Tag: books
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Re: The Best Short Stories by Jack London
Book Serendipity I first heard about Jack London when I was reading the book Into The Wild—I wrote a blog post about it over here https://jcornejo.com/2025/10/18/re-into-the-wild-by-jon-krakauer/ —since then, I’ve been curious about reading stories from Jack London. Finding this book wasn’t an easy task. I didn’t want to buy it online; I wanted to find…
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Re: The Dialogues of Plato
I moved to New York in November 2016. During the first month, I stayed in Brooklyn, at an apartment of an acquaintance of mine—although we weren’t close as friends. I was allowed to sleep in the living room while I was looking for a shared apartment. She brought me to her…
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Re: On Death And Dying by Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Walking in downtown Santa Cruz, I made a stop at the bookstore “Bookshop Santa Cruz“ for a quick browse. I wasn’t looking for anything specific. I stepped in, walked past the front desk, made a left, and started randomly checking out a mid size cart containing used non-fiction books. At first sight, my eyes were…
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Re: Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer
Personal Context I was finishing my road trip that I started a month ago, before buying this book. I found it in a bookstore in San Diego, Verbatim Books. The title of this book, “Into The Wild”, caught my attention. I just came from spending a month between car camping and low cost lodging. I…
