Kategorie: Book of the Week

Beardsley, Scott C. (2017). Higher Calling: The Rise of Nontraditional Leaders in Academia. Story behind the Book Choice Of all the books I have discussed on Sundays during my 365-day blogging challenge so far, this one is by far the most important one — for me. Book choices, as I repeatedly say, are highy subjective, of course,…

Augustinus, Übersetzung von Otto F. Lachmann (1888/401). Die Bekenntnisse des heiligen Augustinus. Story behind the Book Choice Ja, schon wieder ein Buch auf Deutsch und ja, schon wieder schreibe ich in deutscher Sprache. Mittlerweile wird sehr deutlich, dass auch dieser mein Blog zumindest in weiten Teilen dem gleicht, was ich heute bespreche. Die Bekenntnisse des…

Pausch, Randy (2008): The Last Lecture, 52. Story behind the Passage Today is a special day. It is the last day of my 365-day blogging “challenge.” Well, I have to be honest, I did not really think it would be a real challenge. Yes, I was a bit worried that I would not make it on…

Spink, Kathryn (2011). Mother Teresa: An Authorized Biography. Story behind the Passage Today I had a short conversation with someone I really admire for her insights, her clarity, and her devoted way of doing good deeds in a system that is not that good over all. This is a perfect transition to the church already!…

Pausder, Verena (2020). Das neue Land: Wie es jetzt weitergeht! Story behind the Book Choice Heute sind Bundestagswahlen in Deutschland und an einem solchen Tag, dachte ich, täte es gut, ein paar frische Gedanken von einer Nicht-Politikerin zur Politik zu lesen. Ich wurde enttäuscht. Ich kann es leider nicht anders formulieren. Stets versuche ich, in…

Boethius (2016/523). Trost der Philosophie. Story behind the Passage Today, I was really torn which language to write in. But somehow, even though I read the book in German and the original was in Latin, I still decided to write in English. There is no rational reason for this, I guess. And I doubt that…

Qaderi, Homeira, and Zaman Stanizai, transl. (2020). Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother’s Letter to Her Son. Story behind the Passage On some days, writing and reading is less fun. On rainy and dark winter days like this one, it is even less fun. But the reading really is not the thing. I guess, people…

Tesla, Nikola (2019/1919). My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla. Story behind the Book Choice One day after the official end of the 365-Day Blogging Challenge, I find myself blogging again! The reason is simple: It is Sunday, actually a holiday in Germany (Reunification Day), and since I mentioned that I would keep up my habit…

Eco, Umberto (1990). Streichholzbriefe. Story behind the Book Choice Es fühlt sich sehr komisch an, nicht mehr jeden Tag zu bloggen. Wahrscheinlich hat es genauso lange gebraucht am Anfang, sich daran zu gewöhnen, dass ich jeden Tag blogge. Man kann es dem Menschen eben nie recht machen. Ebenfalls komisch ist es, dass ich heute auf…