Category: non-fiction

Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir – Jenny Lawson

1 February, 2015

Rating: ★★★★ 23/03/14 Okay. I don’t know what the deal is with this Sedaris guy (one book and I don’t think I’ll ever read another one, unless it’s highly recommended), but I haven’t found a funny book since I read Allie Brosh’s hilarious graphic novel, Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and … More Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir – Jenny Lawson

The Human Place in the Cosmos – Max Scheler, Eugene Kelly (Introduction), Manfred S. Frings (Translator), Karin S. Frings (Translation)

3 January, 2015

Rating: ★★★★ 24/07/13 It is the first time I read Scheler. This work, originally entitled Die Stellung des Menschen im Kosmos (1928), was a bit tough to follow. “A bit tough”, who am I kidding? It was painfully difficult, I’m not that familiar with philosophic anthropology, but I want to. Well, he tries to explain the … More The Human Place in the Cosmos – Max Scheler, Eugene Kelly (Introduction), Manfred S. Frings (Translator), Karin S. Frings (Translation)

Lord Byron: Selected Letters and Journals – George Gordon Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (Editor)

3 January, 2015

Rating: ★★★★ 28/07/13 When one subtracts from life infancy (which is vegetation),—sleep, eating, and swilling—buttoning and unbuttoning—how much remains of downright existence? The summer of a dormouse. He can be cold, detached, heartless, witty, kind, charming, sensitive. He can be a thousand men in one. He had a beautiful style, even while writing a simple letter. … More Lord Byron: Selected Letters and Journals – George Gordon Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (Editor)

Ética para Amador – Fernando Savater

3 January, 2015

Rating: ★★★★ 31/12/13 Este autor es fascinante. Con cada reaparición del cometa Halley, encontramos un filósofo que no se hace el erudito vueltero e intrincado que con complejo lenguaje nos demuestra todo lo que sabe. Esa clase de tipos no les interesa demasiado que quien lo está escuchando, realmente entienda qué cuernos está diciendo. Pero ello … More Ética para Amador – Fernando Savater