1. Subscribersonhouse
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    20 Oct '17 14:281 edit
    Originally posted by @torunn
    Right now I am reading this introduction to one of the oldest neighbourhoods in the city of Gothenburg, 'Haga'.
    https://www.vogue.com/article/gothenburg-haga-neighborhood-guide?mbid=social_onsite_facebook

    In case you visit Gothenburg... 🙂
    Nice looking town, where my daughter in law is from. Maybe I can visit one day.

    Just finished a sci fi,, Ultima by Stephen Baxter, now doing Sundiver by David Brin (he wrote the Postman, which was made in to a movie starring Kevin Costner)
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    22 Oct '17 20:121 edit
    Frank McCourt: Angelas Ashes

    There has beena hypeon this,and I didn't read it then, but it fell inmy hands lately. It is a quite hard life, Frank is describing, and mostly autobiographic I understand.
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    23 Oct '17 13:36
    Brought two books from the library today:

    'Kobra' by Deon Meyer and 'A God in Ruins', Kate Atkinson
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    23 Oct '17 13:40
    A Really Short History of Nearly Everything : Bill Bryson
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    23 Oct '17 13:43
    Originally posted by @great-big-stees
    A Really Short History of Nearly Everything : Bill Bryson
    Very entertaining book and useful too.
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    23 Oct '17 13:47
    Originally posted by @torunn
    Very entertaining book and useful too.
    Yes, just what I need....more "trivia". 🙂
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    23 Oct '17 13:522 edits
    Originally posted by @great-big-stees
    Yes, just what I need....more "trivia". 🙂
    It's very interesting to know why our homes and houses look the way they do, and he shows a refreshing sense of humour. ... No, I may refer to another of his books. Will be back. Sorry, I referred to 'At Home: A Short History of Private Life'. 🙂
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    23 Oct '17 14:01
    Originally posted by @torunn
    It's very interesting to know why our homes and houses look the way they do, and he shows a refreshing sense of humour. ... No, I may refer to another of his books. Will be back. Sorry, I referred to 'At Home: A Short History of Private Life'. 🙂
    When you read as much as we do the "stories", sometimes, get mixed up. It, of course, has nothing to do with our "maturing". 😉
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    23 Oct '17 14:23
    Originally posted by @great-big-stees
    When you read as much as we do the "stories", sometimes, get mixed up. It, of course, has nothing to do with our "maturing". 😉
    Absolutely - as long as we know what it's all about, never mind what it's called.
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    24 Oct '17 13:29
    Originally posted by @torunn
    Absolutely - as long as we know what it's all about, never mind what it's called.
    "You got it Pontiac."
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    07 Nov '17 07:54
    Lang von Wiens/Triebel: Kompetenzorientierte Laufbahnberatung

    http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783540300519

    A real good Coaching book, describing a tool to increase resource-orientation in Clients.
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    07 Nov '17 08:44
    The Rookie
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    07 Nov '17 13:11
    I'm currently reading Al Gore's "Our Choice: A plan to solve the climate crisis"

    Understandably America-centric, however, some interesting information contained. A shame that a former Vice-President, and a current President cannot agree that the environment needs saving!

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Our-Choice-Solve-Climate-Crisis/dp/0747590982/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1510059778&sr=8-9&keywords=al+gore
  14. Standard memberHandyAndy
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    07 Nov '17 14:00
    Originally posted by @paul-a-roberts
    A shame that a former Vice-President, and a current President cannot agree that the environment needs saving!
    It's highly doubtful that President Trump does any serious thinking. Climate change denial is part
    of the Republican right-wing agenda in the U.S. and Trump is carrying the right-wing banner.

    Unfortunately, the climate issue has become a political football.
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    07 Nov '17 18:13
    Gellert Tamas 'Det Svenska Hatet' ( The Swedish Hatred)

    "What has happened in Sweden? How could two hateful movements – militant Islam and anti-Islam organizations – have so much power to influence the public discourse? And how are we to understand and manage this verbal and sometimes physical violence?...)
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