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French and English books, a few in German.
Many fields, including economics, philosophy and psychology, but lately more into Buddhism of the Zen persuasion.
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Alexia rated Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: 1 star
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray
Once upon a time Martians and Venusians met, fell in love, and had happy relationships together because they respected and …
Alexia rated Ghost World: 4 stars
Ghost World by Daniel Clowes
One of the best-selling and critically-acclaimed graphic novels of all-time telling the story of two supremely ironic, above-it-all teenagers facing …
Alexia rated Waiting for Godot: 2 stars
Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot (2006)
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Waiting for Godot ( GOD-oh) is a play by Samuel Beckett in which two characters, Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo), …
Alexia rated Bridget Jones's Diary: 2 stars
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding (Bridget Jones)
Meet Bridget Jones—a 30-something Singleton who is certain she would have all the answers if she could: a. lose 7 …
Alexia rated The Flanders Panel: 3 stars
The Flanders Panel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte (Harvest book)
When Julia is cleaning a 15th century Flemish painting, in a corner she finds the words: "Who killed the knight?" …
Alexia rated The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: 3 stars
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to …
Alexia rated Awakening the Buddha within: 3 stars
Awakening the Buddha within by Surya Das Lama, Lama Surya Das
Lama Surya Das, the most highly trained American lama in the Tibetan tradition, presents the definitive book on Western Buddhism …
Alexia rated The Fountainhead: 3 stars
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead is a 1943 novel by Ayn Rand. It was Rand's first major literary success and brought her fame …
Alexia rated Brave New World: 3 stars
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before. Cloning, feel-good …
Alexia rated Jonathan Livingston Seagull: 5 stars
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
Jonathan Livingston Seagull, written by Richard Bach, is a fable in novella form about a seagull learning about life and …
Alexia rated The Hotel New Hampshire: 1 star
John Irving: The Hotel New Hampshire (1986, Black Swan)
The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
"The first of my father's illusions was that bears could survive the life lived by human beings, and the second …
Alexia rated The skull mantra: 3 stars
Eliot Pattison: The skull mantra (2001, St. Martin's Paperbacks)
The skull mantra by Eliot Pattison (St. Martin's Minotaur mysteries)
A Chinese official is murdered in a slave camp in Tibet. One of the prisoners, a disgraced Chinese prosecutor, is …