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The School of Life

The School of Life

Posted October 19, 2016 by @amanhimself in Book List, Books / 0 Comments

Recently, a I came across an YouTube channel: The School of Life while browsing YouTube for videos on Stoicism. I was astonished by the content in the channel and variety of topics it consists with enough focus on graphics. It might be not new to many of you but I say its worth of checking out if you are hearing it for the first time. After some time, browsing through their videos and stuff I went to their website and to satisfy my curiosity to know more. Looks like they have a dozen books published under the succession of The School of Life. You can check the list of books published by them here on Goodreads.com.

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Let's Read James Patterson

Let's Read James Patterson

Posted July 19, 2016 by @amanhimself in Book List, Books / 0 Comments

James Patterson is  a machine when comes to writing and publishing books. For almost half a year, one or the other from his books is on New York Times Bestseller List. People read him. His books are fast paced and you can manage to read one of them while traveling to your work in day or two (assuming the distance between your work and where you live is nearly 2 hours) or if you want to accomplish reading in shorter period of time frame and some of his books are able to satisfy the demands of voracious readers. I mean the usual: the P/PC balance between the plot and its characters. I haven’t ready of his book in a long time. It has […]

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A Half Yearly Reading List

A Half Yearly Reading List

Posted July 12, 2016 by @amanhimself in Book List / 0 Comments

Half of the year has gone, and we have our noses inside the books we are reading and our thoughts mingling around the books we want to read. 2016 has not been so much of a reading year for me as 2015 was. But I have read some good books and few great ones too. Thus, I am compiling a list of books that I have read this year and would like to share with you. Worth taking a look:

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4 CyberPunk Books To Read

4 CyberPunk Books To Read

Posted April 29, 2016 by @amanhimself in Book List, Books, Fiction / 17 Comments

Cyberpunk first came into existence around late 1970s. This particular type of genre share its boundaries with science-fiction from the start and hasn’t shy away from development during the time. In terms of books, these are titles you should take look: Neuromancer by William Gibson Artificial Intelligence in 1980s. Computer who can think and communicate with human beings as well as manipulate them in doing stuff. The story has cyberspace, data-thieves, samurai, assassins. This is 1980s we are talking about. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick This book was first published in 1968 and is still ahead of time. It’s an important piece for the type of genre.

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5 SFF Books You Have To Read This Year

5 SFF Books You Have To Read This Year

Posted March 13, 2016 by @amanhimself in Book List, Books / 7 Comments

The world of science fiction and fantasy is booming and I came across many titles on the internet in the specific genre(s) but only few grabbed my attention. This Census-Taker by China Miéville Blurb:  After witnessing a profoundly traumatic event, a boy is left alone in a remote house on a hilltop with his increasingly deranged parent. When a stranger knocks on his door, the boy senses that his days of isolation are over—but by what authority does this man keep the meticulous records he carries? Is he the boy’s friend? His enemy? Or something altogether other? Arcadia by Ian Pears Blurb: Henry Lytten – a spy turned academic and writer – sits at his desk in Oxford in 1962, dreaming of other […]

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5 Books on Sports I read in 2015

5 Books on Sports I read in 2015

Posted February 20, 2016 by @amanhimself in Book List / 4 Comments

Other than reading books, I am passionate about football (for americans: it’s soccer) and there isn’t a year I do not find books to read and satisfy by obsessiveness of the game. Here are 5 books worth take a look: Pep Confidential: The Inside Story of Pep Guardiola’s First Season at Bayern Munich by Martí Perarnau This a well written insight on football coaching genius. My Rating 4 out of 5 The Nowhere Man by Michael Calvin The book shines rays on the hidden world of one of the most important roles in the game of football, Scouts. My Rating 4 out of 5 Another Bloody Saturday by Mat Guy This is a book celebrating all that is great with the game […]

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5 Books on “Writers and Writing” I read in 2015

5 Books on “Writers and Writing” I read in 2015

Posted January 16, 2016 by @amanhimself in Book List / 4 Comments

Today’s book list is based on the “art of writing” which I have read this year. Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott I know, most of you know about this one, and I regard this book as one of the best on the art of writing I have read so far. My Rating 5 out of 5! To learn about the craft of writing is from the masters. Process: The Writing Lives of Great Authors does provide some insight on writers such as Ernest Hemingway, Zadie Smith, Joan Didion, Franz Kafka, David Foster Wallace, and more. My Rating 4 out of 5 The book, How Proust Can Change Your Life has the most fascinating subject: Marcel Proust. My Rating 4 out […]

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5 books I read on “Reading Books” in 2015

5 books I read on “Reading Books” in 2015

Posted January 8, 2016 by @amanhimself in Book List / 16 Comments

Reading is a fascinating activity but a very time consuming one. The time spent in reading books is though worth if you learn from the books you are reading. If you are not, leave it and better pick another. That’s the good thing about reading books. You are never out of options. So here are some books on the art of reading: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin My Rating 5 out of 5! The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs My Rating 4 out of 5!

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Best of Confessions of a Readaholic 2015

Best of Confessions of a Readaholic 2015

Posted January 4, 2016 by @amanhimself in Book List / 1 Comment

It’s time to look back upon the best of Confessions of a Readaholic 2015- ‘best’ being the composition of articles you read and shared most and those I took pleasure in writing. What to Learn from Dante’s Inferno? Read the article here The Unknown van Gogh Read the article here Marcel Proust on Reading and Dying Read the article here

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3 Non-Fiction Books I read in 2015

3 Non-Fiction Books I read in 2015

Posted December 24, 2015 by @amanhimself in Book List / 0 Comments

Some times fiction isn’t enough to get accustomed to a subject deeply. One has to read non-fiction book and yes there are some non-fiction books which are written with quality writing and posses good amount of knowledge on a specific subject. Zero to One by Peter Theil. You just have to read this though provoking book. My Rating 5 out of 5 In The Plex by Steven Levy- Steven Levy is one of the best non fiction writers. This time he tells us the working of our daily lives one of the biggest asset: Google. My Rating 4 out of 5 Leading by Alex Ferguson & Michael Moritz. Even though this book is written from football point of view, it’s good book […]

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