David Coombe“Frog. The Secret Diary of a Paramedic” by Sally Gould (2025)
Ambos. “Life as a paramedic … can be traumatic, gross, dull, hilarious and magical.” A great Australian read. Just finished (from #LibrariesACT)
“A gripping first-hand account of the January 6th, 2021 insurrection from inside the halls of Congress, from origins to aftermath …”
Oath and honor : a memoir and a warning
Liz Cheney, 2023
Great to have long form writing on this. Not dated by subsequent events. Borrowed from #LibrariesACT
“If directionally motivated reasoning is like being a soldier fighting off threatening evidence, accuracy motivated reasoning reasoning is like being a scout forming a map of the strategic landscape.”
“The Scout Mindset:
Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don’t“
by Julia Galef
Lots of helpful concepts.
Borrowed from #LibrariesACT
“On Freedom“ by Timothy Snyder
Although US centric, it is of broader interest. Written at the end of 2023 it is fully relevant in light of subsequent events in US. I don’t share his confidence in a fusion energy future.
Just finished reading. In demand but quick turnaround at #LibrariesACT
It’ll be hard to park close to #Belconnen library for a couple of weeks. #LibrariesACT
Reading "Ms & Mrs Gould" and finding similarities between John Gould and (the much younger) George French Angas in terms of ambition, Queen Adelaide patronage, commercial approach, format, and even appropriation of the works of others.
Angas intended to illustrate #SouthAustralia’s settlements, scenery, First People and any natural history not covered by Gould's "Birds".
Borrowed from #LibrariesACT where it is in high demand. #S_T_Gill #1840s #colonialArt
#Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
Charles #Duhigg (2024)
Duhigg was on #ABCRN some weeks back. I think this is helpful when people converse in good faith. Hard sometimes to discern bad faith. Have you read it?
Just finished reading and borrowed from #LibrariesACT.
Mean streak : a moral vacuum & a multi-billion government shake down
In demand at #LibrariesACT but they have lots of copies to satisfy it.
#Canberra #RickMorton #robodebt
I occasionally post about my reading. (I’m a slow reader.) It’s nearly all non-fiction from #LibrariesACT. I’ll try to thus tag all future posts. Feel free to filter out, follow or also post as you wish.
Assad or we burn the country : how one family's lust for power destroyed Syria
Dagher, Sam (2019)
A recommended read from #LibrariesACT etc
https://librariesact.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/WPAC/ALLENQ/121859469/1281302,1
Assad or we burn the country [text] : how one family's lust for power destroyed Syria / Sam Dagher.
A Pulitzer Prize-nominated reporter and former prisoner of the pro Assad militia presents a revisionist account of the Syrian Civil War that incorporates previously unpublished details about the ...