Posts from the ‘book review’ category

How’d it get to be 10 days before Christmas?

Whoa. Writing that just freaked me out substantially. However, I am determined to help you find your last minute gifts for your loved ones. One day…

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A Life Worth Living: considering the limits of science in medicine and life

Horatio: O day and night, but this is wondrous strange! Hamlet: And therefore as a stranger give it welcome. There are more things in heaven and…

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With Rainy Days Come Reading Lists.

There is nothing like the sound of hail slamming against your window and jolting you awake, to make you realise that we’ve reached rainy season here…

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What Edward Slingerland Offers Everyone

When UBC’s own Edward Slingerland gave a guest lecture to my Cognitive Systems class last year, I was intrigued by the world-view he advanced. His explanation…

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Don’t mind me, I’m just sobbing on the bus.

Good book alert! I’m reading an incredible book right now called “The Flying Carpet of Small Miracles” By Hala Jaber, and it’s so moving and sad…

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Two Critiques of Two Kinds of ‘Free’

Last week, Malcolm Gladwell of The New Yorker published a biting and insightful critique of Chris Anderson’s new book, “Free: The Future of a Radical Price”.…

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Book Review: The Geography of Hope

Hello Terry Bloggers! My name is Jessica and this semester my friend Chelsea and I have been running a student directed seminar titled UBC Reads. Throughout the…

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