These are some more of my favourite books, the kind you treasure and partially recall, without finding time to refresh your memory. But it’s good to read other people’s reviews, and recall the flavour of these very different volumes.
| ID | shelf | location | author | title | pages | description |
| 1 | MB3 | desk left | Sagittarius (Olga Miller) | Quiver‘s Choice | 196 | sardonic verses written 1943-5 |
| 2 | MB3 | desk left | Gustav Jahoda | the psychology of superstition | 157 | concise yet comprehensive |
| 3 | MB3 | desk left | Konrad Lorenz | King Solomon‘s Ring | 202 | “new light on animal ways” |
| 4 | MB3 | desk left | Jonathan Meades | Museum without Walls | 446 | reflections on urban landscapes |
| 5 | MB3 | desk left | Oliver Sacks | The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat | 233 | gentle stories of patients with mental disorders |
| 6 | MB3 | desk left | Granuaile | Anne Chambers | 223 | Grace O‘Malley – Ireland‘s Pirate queen |
| 7 | MB3 | desk left | Montaigne | Essays | 406 | “a portrait of himself in a frame of timelessness” |
| 8 | MB3 | desk left | Simone Weil | La Pesanteur et La Grâce | 205 | Gravity and Grace: a spiritual exploration (in French) |
| 9 | MB3 | desk left | Ch‘u Ta-Kao | Tao Te Ching | 126 | English translation of Classic Chinese wisdom |
| 10 | MB3 | desk left | C S Lewis | That Hideous Strength | 382 | science fiction with Arthurian legend and horror |
| 11 | MB3 | desk left | Colin Wilson | The Outsider | 316 | alienation in writers and artists |
a wayfarer’s notes 