Outside of a Dog

Where it's not too dark to read

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Recent Books

Tiffany Jenkins: Strangers and Intimates (Hardcover, 2025, Pan Macmillan)

Strangers and Intimates

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Tiffany Jenkins's groundbreaking new book describes the battles fought to achieve a private life in the West and shows why, following decades in which it has been relinquished and ransacked, it is now in mortal danger.

At its heart are dramatic and moving stories. From the emergence of private …

Bianca Bosker: Get the Picture (2024, Penguin Publishing Group)

Get the Picture

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Thomas Pynchon: The Crying of Lot 49 (Hardcover, 1997, Buccaneer Books)

The Crying of Lot 49

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Dörte Hansen: Zur See (AudiobookFormat, German language, 2022, Penguin Verlag)

Zur See

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Woher kommt unsere Liebe zum Meer und die ewige Sehnsucht nach einer Insel?

Die Fähre braucht vom Festland eine Stunde auf die kleine Nordseeinsel, manchmal länger, je nach Wellengang. Hier lebt in einem der zwei Dörfer seit fast 300 Jahren die Familie Sander. Drei Kinder hat Hanne großgezogen, ihr …