Zoo City by Lauren Beukes

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The Third Reich at War, 1939-1945 - Richard J. Evans

The warm simplicity of her [Ilse Weber] settings was never more moving than in her lullaby 'Viegela', which she reportedly sang to children from the camp, including her son Tommy, as she accompanied them voluntarily into the gas chamber at Auschwitz on 6 October 1944:

Viegala Viegala ville
Now is the world so still!
No sound disturbs the lovely peace
My little child, now go to sleep.

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Mapping of Treason's Harbour Complete

My map of the events in Treasons Harbour is complete. Despite the massive distraction of starting work at goCatch, I still managed to finish within a year which puts me on track to finish all the books in 2022.

A few fictional locations at key points in the book gave pause, but I am getting better at accepting that I can't pinpoint every location exactly and making my educated guesses more quickly. Looking forward to The Far Side of the World.

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The Third Reich in Power, 1933-1939 - Richard J. Evans

Continuing the fascinating, horrifying story of the Nazi regime after it came to power. Moving on to the third volume with just a bit of trepidation.

This illustration of Jewish Germans realisation of their predicament after Kristallnacht violence of November 1938.

For many jews the shock of the pogrom was profound, destroying any last illusion they might have had that their patriotism, their war service, their skills, their education or even the fact that they were human beings would protect them from the Nazis.

and this quote describing the German/Soviet non aggression pact.

A formal alliance between two powers that had spent the previous six years mutually vilifying each other in public and had been the major backers of the two opposing sides of the Spanish civil war was unexpected to say the least.

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The Lean Startup - Eric Ries

Science ... literally ... for the win!

We must avoid the caricature that science means formula or a lack of humanity in work. In fact science is one of humanities most creative pursuits.

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