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The Turn Of The Screw & The Aspern Papers (Henry James) - Book Review
Season 1 Episode 38
Were the ghosts real or was the Governess crazy? 'The Turn Of The Screw' & 'The Aspern Papers' are two novellas written by the uber-prolific Henry Ja…
4 years, 11 months ago
Life On The Mississippi (Mark Twain) - Book Review
Season 1 Episode 37
The most enjoyable book that I have read all year!
'Life On The Mississippi' is a non-conventional book, alternating between memoirs, story telling, …
4 years, 11 months ago
The Odyssey (Homer) - Book Review
Season 1 Episode 36
"He smote his breast, and thus reproached his heart. Endure, my heart; far worst has thou endured." If you are looking for an uplifting tale of a man…
4 years, 11 months ago
Crime And Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) - Book Review
Season 1 Episode 35
Are great men born or made?
Fyodor Dostoyevsky explores this question amongst many others in his extraordinary novel 'Crime And Punishment'. Publishe…
4 years, 11 months ago
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (Haruki Murakami) - Learnings
Season 1 Episode 34
Following on from the review of What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami, Juan from the Mere Mortals digs into the learnings th…
4 years, 11 months ago
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (Haruki Murakami) - Book Review
Season 1 Episode 33
You really get to know what Mr Murakami talks about when he talks about running. A really wonderful piece of literature which comprises a few short p…
4 years, 11 months ago
Thérèse Raquin (Émile Zola) - Book Review
Season 1 Episode 32
Is there a moral boundary that cannot be crossed, even by those who act unthinkingly? 'Thérèse Raquin' is a simple story with only four main characte…
4 years, 11 months ago
The Trial And Death Of Socrates (Plato) - Book Review
Season 1 Episode 31
Are you willing to put it all on the line and to die for your beliefs? In 'The Trial And Death Of Socrates' we indeed find someone who is willing to …
4 years, 11 months ago
The Iliad (Homer) - Book Review
Season 1 Episode 30
“Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter.”
This is a who…
4 years, 11 months ago
Tribe of Mentors (Timothy Ferriss) - Book Review Quotes
Season 1 Episode 29
Tim Ferriss, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek, shares his book a Tribe of Mentors, a choose your own adventure type b…
4 years, 11 months ago