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Aubrey Davis

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August 05, 1949 in Toronto, Canada

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I always loved to read. As a boy I had a passion for myths, bible stories, science fiction and Mad magazine. My neighbor was a writer for CBC. Maybe I caught the writing bug from him. I loved to write funny stories. My Grade six teacher liked them. But my Grade eight teacher hated them. So I stopped writing creatively until I was 42.
In 1970, I traveled across Europe and North Africa and discovered a remarkable collection of traditional Teaching stories by Afghan writer Idries Shah. These bottomless tales puzzled, shocked and delighted me. They helped me see the world and myself in fresh, new ways. They made me think like I’d never thought before.
In 1980, I began to tell them, first to my own children, then at weekly gatherings in Toronto. L...more

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Average rating: 3.80 · 114 ratings · 42 reviews · 6 distinct works

	The Enormous Potato by Aubrey Davis (Goodreads Author), Dusan Petricic 3.78 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	My rating:
	A Hen for Izzy Pippik by Aubrey Davis (Goodreads Author), Marie Lafrance (Illustrator) 3.68 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	Bagels from Benny by Aubrey Davis (Goodreads Author), Dusan Petricic 4.00 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Bone Button Borscht by Aubrey Davis (Goodreads Author), Dusan Petricic 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Sody Salleratus 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Kishka for Koppel 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011	My rating:

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Kalila and Dimna: Fables of Conflict and Intrigue V. 2: (From the Panchatantra, Jatakas, Bidpai, Kalilah and Dimnah and Lights of Canopu

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Danger My Ally

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Absorbing Persian

by David Pendlebury

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Aubrey Davis gave to: Reflections by Idries Shah read in May, 2012	My rating:
Bracing, dazzling, often funny literary tools for reflection; reflecting who we are and what we could be. Mental exercise for those who take a bit of time and trouble..Begs to be re-read... e.g. The Laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incap...more
May 01, 2012 03:37pm · see review
Aubrey Davis gave to: Andalus by Jason Webster read in April, 2012	My rating:
Apr 28, 2012 12:16pm
Aubrey Davis is currently reading: Kalila and Dimna: Fables of Conflict and Intrigue V. 2: (From the Panchatantra, Jatakas, Bidpai, Kalilah and Dimnah and Lights of Canopu by Ramsay Wood (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Apr 26, 2012 03:10pm
Aubrey Davis is currently reading: Danger My Ally by Frederick Albert Mitchell-Hedges	My rating:
Apr 26, 2012 03:09pm
Aubrey Davis is currently reading: Absorbing Persian by David Pendlebury	My rating:
Apr 26, 2012 03:07pm
Aubrey Davis gave to: The Bible: A Biography by Karen Armstrong read in April, 2012	My rating:
An eye-opening history of the Bible. Considering it's enduring impact on our world, it's important to read various theories on its creation and how it's been understood at different times by different people. Free's one up to consider this book in di...more
Apr 26, 2012 02:37pm · see review
Aubrey Davis gave to: In Search of King Solomon's Mines by Tahir Shah (Goodreads Author) read in April, 2012	My rating:
A cockeyed, hilarious, shocking romp through unfamiliar territory. Bursting with fascinating facts, people and strange but true tales. Challenged my assumptions about Ethiopia and Africa... Ostensibly a quest for gold, it is oddly generous...if you'r...more
Apr 19, 2012 11:17am · see review
Aubrey Davis gave to: The Right Mind: Making Sense of the Hemispheres by Robert Evan Ornstein	My rating:
Apr 17, 2012 08:34am
Aubrey Davis gave to: The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing: From the Files of Vish Puri, Most Private Investigator (Vish Puri, #2) by Tarquin Hall (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Apr 17, 2012 08:33am