Scots-Quair-Grassic-Gibbon-ebook/dp/B00DAJ7N9Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413482626&sr=1-1&keywords=Sunset+Song
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Following his death I just had to read the first thing I could lay my hands on about Robin William -
It is too sad to say more - just appreciate his having been among
us to show what it means to enjoy laughter and (paradoxically) being alive...
