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“Little acts of courtesy were constantly being performed; but I really appreciated nothing more than the quiet way in which they went on with the routine of their ordinary lives.”

Isabella Bird describing the Ainu on Hokkaido, in ‘Unbeaten Tracks in Japan’

#isabella bird #unbeaten tracks in japan #japan #hokkaido #Ainu #daily life #quiet life #philosophy

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#just finished #reading #books #alice roberts #dr alice roberts #crypt #history #british history #osteoarchaeology #archeology #plague #disease #Middle Ages #communication #language

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An important point on intellectual snobbery, made by Alistair Moffat in his book “The Sea Kingdoms”

#reading #books #Celtic #Celtic languages #Gaelic #Welsh #mabinogion #fenian cycle #tain bo cuailnge #Alistair Moffat #sea kingdoms #intellectual snobbery #history

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#just finished #reading #books #James O’Brien #how they broke Britain #political analysis #Jeremy corbyn #boris Johnson #Rupert murdoch #Paul dacre #Andrew Neil #Matthew Elliott #Nigel Farage #David Cameron #Dominic Cummings #liz truss

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Another audiobook made up of various BBC programmes.

#books about japan #japan #audiobook #Christopher Harding #Richard Lloyd parry #Alex bellos #Roy Jenkins #Japanese history #books #reading #just finished

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Ladybird: “Bubbles” by Helen Czerski

#just finished #reading #books #bubbles #Helen Czerski #physics #ladybird books

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“The deep boom of the surf was music, and the strange cries of sea-birds, and the hoarse notes of the audacious black crows, were all harmonious, for nature, when left to herself, never produces discords either in sound or colour”

‘Unbeaten Tracks in Japan’ by Isabella Bird

#books #reading #Isabella bird #unbeaten tracks in Japan #nature #birds #quotes about birds #quotes about nature #harmony

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That intimate moment between you and the book you have just read the last words of, where you sit there taking in the enormity of what you have just finished.

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My books overflow everywhere, and give me the feeling of color and being home.

s plath

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#just finished #reading #books #what you are looking for is in the library #michiko aoyama #libraries #public libraries

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“It is so good to have got beyond the confines of stereotyped civilisation, and the trammels of Japanese travelling, to the solitude of nature, and an atmosphere of freedom…..The breeze came up from the sea, rustled the reeds, and waved the tall plumes of the Eulalia Japanica and the thunder of the Pacific surges boomed through the air with its grand, deep bass. Poetry and music pervaded the solitude, and my spirit was rested.”

‘Unbeaten Tracks in Japan”

Isabella Bird

#books #reading #unbeaten tracks in Japan #Isabella bird #hokkaido #japan #quotes about nature #nature writing #beauty of nature

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French School, 20th Century - The black cat

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Four Seasons in Japan, by Nick Bradley

#just finished #reading #books #four seasons in Japan #Nick Bradley #audiobooks #fiction #japan

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The Tempest, by Shakespeare, manga adaptation by Richard Appignanesi

#just finished #reading #books #shakespeare #william shakespeare #manga #Richard appignanesi #the tempest

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Tales of the Peculiar, by Ransom Riggs

#just finished #reading #books #ransom riggs #tales of the peculiar #short stories

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#just finished #reading #books #before the coffee gets cold #toshikazu kawaguchi

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Rumi 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙

#just finished #reading #books #poetry #rumi #quotes about love