Monthly Archives: August 2018

Lanchester, John. I.O.U.: Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay. McClelland and Stewart, New York, 2010. NF; 8/18. Innumeracy is a terrible curse. Although I memorized my way through medical school and can write a respectable expository article, … Continue reading →

Lanchester, John. The Debt to Pleasure. Picador, London. 1996. F;8/18. I was impressed enough by Lanchester’s article in the July 23, 2018 New Yorker that I read two of his books (this one and I.O.U.: Why Everyone Owes Everyone and … Continue reading →

August 2018 and previous I thought I had already reviewed this little French spot in the Kingsway and Fraser area, but I can’t find the review. I’ve probably been there four times, once with the Confrerie wine club and a … Continue reading →

Hemingway, Ernest. The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. The Finca Vigia Edition. Scribners, New York. 1987. F; 8/18. Here we have most of (several of the Nick Adams stories were published later) the short stories Hemingway wrote, many originally … Continue reading →

Churchill, Winston. The Second World War The Gathering Storm. Houghton Mifflin, 1948. NF;7/18. “For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all Parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write … Continue reading →