0286 | The Bookseller of Kabul – Åsne Seierstad
Context: Read this as we continued to cross off days on our calendar during 34 days in the village in PNG. REVIEW This as not what I was expecting. I…
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0285 | Search for Salvation–John G. Strelan
Context:I read this just days before I came across a cargo cult that it described in the village of Male in Papua New Guinea. REVIEW I would have passed this…
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0284 | The Handmaid’s Tale–Margaret Atwood
Context: Read this while we hosted many villagers on our large veranda in PNG. REVIEW I’ve read a number of Atwoods but nothing comes close to this. Somehow she’s managed…
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0283 | In Search of the Source – Neil Anderson
Context: Our source while living in the village was a tarp we rigged at the back of our house to catch rainwater. REVIEW Heard a lot about this book, especially…
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0282 | Death, Witchcraft and the Spirit World in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea – Neville Bartle
Context: the first of many books I read by kerosene lamp while living in a house in a village in Papua New Guinea. REVIEW Forgive me for not posting too…
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0277 | Letub – Rudolf Inselmann
Context: Finished this off on the back of the Dyna on the way into Madang. REVIEW I picked this up off the shelf in the office at the orientation course…
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0271 | Hideous Kinky – Esther Freud
Context: Read this as we cleared out our stuff from our lovely flat in Bar Hill. REVIEW Heard a lot about this novel and watched most of the film with…
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0269 | In Europe – Geert Mak
Context: Finally finished this off at our friends’ lovely house in Beamish, County Durham. REVIEW This was an amazing book and I can’t think why it isn’t better known. For…
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0266 | Into the Crocodile’s Nest | Benedict Allen
Context: Read this the lovely warm conservatory overlooking our friends’ garden in Flackwell Heath. REVIEW Benedict Allen would, these days, have his own TV series and have put a…
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0247 | Some Experiences of a New Guinea Resident Magistrate – C. A. W. Monckton
Context: put some new strings on my old Eko and then got a blister I played it so much! REVIEW They don’t write books like this anymore. You know when…
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0244 | Mountains Beyond Mountains – Tracy Kidder
Context: Started this off at a friend’s house in Studley Green in the rolling Chiltern hills. REVIEW Another book given to me on my last birthday which I thought I…
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0243 | Chances Are… | Michael & Ellen Kaplan
Context: Finished this off as we stayed with friends in Flackwell Heath. REVIEW Got this for my last birthday and thoughtI’d better finish it before my next birthday comes round!…
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0241 | Think | Simon Blackburn
Context: while I was reading this, the guy who owns the house we’re living in broke his ankle. REVIEW My wife’s aunt gave me this one for Christmas…. (ahem) Christmas…
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0235 | The Prodigal God – Timothy Keller
Context: Read this while feeling grim in bed in my grandmother’s old bedroom with her crucifix above me. REVIEW A friend (the same one who lent me the superb Knowing…
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0227 | Knowing Me, Knowing You – Goldberg & Wharton
Context: started working out with some weights while reading this. REVIEW This book has been a real milestone for me in understanding not just why I like to behave the…
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0223 | The Coast Watchers – Eric Feldt
Context: finished this off at the desk where I’m doing my research job downstairs at 77 Field View. REVIEW This book tells the story of the Coast Watchers, a group…
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0218 | The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea – Annette B. Weiner
Context: Read this in bed on a rainy, rainy autumn day in Bar Hill. REVIEW The Trobriand Islands are a small archipelago just north east of the mainland coast of…
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0217 | The White Man Will Eat You – William F. Wormsley
Context: Finished this off while using a hot water bottle to ease an ache in my hamstring. Too much jogging. REVIEW A good ethnography gives you an inside view into…