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Surprisingly good. Can’t wait to read the sequel. The story has a great number of characters, multiple storylines and several philosophical dialogues on the morality of war, the value of honor, how to choose a spouse, etc. Many character...
Amazing story containing several parallel stories and many sub-stories within those; e.g. the main character does various things but also spends much tome reading an interactive book which tells stories wherein she and her dolls are the ...
Remarkable. Puts you firmly in the Paris of the beginning of the 20th century. I didn’t think i was going to like this: a mummy’s boy who can’t paint unless he drinks, and is in and out of mental homes? Charming! But Utrillo is an admira...
Searching for Accurate Maps
We're all pilgrims on the same journey – but some pilgrims have better road maps – Nelson DeMille
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A fascinating read. I’m not a climber but I enjoyed this. Well, enjoyed is not perhaps the right word. Krakauer does a good job of reporting and investigating a disaster that he was involved in – a very difficult task at the best of time…
A journalist (Gilder) seeks out a young black accused of rape, follows him and his family around for a few years and comes up with a devastating critique of the modern welfare state in the U.S.A.Although Gilder insists everything in t…
I was a bit skeptical about this as I’d started (and soon stopped) reading another Nick Cole story (Ctrl Alt Revolt! – a zombie story, yawn). But this was pretty interesting and kept me wanting to read more. It’s obviously based on (and …
Gripping! Seriously. Written for the general (non-climbing) reader as well as the enthusiast, it contains enough honest revelation and self-scrutiny to make it engaging. The experience of being taken hostage in Kyrgyzstan as a youngster …
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