Jonathan Culler: Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction
I kept this book in the bathroom and read it while soaking in the tub. It is very efficiently written, well organized, and professionally presented for the beginner. From a great series by Oxford University Press.
Paul Collins: Banvard's Folly: Tales of Reknowned Obscurity, Famous Anonymity and Rotten Luck
As Dave Eggers writes, "A sublimely odd, frequently funny, and better yet, thrillingly factual book."
Harold David Roth: Original Tao
Also called 'Inward Training' or the "Nei-yeh." The oldest taoist text extant. Edited by an old professor of mine. The title tag line of this page is from this text.
Margery Kempe, ed. Barry Windeatt: Book of Margery Kempe
This edition is by my supervisor at Cambridge, Professor Barry Windeatt. A must-have: the first autobiography in the English language, it is full of sex, drugs, and rock n' roll in a distinctively religious 14th-century style.
Tom Clancy: Executive Orders
Ah, what a torrid love affair I have with government espionage. "David Duchovny, why don't you love me?"
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Sarah, Rich, and Fran in the Selwyn Bar after Sophia's 21st Birthday Celiedh party in Hall, a few weeks ago. I sing in the Selwyn Choir with Fran, who is also a soprano on Dec. She has a lovely voice.
Last night Gus, the Selwyn College Master's cat, was sitting right on that window ledge outside the bar, keeping an eye on the court and very deliberately ignoring us. We tapped but he was quite obstinate.
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