François started reading The Girl Who Died by Ragnar Jónasson

The Girl Who Died by Ragnar Jónasson
Una wants nothing more than to teach, but she has been unable to secure steady employment in Reykjavík. Her savings …
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Una wants nothing more than to teach, but she has been unable to secure steady employment in Reykjavík. Her savings …

Four friends visit the island. But only three return....Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdóttir is sent to the isolated island of Elliðaey …
This is a strange book. I don't know exactly what to make of it. Space cowboy ? anticipation ? partly philosophy ? see for yourselves...
This is a strange book. I don't know exactly what to make of it. Space cowboy ? anticipation ? partly philosophy ? see for yourselves...

This is the story of a lie that became the most powerful kind of truth. A timeless novel as urgently …

"The Crystal Spheres" is a science fiction short story by American writer David Brin, originally published in the January 1984 …

The River of Time brings together eleven of David Brin's finest shorter works, including 'The Crystal Spheres', and four stories …

Travis McGee is unnerved when he receives an unexpected guest—real estate developer Harry Broll, who is convinced that McGee is …
Ce livre raconte une expérience de prison par un opposant politique dans les prisons nigérianes et sa lutte à la foi pour survivre et contre la dictature. Comme dirait Luchini, c'est du lourd, c'est du très lourd...
Ce livre raconte une expérience de prison par un opposant politique dans les prisons nigérianes et sa lutte à la foi pour survivre et contre la dictature. Comme dirait Luchini, c'est du lourd, c'est du très lourd...

« L’homme meurt en tous ceux qui se taisent devant la tyrannie. »
Wole Soyinka est arrêté en 1967 …