My introduction to Kristin Hannah was through The Nightingale. A powerful and deeply moving story of two sisters, Vianne and Isabelle, in World War II-era France. Having never read anything by the author before, I didn't know what to expect but the book's blurb didn't thrill me. Despite this, I found myself captivated by the story almost immediately, and far more than I thought I would be. The…
“Over the last few millennia, we've invented a series of technologies … that have made it progressively easier and easier for us to externalize our memories,” writes Joshua Foer in Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, his recently 2011 release, which even earned a review from Bill Gates. Foer explores this concept of our memories being externalised by…
Leaving our red rorbu cabin behind, we traded the quiet harbour for the towering fjords and a city that glows in the polar night. We were nervous as we waited for our not-so-humble floating abode to arrive. We'd never done a cruise before and, with an oncoming storm pushing our departure time forward by several hours, we weren't sure what to expect. Luckily, we were met by friendly faces. A…
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