I’m a big fan of languages and have had the pleasure of living in both France and Germany. Being English, curious and having a passion for language, I quickly realised from an early age how closely linked many languages are. I was always looking for the off-the-beaten track literature to find out more about a […]
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Throughout history, humans have realized that their capacity to operate in their current environment is generally limited. Individually, life was too difficult; in groups, life was bearable. Humans used ‘tools’ from early times, in order to improve their quality of life and the efficiency with which they carried out certain tasks. Tools that protected them,
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Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the USA. Nixon had the rather unsavoury task of announcing to the world that the US Dollar would no longer be backed by Gold. Taking effect the following day. Thus ended the Bretton-Woods Economic Era which had started in 1944. 27 years of existence. Obviously, the US DOLLAR did
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The Olympics have once again wowed the world. So many exploits and surprises, so much joy and a fair share of disappointment. We’ve also seen the introduction of some new sports in Tokyo: Skateboarding, Surf, Sport Climbing and Karaté. The Modern Olympic Games are very much different from their Ancient Counterpart. The very first Ancient
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Hands up if you’re going stir crazy! Lockdown + Curfew 1 month later… I’m still sane, but I’m sure that’s only because I go out each day either for my power-walk or my run. If I miss a day, I become jittery as my body punishes me for not taking it out for a drive.
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Teaser for the Book 1492 by Jacques Attali, published in 1991, publisher FAYARD This book earned its place on my “WOW“ list. Jacques ATTALI takes us through events leading up to the discovery of the New World and how this affected the world immediately afterwards and from the 1500s onwards. Events that would literally shake
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A Brief History Of The Future, by Jacques ATTALI, published in 2006 (FAYARD) Now this is one of my all-time favourites. QUICK & EASY 300+ pages. Genre: History + FUTUROLOGY Jacques Attali traces the budding roots of capitalism and zooms into the period from 1200 to modern-day. He then goes on to make
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