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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The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair is a novel by Swiss author Joël Dicker. It was published in the …
Nice little mystery, but again, not really his best. Dupin makes a come back, but this feels like a rushed job...
"Eleonora" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1842 in Philadelphia …
Not really my favorite Poe - can easily skip without missing too much - very short story
"Eleonora" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1842 in Philadelphia in the literary annual The …
"The Masque of the Red Death" (originally published as "The Mask of the Red Death: …
short story, well in the expected Poe style -nice
"The Masque of the Red Death" (originally published as "The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy") is a short …
A field guide to fraud and the mechanisms by which it operates in economic systems.
Extremely interesting book, examining most scams since the 19th century and tryig to extract rules to spot and prevent them. All big recent scams are there, t---p, maddof, blood analysis and paios bonds. definitely worth a read.
Extremely interesting book, examining most scams since the 19th century and tryig to extract rules to spot and prevent them. All big recent scams are there, t---p, maddof, blood analysis and paios bonds. definitely worth a read.
A field guide to fraud and the mechanisms by which it operates in economic systems.
Encore une histoire courte qui ne m'a pas plu du tout. Poe a été très prolixe, et il faut séparer le bon grain de l'ivraie...
Encore une histoire courte qui ne m'a pas plu du tout. Poe a été très prolixe, et il faut séparer le bon grain de l'ivraie...
Histoire très courte et intéressante, mais avec un certain manque de finition et de "poli".
Histoire très courte et intéressante, mais avec un certain manque de finition et de "poli".
This Signet Classic edition contains Poe's macabre stories of men and women caught up by …
Not bad, but not his best either. Quite short.
This Signet Classic edition contains Poe's macabre stories of men and women caught up by mysterious or supematural forces. FOURTEEN …
