Burrowing into Books

Sydney M. Williams Burrowing into Books Reviews of Selective Readings                                                                                                                                November 12, 2018 “The Thirty-One Kings” Robert J. Harris “ As the sun slanted toward the west, the cries of plovers and curlews echoed off the hills and the breeze carried a tang of burning peat from the hearth of a far-off cottage .”                                                                                                             Robert Harris                                                                                                             The Thirty-one Kings Richard Hannay was the creation of John Buchan, Lord Tweedsmuir as he became known . Buchan was born in Scotland in 1875. He was a product of a time when chivalry was a powerful force, when war was viewed heroically, before the slaughter at the Somme, Verdun, Passchen

Sydney M. Williams Burrowing into Books Reviews of Selective Readings                                                                                                                                      October 9, 2018 “12 Rules for Life” Jordan B. Peterson “… without rules we quickly become slaves to our passions – and there’s nothing freeing about that .”                                                                                                 Dr. Norman Doidge                                                                                                 Author, “The Brain that Changes Itself”                                                                                                 Introduction to 12 Rules for Life Dr. Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist who practices in Toronto and teaches at the University of Toronto. Previously, he taught at Harvard. His interests and expertise range. He has taught mythology

Sydney M. Williams Burrowing into Books Reviews of Selective Readings                                                                                                                         September 11, 2018 “Lord of the Flies” William Golding “ Evening was come, not with calm beauty but with the threat of violence .”                                                                                                             Lord of the Flies , 1954                                                                                                             William Golding (1911-1993) It behooves us all, from time to time, to re-read those books we read when young, to see if they still hold our attention as they once did, to discover if their words still have their power, if lessons garnered today are different from ones learned as adolescents. An additional benefit, for those with children and grandchildren, is that doing so allows a connect