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Jarrah's Bookshelf

Mr. Spock's Little Book of Mindfulness: How to Survive in an Illogical World

Mr. Spock's Little Book of Mindfulness: How to Survive in an Illogical World

by Glenn Dakin

Mr. Spock's Little Book of Mindfulness rubbed me the wrong way. It isn't really about mindfulness, the few life lessons it offers aren't universally applicable, and it doesn't really get at the nuance of Mr. Spock as a character.

Mindf...

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star-trek and non-fiction

The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness

The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness

by Paula Poundstone

I almost didn't finish this book, but I'm glad I did. I picked up The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness at a library used book sale because I love Paula Poundstone on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me and I suspected t...

tagged:
woman-author and humour

Library

by Michael Dumontier

Visual artists Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber bring us an uncanny library of book covers to peruse. The titles range from the hilarious (How to Brainwash Your Friends and Eat Their Lunch or Whether I Helped or Not, At Least it was App...

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graphic-novel, humour, and canada