jakob rated Into thin air: 4 stars
Into thin air by Jon Krakauer
"Reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion, Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon …
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jakob rated Rethinking depression: 3 stars
jakob rated How to Be Alone: 4 stars
How to Be Alone by Jonathan Franzen
Earlier versions of most of these essays first appeared in Details, Graywolf Forum, Harper's, and The New Yorker. The essay …
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
A searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy’s masterpiece.
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. …
jakob rated Ein Tag im Leben des Iwan Denissowitsch.: 5 stars
jakob rated Im Westen nichts neues.: 5 stars
Im Westen nichts neues. by Erich Maria Remarque
This edition is in Hebrew. Youthful, enthusiastic, they become soldiers. But despite what they have learned, they break into pieces …
jakob rated Aufzeichnungen aus einem Totenhause.: 5 stars
Aufzeichnungen aus einem Totenhause. by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The House of the Dead (Russian: Записки из Мёртвого дома, Zapiski iz Myortvovo doma) is a semi-autobiographical novel published in …
Die Pest by Albert Camus
Die Stadt Oran wird von rätselhaften Ereignissen heimgesucht. Die Ratten kommen aus den Kanälen und verenden auf den Straßen. Kurze …
jakob rated Aufzeichnungen aus dem Kellerloch.: 4 stars
Aufzeichnungen aus dem Kellerloch. by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Notes from Underground (pre-reform Russian: Записки изъ подполья; post-reform Russian: Записки из подполья, tr. Zapíski iz podpólʹya), also translated as …
jakob rated Der Tod des Iwan Iljitsch: 5 stars
Der Tod des Iwan Iljitsch by Leo Tolstoy
The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Russian: Смерть Ивана Ильича, romanized: Smert' Ivána Ilyicha), first published in 1886, is a novella …
jakob rated Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions: 4 stars
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is a satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott, first published in …
jakob rated Die Schere im Bauch. Aufzeichnungen eines Chirurgen.: 4 stars
Die Schere im Bauch. Aufzeichnungen eines Chirurgen. by Atul Gawande
In gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits of medicine, offering an unflinching …
jakob rated Fahrenheit 451: 4 stars
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451 is a 1953 dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury. Often regarded as one of his best works, …