Outside of a Dog

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Recent Books

Bernt Engelmann: Wir Untertanen (Hardcover, German language, 1974, C. Bertlesmann Verlag) No rating

Wir Untertanen

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Noch immer stehen in unseren Geschichtsbüchern die Taten und Untaten der Kaiser und Fursten im Vordergrund — bilden sie „unsere“ Geschichte. Wie die regierten, malträtierten und verwalteten neun Zehntel unseres Volkes lebten, erfährt man eher beilaufig.

Bernt Engelmann hat eine Deutsche Geschichte vom Beginn des Mittelalters bis zur Gegenwart …

Walter M. Miller Jr.: A Canticle for Leibowitz (1980, Bantam Books)

A Canticle for Leibowitz

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Highly unusual After the Holocaust novel. In the far future, 20th century texts are preserved in a monastery, as "sacred books". The monks preserve for centuries what little science there is, and have saved the science texts and blueprints from destruction many times, also making beautifully illuminated copies. As the …