Category Archives: Books

Books we’ve read recently

Posted on 24 March 2012 by

For your interest, here’s a list of some of the books we’ve read in the last year or so, with a tiny summary of each. Most of them are really good. I’ve put B after the author’s name if only … Continue reading →

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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Posted on 23 December 2011 by

Some time ago Franci picked up a little, falling-apart paperback version of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. As well as having a pretty respectable first name, Franklin was a fascinating character in many respects. Was he a printer, a writer, a … Continue reading →

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Caring for Creation

Posted on 2 December 2011 by

My friend Matthew Bartlett recently started his own publishing company, and his first book is The Biblical Mandate for Caring for Creation by retired New Zealand minister Dick Tripp. The 158-page book, which can be yours for a mere $24.99, is definitely … Continue reading →

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Why I stopped reading a classic

Posted on 22 July 2011 by

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a classic, or so I’ve heard. It’s one of those books so great and so worth reading that no one you talk to has actually read it. A 700-page novel is something of … Continue reading →

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