Can we ever get into someone's soul?

At the moment I have half a dozen drafts of mini E-books on the go. And what do I mean by a mini E-book? Simply something of around 40 pages, generally an edited version of posts I’ve done on a subject. The collection now boasts the following topics -

• populism

• world views

• memoirs and diaries

• public strategies

• postmodernity

• social democracy

To reread the various pieces you’ve written on an issue and then ask yourself 

what’s missing is a fruitful exercise . It allows you to read as a bit of an outsider

 and question where it seems to be going. It also gives you the opportunity to 

identify an appropriate list of recommended books – ideally with an explanation 

of why they’ve been selected

Let me start with what should be the easy one – Memoirs and Diaries – easy 

because it consists largely of lists of books. The catch is that each requires 

a short note to explain its choice. And that’s enormously difficult – how to 

grab the interest of readers in less than 40 pages??? How much does anyone ever reveal their inner thoughts - whether in memoirs or diaries? But here it is - Memoirs, diaries and intellectual biographies