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BOTW: Ignore Everybody by Hugh MacLeod

24 June, 2010

Ignore Everybody by Hugh MacLeod

If you’re currently in need of a bit of inspiration or would like to discover how to un-tap your inner creative juices for future reference take a peek at American Cartoonist, Hugh MacLeod’s book Ignore Everybody. MacLeod first made his name with “cartoons drawn on the back of business cards” but his first ever book has seen great success in the US, quickly becoming a Wall Street Journal Best Seller. Ignore Everybody: And 39 Other Keys to Creativity shares the tips and tricks that have worked in MacLeod’s own career, starting with ‘ignoring everybody else’ as the title suggests. His ideas are simple but easily forgotten in every day business. Plus the thoroughly readable nature of the book coupled with the charming little cartoons by the author himself makes this, the perfect inspirational reference book you can dip in and out of at your leisure.

Check out Hugh’s blog http://gapingvoid.com

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BOTW: The Orwell Diaries

17 June, 2010

The Orwell Diaries

This week the Media Book Club brings you the brand new edition of George Orwell’s Diaries. Covering an 18-year period the author begins with his time spent living as a hop-picking tramp and ends with his ultimately terminal illness from tuberculosis. As one of the twentieth century’s most notable commentators, Orwell’s personal account is peppered with social and political observations. Those who are already familiar with Orwell’s work will also recognise much of the narrative as a prelude to many of his novels and essays, including Down and Out in Paris and London and The Road to Wigan Pier.

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BOTW: Globish by Robert McCrum

10 June, 2010

Globish: How the English Language became the World's Language by Robert McCrum

Are you often found bemoaning the state of the English language? Well perhaps Robert McCrum can get you to see the brighter side of our constantly evolving, multinational, lingua franca. Globish first charts the history of English with its propensity for growth; constantly absorbing foreign words while simultaneously coining new ones. As the title suggests, McCrum then goes on to discuss the globalisation of English, initially through colonialism and then more recently through the revolution of the internet. But as we all know the English Language that might eventually become the World’s language will certainly not be the Queen’s own. It will be ‘Englasian’ or ‘Panglish’ maybe even ‘Manglish’…

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BOTW: At Home By Bill Bryson

3 June, 2010

At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson

Many of you reading this may well be sitting at home. You may even be one of the lucky people who work from home and right now you’ll probably be surrounded by the various accoutrements that adorn the average modern household. We didn’t always have it so easy as Bill Bryson will tell you in his new book, At Home. Bryson summed up his Short History of Private Life nicely when he said it was basically “a history of getting comfortable slowly”. Nowadays we may endeavor to switch off the odd light switch when we vacate a room but back in the 18th Century the Duchess of Marlborough was so frugal she refused to dot her i’s so as not to waste her ink. This along with countless other anecdotes is what makes Bryson’s new book just as quirky and interesting as his previous bestsellers.

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