Lawrence Green: Tavern of the Seas Own Image Own Image This was Lawrence Green's third book and today it is viewed as a valuable addition to South African literature. Being Born as I was under the shadow

As South Africa enters a very uncertain phase in her history, the relevance of "When a Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin" should be obvious. When live on a continent where uncertainty is

The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it. —Albert Einstein Image Source

Very often I am asked by friends who know of my interest in the UFO phenomena, “Why do you believe in the reality of UFO’s?” I usually try and answer them to the best of my ability. UFO’s don’t automatically

The debate on nature or nurture has been going on for many years. Every decade or so the popularity of one idea or the other gains favour then is replaced by a new idea from the other camp. Own image This

Sowing the Wind – Shirley van Zyl. Copyright 1986. Published by Hooome & De Villiers CC Own image Sowing the wind gives an insightful look into the second Boer war 1899-1902. It describes the concentration

The Coburgs of Belgium – Theo Aronson – Hardcover with Wrapper – First Edition 1969. Own Image Own Image In 1830 after a successful rebellion against the Dutch, Belgium gained her independence. The country

Moby-Dick is quite possibly the quintessential Great American Novel. Believe it or not, Melville saw almost no literary success during his lifetime, making just over $10,000 from his writing and by 1876

This is a fun one. Avery Corman, born in 1935, is an American novelist best known for 'Oh, God!' and 'Kramer vs Kramer', both of which were adapted into highly successful motion pictures. As an interesting

In keeping with last night's post on Alan Watts, I figured I'd share one of my favorite videos of him. Youtube is chock full of wonderful Watts lectures, but this is one of the few with actual footage

Book Collecting – Looking at Bindings The first thing we see when we pick up a book is the jacket (if it has one) but soon we look under the jacket and look at the binding. Image Source The dust jacket

Yesterday evening I heard a familiar call from my lounge, " Peter there is something crawling on the floor." From experience this could be almost anything, from a snake to a large beetle. This

One of my hobbies is building castles, various medieval buildings, and the odd bit of siege equipment. Living in a small flat, I don't have much of a storage area and if you have been following my blog

I came across an article recently about music and the emotional response it elicits in different people. When I listen to certain types of music or see a particularly talented performer on stage, very

Society in the Middle ages (or the Medieval time) were divided into different groups, and that would tell the other people how rich or poor you were.  Unfortunately that also meant that you had some or

Source Welcome to the third edition of Book Around You, a curation project from @steemitbooks. It's been seven days since the last curation post and it's (past) time for another! These curation posts will

This one's got a killer dust jacket and is also noteworthy for introducing the term "robot" into the world lexicon. Karel Capek was a Czech writer in the early twentieth century who wore many

Most caves that are not near the sea, were made by water that wore away soft rock, such as limestone. Water from above ground sank down into the soft rock The water sank until it reached harder rock and

Life is beautiful but also quite short. So how much time do you want to spend watching cat gifs? As much as we’d like to not think about it, the truth is most of us are engaged in tasks and activities