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The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
'The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists' is a book I first came across way back in the mid-seventies when I started going to evening classes to study English Literature after a hard day at work. It was a book that made an immediate and lasting impression on me, not least of all due to the fact that it spoke to me about people in my position, ie, belonging to, or coming from, the impoverished working classes. That was me and my family in a nutshell.
By Liam Ireland3 years ago in BookClub
~The Book Club!~
August 11th, 2023! The Book Club! It never grows old and we never grow tireless of it! 🙂 The problem with today is that because we’ve changed into such a fast paced, let’s get everything done NOW world, it has displaced some of us people known as READERS and writers! So now it is much harder to find the time to keep up on the reading of the books we’d like to have accomplished within a certain amount of time! And with all the changes in technology it has brought us to a very difficult place and time in our lives, with the awkwardness of what to do about our options around our beloved, glorious habit of books?
By Jennifer Cooley3 years ago in BookClub
Rich Dad Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki (Summary)
Certainly! "Rich Dad Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki is a financial self-help book that contrasts the perspectives of two father figures on money and investing: the author's biological father (referred to as "Poor Dad") and his best friend's father (referred to as "Rich Dad"). The book is rich with insights into financial education, entrepreneurship, and wealth-building strategies. Here's a summary of some key chapters:
By Abbaty Sambo3 years ago in BookClub
Beautiful Child A Beautiful Book
"The inability to forget is far more devastating than the inability to remember", said Mark Twain. I believe this to be the case. The inability to forget is a memory that makes a home in you. It pulls the strings of your mind and heart for better or worse. When something pulls at both the heart and mind it becomes a part of your soul.
By simplicity3 years ago in BookClub
Book Club: A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
When I was fourteen, I read a book that forever stayed with me. The name of the book is, “A Tree Grows In Brooklyn” by Betty Smith. This novel was about a girl named Francis Nolan who grew up in a tenement house in Brooklyn in 1912.
By Kristen Ulrich3 years ago in BookClub
Savouring a Personal Feat With The Booker Prize Winners
To say I love reading probably sounds trite and clichéd. Who doesn’t? you might be tempted to ask. However, perhaps I am obsessed with books, both fiction and non-fiction, and so took a keen interest in the British Booker Prize award some years ago. It soon became obvious that only certain people became judges - the known literati - who then chose the books in their own image, likeness and opinions of what deserved to win. Often I gazed wistfully at the growing list of winners wondering when I would see someone like me as a Booker recipient. I just couldn’t imagine how long I would have to wait.
By Elaine Sihera3 years ago in BookClub
Little Book, Big Message
Is it possible to look back and pick defining moments in our reading lives? I was nearing the end of college, probably about the time many get obsessed with new jobs and new relationships. Some are starting families and just cannot find the same amount of time to read. I think I was one or two bad books from watching more tv and reading less.
By Noah Glenn3 years ago in BookClub
Rembrandt's Whore
The book "Rembrandt's Whore" by Sylvie Matton, looks at the relationship between Rembrandt and his servant and lover Hendrickje Stoffels. The story is told through the words of Hendrickje although she admits that she can not read or write. On some the pages she is relating her feelings to Rembrandt and in other parts of the book she is observing him. Her life story demonstrates the power of society on your life. Now a days we often believe love is all you need. That outsiders can't hurt you. When she moved into Rembrandt's house she was just a servant. Next she became a model for his paintings, and then one day he kissed her. In this story she declared that she loved him and his son.
By Antoinette L Brey3 years ago in BookClub
Y.A. Fiction Isn't Just For Kids
Nothing can quite describe the joy of walking through the Junior's or Young Adult section of a library when you're a kid. Moving up at last from picture books to chapter books is a heck of a milestone: for once you feel grown up, sophisticated, not like the babies sitting in a circle for story time and hand puppets. It's a feeling that can't quite be explained, and once that magic is gone it's almost impossible to recapture it.
By Natalie Gray3 years ago in BookClub
Book Clubs I Have Not Joined
Is this what book clubs look like I think to myself as I look at pictures of book clubs. I know there is an Oprah book club with suggestions about what to read. But then I think about how I never have trouble knowing what I wish to read.
By Denise E Lindquist3 years ago in BookClub
