Book synopsis
A simple story about a simple man recovering from a meningitis coma to running a marathon in under a year.
After learning to walk I had to learn to think and talk to fit into life as a husband, father, friend and co-worker.
Four humorous and insightful postcards provide snapshots of the PIES factory recovery process.
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If you enjoy it I ask that you donate to Meningitis Research Foundation to help fund vital scientific research into the prevention, detection and treatment of meningitis.
Bibliography
Over the course of recovery I read a few books which infomed my thinking. These are primarily my Kindle logs for the year
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Martin, J.N.T., Bell, R., Farmer, E. and Henry, J. (2010) The Technique Library, Milton Keynes: Open University.
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You Can Draw in 30 Days: The Fun, Easy Way to Learn to Draw in One Month or Less
Mark Kistler23 July 2015
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The Natural Way to Draw - A Working Plan for Art Study
Kimon Nicolaïdes25 July 2015
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Managing to Collaborate: The Theory and Practice of Collaborative Advantage
Chris Huxham25 July 2015
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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
Julia Cameron10 August 2015
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Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art
Stephen Nachmanovitch11 August 2015
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The Fundamentals of Drawing
Barrington Barber15 August 2015
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Take Off Your Pants!: Outline Your Books for Faster, Better Writing: Revised Edition
Libbie Hawker26 August 2015
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Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Natalie Goldberg7 September 2015
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How to Write Dazzling Dialogue: The Fastest Way to Improve Any Manuscript
James Scott Bell7 January 201
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Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works (Interactive Technologies)
Janice (Ginny) Redish18 January 2016
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The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition
Don Norman18 January 2016
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The Nation's Favourite: Twentieth Century Poems
Rhys Jones23 February 2016
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The Artist's Watercolour Problem Solver
Artist Magazine23 February 2016
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Think Like an Artist: . . . and Lead a More Creative, Productive Life
Will Gompertz12 March 2016
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The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
Mark Forsyth26 April 2016
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Creative Workshop: 80 Challenges to Sharpen Your Design Skills
David Sherwin10 May 2016
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The Literature Book (Big Ideas)
DK16 June 2016
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On Writing
Stephen King14 July 2016
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Design
The Open University5 August 2016
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Stein On Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies
Sol Stein30 September 2016
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The Occupational Therapy Handbook: Practice Education
Tracey Polglase14 July 2015
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Time Out Of Mind
Jane Lapotaire13 August 2015
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Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery
Henry Marsh21 August 2015
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The Brain's Way of Healing: Stories of Remarkable Recoveries and Discoveries
Norman Doidge29 August 2015
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Picador Classic
Oliver Sacks2 September 2015
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The Human Brain: New Scientist: The Collection
New Scientist24 November 2015
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The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk2 January 2016
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The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
Stephen W. Porges7 February 2016
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The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
Charles Darwin1 March 2016
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Trapped: My Life with Cerebral Palsy
Fran Macilvey21 May 2016
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Business Analysis
James Cadle12 July 2015
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Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind, Third Edition
Geert Hofstede14 July 2015
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Rolling Rocks Downhill: The Fastest, Easiest, and Most Entertaining way to Learn Agile & Lean - The Agile Business Novel
Clarke Ching23 July 2015
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Key Person of Influence (Revised Edition): The Five-Step Method to become one of the most highly valued and highly paid people in your industry
Daniel Priestley27 July 2015
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Business Reimagined: Why work isn't working and what you can do about it
Coplin Dave12 August 2015
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LinkedIn: Tell Your Story, Land The Job
Tycho Press23 September 2015
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Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies
Andreas M. Antonopoulos22 September 2015
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What if everything you knew about education was wrong?
David Didau18 October 2015
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Never Work Again: Work Less, Earn More and Live Your Freedom
Erlend Bakke11 October 2015
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The Business Model Navigator: 55 Models That Will Revolutionise Your Business
Oliver Gassmann28 September 2015
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Mindset - Updated Edition: Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential
Carol Dweck2 November 2015
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Visible Learning and the Science of How We Learn
John Hattie26 November 2015
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Publish And Profit: A 5-Step System For Attracting Paying Coaching And Consulting Clients, Traffic And Leads, Product Sales and Speaking Engagements
Mike Koenigs9 December 2015
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The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get Things Right
Atul Gawande5 January 2016
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SOSTAC(r) Guide To Your Perfect Digital Marketing Plan (SOSTAC(r) Planning Guides Book 2)
PR Smith5 February 2016
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Unusually Effective: 25 Unusual yet Effective Social Media Marketing Strategies for Creating an Irresistible brand, Ultimate Business Growth and Massive Profits
Akshay Desai2 February 2016
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Hack the Entrepreneur: How to Stop Procrastinating, Build a Business, and Do Work That Matters
Jon Nastor1 February 2016
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Customer Persuasion: How to Influence Your Customers to Buy More & Why an Ethical Approach Will Always Win!
Chloe Thomas21 May 2016
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The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
Bungay Stanier23 May 2016
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The Ultimate Guide to Content Marketing & Digital PR: How to get free attention for your business, turbocharge your ranking and establish yourself as an authority in your market
Charlie Marchant26 June 2016
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Productivity Driven Success
Eric Bloom18 September 2016
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Marketing: A Love Story: How to Matter to Your Customers
Bernadette Jiwa17 October 2016
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Black Box Thinking: The Surprising Truth About Success
Matthew Syed8 November 2016
But Beautiful
Geoff Dyer13 July 2015
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Waving, Not Drowning
Lev Parikian24 July 2015
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How Music Works
David Byrne4 June 2016
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The Classic FM Handy Guide To Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Classical Music (Classic FM Handy Guides)
Darren Henley21 June 2016
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Tonal Pitch Space
Fred Lerdahl14 September 2016
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How Music Works: A listener's guide to harmony, keys, broken chords, perfect pitch and the secrets of a good tune
John Powell8 September 2016
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Musimathics: The Mathematical Foundations of Music (MIT Press)
Gareth Loy7 October 2016
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Making Music: 74 Creative Strategies for Electronic Music Producers
Dennis DeSantis7 October 2016
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Homage to Catalonia (Penguin Modern Classics)
George Orwell17 August 2015
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The Establishment: And how they get away with it
Owen Jones3 September 2015
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PostCapitalism: A Guide to Our Future
Paul Mason15 August 2016
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The Key Poses of Yoga: Scientific Keys, Volume II
Long MD FRCSC15 August 2015
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Ashtanga Yoga: Practice & Philosophy
Sample
Gregor Maehle15 August 2015
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The Book of Secrets: 112 Meditations to Discover the Mystery Within
Osho7 September 2015
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The Dalai Lama's Book of Wisdom
Dalai Lama23 October 2015
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Buddha in Blue Jeans: An Extremely Short Zen Guide to Sitting Quietly and Being Buddha
Tai Sheridan28 January 2016
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Ashtanga Yoga for Beginner's Mind
Kim Roberts18 April 2016
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My Tao Te Ching - A Fool's Guide to Effing the Ineffable: Ancient spiritual wisdom translated for modern life
Francis Briers1 June 2016
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Modern Buddhism: The Path of Compassion and Wisdom - Volume 3 Prayers for Daily Practice
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso12 July 2016
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Modern Buddhism: The Path of Compassion and Wisdom - Volume 2 Tantra
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso12 July 2016
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Modern Buddhism: The Path of Compassion and Wisdom - Volume 1 Sutra
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso12 July 2016
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Triggers: Sparking positive change and making it last
Marshall Goldsmith12 July 2015
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No Sweat: How the Simple Science of Motivation Can Bring You a Lifetime of Fitness
Sample
Michelle Segar25 July 2015
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Commando Fitness for civilians and potential Royal Marines recruits
Stephen Robson20 July 2015
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El Deafo
Cece Bell29 July 2015
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The Key Muscles of Yoga: Scientific Keys Volume I
Long MD FRCSC2 August 2015
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Complete Calisthenics: The Ultimate Guide To Bodyweight Exercise
Ashley Kalym16 August 2015
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The Running Revolution: How to Run Faster, Farther, and Injury-Free--for Life
Nicholas Romanov7 January 2016
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The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets
Simon Singh27 July 2015
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Napoleon the Great
Andrew Roberts2 August 2015
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Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming for Total Beginners
Sample
Al Sweigart5 August 2015
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How Linux Works: What Every Superuser Should Know
Brian Ward7 August 2015
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Violent Python: A Cookbook for Hackers, Forensic Analysts, Penetration Testers and Security Engineers
Sample
TJ O'Connor6 August 2015
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On Language: Chomsky's Classic Works Language and Responsibility and Reflections on Language in One Volume
Noam Chomsky9 August 2015
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The Analects (Classics)
Confucius20 August 2015
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The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Robert Tressell18 August 2015
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Playing with Chaos: Programming Fractals and Strange Attractors in JavaScript
Keith Peters14 November 2015
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MongoDB and Python: Patterns and processes for the popular document-oriented database
Sample
Niall O'Higgins20 December 2015
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Learning Three.js: The JavaScript 3D Library for WebGL
Jos Dirksen5 January 2016
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Creating Mobile Apps with Xamarin.Forms, Preview Edition (Developer Reference)
Charles Petzold16 February 2016
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Ry's Git Tutorial
Ryan Hodson1 May 2016
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The Nature of Code
Daniel Shiffman1 June 2016
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Make Your Own Mandelbrot
Tariq Rashid26 May 2016
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A Smarter Way to Learn jQuery: Learn it faster. Remember it longer.
Mark Myers29 October 2016
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Web Audio API: Advanced Sound for Games and Interactive Apps
Boris Smus24 October 2016
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Gorilla Mindset: How to Control Your Thoughts and Emotions to Live Life on Your Terms
Mike Cernovich29 August 2015
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The Art of Taking Action: Lessons from Japanese Psychology
Gregg Krech14 November 2015
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Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded
Maxwell Maltz8 December 2015
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Gratitude
Oliver Sacks8 December 2015
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The Excellence Habit - How Small Changes In Our Mindset Can Make A Big Difference In Our Lives: For All Who Feel Stuck
Vlad Zachary27 February 2016
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Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind (The 99U Book Series)
Jocelyn K. Glei13 July 2016
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How to Study and Master Any Subject - Quickly!: A College Professor Reveals 8 Fast Learning Methods that REALLY Work
Mario J. Giordano12 July 2016
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A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman17 September 2015
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Samuel Taylor Coleridge11 November 2015
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The Secret Agent a Simple Tale
Joseph Conrad15 November 2015
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Down and Out in Paris and London (Penguin Modern Classics)
George Orwell16 December 2015
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Just Kids
Patti Smith12 December 2015
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The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker
Charles Baudelaire25 December 2015
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Delphi Complete Works of William Blake (Illustrated) (Delphi Poets Series Book 10)
William Blake25 December 2015
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Instrumental
James Rhodes31 January 2016
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Delphi Collected Works of Alexander Pushkin (Illustrated)
Alexander Pushkin31 January 2016
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The Complete Works of Plato
Plato19 February 2016
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The Wealth of Nations - Classic Illustrated Edition
Adam Smith28 February 2016
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The Virtue of Selfishness
Ayn Rand28 February 2016
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What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Randall Munroe24 March 2016
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Letters to a Young Contrarian (Art of Mentoring (Paperback))
Christopher Hitchens14 March 2016
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Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Dog
Dylan Thomas9 May 2016
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The Golden Age of Murder
Martin Edwards4 May 2016
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Against Interpretation and Other Essays (Penguin Modern Classics)
Susan Sontag18 May 2016
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Emma
Jane Austen15 May 2016
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde15 May 2016
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Kafka On The Shore (Vintage Magic)
Haruki Murakami12 May 2016
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Inspector Montalbano: The first three novels in the series
Andrea Camilleri21 May 2016
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (Dover Thrift Editions)
Oscar Wilde15 June 2016
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M Train
Patti Smith9 July 2016
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Notes from the Underground
Fyodor Dostoyevsky20 July 2016
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The Circle
Dave Eggers14 September 2016
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A Model World
Michael Chabon17 September 2016
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Werewolves in Their Youth
Sample
Michael Chabon17 September 2016
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DAVID COPPERFIELD (complete and unabridged with all 40 original illustrations)
CHARLES DICKENS15 September 2016
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Mugby Junction
Charles Dickens15 September 2016
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The Living Mountain: A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland (Canons)
Nan Shepherd24 September 2016
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High-Rise
J. G. Ballard14 October 2016
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Steppenwolf (Penguin Modern Classics)
Hermann Hesse13 October 2016
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Siddhartha
Sample
Herman Hesse13 October 2016
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How to Use Your Enemies (Penguin Little Black Classics)
Baltasar Gracián13 October 2016
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Black Snow
Mikhail Bulgakov13 October 2016
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The Collected Works of Arthur Schopenhauer: The Complete Works PergamonMedia (Highlights of World Literature)
Arthur Schopenhauer15 June 2016
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Schopenhauer: Philosophy in an Hour
Paul Strathern16 June 2016
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David Hume
The Open University31 July 2016
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The Ring of Truth: The Wisdom of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung
Roger Scruton29 August 2016
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The Great Philosophers: From Socrates to Foucault
Jeremy Stangroom14 September 2016
Outputs from my sabbatical
The apps referred to in the book are in various stages of development. I welcome feedback.
I have taken the main syntesizer elements as inspiration for the components below.
Click on the images to be taken to demo applications.
Keys: Riffster
Status: User Review
Triggers: Model Sampler
Status: User Review
Sliders: Lateral thinking
Status: User Review
Synth Model: Learning
Status: User Review