RE: LeoThread 2024-11-23 12:21

Two of our recommended books this week put rock music front and center: Peter Ames Carlin’s biography of the band R.E.M., and Izumi Suzuki’s novel of Tokyo’s rock scene in the early 1980s. We also like a biography of the physicist Roger Penrose, a study of the 20th-century novel, and fiction by Elias Khoury and Sergio De La Pava. Happy reading...

Article via New York Times

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adambarratt (69) 4 months ago

The 10 best books of 2024

The year's best fiction and nonfiction, as selected by the staff of The Washington Post's Book World.

Article via Washington Post

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adambarratt (69) 4 months ago

The best books for wine lovers

One of the great mysteries of the human condition is why so many people are almost fetishistically keen on fancy-sounding wine gizmos.

Article via The Telegraph

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adambarratt (69) 4 months ago

10 Best Discworld Books, Ranked

Across 41 novels, British writer Terry Pratchett released the critically acclaimed Discworld books, but they weren't all created equal.

Article via Screen Rant

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adambarratt (69) 4 months ago

Haruki Murakami: ‘My books have been criticised so much over the years, I don’t pay much attention’

As his new novel is published, the acclaimed author discusses complexity, writing female characters and meeting his fans.

Article via The Guardian

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adambarratt (69) 4 months ago

Top 5 books with a hero, chosen by teacher and author Jack Jackman

The playwright, teacher and debut author picks books that feature a hero, putting courageous acts front and centre.

Article via Big Issue

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adambarratt (69) 4 months ago

Gift Guide: 7 new books for divers

I was reading The Diver & The Cook when a friend called on the phone. Within a few moments he had said: “I suppose you’ve read The Diver & The Cook?” That’s never happened to me before, which I suppose must mean that this is a “book of the moment”.

Article via Divernet

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adambarratt (69) 4 months ago

Best historical fiction books of 2024

A good historical novel has the power to transport us back to a different time and make it seem as real and immediate as our present moment.

Article via Belfast Telegraph

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adambarratt (69) 4 months ago (edited)

Biased and patronising pseudo-analysis

JOHN GREEN points to the Establishment bias and lazy thinking that underlies a superficial and misleading picture of contemporary Britain.

Strangeland – How Britain Stopped Making Sense
Jon Sopel, Ebury Press, £22

Article via Morning Star

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adambarratt (69) 4 months ago

‘The very thought of it repelled me’: how a skiing accident left me unable to read

After suffering a head injury, I found I was unable to read without headaches, eye strain and wild mood swings – and that my condition was far from rare

Article via The Guardian

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adambarratt (69) 4 months ago

Furore sparked by Jamie Oliver children’s book cultural appropriation opens wider debate

Article via The Guardian

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adambarratt (69) 4 months ago

Book Review | Why good books are falling through the cracks

Previously, the aim was to enrich the cultural life of a nation, now it is merely revenue, hence the shortcut is the norm.

Article via The Asian Age

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adambarratt (69) 4 months ago

Fathers and Fugitives : When a Book Travels North in a New Language

I have just made my debut in the U.S. with my novel Fathers and Fugitives, a book that garnered praise and won prizes in South Africa, but has, until recently, been unknown to readers in America, as am I as a writer. Unless you live in the English-speaking world, and unless your book is written in English, you initially have a relatively small potential readership...

Article via Paste Magazine

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adambarratt (69) 4 months ago

News - Colm Tóibín’s ‘masterpiece’ named Waterstones Irish Book of the Year 2024

Colm Tóibín's Long Island (Picador), the follow-up to Brooklyn (Penguin) has been named Waterstones Irish Book of the Year.

Article via The Bookseller

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adambarratt (69) 4 months ago

📕 'The 10X Rule' by Grant Cardone

Massive thinking and massive action…

Cardone is the author of a number of books and this is perhaps his most famous, and impactful. He has also built a brand around this concept.

I was first introduced to him when I was referred to another book of his - Be Obsessed or Be Average. You can tell by the title of these 2 books the kind of character and material we're dealing with!

The book could be considered a success manual for a lot of people. It covers the most important tenets of achieving anything, not least big and consistent action and activity. Keep things moving and in circulation.

Although this concept is nothing new, we can't ignore it and perhaps need it hammered home. This book and Grant Cardone are that hammer.

You may not agree with it all, but you can definitely draw on some of that enthusiasm at least. Worth getting the audio too!

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adambarratt (69) 4 months ago

https://inleo.io/@adambarratt/book-babble-13-the-10x-rule-by-grant-cardone

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adambarratt (69) 4 months ago

📚 'The 10X Rule' by Grant Cardone

📖 Massive thinking and massive action from Mr GC.

🎞️ The Swedish Investor YouTube channel give their review…

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adambarratt (69) 4 months ago

📗 'Flow' by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

A classic in the positive psychology movement and talking about a fundamental feature of enjoyment and production… flow!

MC (as we'll call him ;)) is a Hungarian psychologist and this encompasses the central work of his career – that being a highly focused mental state, the science behind it and how to achieve it…

Flow could also be said to be 'in the zone', where time stops still and you feel yourself engrossed in a task and nothing else exists. You are in the moment and in your element. We've all had glimpses of this but it's about increasing the frequency and intensity.

Super interesting but can be a bit heavy going in places, delving into the nuts and bolts. That may well work well for some but hard work for others.

A very important book and worth a look for all… who doesn't want to tap into that state when we want it!

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adambarratt (69) 4 months ago

https://inleo.io/@adambarratt/book-babble-14-flow-by-mihaly-csikszentmihalyi

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adambarratt (69) 4 months ago

📚 'Flow' by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

📖 All about getting in the zone with MC.

🎞️ FightMediocrity YouTube channel give their review…

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lazzvi (56) 4 months ago

#Dash will soon come in to #inleo. #dash #leo #inleo

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