So what books are you reading? - currently I have on the go three fabulous books - Future Shock by Alvin Toffler, which is an analysis of the rate of change in society over the last 100 years with a particular focus on the effect of the pace and transience of life today on our psychology - it was published in 1970 and I read it as a teenager but wanted to revisit it in the light of my current role in the NHS - the other book is the Toyota Way by Taiichi Ohno which is equally challenging re the analysis of wasted resource in organisations (just don`t think about the amount of wasted time in church organisations!!!), the final one is Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman which is absolutely amazing tho' written from the perspective of a non-christian psychologist - the church could learn a lot from this man!!
I am about to start Day Watch which is translated from the russian and is the sequel to NightWatch which is a gothic romantic thriller set in present day Moscow, played out on a dramatic foreground of vampire hunts, shapeshifters, and magical battles contrasted by gritty descriptions of urban decay in Russia.
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That's all very well, matey.... but I've just finished reading "Topsy & Tim and Mr Spendlove's Black & White Rabbit" - it's a commentary on urban morals and how civilised society caters for the needs of a pair of tousled-haired, precocious twins who want to stroke a cuddly animal for no good reason (I was asked to read it by Scarlett... personally I felt more drawn to reading "Mr Knackered After a Stressful Day at Work", by Roger Hargreaves... but he never got round to writing that one). Dominic.
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