17-05-2004, 08:35 AM
Ok, I decided to go for two books that I haven't read - so this is as much an experience for me as for everyone else taking part.
The two books that I have selected are both available at Amazon, so the further flung members of the bookclub should be able to get copies.
Seeing as it is summer, and the weather has been so fine (so far), I decided on these two titles, one very lighthearted, the other food for thought.
1. A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
Amazon Book Description
In Terry Pratchett's A Hat Full of Sky Tiffany Aching--a hag from a long line of hags--is trying out her witchy talents again when she is plunged into yet another adventure, leaving home to be apprentice to a "real" witch. This time, will the thievin', fightin' and drinkin' skills of the Wee Free Men be of use or must Tiffany rely on her own abilities?
2. In Praise of Slow: How a Worldwide Movement Is Challenging the Cult of Speed by Carl Honore
Amazon Book Description
Across the western world more and more people are slowing down. Slower is better: better work, better productivity, better exercise, better sex, better food. DON'T HURRY, BE HAPPY.
Almost everyone complains about the hectic pace of their lives. These days, our culture teaches that faster is better. But in the race to keep up, everything suffers - our work, diet and health, our relationships and sex lives. Carl Honore uncovers a movement that challenges the cult of speed. In this entertaining and hands-on investigation, he takes us on a tour of the emerging Slow movement: from a Tantric sex workshop in London to a meditation room for Tokyo executives, from a SuperSlow exercise studio in New York, to Italy, home of the Slow Food, Slow Cities and Slow Sex movements.
The two books that I have selected are both available at Amazon, so the further flung members of the bookclub should be able to get copies.
Seeing as it is summer, and the weather has been so fine (so far), I decided on these two titles, one very lighthearted, the other food for thought.
1. A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
Amazon Book Description
In Terry Pratchett's A Hat Full of Sky Tiffany Aching--a hag from a long line of hags--is trying out her witchy talents again when she is plunged into yet another adventure, leaving home to be apprentice to a "real" witch. This time, will the thievin', fightin' and drinkin' skills of the Wee Free Men be of use or must Tiffany rely on her own abilities?
2. In Praise of Slow: How a Worldwide Movement Is Challenging the Cult of Speed by Carl Honore
Amazon Book Description
Across the western world more and more people are slowing down. Slower is better: better work, better productivity, better exercise, better sex, better food. DON'T HURRY, BE HAPPY.
Almost everyone complains about the hectic pace of their lives. These days, our culture teaches that faster is better. But in the race to keep up, everything suffers - our work, diet and health, our relationships and sex lives. Carl Honore uncovers a movement that challenges the cult of speed. In this entertaining and hands-on investigation, he takes us on a tour of the emerging Slow movement: from a Tantric sex workshop in London to a meditation room for Tokyo executives, from a SuperSlow exercise studio in New York, to Italy, home of the Slow Food, Slow Cities and Slow Sex movements.