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Emma Mieko Candon: Archive Undying (2023, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)
Naomi Klein: The Shock Doctrine : The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (EBook, 2010, Holt & Company, Henry)
Rebecca Solnit: A Paradise Built in Hell (2009, Viking)

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Ross Dobson: Fired up (2013, Murdoch Books Pty Limited)
Culzean Castle and Country Park (Paperback)
Oscar Marzaroli: Glasgow's people, 1956-1988 (1993, Mainstream Pub.)

Stopped Reading

Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill: Still Game Book 1 (Hardcover, Scots language)
Nancy Pelosi: The Art of Power (Simon & Schuster)
Anna Merlan: Republic of Lies (2019, Metropolitan Books)

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reviewed Into the wild by Jon Krakauer

Jon Krakauer: Into the wild (2007) 4 stars

I think this will stick with me

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This is a story of a man with an endless sense of adventure who had 'itchy feet' and just took to travel. I'm not sure Chris McCandless and myself could be much more different. But the story of what he did with his life is something I think will stick with me and something I would recommend to others.

reviewed Irresistible by Adam Alter

Adam Alter: Irresistible (Paperback, 2018, Penguin Books) 4 stars

"One of the most mesmerizing and important books I've read in quite some time. Alter …

Interesting

4 stars

I was listening to this as an audio book, I found it enjoyable and had some interesting ideas. Not least most addicts are advised to stay away from their vice, but how does one stay away from technology?