rooneymcnibnug rated Collected Essays: 4 stars
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rooneymcnibnug rated GERMINAL; TRANS. BY ROGER PEARSON.: 3 stars
GERMINAL; TRANS. BY ROGER PEARSON. by Émile Zola (PENGUIN CLASSICS)
rooneymcnibnug rated Leviathan (Penguin Classics): 2 stars
Thomas Hobbes, C. B. Macpherson: Leviathan (Penguin Classics) (1982, Penguin Classics)
Leviathan (Penguin Classics) by Thomas Hobbes, C. B. Macpherson
Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan, from 1651, is one of the first and most influential arguments towards social contract. Written in the …
rooneymcnibnug rated A Parting of the Ways: 3 stars
rooneymcnibnug rated A Confederacy of Dunces: 3 stars
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero is one Ignatius J. Reilly, "huge, obese, …
rooneymcnibnug rated Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: 3 stars
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Alexander Brown
An American Indian History, a 1970 book by American writer Dee Brown that covers the history of Native Americans primarily …
rooneymcnibnug rated The Mythical Man-Month: 3 stars
The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick P. Brooks
Classic text on the human side of software engineering, containing essays on the management of software teams, projections about how …
rooneymcnibnug rated The puzzle palace: 4 stars
The puzzle palace by James Bamford
The book the NSA tried to suppress -- with a startling new afterword on the Geoffrey Arthur Prime spy case. …
rooneymcnibnug rated Chinua Achebe's Things fall apart: 3 stars
Chinua Achebe's Things fall apart by Harold Bloom (Blooms's modern critical interpretations)
rooneymcnibnug rated Cryptonomicon: 3 stars
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
E-book extras: "Stephensonia/Cryptonomica": ONE: "Cryptonomicon Cypher-FAQ" (Neal addresses "Frequently Anticipated Questions" and other fascinating facts); TWO: "Mother Earth Motherboard" (Neal's …
rooneymcnibnug rated Revolution in Rojava: 4 stars
Anja Flach, Michael Knapp, Ercan Ayboga: Revolution in Rojava (2016, Pluto Press)
Revolution in Rojava by Anja Flach, Michael Knapp, Ercan Ayboga
Am 19. Juli 2012 begann in Kobanî die Revolution von Rojava. Unter der Initiative des Volksrats Westkurdistan (MGRK) vertrieb die …
rooneymcnibnug rated Ethics (Penguin Classics): 4 stars
rooneymcnibnug rated The Ecology Of Freedom: 4 stars
The Ecology Of Freedom by Murray Bookchin
"Using a synthesis of ecology, anthropology, philosophy and political theory, this book traces our society's conflicting legacies of freedom and …
rooneymcnibnug rated Destroy all movies!!!: 4 stars
Destroy all movies!!! by Zack Carlson, Bryan Connolly
Contains A-to-Z coverage of over 1100 feature films from around the world, and dozens of exclusive interviews with cast members …