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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Pride and Prejudice is a romance novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story charts the emotional development …
Daphne du Maurier: Rebecca (2007)
Rebecca is a 1938 Gothic novel written by English author Daphne du Maurier. The novel depicts an unnamed young woman …
Three Men in a Boat is one of the most popular English travelogues, having never …
A book that was popular long ago, come back to life after staying frozen in the Soviet culture as an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon literature. Not the first time I find good outmoded books via Russian friends.
Monty Python paid hommage to Proust's novel in a sketch first broadcast on November 16th, 1972, called The All-England Summarize …
The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? is a 2012 popular …
Very interesting book, I learned a lot. Not convinced lessons from early societies are applicable to ours, except that at least they encourage us to "think out of the box". I would have liked to know what drove the choice of topics (chapters) in the book, and what other life areas could be contrasted with ours.
Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and …
Too slow moving, very little character development, superficial information about the setting and individuals, naive and archaic understanding of what drives people's actions. Overall, a waste of good reading time. The TV series is much better.
Philadelphia's centennial celebration in 1876 and the activities of a growing women's movement bring excitement and some new ideas to …
![Patrick Cauvin: E = mc2, mon amour (French language, 1989, [Librairie Générale Française])](/images/covers/13f48c4e-010f-49a1-a051-7f13cd399e9d.jpeg)
From the son of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and one of America's greatest mystery writers, John Dickson Carr, comes twelve …
A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first …
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of short stories by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, first published late …
This was a good read, and I have some trust that it does reflect the mentality of SS officers. Part of this mentality is the complete obscuring of the victims side, which is also an issue with this book, although part of its nature. I also learned more about the efforts by the Nazi regime to hide its crimes, and about the inter-war period in Germany and the SA-SS environment there.
Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by Nobel Prize-winning British author William Golding. The book focuses on a …
