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Tag: History

Iron in the Soul - Jean-Paul Sartre
December 31, 2016May 20, 2018 Mr. Wapojif

Iron in the Soul by Jean-Paul Sartre

Teach Us To Outgrow Our Madness - Kenzaburō Ōe
December 10, 2016December 13, 2022 Mr. Wapojif

Teach Us To Outgrow Our Madness by Kenzaburo Ōe

Cat got your dung
December 5, 2016November 3, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Great Sayings Revisited: Cat got your dung?

Jean-Paul Sartre - The Age of Reason
December 4, 2016December 4, 2016 Mr. Wapojif

Moonshake Books: Sartre’s the Age of Reason Reviewed!

If This is a Man - Primo Levi
December 3, 2016January 22, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

If This is a Man by Primo Levi

In praise of fog
November 28, 2016 Mr. Wapojif

In Praise of the Fog (Earth’s bad breath)

The BOOMerang
November 24, 2016November 8, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Exclusive Invention: The Utterly Bonkers BOOMerang!

Let your hare down
November 21, 2016November 3, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Great Sayings Revisited: Let your hare down

Hipster or Viking beard?
November 18, 2016 Mr. Wapojif

Exclusive Recipe: Beerd (like beer, but with more beards)

Blood is stupider than water.
November 15, 2016November 3, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Great Sayings Revisited: Blood is stupider than water

Moby- Dick, or the Whale
November 6, 2016February 11, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Moby-Dick or the Whale by Herman Melville

Better the deviled eggs you know
November 4, 2016November 3, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Great Sayings Revisited: Better the deviled eggs you know

Bonbon Fire Night
November 2, 2016 Mr. Wapojif

Exclusive New Event: Bonbon Fire Night – Now With More Agony!

Jiro Dreams of Sushi
October 27, 2016October 27, 2016 Mr. Wapojif

Jiro Dreams of Sushi: 91st Birthday for Sushi’s Pre-Eminent Genius

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
October 22, 2016January 17, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Jean-Paul Sartre - The Reprieve
October 15, 2016January 18, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

The Reprieve by Jean-Paul Sartre

Alive - The Andes Plane Crash
October 8, 2016January 22, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

Alive: The Andes Flight Disaster by Piers Paul Read

Atlas Obscura: An Exploer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders
October 1, 2016April 28, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders

Hell hath no fury like a woman's scones
September 20, 2016November 3, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Great Sayings Revisited: Hell hath no fury like a woman’s scones

Life at the Limit - Sid Watkins
September 18, 2016October 6, 2023 Mr. Wapojif

Life at the Limit: Triumph and Tragedy in F1 by Professor Sid Watkins

The Who
September 17, 2016April 20, 2022 Mr. Wapojif

Keith Moon & The Who: Smothers Brothers Show 1967

Stephen Malinowski - Pachelbel Canon in D
September 16, 2016December 30, 2025 Mr. Wapojif

Pachelbel’s Canon in D: A ChromaDepth 3D Detailing

Flatland - A Romand of Many Dimensions
September 3, 2016March 12, 2022 Mr. Wapojif

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott

John Hersey - Hiroshima
August 27, 2016April 3, 2024 Mr. Wapojif

Hiroshima by John Hersey

Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost At Sea by Steven Callahan
August 20, 2016May 29, 2021 Mr. Wapojif

Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea by Steven Callahan

Venedikt Yerofeev - Moscow Stations
August 15, 2016August 15, 2016 Mr. Wapojif

Moonshake Books: Moscow Stations Reviewed Without Hiccups

Seneca - On The Shortness of Life
August 13, 2016January 22, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

On the Shortness of Life by Seneca

Extraordinary space
August 5, 2016 Mr. Wapojif

Extraordinary: This Duplicitous Word Isn’t Extra Ordinary

Funnybones
July 28, 2016July 20, 2020 Mr. Wapojif

Funnybones: Terrifying Kids Show About Skeletons

In praise of spoons
July 13, 2016 Mr. Wapojif

In Praise of Spoons

A Room of One's Own - Virginia Woolf
July 9, 2016January 22, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf

Eric Newby A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
June 11, 2016July 11, 2020 Mr. Wapojif

A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush by Eric Newby

Door handle problems
June 9, 2016 Mr. Wapojif

In Contempt of the Door Handle

Why windows are great
June 8, 2016 Mr. Wapojif

In Praise of the Window

The Great Fire of London - Samuel Pepys
May 28, 2016January 9, 2019 Mr. Wapojif

The Great Fire of London by Samuel Pepys

Unnecessary spelling
May 26, 2016 Mr. Wapojif

Why is “Unnecessary” so Unnecessarily Difficult to Spell?

Beethoven
May 25, 2016April 20, 2022 Mr. Wapojif

Murray Perahia: Piano God With Nimble Fingers Plays Beethoven

Turmeric history
May 23, 2016 Mr. Wapojif

A Brief History of Turmeric & Why People Called Eric Can’t Eat It

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