The other day I finished a proof copy of a book called The Return Man by V.M.Zigo. It is due to be published in March and I can wholeheartedly recommend it. It is a book set in a future where a mystery virus has created zombies, but the outbreak has been containe, albeit to a [...]
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Smashing Ideas
October 27th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Life
Today I finished reading The Smashing Idea Book, which I got through Amazon’s Vine programme. One of the many little pleasures of Vine is that I get to read things I would not normally have the chance to. There is no way I would fork out over £20 on a text book in a field [...]
Bad History
October 17th, 2011 · No Comments · Life
I recently read a book called Bad History: How We Got The Past Wrong by Emma Marriott. It was another of those books I got through Amazon’s ‘Vine’ programme. Here is what I wrote about it:
Smashing Logo Design
August 17th, 2011 · No Comments · Life
Smashing Logo Design: The Art of Creating Visual Identities by Gareth Hardy is another book I got through Amazon’s Vine programme. Here is what I wrote about it:
I’m feeling lucky
August 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Life
I recently read a book called I’m Feeling Lucky: the Confessions of Google Employee 59 by Douglas Edwards. No point explaining what it is about, the title sums it up quite nicely, but for what it is worth it is the erstwhile brand manager of Google telling the story of his five or so years [...]
The Map of Time
May 23rd, 2011 · 1 Comment · Life
Just finished a book called The Map of Time by Felix Palma.  It is due to be published on June 9th though it is not entirely new: it was first published in 2008 in Spanish, but this is the English translation of it. A bit strange that it has taken so long to come out [...]
City Island
May 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Life
I recently watched the film City Island on DVD, another goodie from Amazon’s Vine programme.  One of the real pleasures of the scheme is that it leads me to films, books or music I might otherwise have never heard of but which end up giving me much more pleasure than ones I have been eagerly [...]
More audiobooks
May 4th, 2011 · No Comments · Life
I have been listening to more audiobooks, both via Amazon’s Vine programme, both with a TV connection. One was a Torchwood story, the other a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories. Interestingly the Holmes stories were read by Benedict Cumberbatch who plays the modern day Holmes on TV. My first experience with audiobooks (Bill Bryson: At [...]
At Home: A Short History of Private Life
April 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Life
The other night I finished listening to At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson.  This is an audiobook I got through Amazon’s Vine program. It is a book I would almost certainly have bought myself at some point, although I would have bought the paper version. It was an interesting experience [...]
Regarding Ducks and Universes
April 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Life
Today I finished reading a book called Regarding Ducks and Universes by Neve Maslakovic, another one from Amazon’s Vine programme. This what I thought about it:
