Friday, July 10, 2009

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency


The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is a series of ten novels by British author Alexander McCall Smith. The agency is located in Gaborone, capital of Botswana. Its founder is a Motswana woman, Mma Precious Ramotswe, who features as the stories' protagonist and main detective. The episodic novels are as much about the adventures and foibles of different characters as they are about solving mysteries.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl

Viktor Frankl's 1946 book Man's Search for Meaning chronicles his experiences as a concentration camp inmate and describes his psychotherapeutic method of finding a reason to live. According to Frankl, the book intends to answer the question "How was everyday life in a concentration camp reflected in the mind of the average prisoner?" Part One constitutes Frankl's analysis of his experiences in the concentration camps, while Part Two introduces his ideas of meaning and his theory of logotherapy.

-- Wikipedia 03.24.2009

Ke a lo rata

Well this is a good start, I'm hoping I don't screw it up like I did the last one... but that we can blame that on Rach.

I will be back with the details of how this is going to work and a list of suggested reads. Open to all kinds of suggestions because I will NOT be single handedly picking out the books...... xoxo