Nudie Reads

Pears' Cyclopaedia started in 1897 and continued til 2017. It was a little book of everything you could conceivably need to know - about everything. It was made to sell soap but it also contained a perfect section for new mums - "Baby's First Year". Things might be different now but for sheer clarity and calmness about how to care for a baby you can't beat the details published in Andrew Pears' Cyclopaedia. Whether you are interested in kids or not the medical practitioner who wrote this deserves a medal. 🐣🩺👩‍👧🎀🦕 Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads

20 Touko 202124min

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes canon features 56 stories and 4 novels, all of them wonderfully written adventures ostensibly from the pen of Doctor John Watson. Their first meeting, at which we learn all about Watson in detail, is as perfect a character description as has ever been written. 🔎🩺🧪✍️👁🪴 Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads

16 Touko 202122min

The feud of the Hatfields and the McCoys of Tug Fork in the US and the 19 year duel of Dupont and Fourier in France were extended violent affairs. Hatred and animus has always been the subject of great writing - think of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. But the news reports of these feuds were just as compelling. They might have been embellished - a lot - but they were still beautifully written. 🐖🤠🔥⚔️🤺 Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads

13 Touko 202124min

Ernest Hemingway was a journalist before was a novelist. And it shows in his writing style. He loved spare, simple, straightforward language. So his books including The Sun Also Rises are quick to read and enjoy. It's not a wonder he was a literary giant. In the 1920s no novelist was as modern and forceful. ☀️🦈 🐂 Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads

9 Touko 202118min

Murray Walker was famous as a Formula 1 car racing commentator but there was much more to the man than just the dizzy heights of one of the most dangerous, exciting and popular international sport. He was a legend as an enthusiastic fan and beloved by more than 500 million racing fans around the world. And a tank commander in WW2. And his autobiography is a treasure - add great writer to his list of achievements. 🏎🏆🍾 Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads

6 Touko 202113min

Nathaneal West was a depression era American author - alongside F Scott Fitzgerald and John Steinbeck, but West is known for his depressing reads. Like a Dementor his stories suck all the joy out of life. Yet his writing was exquisite. Can a work that is deliberately bleak be beautifully expressed? Yes, in West's hands. 📿🔪🔫🪒☠️ ️ Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads

2 Touko 202115min

Edmond Hoyle wrote the book. The book of the rules of card games. And chess and backgammon. But his work was immediately pirated by cheeky 18th century printers. At least the pirates wrote some good copy to attract readers to their dodgy publication. ♠️♥️♣️♦️ Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads

29 Huhti 202112min

Lennie Lower was Australia's 'Charlie Chaplin of words' a humourist from the 1930s and 40s whose wry observances of Oz life and attitudes brought joy to all who read him. He died too young but left behind a vast trove of great writing. No one was spared his amused gaze. Have a beer for Lennie this ANZAC Day 2021 ✍️🍺🇦🇺 Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads

25 Huhti 202116min