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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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.
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.
Octobre …
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 :-)
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.
L’oncle Cassave va mourir. Il convoque toute sa famille à son chevet dans la demeure …
Jean Ray est le Lovecraft / Poe belge. Je pense que quand j'ai dit cela, j'ai tout dit. Ses histoires et contes sont super bien construits et c'est un plaisir sans cesse renouvelé.
"From one of our most beloved and best-selling authors: a hilarious new stand-alone novel about …
Excellent, but then again, I still have to find a book by A. McC-S. that I don't like :-) If you don't know him yet, do yourself a favour and get one of his books, any which one will do. He's probably most famous for The N°1 Lady detective agency, which was made into a movie, but it's a whole series (probably 20 I reckon). The audio books made by the BBC (I think) are of very high quality, so recommended as well (got several of those and never disappointed). He has several series with different settings and heroes, my favorite being Dr Igelfeld, scholar in a linguistic department, and having been there myself I can swear Alex was a fly on the wall so close it is to reality. All his books are great, he is great. More here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_McCall_Smith . Ho yes, this specific book, I hear you …
Excellent, but then again, I still have to find a book by A. McC-S. that I don't like :-) If you don't know him yet, do yourself a favour and get one of his books, any which one will do. He's probably most famous for The N°1 Lady detective agency, which was made into a movie, but it's a whole series (probably 20 I reckon). The audio books made by the BBC (I think) are of very high quality, so recommended as well (got several of those and never disappointed). He has several series with different settings and heroes, my favorite being Dr Igelfeld, scholar in a linguistic department, and having been there myself I can swear Alex was a fly on the wall so close it is to reality. All his books are great, he is great. More here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_McCall_Smith . Ho yes, this specific book, I hear you say ? More of the same. funny, witty, crazy and extremely well written, as usual. The title sums it up, actually :-)
In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden “the first book,” …
Not at all what I expected, but still interesting, as always with Steinbeck. Quite short too !
1985, Paris est frappé par des attentats comme le pays en a rarement connu. Dans …
Excellent bouquin du non moins excellent @loevenbruck@toot.portes-imaginaire.org. Bien ficelé, super bien documenté. Un plaisir recommandé !
The universe has been explored--and humanity has all but given up on finding other intelligent …
Number 3 in the series, and I believe the last one. Not bad at all, but I can't help feeling it's a good thing it's finished. I have the impression that each book is just a tiny bit less good than the previous (I avoided worse on purpose, because it's not that bad). Still worth a read, loads of twists even if sometimes a bit predictable.