There are at least two fears any new author faces having just published a book; will anyone buy it and will any good reviews be written? I wasn’t too worried about the first concern …… I didn’t write Its Not… Read More ›
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Discover how to learn about wine “actively”
It’s Not About The Wine is now published, a personal memoir that will inspire you to make a personal journey of discovery about wine. Chapters on wine with travel give you examples of wine tasting and discovery from winemakers in… Read More ›
How modern day Nepal was formed
If you’ve travelled to Nepal recently or are hoping to visit you will probably spend some time in Kathmandu and visit one or both of two other cities in the Valley. Most tourists do, but apart from marvelling at the… Read More ›
If Buddha was alive today ..
If Buddha was alive today he’d have a Nepalese passport, did you know that? Despite the occasional outrageous claim from an Indian politician, it is widely known that Siddhartha was born at Lumbini in Southern Nepal where there is a… Read More ›
52 Books Challenge: #29 The Baroque Cycle, the greatest trilogy of the century!
Introduction The Baroque Cycle is a trilogy comprising Quicksilver, The Confusion and The System of The World set between the late 17th to mid 18th Century. Politics and pirates, UK, USA and Europe, coinage and counterfeiters, alchemy and natural philosophy,… Read More ›
An Englishman in Nepal
Our first book published on Amazon available in Kindle version, a print version currently being worked on. Many thanks to all here who gave feedback as draft chapters were published on the blog here. If you are visiting Nepal our… Read More ›
52 Books Challenge: #27 Uncle Tungsten
Memories of a chemical boyhood from Oliver Sacks which match many of my own as I also grew up fascinated by many of the discoveries of the giants of chemistry during the 19th and early 20th Century. A fascinating insight into the upbringing of a renowned neurologist.
