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somezing rated The Hobbit: 5 stars

J. R. R. Tolkien: The Hobbit (2002, Houghton Mifflin)

The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings)

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends …

somezing rated Abschied von Sidonie / Auroras Anlass: 3 stars

Erich Hackl: Abschied von Sidonie / Auroras Anlass (Hardcover, German language, 1991, Diogenes)

Abschied von Sidonie / Auroras Anlass by Erich Hackl

Am achtzehnten August 1933 entdeckte der Pförtner des Krankenhauses von Steyr ein schlafendes Kind. Neben dem Säugling, der in Lumpen …

somezing reviewed Ladylike by Ingrid Noll

Ingrid Noll: Ladylike (German language, 2007)

Review of 'Ladylike' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

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somezing rated CURSO COMPLETO DE BORDADO (Spanish Edition): 4 stars

No cover — Donatella Ciotti: CURSO COMPLETO DE BORDADO (Spanish Edition) (2002, Editorial El Drac, S.L.)

CURSO COMPLETO DE BORDADO (Spanish Edition) by Donatella Ciotti

somezing rated Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949: 4 stars

Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949 by Doris Lessing

somezing rated Bicycle Diaries: 3 stars

David Byrne: Bicycle Diaries (Hardcover, 2009, Viking)

Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne

The iconic musician presents a behind-the-handlebars view of the world's cities.

somezing rated Störfall. Nachrichten eines Tages.: 4 stars

Störfall. Nachrichten eines Tages. by Christa Wolf

An East German writer, awaiting a call from the hospital where her brother is undergoing brain surgery, instead receives news …

somezing rated Reading Lolita in Tehran: a Memoir in Books: 4 stars

Azar Nafisi: Reading Lolita in Tehran: a Memoir in Books (2004)

Reading Lolita in Tehran: a Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi

somezing reviewed Frankenstein by Mary Shelley by Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (2022, Independently Published)

Review of 'Frankenstein by Mary Shelley' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

The narrative style of the text feels a bit dated, but it is a subject that has such a universal resonance that can not be dismissed. I didn't love reading it, but it did make me think.

somezing rated Anxiety Culture Why Modern Life Makes It Hard To Be Happy: 3 stars

Michael Foley: Anxiety Culture Why Modern Life Makes It Hard To Be Happy (2010, Simon & Schuster)

Anxiety Culture Why Modern Life Makes It Hard To Be Happy by Michael Foley

somezing rated For Whom the Bell Tolls: 4 stars

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

High in the pine forests of the Spanish Sierra, a guerrilla band prepares to blow up a vital bridge. Robert …

somezing rated Do good lives have to cost the Earth?: 3 stars

Richard G. Smith undifferentiated, Andrew Simms, Joe Smith: Do good lives have to cost the Earth? (2008, Constable)

Do good lives have to cost the Earth? by Richard G. Smith undifferentiated, Andrew Simms, Joe Smith

somezing rated L' Etranger. ( Fremdsprachentexte).: 5 stars

Albert Camus, Brigitte Sahner: L' Etranger. ( Fremdsprachentexte). (Paperback, German language, Reclam, Ditzingen, Gallimard)

L' Etranger. ( Fremdsprachentexte). by Albert Camus, Brigitte Sahner

L'Étranger est le premier roman publié d’Albert Camus, paru en 1942. Il prend place dans la tétralogie que Camus nommera …

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