In no particular order, here are the most memorable books I read last year. They all changed me in some way. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did … Analogia by George DysonAn extraordinary journey through the differences and connections between analogue and digital – and why that matters – via Apaches, baidarkas [Aleut kayaks], tree houses, and the space race. Simply wonderful. On Trails by Robert MoorOstensibly about how and why
“Where To Begin” by Cleo Wade … that is the question … Over the course of an extraordinary year, I found myself turning to Cleo’s words time and again. Her deceptively simple poems have a way a cutting right to the core of what is truly important. “The Snow Leopard” by Peter Matthiessen On the surface, this is a travel or natural history book – but Matthiessen’s search for the elusive snow leopard revealed far
I managed at least a book a week again in 2019. In no particular order, here are my favourites: “Meaningful Work” by Shawn Askinosie In addition to making some of the best chocolate in the world, Askinosie have fed over 1 million students in Tanzania and the Philippines by feeding 2500+ students a day, they have drilled wells in remote villages, supplied thousands of text books to schools, and funded empowerment programmes for young girls
Weekly [digital] email to help navigate the [analogue] world …
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