Archive for the 'books' Category

The Essential Guide to Apartment Living in Ireland

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

A little book caught my eye while paying in Dubray books: ‘The Essential Guide to Apartment Living in Ireland‘ by Robert Gogan. At 15 euro for under 200 A5 pages, I thought it was a bit steep. I had a quick flick through it and it looked well thought out. I was further encouraged when [...]

Positively Happy Noel cashes in on Cosmic Ordering

Friday, September 22nd, 2006

I blogged a few months ago about the Cosmic Ordering phenomenon. I had read Barbel Mohr’s book on the subject, and now I’ve finished Noel Edmonds’ recently published  self-help book “Positively Happy” which promises “cosmic ways to change your life” on the cover. I should point out that I did not purchase either book and rarely purchase any [...]

Cosmic Ordering: Barbel and Noel say Success is Simple

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

Noel Edmonds is raving about it. Barbel Mohr has become an extremely wealthy woman because of it. We can all get exactly what we want when we want it they claim. All we have to do is ask the universe and it will be! It’s called Cosmic Ordering and it sounds good to me.
Well, actually [...]

Eason take over Reads - the end of cheap books and highlighters?

Thursday, November 17th, 2005

I was shocked and disappointed to read in The Irish Times this morning that the main Irish bookseller Eason has bought its rival Reads of Nassau Street.
Generations of students have fond memories of stocking up on cheap stationery at this institution. It’s a great place for refill pads, pens and binders but my favourite purchase [...]