Retired linguist/law/IT. Avid reader in all languages (see polyglot.city/@FrankauLux/ ), both paper and ebooks. Mostly fictions these days.
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To boost waning interest in interstellar travel, a mission is sent into deep space to …
Nice read, lots of twists until the end. Hutch is taking a bit of a back seat in this one, but we see some characters from previous books come back more prominently. Very enjoyable read, even if not the next pulitzer :-) Can be read without having read the previous ones.
Londres. Impresiones de un español, como la mayoría de los libros de Camba, es básicamente …
Este libro me hizo reir mucho. Se trata de un autor espanol que vive algun tiempo en Londres y nos livra sus impresiones de los ingleses y de la vida inglesa. Es precioso. Como se trata de un livro de1916, claro que hay cosas que cambiaron mucho (como el smog y la utilisacion del carbon que desaparecieran completamente hoy dia), pero el resto sigue siendo pertinente.
Now, the writer who gets better with every book delivers a scorching novel of destruction …
Still a pretty good read - installment 3 or 4 in the academy series. Hutch still there and as usual some pretty interresting philosophical questions raised at the same time. Go for it :-)
Juillet 1789. La Bastille vient de tomber. Danton, Desmoulins et Robespierre entrent dans l'Histoire. Au …
On dévore cette suite du Loup des Cordeliers où le tempo s'accélère. J'ai bien aimé le crossover avec d'autres livres de @loevenbruck@toot.portes-imaginaire.org. Ca ne change rien pour ceux qui ne les ont pas lu, mais pour ceux qui les ont lu, c'est rigolo de voir soudain apparaître un personnage d'un autre bouquin. Henri est d'ailleurs en bonne compagnie puisque Stephen King le fait aussi.
On dévore cette suite du Loup des Cordeliers où le tempo s'accélère. J'ai bien aimé le crossover avec d'autres livres de @loevenbruck@toot.portes-imaginaire.org. Ca ne change rien pour ceux qui ne les ont pas lu, mais pour ceux qui les ont lu, c'est rigolo de voir soudain apparaître un personnage d'un autre bouquin. Henri est d'ailleurs en bonne compagnie puisque Stephen King le fait aussi.
Mai 1789, un vent de révolte souffle sur Paris.
Gabriel Joly, jeune provincial ambitieux, …
Une histoire intéressante de notre @loevenbruck@toot.portes-imaginaire.org favori ? Non ! deux pour le prix d'une ! On a une vision un peu différente (mais probablement plus correcte) de la révolution française (et je dis plus correcte car on sait qu'Henri se documente comme un malade :-) ) et une histoire policière en prime. A découvrir donc...
Une histoire intéressante de notre @loevenbruck@toot.portes-imaginaire.org favori ? Non ! deux pour le prix d'une ! On a une vision un peu différente (mais probablement plus correcte) de la révolution française (et je dis plus correcte car on sait qu'Henri se documente comme un malade :-) ) et une histoire policière en prime. A découvrir donc...
Renowned Scottish cookbook writer Paul Stuart is hard at work on his new book, The …
Excellent as usual. #2 after the italian bulldozer, maybe a bit more philosophical and less funny, but always a good read.
Not exactly what I remembered, so worth re-reading :-)
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Hebrew: ההיסטוריה של המחר, English: The History of …
Just like the previous one (Sapiens), this book is an eye-opener. You don't need to have read the previous one, as the main point are covered enough toenable you to follow the new arguments. same remarks as for the previous book: excellent read. It is history, economics, borderline philosophy, but reads like a thriller and is duly documented, as a scientific work (about 25% of the book is taken up by the references). So highly recommended.
Just like the previous one (Sapiens), this book is an eye-opener. You don't need to have read the previous one, as the main point are covered enough toenable you to follow the new arguments. same remarks as for the previous book: excellent read. It is history, economics, borderline philosophy, but reads like a thriller and is duly documented, as a scientific work (about 25% of the book is taken up by the references). So highly recommended.
Very different from the stories of the previous gang, and sometimes a bit convoluted but still a very enjoyable book. Can't go wrong with this book.
Very different from the stories of the previous gang, and sometimes a bit convoluted but still a very enjoyable book. Can't go wrong with this book.
Un thriller palpitant et mystérieux dans la lignée de H.P. Lovecraft et d’Agatha Christie.
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Encore un excellent bouquin de @loevenbruck@toot.portes-imaginaire.org. J'ai pas trop envie de déflorer le sujet. Ca se lit vite et bien, c'est plein d'un humour charmant et de tas d'allusions à plein de choses (je vois pas comment faire plus vague, désolé). J'ai un petit regret, je reste un peu sur ma faim à la fin du livre. Une fois le dénouement arrivé, tout est très vite réglé. J'aurais volontier lu quelques pages de plus sur certaines sociétés. Par contre les notes totalement étrangères au bouquin qui se trouvent à la fin sont super intéressantes (et sic transit gloria mundi)... Bref. Lisez le, c'est génial :-)
Encore un excellent bouquin de @loevenbruck@toot.portes-imaginaire.org. J'ai pas trop envie de déflorer le sujet. Ca se lit vite et bien, c'est plein d'un humour charmant et de tas d'allusions à plein de choses (je vois pas comment faire plus vague, désolé). J'ai un petit regret, je reste un peu sur ma faim à la fin du livre. Une fois le dénouement arrivé, tout est très vite réglé. J'aurais volontier lu quelques pages de plus sur certaines sociétés. Par contre les notes totalement étrangères au bouquin qui se trouvent à la fin sont super intéressantes (et sic transit gloria mundi)... Bref. Lisez le, c'est génial :-)
Destined to become a modern classic in the vein of "Guns, Germs, and Steel," "Sapiens" …
This book should be mandatory reading. It explains many things in a simple way and reads like a thriller, despite being a history book. It just makes sense. So do yourself a favour and read it. now.
Destined to become a modern classic in the vein of "Guns, Germs, and Steel," "Sapiens" …
This book should be mandatory reading. It explains many things in a simple way and reads like a thriller, despite being a history book. It just makes sense. So do yourself a favour and read it. now.
Un flash mystérieux a coupé toute électricité sur Terre, aveuglant au passage tous les adultes. …
Un excellent bouquin de @ploum@mamot.fr. Un monde futur alternatif d'où l'électricité a disparu. Plein de rebondissements jusqu'au dernier moment - chaudement conseillé. Peut-être un peu tard pour l'avoir à temps pour mettre sous le sapin, mais cela vaut la peine d'essayer :-)
Un excellent bouquin de @ploum@mamot.fr. Un monde futur alternatif d'où l'électricité a disparu. Plein de rebondissements jusqu'au dernier moment - chaudement conseillé. Peut-être un peu tard pour l'avoir à temps pour mettre sous le sapin, mais cela vaut la peine d'essayer :-)
Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert or organizing guru like Marie Kondo—he’s just …
This book was a gift, so I felt compelled to read it. However, I have very mixed feeling about it. I am old and have started my döstädning, so I don't need convincing and I was hoping a couple of technique. I did get that, but at what price!! The author and I live on completely different planet, so it was very difficult to relate to anything in the book. A lot of what he says is just not applicable here * "put everything in a bag and bin it" - well no. we have to sort paper, metal, plastic, etc and that's what takes time... * "you can always order this and that and have it delivered" Can you really ? Well, not in my country... etc, etc. And then the enthusiasm of the born again minimalist ! tiring ! "Since I turned minimalist, I lost 5 kilos, won …
This book was a gift, so I felt compelled to read it. However, I have very mixed feeling about it. I am old and have started my döstädning, so I don't need convincing and I was hoping a couple of technique. I did get that, but at what price!! The author and I live on completely different planet, so it was very difficult to relate to anything in the book. A lot of what he says is just not applicable here * "put everything in a bag and bin it" - well no. we have to sort paper, metal, plastic, etc and that's what takes time... * "you can always order this and that and have it delivered" Can you really ? Well, not in my country... etc, etc. And then the enthusiasm of the born again minimalist ! tiring ! "Since I turned minimalist, I lost 5 kilos, won the lottery and I'm nominated for a Nobel Peace Price" (ok, slightly exaggerated, but not much). So there you go. I'm pretty sure plenty of people will enjoy this book and find it useful. I'm obviously not in the target audience.
Entertaining but hardly comprehensive, this study offers a somewhat European angle on the "technological counterculture." …
This book was basically a trip down memory lane for me, as I remember most of the things described in it. I still learned a couple of facts. I'm not sure anybody below 35 y/o would enjoy or appreciate the book though. It has aged a lot.
This book was basically a trip down memory lane for me, as I remember most of the things described in it. I still learned a couple of facts. I'm not sure anybody below 35 y/o would enjoy or appreciate the book though. It has aged a lot.