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Book cover for "Cutting for stone"
Star rating for Cutting for stone
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
Description:
Twin brothers born from a secret love affair between an Indian nun and a British surgeon in Addis Ababa, Marion and Shiva Stone come of age in an Ethiopia on the brink of revolution, where their love for the same woman drives them apart.
Book cover for "Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance"
Star rating for Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance
Average Rating:
4 stars
Notes:
2/1/2023
Description:
A narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son, this book becomes a personal and philosophical odyssey into fundamental questions on how to live. The narrator's relationship with his son leads to a powerful self-reckoning; thecraft of motorcycle maintenance leads to an austerely beautiful process for reconciling science, religion, and humanism. Resonant with the confusions of existence, this classic is a touching and transcendent...