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Murray Gunn
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In 2009 I set myself 4 goals as steps towards a future of providing assistance on locally driven aid projects in developing countries. In their original form, those goals were:
Publish a book on Bhutanese culture
Complete a Masters in anthropology
Buy a studio flat in Australia
Invest the rest of my savings to create a modest passive income
I imagined a life as I’d had in Bhutan, where I kept myself...
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Dragon Bones: Two Years Beneath the Skin of a Himalayan Kingdom
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| My father, who otherwise is anti-religious, is a creationist. He can't reconcile the complexity of life with the simplicity of evolution. I'm going to recommend this book to him as a fantastic explanation of how simple changes, repeated over and over...more | |
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| A Sri Lankan tale of two mischievous boys having adventures and coming good. Reminiscent of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. | |
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What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption
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| I've long thought that society could benefit from an economic model based around Open Source ideologies. Recently, I've been fascinated by the rising culture of minimalism and sharing. This book brings it all together and promises a future where we c...more | |
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| This is not my preferred genre. I read it hoping for more insight particular to the culture of the Aborigines, how their ways would benefit a white man raised with them, and how how they were viewed by my ancestors. Malouf does provide an interesting...more | |
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| Derek was the first person to review Dragon Bones in full. He passed away in the following months from health issues he'd been fighting since I met him in 2007. He never told the writing group that he'd had The Office Workshop published, so I was del...more | |
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Eating Smoke: One Man's Descent Into Drug Psychosis in Hong Kong's Triad Heartland
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| I admit that I had difficulty reading Eating Smoke. As someone who has never experienced addiction, I found it depressing and sometimes confusing in its mix of real and surreal observations. However, I understand why Chris chose to write it this way...more | |
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Stormlord Rising (Watergivers, #2)
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| Glenda Larke continues to shine as one of the few writers producing original fantasy. The world in this particular book is a divided a little too clinically into quarters, but the culture in each quarter is unique, the characters and their motivation...more | |
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