by Benard Makaa | May 7, 2019 | Books
From a very early age, perhaps the age of seven or eight, I knew that when I grew up I should be a mechanic or an engineer. But I got addicted to books along the way and I remember reading everything I could lay my hands onto in the vicinity of my place of stay;...
by Benard Makaa | Apr 23, 2019 | Books
I have been influenced by books probably more than anything else when it comes to living. Today is world’s book day and I thought of sharing books that have made a huge impact and difference in my life. These books continue to influence me, and if I will be fortunate...
by Benard Makaa | Feb 18, 2019 | Books, Culture, Philosophy
My Favourite Philosophers1.Benjamin FranklinWikipedia pageBorn January 17, 1706, Died April 17, 1790 (aged 84)Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, humorist, civic activist, statesman, and...
by Benard Makaa | Jan 24, 2019 | Books, Philosophy
When a friend asks me for advice, if I have been through a similar situation, I tell them this is what I would do. If I don’t know much about the subject, I tell them exactly that. I say “I don’t know”. If the question is a complex one, say questions about life, I...
by Benard Makaa | Jan 22, 2019 | Books
This is the final list as updated from 22nd January 2019 to 20th December 2019. For reviews and book summaries, click the book(Amazon) links. For the 2018 list, find it here. For the 2017 list, find it here. For the 2016 list, find it here. For the 2015 list, find it...
by Benard Makaa | Oct 19, 2018 | Books, Culture, What I have learned
I have been postponing posting this for the last six months. I feared how friends and strangers would think of me, would it change the way they look at me? Will it make me more ashamed of my upbringing? Then today I reasoned that there might be other boys and girls...
