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rooneymcnibnug rated Mythology: 3 stars
Edith Hamilton: Mythology (1998, Little, Brown and Co.)
Mythology by Edith Hamilton (Back Bay books)
There has long been a need for the stories of ancient mythology written to appeal to the twentieth-century mind. Edith …
The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings (the Hobbit / the Fellowship of the Ring / the Two Towers / the by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Hobbit is a tale of high adventure, undertaken by a company of dwarves in search of dragon-guarded gold. A …
rooneymcnibnug rated The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism: 2 stars
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (German: Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus) is a book …
rooneymcnibnug rated Legacy of Ashes: 4 stars
Legacy of Ashes by Tim Weiner
For the last sixty years, the CIA has managed to maintain a formidable reputation in spite of its terrible record, …
rooneymcnibnug rated Astro noise: 4 stars
Laura Poitras: Astro noise (2016)
Astro noise by Laura Poitras
"Laura Poitras: Astro Noise" is the first solo museum exhibition by artist, filmmaker, and journalist Laura Poitras. This immersive installation …
rooneymcnibnug rated The Ego and Its Own: 4 stars
The Ego and Its Own by Max Stirner (Cambridge texts in the history of political thought)
The Ego and Its Own (German: Der Einzige und sein Eigentum; meaningfully translated as The Individual and his Property …
rooneymcnibnug rated The Code Book: 3 stars
rooneymcnibnug rated No Place to Hide: 3 stars
No Place to Hide by Glenn Greenwald
The story of one of the greatest national security leaks in US history. In June 2013, reporter and political commentator …
rooneymcnibnug rated Debt: The First 5,000 Years: 4 stars
Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber
The author shows that before there was money, there was debt. For 5,000 years humans have lived in societies divided …
rooneymcnibnug rated Dialectic of Enlightenment: 3 stars
Dialectic of Enlightenment by Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer (Cultural Memory in the Present)
Dialectic of Enlightenment is undoubtedly the most influential publication of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Written during the Second …
J. R. R. Tolkien: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: Book (1) One: The Fellowship of the Ring; Book (2) Two: The Two Towers; Book (3) Three (1982, Unwin Paperbacks)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: Book (1) One: The Fellowship of the Ring; Book (2) Two: The Two Towers; Book (3) Three by J. R. R. Tolkien
Contains:
- Hobbit
- [The Fellowship of the Ring][1]
- [The Two Towers][2]
- [The Return of the King][3]
[1]: openlibrary.org/works/OL15331214W/The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring [2]: openlibrary.org/works/OL262757W/The_Two_Towers [3]: …
rooneymcnibnug rated Imagined communities: 3 stars
rooneymcnibnug rated The Illuminatus! Trilogy: 4 stars
The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson, Robert Shea
The Illuminatus! Trilogy is a series of three novels by American writers Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, first published …