Re: [silk] What are the books you've gifted?
>My "here, you MUST read this!" books: >Phantoms in the brain - VS Ramachandran I bought this book, gosh, twenty years ago I think. I bought at the same time Complexity by Roger Lewin (which I've read several times). I never got round to reading Phantoms in the Brain but it will now be the next book I read. My books would be - The Story of San Michel by Axel Munthe. I've bought this for many of my friends and family. - Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer. - Ringworld by Larry Niven. - In Search of Schrodinger's Cat by John Gribbin. Keith This email was scanned by Bitdefender
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He's still reading them. I'm guessing he's done about 10-11 of them so far? > On 6 Dec 2016, at 5:28 pm, Venkatesh H Rwrote: > > Bhaskar - that was quite a list. Nice touch - giving him 19 books. Maybe > I'll do the same some day. I wonder though, how many of these he has read > :) Oxford I know from personal experience is a dizzying experience, and > while he surely would have encountered some of the books in his reading for > the PPE, there would have been several distractions! > > Deepa - my father always raved about the William books and so I read a few > of them in my late teens. Quite enjoyed them, and I think they've aged well > too. Can't be said for so many other children's books including the Enid > Blytons. >> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 9:05 PM Deepa Mohan wrote: >> >> Funny how we give children books to implant some ideas in their heads, >> and they come away from the reading with something completely >> different. I gave my daughter some reading to introduce her to the >> fact that two of her great-grandfathers had been given the Order of >> the British Empire...and she was full of "your family were slaves of >> the British" afterwards! It made me take another look at my family, >> with a new perspective. >> >> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 9:01 PM, Bhaskar Dasgupta >> wrote: >>> After loads of consultations, got this set for my eldest cost centre's >> 18th birthday >>> >>> >> http://dailysalty.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/so-what-do-you-give-boy-on-his-18th.html?m=1 >>> >>> >>> On 6 Dec 2016, at 3:03 pm, Rajeev Chakravarthi >> wrote: I try not to gift books to people unless I know what they like to read. However, for kids' birthdays, I go with one of the following - 1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2. The Magic Faraway Tree 3. The Wind in the Willows 4. Anything from the Paddington Bear series 5. Anything from the Geronimo Stilton series (seems wildly popular with >> children) I have noticed that parents are also grateful for Amar Chitra Katha >> titles as presents - more so than the kids themselves. Regards Rajeev > On Dec 6, 2016, at 19:37, Namitha Jagadeesh >> wrote: > > My "here, you MUST read this!" books: > > Phantoms in the brain - VS Ramachandran > Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me - Ellen Forney > Ocean at the end of the lane - Neil Gaiman > The thrilling adventures of Lovelace and Babbage - Sydney Padua > > > >> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Udhay Shankar N >> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Thaths wrote: >> >> How about your list, Udhay? >>> >> >> I was looking for the "here, you MUST read this!" kind of book. >> >> An incomplete list from my perspective: >> >> Godel, Escher, Bach (multiple times) >> Infinity and the Mind >> Jonathan Livingstone Seagull (including to my then-fiancee-now-wife) >> Kamala Subramanian's Mahabharatha >> >> >> >> -- >> >> ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) >> >> >>
Re: [silk] What are the books you've gifted?
On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 2:57 PM, Udhay Shankar Nwrote: > Another book recommendation thread. This time, I am interested in the books > that made enough of an impression that you gifted them to one or more > people. > One-time gifts are not that interesting. There was one book that made such a deep impression that I bought 15 copies and gave it to anyone I thought would be interested. That was Hesse's Siddhartha. It took a few years for me to realize that not even one of them had actually read it. That put an end to my missionary zeal, alright :)
Re: [silk] What are the books you've gifted?
Bhaskar - that was quite a list. Nice touch - giving him 19 books. Maybe I'll do the same some day. I wonder though, how many of these he has read :) Oxford I know from personal experience is a dizzying experience, and while he surely would have encountered some of the books in his reading for the PPE, there would have been several distractions! Deepa - my father always raved about the William books and so I read a few of them in my late teens. Quite enjoyed them, and I think they've aged well too. Can't be said for so many other children's books including the Enid Blytons. On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 9:05 PM Deepa Mohanwrote: > Funny how we give children books to implant some ideas in their heads, > and they come away from the reading with something completely > different. I gave my daughter some reading to introduce her to the > fact that two of her great-grandfathers had been given the Order of > the British Empire...and she was full of "your family were slaves of > the British" afterwards! It made me take another look at my family, > with a new perspective. > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 9:01 PM, Bhaskar Dasgupta > wrote: > > After loads of consultations, got this set for my eldest cost centre's > 18th birthday > > > > > http://dailysalty.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/so-what-do-you-give-boy-on-his-18th.html?m=1 > > > > > > > >> On 6 Dec 2016, at 3:03 pm, Rajeev Chakravarthi > wrote: > >> > >> I try not to gift books to people unless I know what they like to read. > >> > >> However, for kids' birthdays, I go with one of the following - > >> 1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory > >> 2. The Magic Faraway Tree > >> 3. The Wind in the Willows > >> 4. Anything from the Paddington Bear series > >> 5. Anything from the Geronimo Stilton series (seems wildly popular with > children) > >> > >> I have noticed that parents are also grateful for Amar Chitra Katha > titles as presents - more so than the kids themselves. > >> > >> > >> > >> Regards > >> > >> Rajeev > >> > >>> On Dec 6, 2016, at 19:37, Namitha Jagadeesh > wrote: > >>> > >>> My "here, you MUST read this!" books: > >>> > >>> Phantoms in the brain - VS Ramachandran > >>> Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me - Ellen Forney > >>> Ocean at the end of the lane - Neil Gaiman > >>> The thrilling adventures of Lovelace and Babbage - Sydney Padua > >>> > >>> > >>> > On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Udhay Shankar N > wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Thaths wrote: > > How about your list, Udhay? > > > > I was looking for the "here, you MUST read this!" kind of book. > > An incomplete list from my perspective: > > Godel, Escher, Bach (multiple times) > Infinity and the Mind > Jonathan Livingstone Seagull (including to my then-fiancee-now-wife) > Kamala Subramanian's Mahabharatha > > > > -- > > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > > >> > >
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For fiction, I've stopped recommending books, but in non-fiction the only book I've gifted multiple times is: Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman It's a book about the obsession of reading, written with a light, wry touch - can be read from the beginning, middle or end, and from one of the best essayists around. Other books I want to gift but never have: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman Any book by Malcolm Gladwell Any essay collection by Ramachandra Gyha On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 8:33 PM Rajeev Chakravarthiwrote: > I try not to gift books to people unless I know what they like to read. > > However, for kids' birthdays, I go with one of the following - > 1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory > 2. The Magic Faraway Tree > 3. The Wind in the Willows > 4. Anything from the Paddington Bear series > 5. Anything from the Geronimo Stilton series (seems wildly popular with > children) > > I have noticed that parents are also grateful for Amar Chitra Katha titles > as presents - more so than the kids themselves. > > > > Regards > > Rajeev > > > On Dec 6, 2016, at 19:37, Namitha Jagadeesh wrote: > > > > My "here, you MUST read this!" books: > > > > Phantoms in the brain - VS Ramachandran > > Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me - Ellen Forney > > Ocean at the end of the lane - Neil Gaiman > > The thrilling adventures of Lovelace and Babbage - Sydney Padua > > > > > > > >> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Udhay Shankar N > wrote: > >> > >> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Thaths wrote: > >> > >> How about your list, Udhay? > >>> > >> > >> I was looking for the "here, you MUST read this!" kind of book. > >> > >> An incomplete list from my perspective: > >> > >> Godel, Escher, Bach (multiple times) > >> Infinity and the Mind > >> Jonathan Livingstone Seagull (including to my then-fiancee-now-wife) > >> Kamala Subramanian's Mahabharatha > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > >> > >
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Funny how we give children books to implant some ideas in their heads, and they come away from the reading with something completely different. I gave my daughter some reading to introduce her to the fact that two of her great-grandfathers had been given the Order of the British Empire...and she was full of "your family were slaves of the British" afterwards! It made me take another look at my family, with a new perspective. On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 9:01 PM, Bhaskar Dasguptawrote: > After loads of consultations, got this set for my eldest cost centre's 18th > birthday > > http://dailysalty.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/so-what-do-you-give-boy-on-his-18th.html?m=1 > > > >> On 6 Dec 2016, at 3:03 pm, Rajeev Chakravarthi >> wrote: >> >> I try not to gift books to people unless I know what they like to read. >> >> However, for kids' birthdays, I go with one of the following - >> 1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory >> 2. The Magic Faraway Tree >> 3. The Wind in the Willows >> 4. Anything from the Paddington Bear series >> 5. Anything from the Geronimo Stilton series (seems wildly popular with >> children) >> >> I have noticed that parents are also grateful for Amar Chitra Katha titles >> as presents - more so than the kids themselves. >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> Rajeev >> >>> On Dec 6, 2016, at 19:37, Namitha Jagadeesh wrote: >>> >>> My "here, you MUST read this!" books: >>> >>> Phantoms in the brain - VS Ramachandran >>> Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me - Ellen Forney >>> Ocean at the end of the lane - Neil Gaiman >>> The thrilling adventures of Lovelace and Babbage - Sydney Padua >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Thaths wrote: How about your list, Udhay? > I was looking for the "here, you MUST read this!" kind of book. An incomplete list from my perspective: Godel, Escher, Bach (multiple times) Infinity and the Mind Jonathan Livingstone Seagull (including to my then-fiancee-now-wife) Kamala Subramanian's Mahabharatha -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) >>
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After loads of consultations, got this set for my eldest cost centre's 18th birthday http://dailysalty.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/so-what-do-you-give-boy-on-his-18th.html?m=1 > On 6 Dec 2016, at 3:03 pm, Rajeev Chakravarthi> wrote: > > I try not to gift books to people unless I know what they like to read. > > However, for kids' birthdays, I go with one of the following - > 1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory > 2. The Magic Faraway Tree > 3. The Wind in the Willows > 4. Anything from the Paddington Bear series > 5. Anything from the Geronimo Stilton series (seems wildly popular with > children) > > I have noticed that parents are also grateful for Amar Chitra Katha titles as > presents - more so than the kids themselves. > > > > Regards > > Rajeev > >> On Dec 6, 2016, at 19:37, Namitha Jagadeesh wrote: >> >> My "here, you MUST read this!" books: >> >> Phantoms in the brain - VS Ramachandran >> Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me - Ellen Forney >> Ocean at the end of the lane - Neil Gaiman >> The thrilling adventures of Lovelace and Babbage - Sydney Padua >> >> >> >>> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Thaths wrote: >>> >>> How about your list, Udhay? >>> >>> I was looking for the "here, you MUST read this!" kind of book. >>> >>> An incomplete list from my perspective: >>> >>> Godel, Escher, Bach (multiple times) >>> Infinity and the Mind >>> Jonathan Livingstone Seagull (including to my then-fiancee-now-wife) >>> Kamala Subramanian's Mahabharatha >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) >>> >
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I suppose it would not be cool to say that I simply love the William books by Richmal Crompton...and lke Kate Fenton says about Georgette Heyer (another of my favourites) "have read (the books) to tattered shreds". (I have the set given to my aunt as a school prize to prove this statement. To let the thread drift, I love the illustrations by Thomas Henry. Any other illustrators who have become illustrious...like Tenniel, or in my local ambit, "Jay" (Jayaraj) and "Gopaludu" for Tamil magazines? On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 7:37 PM, Namitha Jagadeeshwrote: > My "here, you MUST read this!" books: > > Phantoms in the brain - VS Ramachandran > Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me - Ellen Forney > Ocean at the end of the lane - Neil Gaiman > The thrilling adventures of Lovelace and Babbage - Sydney Padua > > > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > >> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Thaths wrote: >> >> How about your list, Udhay? >> > >> >> I was looking for the "here, you MUST read this!" kind of book. >> >> An incomplete list from my perspective: >> >> Godel, Escher, Bach (multiple times) >> Infinity and the Mind >> Jonathan Livingstone Seagull (including to my then-fiancee-now-wife) >> Kamala Subramanian's Mahabharatha >> >> >> >> -- >> >> ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) >>
Re: [silk] What are the books you've gifted?
I try not to gift books to people unless I know what they like to read. However, for kids' birthdays, I go with one of the following - 1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2. The Magic Faraway Tree 3. The Wind in the Willows 4. Anything from the Paddington Bear series 5. Anything from the Geronimo Stilton series (seems wildly popular with children) I have noticed that parents are also grateful for Amar Chitra Katha titles as presents - more so than the kids themselves. Regards Rajeev > On Dec 6, 2016, at 19:37, Namitha Jagadeeshwrote: > > My "here, you MUST read this!" books: > > Phantoms in the brain - VS Ramachandran > Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me - Ellen Forney > Ocean at the end of the lane - Neil Gaiman > The thrilling adventures of Lovelace and Babbage - Sydney Padua > > > >> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: >> >> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Thaths wrote: >> >> How about your list, Udhay? >>> >> >> I was looking for the "here, you MUST read this!" kind of book. >> >> An incomplete list from my perspective: >> >> Godel, Escher, Bach (multiple times) >> Infinity and the Mind >> Jonathan Livingstone Seagull (including to my then-fiancee-now-wife) >> Kamala Subramanian's Mahabharatha >> >> >> >> -- >> >> ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) >>
Re: [silk] What are the books you've gifted?
My "here, you MUST read this!" books: Phantoms in the brain - VS Ramachandran Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me - Ellen Forney Ocean at the end of the lane - Neil Gaiman The thrilling adventures of Lovelace and Babbage - Sydney Padua On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Udhay Shankar Nwrote: > On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Thaths wrote: > > How about your list, Udhay? > > > > I was looking for the "here, you MUST read this!" kind of book. > > An incomplete list from my perspective: > > Godel, Escher, Bach (multiple times) > Infinity and the Mind > Jonathan Livingstone Seagull (including to my then-fiancee-now-wife) > Kamala Subramanian's Mahabharatha > > > > -- > > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) >
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On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Thathswrote: How about your list, Udhay? > I was looking for the "here, you MUST read this!" kind of book. An incomplete list from my perspective: Godel, Escher, Bach (multiple times) Infinity and the Mind Jonathan Livingstone Seagull (including to my then-fiancee-now-wife) Kamala Subramanian's Mahabharatha -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
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I gifted someone a set of Heinlein novels, used. Stupid of me, but I was young and impressionable back then and thought they were great. [Well, they are, if you carefully blank your mind out to the weird and wonderful politics and enjoy them for what they are] Other than that, I usually gift people prints of paintings and such, not books. --srs On 06/12/16, 2:57 PM, "silklist on behalf of Udhay Shankar N"wrote: Another book recommendation thread. This time, I am interested in the books that made enough of an impression that you gifted them to one or more people. Go! Udhay
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Listed in order of personal favourites and book-gifts that ALWAYS work: 1. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (This is not a book. This is an experience.) 2. The Little Prince by antoine de saint exupery 4. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (The hardcover edition) 5. Asterios Polyp / Bone / Adi Parva / Maus / Palestine 6. If On A Winter's Night A Traveler... By Italo Calvino 7. Cosmiconomics, also by Italo Calvino Cheers! (Sorry for not replying below the line or whatever that is. I got too excited.) Karen. On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Thathswrote: > On Tue., 6 Dec. 2016, 8:28 pm Udhay Shankar N, wrote: > > > Another book recommendation thread. This time, I am interested in the > books > > that made enough of an impression that you gifted them to one or more > > people. > > > > Here are a few that I loved so much that I gifted them to friends and > family: > > * Samanth's Following Fish > * Art Spiegelman's Maus series > * Rushdie's Midnight's Children > > How about your list, Udhay? > > Thaths > > > >
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On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 2:57 PM, Udhay Shankar Nwrote: > Another book recommendation thread. This time, I am interested in the books > that made enough of an impression that you gifted them to one or more > people. > Books are what I usually gift people. But more than the book impressing me, what I look for is to maximise the probability of them liking the book. And this usually depends on how much I know and understand the person. (Ideally, this is how all gifting should work)
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On Tue., 6 Dec. 2016, 8:28 pm Udhay Shankar N,wrote: > Another book recommendation thread. This time, I am interested in the books > that made enough of an impression that you gifted them to one or more > people. > Here are a few that I loved so much that I gifted them to friends and family: * Samanth's Following Fish * Art Spiegelman's Maus series * Rushdie's Midnight's Children How about your list, Udhay? Thaths >
[silk] What are the books you've gifted?
Another book recommendation thread. This time, I am interested in the books that made enough of an impression that you gifted them to one or more people. Go! Udhay