en-US Sun, 13 Apr 2025 09:34:00 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 62419 553 Mark Twain 1421271354 David 0 to-read 4.09 2013
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]]> 75439123 When Great-Grandpa Tong emigrated from China to Siam as a young man in the early decades of the 20 th century,he unwittingly brought with him a family curse�

Spanning three generations of a Chinese-Thai family in Thailand, Memories of the Memories of the Black Rose Cat is an epic saga of immigrant life. In her characteristic magical realist style, Veeraporn Nitiprapha chronicles the family’s adventures and tragedies against the backdrop of a tumultuous century to create a unique, vivid and poignant portrayal of Chinese diaspora life. A best-seller in Thailand, the original Thai-language edition of Memories of the Memories of the Black Rose Cat won the national SEA-Write Award in 2018.

“Riveting! A fascinating melange of Marquezian magical realism and a 21st century version of Dream of the Red Chamber. Tragically sweet with a twisted ending that makes readers wonder â€� like the forgotten history of the Chinese Diaspora in Thailand â€� if we really exist.â€� ~ Wassana Wongsurawat, Assistant Professor of Modern Chinese History, Chulalongkorn University

Praise for Veeraporn Nitiprapha’s earlier work (also translated by Kong Rithdee), The Blind Earthworm in the Labyrinth : “Engrossing and addictive.â€� ~ Asian Review of Books, Hong Kong

“Feverish and dreamy â€� a tour de force.â€� ~ The Straits Times, Singapore

“[A] rare glimpse into the torrid heart of modern Thai life.â€� ~ Washington Independent Review of Books, USA

“An immersive experience,â€� ~ The New York Times, USA]]> 362 Veeraporn Nitiprapha David 0 to-read 3.54
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]]> 28876 356 Naomi Novik 0345481283 David 4 4.06 2006
author: Naomi Novik
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]]> 3693
What happens to these strangers as they put on and take off their masks of identity and passion, all the while confessing, prevaricating, and reaching out to one another in the "veracious air" of the onrushing train, makes for one of Graham Greene's most exciting and suspenseful stories. Originally published in 1933, Orient Express was Greene's first major success. This Graham Greene Centennial Edition, originally titled "Stamboul Train," features a new introductory essay by Christopher Hitchens.]]> 197 Graham Greene 0142437913 David 0 to-read 3.48 1932
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]]> 3690
In his introduction, John Updike calls The Power and the Glory, "Graham Greene's masterpiece�. The energy and grandeur of his finest novel derive from the will toward compassion, an ideal communism even more Christian than Communist."]]> 222 Graham Greene 0142437301 David 0 to-read 3.99 1940
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]]> 59397630 330 Veeraporn Nitiprapha 6164510600 David 0 to-read 3.91
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]]> 52440162 Finalist for the 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize

In 1970s Thailand, three young people meet each other with fateful results.

Det has just lost his mother, the granddaughter of a king. He clings to his best friend Chang, a smart boy from the slums, as they go to college; while there, Det falls for Lek, a Chinese immigrant with radical ideals. Longing for glory, Det journeys into his friendsâ€� political circles, and then into the Thai jungle to fight. During Thailand’s most famous period of political and artistic openness, these three friends must reconcile their deep feelings for one another with the realities of perilous political revolution.]]> 368 Sunisa Manning 9814901261 David 0 to-read 3.88 2020
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]]> 58838847 An Instant New York Times Bestseller!

China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim our sins are unique?

It is now in vogue to celebrate non-Western cultures and disparage Western ones. Some of this is a much-needed reckoning, but much of it fatally undermines the very things that created the greatest, most humane civilization in the world.

In The War on the West, Douglas Murray shows how many well-meaning people have been fooled by hypocritical and inconsistent anti-West rhetoric. After all, if we must discard the ideas of Kant, Hume, and Mill for their opinions on race, shouldn't we discard Marx, whose work is peppered with racial slurs and anti-Semitism? Embers of racism remain to be stamped out in America, but what about the raging racist inferno in the Middle East and Asia?

It's not just dishonest scholars who benefit from this intellectual fraud but hostile nations and human rights abusers hoping to distract from their own ongoing villainy. Dictators who slaughter their own people are happy to jump on the "America is a racist country" bandwagon and mimic the language of antiracism and "pro-justice" movements as PR while making authoritarian conquests.

If the West is to survive, it must be defended. The War on the West is not only an incisive takedown of foolish anti-Western arguments but also a rigorous new apologetic for civilization itself.]]> 308 Douglas Murray 0063162024 David 0 to-read 4.22 2022
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]]> 58502699
For over a decade, philosopher and energy expert Alex Epstein has predicted that any negative impacts of fossil fuel use on our climate will be outweighed by the unique benefits of fossil fuels to human flourishing--including their unrivaled ability to provide low-cost, reliable energy to billions of people around the world, especially the world’s poorest people.

And contrary to what we hear from media “expertsâ€� about today’s “renewable revolutionâ€� and “climate emergency,â€� reality has proven Epstein


What does the future hold? In Fossil Future , Epstein, applying his distinctive “human flourishing frameworkâ€� to the latest evidence, comes to the shocking conclusion that the benefits of fossil fuels will continue to far outweigh their side effects—including climate impacts—for generations to come. The path to global human flourishing, Epstein argues, is a combination of using more fossil fuels, getting better at “climate mastery,â€� and establishing “energy freedomâ€� policies that allow nuclear and other truly promising alternatives to reach their full long-term potential.

Today’s pervasive claims of imminent climate catastrophe and imminent renewable energy dominance, Epstein shows, are based on what he calls the “anti-impact framework”—a set of faulty methods, false assumptions, and anti-human values that have caused the media’s designated experts to make wildly wrong predictions about fossil fuels, climate, and renewables for the last fifty years. Deeply researched and wide-ranging, this book will cause you to rethink everything you thought you knew about the future of our energy use, our environment, and our climate.]]> 480 Alex Epstein 0593420411 David 0 to-read 4.03 2022
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]]> 59395031 580 Marian L. Tupy 1952223393 David 0 to-read 4.17 2022
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]]> 74755144 From acclaimed Chinese author Han Song comes a twisted, experimental narrative of one man’s mysterious illness and his journey through a dystopian hospital system.

When Yang Wei travels to C City for work, he expects nothing more than a standard business trip. A break from his day-to-day routine, a good paycheck, a nice hotel—nothing too extravagant, of course. No fuss, but all the amenities.

But this is where his problems begin. A complimentary bottle of mineral water from the hotel minibar results in sudden and debilitating stomach pain, followed by unconsciousness. When he wakes three days later, things don’t improve; they get worse. With no explanation, the hotel forcibly sends him to a hospital for examination. There, he receives no diagnosis, no discharge date
just a diligent guide to the labyrinthine medical system he’s now circulating through.

Armed with nothing but his own confusion, Yang Wei travels deeper into the inner workings of the hospital and the secrets it’s hiding from the patients. As he seeks escape and answers, one man’s illness takes him on a quest through a corrupt system and his own troubled mind.]]> 405 Han Song 1542039487 David 0 to-read 2.32 2023
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]]> 60659597 2023 1st Place Chaucer Award Winner for Best Historical Fiction!

In sixteenth-century Venice, one young noblewoman dares to resist the choices made for her

Venice in 1509 is on the brink of war. The displeasure of Pope Julius II is a continuing threat to the republic, as is the barely contained fighting in the countryside. Amid this turmoil, noblewoman Justina Soranzo, just sixteen, hopes to make a rare love marriage with her sweetheart, Luca Cicogna. Her hopes are dashed when her father decides her younger sister, Rosa, will marry in a strategic alliance and Justina will be sent to the San Zaccaria convent, in the tradition of aristocratic daughters. Lord Soranzo is not acting only to protect his family. It’s well known that he is in debt to both his trading partners and the most infamous courtesan in the city, La Diamante, and the pressure is closing in.

After arriving at the convent, Justina takes solace in her aunt Livia, one of the nuns, and in the growing knowledge that all is not strictly devout at San Zaccaria. Justina is shocked to discover how the women of the convent find their own freedom in what seems to her like a prison. But secrets and scandals breach the convent walls, and Justina learns there may be even worse fates for her than the veil, if La Diamante makes good on her threats.

Desperate to protect herself and the ones she loves, Justina turns to Luca for help. She finds she must trust her own heart to make the impossible decisions that may save or ruin them all.]]> 432 Gina Buonaguro 1443468398 David 0 to-read 4.26 2022
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]]> 67697
In Alexander's childhood, his defiant character was molded into the makings of a king. His mother, Olympias, and his father, King Philip of Macedon, fought each other for their son's loyalty, teaching Alexander politics and vengeance from the cradle. His love for the youth Hephaistion, on whom he depended for he rest of his life, taught him trust, whilst Aristotle's tutoring provoked his mind and Homer's Iliad fuelled his aspirations. He killed his first man in battle at the age of twelve and became the commander of Macedon's cavalry at eighteen - by the time his father was murdered and he acceded to the throne, Alexander's skills had grown to match his fiery ambition.]]> 375 Mary Renault 0375726829 David 0 to-read 3.98 1969
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]]> 40382851
In the aftermath of the brutal murder of his father, a mysterious woman, Kahlan Amnell, appears in Richard Cypher's forest sanctuary seeking help . . . and more.

His world, his very beliefs, are shattered when ancient debts come due with thundering violence. In a dark age it takes courage to live, and more than mere courage to challenge those who hold dominion, Richard and Kahlan must take up that challenge or become the next victims. Beyond awaits a bewitching land where even the best of their hearts could betray them. Yet, Richard fears nothing so much as what secrets his sword might reveal about his own soul. Falling in love would destroy them--for reasons Richard can't imagine and Kahlan dare not say.

In their darkest hour, hunted relentlessly, tormented by treachery and loss, Kahlan calls upon Richard to reach beyond his sword--to invoke within himself something more noble. Neither knows that the rules of battle have just changed . . . or that their time has run out.

This is the beginning. One book. One Rule. Witness the birth of a legend.]]> 35 Terry Goodkind David 0 currently-reading 3.81 1994
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]]> 29044 559 Donna Tartt 1400031702 David 0 to-read 4.17 1992
author: Donna Tartt
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]]> 61215372
The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime Video, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

The Two Towers is the second part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic adventure The Lord of the Rings.

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in a battle in the Mines of Moria. And Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape, the rest of the company was attacked by Orcs. Now they continue the journey alone down the great River Anduin—alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.]]> 448 J.R.R. Tolkien David 5 4.60 1954
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]]> 61215384
The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime Video, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

The Return of the King is the third part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic adventure The Lord of the Rings.

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

The Dark Lord has risen, and as he unleashes hordes of Orcs to conquer all Middle-earth, Frodo and Sam struggle deep into his realm in Mordor.

To defeat Sauron, the One Ring must be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom. But the way is impossibly hard, and Frodo is weakening. The Ring corrupts all who bear it and Frodo’s time is running out.

Will Sam and Frodo succeed, or will the Dark Lord rule Middle-earth once more?]]> 432 J.R.R. Tolkien David 5 4.67 1955
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]]> 61215351 One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit.

In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.]]> 432 J.R.R. Tolkien David 5 4.52 1954
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]]> 1449282 Swedish 340 Bo Giertz 9197263575 David 5 4.47 1984
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Giertz vÀver in teologi pÄ ett skickligt sÀtt i en spÀnnande berÀttelse under reformationen pÄ 1500-talet i Sverige samt Dacke upproret
]]> 6657006 738 Markus Heitz 1841495727 David 5 3.97 2003
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]]> 2956 327 Mark Twain 0142437174 David 4 3.82 1884
author: Mark Twain
name: David
average rating: 3.82
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rating: 4
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]]> 295305
In this page-turning, original, and spectacularly told adventure story, Torak and Wolf are joined by an incredible cast of characters as they battle to save their world, in this first book in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness.]]> 295 Michelle Paver 0060728272 David 5 4.22 2004
author: Michelle Paver
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]]> 2645684
Efter en spektakulÀr transport till sÀkerheten avslöjar mannen att Sovjetunionen bedriver en storskalig militÀr undervattensaktivitet pÄ svenskt territorium, nÄgot som i praktiken försÀtter Sverige i krig. För Carl Hamilton innebÀr detta att han mÄste sÀtta sin egen framtid pÄ spel, dÄ ingenting Àr viktigare Àn detta, det som Àr i nationens intresse.]]> 467 Jan Guillou 8281430605 David 5 3.76 1988
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]]> 2645776 462 Jan Guillou 8281430621 David 3 Helt okej 3.59 1990
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Helt okej
]]> 25891 478 Jan Guillou 9119030320 David 5 Loved it 3.81 1991
author: Jan Guillou
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average rating: 3.81
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Loved it
]]> 2608015 342 Jan Guillou 8281430567 David 4 3.70 1987
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]]> 25883 0 Jan Guillou 3492233708 David 4 Kul med svensk spion roman, denna bok dÀr dock ocksÄ pÄ grÀnsen till kriminal thriller dÄ en mordutredning driver plottern framÄt.]]> 3.67 1986
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Intressant tvist pÄ spion genren, en svensk greve med vÀnster Äsikter.
Kul med svensk spion roman, denna bok dÀr dock ocksÄ pÄ grÀnsen till kriminal thriller dÄ en mordutredning driver plottern framÄt.
]]> 826706 Joan of Arc best of all my books; and it is the best; I know it perfectly well. And besides, it furnished me seven times the pleasure afforded me by any of the others; twelve years of preparation, and two years of writing. The others needed no preparation and got none." --Mark Twain]]> 452 Mark Twain 0898702682 David 5 Well translated and great work of the sources available]]> 4.09 1896
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Marvelous deliverance of an exciting story.
Well translated and great work of the sources available
]]> 13335037
During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.]]> 487 Veronica Roth 0062024035 David 3 All of the others are just too much]]> 4.13 2011
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Half decent youth fiction, the main character is the only one with the plurality of emotions that any normal person has.
All of the others are just too much
]]> 58010859 Swedish / Svenska 102 Åke Gafvelin 9172171294 David 0 to-read 4.14
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]]> 1885 Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen called this brilliant work "her own darling child" and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print." The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and her proud beau, Mr. Darcy, is a splendid performance of civilized sparring. And Jane Austen's radiant wit sparkles as her characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue, making this book the most superb comedy of manners of Regency England.

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780679783268]]> 279 Jane Austen 1441341706 David 4 4.28 1813
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Good book, the abridged version is recommended if you don't have 12 hours of spare time and like overly formal English
]]> 133394 Graham Greene's classic Cuban spy story, now with a new package and a new introduction

First published in 1959, Our Man in Havana is an espionage thriller, a penetrating character study, and a political satire that still resonates to this day. Conceived as one of Graham Greene's 'entertainments,' it tells of MI6's man in Havana, Wormold, a former vacuum-cleaner salesman turned reluctant secret agent out of economic necessity. To keep his job, he files bogus reports based on Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare and dreams up military installations from vacuum-cleaner designs. Then his stories start coming disturbingly true.

]]> 220 Graham Greene 0140184937 David 0 to-read 3.94 1958
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]]> 1953 A Tale of Two Cities is Charles Dickens’s great historical novel, set against the violent upheaval of the French Revolution. The most famous and perhaps the most popular of his works, it compresses an event of immense complexity to the scale of a family history, with a cast of characters that includes a bloodthirsty ogress and an antihero as believably flawed as any in modern fiction. Though the least typical of the author’s novels, A Tale of Two Cities still underscores many of his enduring themes—imprisonment, injustice, social anarchy, resurrection, and the renunciation that fosters renewal.]]> 489 Charles Dickens 0141439602 David 0 to-read 3.86 1859
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]]> 113436 An alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780375826696 can be found here.

One boy...
One dragon...
A world of adventure.

When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself.

Overnight his simple life is shattered, and he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic, and power. With only an ancient sword and the advice of an old storyteller for guidance, Eragon and the fledgling dragon must navigate the dangerous terrain and dark enemies of an Empire ruled by a king whose evil knows no bounds.

Can Eragon take up the mantle of the legendary Dragon Riders? The fate of the Empire may rest in his hands.]]> 503 Christopher Paolini 0375826696 David 0 to-read 3.96 2002
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]]> 106316 395 Herman Wouk 0802726437 David 0 to-read 4.09 1959
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average rating: 4.09
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]]> 42987
Taking us from the Sinai to Jerusalem, from dust-choking battles to the Entebbe raid, from Camp David to the inner lives of such historical figures as Golda Meir, Moshe Dayan, and Anwar Sadat, these extraordinary novels have the authenticity and authority of Wouk's finest fiction -- and together strike a resounding chord of hope for all humanity.]]> 688 Herman Wouk 0316953199 David 5 4.23 1994
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History is turned alive through the pages
]]> 1814843 320 John Flanagan 174166134X David 5 4.35 2006
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]]> 1524173
Will and Alyss must battle growing hysteria, traitors, and most of all, time. The king is fading, but when Alyss is taken hostage, Will is forced to make a desperate choice between loyalty to his mission and loyalty to his friend.]]> 304 John Flanagan 1741661285 David 5 4.27 2006
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Ìę±Ő±Ő> 266 John Flanagan 0399244565 David 5 4.24 2005
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]]> 7592279 489 John Flanagan 1741664489 David 5 4.42 2011
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]]> 5201089 Like New 320 John Flanagan 1741663016 David 5 4.29 2008
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]]> 144350
Still far from their homeland after escaping slavery in the icebound land of Skandia, the Ranger's apprentice and the princess's plan to return to Araluen is spoiled when Evanlyn is taken captive by a Temujai warrior. Though still weakened by the warmweed's toxic effects, Will employs his Ranger training to locate his friend, but an enemy scouting party has him fatally outnumbered. Will is certain death is close at hand, until old friends make a daring, last-minute rescue. The reunion is cut short, however, when they make a horrifying discovery: Skandia's borders have been breached by the entire Temujai army. And Araluen is next in their sights.

If two kingdoms are to be saved, the unlikeliest of unions must be made. Will it hold long enough to vanquish a ruthless new enemy? Or will past tensions spell doom for all?

The battles and drama are nonstop in Book Four of this hugely popular epic.]]> 294 John Flanagan 0399244573 David 5 4.35 2006
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]]> 60400 249 John Flanagan 0142406635 David 5 4.25 2004
author: John Flanagan
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average rating: 4.25
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]]> 144349 Bracing for a final clash with the evil warlord Morgarath, the Rangers rally the kingdom's allies, and Will is chosen, along with his friend Horace, as special envoys to nearby Celtica. But the simple mission soon takes an unsettling turn - the Celticans have disappeared, their town abandoned. The scheming hand of Morgarath, it seems, has been far from idle. He has found a way to bring his legions over the once impassible eastern mountains and is planning to ambush the king's army in a rout. Now with help many miles away, Will and Horace are the only ones standing in the way of the dark lord's plans. They have shown great skill and courage in their training, but how will they fare in the face of true evil?

With bigger battles and higher stakes, John Flanagan's epic adventure charges ahead with this rousing follow-up to The Ruins of Gorlan.

]]> 262 John Flanagan 0399244557 David 5 4.31 2005
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Great pre-teen book and marvelous plot
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But who is she? How did she get there? And what is the connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are later discovered in an abandoned quarry?

The respectable Bantrys invite Miss Marple to solve the mystery� before tongues start to wag.

Librarian's note: this entry is for the novel "The Body in the Library." Collections and other Miss Marple stories are located elsewhere on Ć·±ŠÓéÀÖ. The series includes 12 novels and 20 short stories. Entries for the short stories can be found by searching Ć·±ŠÓéÀÖ for: "a Miss Marple Short Story."]]> 191 Agatha Christie 157912626X David 4 3.86 1942
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]]> 30291515 Stengrunden berÀttar om fromhetslivet i en liten landsortsförsamling under tre olika epoker: upplysningstiden, den stora vÀckelsen pÄ 1800-talet och slutligen 1930-talet.

Stengrunden har nu tryckts i sin tjugofjÀrde tryckning. Sedan denna bok kom ut första gÄngen 1941 har generationer av kristna tagit djupa intryck av denna bok. Den röstades av svenska folket in bland 1900-talets mest betydelsefulla böcker enligt SVT:s omröstning 1998.]]> 340 Bo Giertz 9172710586 David 5 4.21 1941
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Unlike his brother Sid, Tom receives "lickings" from his Aunt Polly; ever the mischief-maker, would rather play hooky than attend school and often sneaks out his bedroom window at night to adventure with his friend, Huckleberry Finn ­ the town's social outcast. Tom, despite his dread of schooling, is extremely clever and would normally get away with his pranks if Sid were not such a "tattle-tale."

As punishment for skipping school to go swimming, Aunt Polly assigns Tom the chore of whitewashing the fence surrounding the house. In a brilliant scheme, Tom is able to con the neighborhood boys into completing the chore for him, managing to convince them of the joys of whitewashing. At school, Tom is equally as flamboyant, and attracts attention by chasing other boys, yelling, and running around. With his usual antics, Tom attempts to catch the eye of Becky Thatcher, a new girl in town, and persuades her to get "engaged" by kissing him. But their romance collapses when she learns Tom has been "engaged" previously to Amy Lawrence. Shortly after Becky shuns him, he accompanies Huckleberry Finn to the graveyard at night, where they witness the murder of Dr. Robinson.

Excerpt:
"TOM!"
No answer.
"TOM!"
No answer.
"What's gone with that boy,  I wonder? You TOM!"
No answer.
The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them. She seldom or never looked through them for so small a thing as a boy; they were her state pair, the pride of her heart, and were built for "style," not service—she could have seen through a pair of stove-lids just as well. She looked perplexed for a moment, and then said, not fiercely, but still loud enough for the furniture to hear:
"Well, I lay if I get hold of you I'll�"
She did not finish, for by this time she was bending down and punching under the bed with the broom, and so she needed breath to punctuate the punches with. She resurrected nothing but the cat.
"I never did see the beat of that boy!"]]> 244 Mark Twain David 5 3.92 1876
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Great Book, interesting story and
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These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much heralded scholar who studies the stuff and riddles of everyday life -- from cheating and crime to sports and child rearing -- and whose conclusions regularly turn the conventional wisdom on its head. He usually begins with a mountain of data and a simple, unasked question. Some of these questions concern life-and-death issues; others have an admittedly freakish quality. Thus the new field of study contained in this book: freakonomics.

Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, Levitt and co-author Stephen J. Dubner show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives -- how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing. In Freakonomics, they set out to explore the hidden side of ... well, everything. The inner workings of a crack gang. The truth about real-estate agents. The myths of campaign finance. The telltale marks of a cheating schoolteacher. The secrets of the Ku Klux Klan.

What unites all these stories is a belief that the modern world, despite a surfeit of obfuscation, complication, and downright deceit, is not impenetrable, is not unknowable, and -- if the right questions are asked -- is even more intriguing than we think. All it takes is a new way of looking. Steven Levitt, through devilishly clever and clear-eyed thinking, shows how to see through all the clutter.

Freakonomics establishes this unconventional premise: If morality represents how we would like the world to work, then economics represents how it actually does work. It is true that readers of this book will be armed with enough riddles and stories to last a thousand cocktail parties. But Freakonomics can provide more than that. It will literally redefine the way we view the modern world.
(front flap)]]> 268 Steven D. Levitt 0061234001 David 0 to-read 4.01 2005
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]]> 56486197 158 Martin Tunström 9789198664 David 0 to-read 4.00
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]]> 42989 704 Herman Wouk 0316954411 David 5 4.11 1993
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One of the passengers is none other than detective Hercule Poirot. On vacation.

Isolated and with a killer on board, Poirot must identify the murderer—in case he or she decides to strike again.]]> 274 Agatha Christie 0007119313 David 4 4.22 1934
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Klassisk Agatha Christie, hon bevisar varför Äter igen varför hon Àr en av vÀrldens mest lÀsta författare och solklar favorit i deckarförfattare
]]> 5360 Thus begins the new novel from John Grisham, a story inspired by his own childhood in rural Arkansas. The narrator is a farm boy named Luke Chandler, age seven, who lives in the cotton fields with his parents and grandparents in a little house that's never been painted. The Chandlers farm eighty acres that they rent, not own, and when the cotton is ready they hire a truckload of Mexicans and a family from the Ozarks to help harvest it.

For six weeks they pick cotton, battling the heat, the rain, the fatigue, and sometimes each other. As the weeks pass Luke sees and hears things no seven-year-old could possibly be prepared for, and he finds himself keeping secrets that not only threaten the crop but will change the lives of the Chandlers forever.

©2000, 2001 Belfry Holdings, Inc. (P)2001 Random House, Inc. Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, a Division of Random House, Inc.]]> 384 John Grisham 0385337930 David 4 3.74 2001
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Halvt sjÀlvbiografi av Grisham av hans uppvÀxt nere pÄ landet i amerikanska södern pÄ 50 eller 60-talet
]]> 5348
Enter the lawyers. Nate O’Riley is fresh out of rehab, a disgraced corporate attorney handpicked for his last job: to find Rachel Lane at any cost. As Phelan’s family circles like vultures in D.C., Nate goes crashing through the Brazilian jungle, entering a world where money means nothing, where death is just one misstep away, and where a woman—pursued by enemies and friends alike—holds a stunning surprise of her own.]]> 533 John Grisham 0440234743 David 5 En av Amerikas rikaste mĂ€n har flertalet barn men anser alla dem ovĂ€rdiga att Ă€rva sin förmögenhet sĂ„ han Ă€ndrar i sitt testamente i sista stund och skĂ€nker sin förmögenhet till sin okĂ€nda dotter som Ă€r katolska missionĂ€r djupt inne i Amazonas regnskog och den enda av sina barn som inte behöver sin pappas pengar.
Den enda advokatfirman kan avvara i flera mÄnader för att meddela arvtagerskan Àr en försupen tidigare partner som kommer direkt ut frÄn det senaste behandlingshemmet..

En oförglömlig resa i Amazonas regnskog, inget speciellt lyckligt slut dock. Dock skickligt skriven!]]> 3.87 1999
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Bland mina favorit böcker som jag ofta Äterkommer till i tanken och lÀser den vart annat Är.
En av Amerikas rikaste mÀn har flertalet barn men anser alla dem ovÀrdiga att Àrva sin förmögenhet sÄ han Àndrar i sitt testamente i sista stund och skÀnker sin förmögenhet till sin okÀnda dotter som Àr katolska missionÀr djupt inne i Amazonas regnskog och den enda av sina barn som inte behöver sin pappas pengar.
Den enda advokatfirman kan avvara i flera mÄnader för att meddela arvtagerskan Àr en försupen tidigare partner som kommer direkt ut frÄn det senaste behandlingshemmet..

En oförglömlig resa i Amazonas regnskog, inget speciellt lyckligt slut dock. Dock skickligt skriven!
]]> 5349 The Rainmaker, John Grisham tells the story of a young man barely out of law school who finds himself taking on one of the most powerful, corrupt, and ruthless companies in America -- and exposing a complex, multibillion-dollar insurance scam. In his final semester of law school Rudy Baylor is required to provide free legal advice to a group of senior citizens, and it is there that he meets his first "clients," Dot and Buddy Black. Their son, Donny Ray, is dying of leukemia, and their insurance company has flatly refused to pay for his medical treatments. While Rudy is at first skeptical, he soon realizes that the Blacks really have been shockingly mistreated by the huge company, and that he just may have stumbled upon one of the largest insurance frauds anyone's ever seen -- and one of the most lucrative and important cases in the history of civil litigation. The problem is, Rudy's flat broke, has no job, hasn't even passed the bar, and is about to go head-to-head with one of the best defense attorneys -- and powerful industries -- in America.]]> 419 John Grisham David 3 4.00 1995
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The jury is behaving strangely, and at least one juror is convinced he's being watched. Soon they have to be sequestered. Then a tip from an anonymous young woman suggests she is able to predict the jurors' increasingly odd behavior.

Is the jury somehow being manipulated, or even controlled? If so, by whom? And, more importantly, why?

From the Trade Paperback edition.]]> 464 John Grisham 0385339690 David 3 4.03 1996
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The peaceful English village of King’s Abbot is stunned. The widow Ferrars dies from an overdose of Veronal. Not twenty-four hours later, Roger Ackroyd—the man she had planned to marry—is murdered. It is a baffling case involving blackmail and death that taxes Hercule Poirot’s “little grey cellsâ€� before he reaches one of the most startling conclusions of his career.

Librarian's note: the first fifteen novels in the Hercule Poirot series are 1) The Mysterious Affair at Styles, 1920; 2) The Murder on the Links, 1923; 3) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, 1926; 4) The Big Four, 1927; 5) The Mystery of the Blue Train, 1928; 6) Peril at End House, 1932; 7) Lord Edgware Dies, 1933; 8) Murder on the Orient Express, 1934; 9) Three Act Tragedy, 1935; 10) Death in the Clouds, 1935; 11) The A.B.C. Murders, 1936; 12) Murder in Mesopotamia, 1936; 13) Cards on the Table, 1936; 14) Dumb Witness, 1937; and 15) Death on the Nile, 1937. These are just the novels; Poirot also appears in this period in a play, Black Coffee, 1930, and two collections of short stories, Poirot Investigates, 1924, and Murder in the Mews, 1937. Each novel, play and short story has its own entry on Ć·±ŠÓéÀÖ.]]> 288 Agatha Christie 1579126278 David 5 4.26 1926
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Verkligen en av Agatha Christies bÀsta böcker dÀr lösningen överraskar Àven vana lÀsare av Christie, om du aldrig lÀst Christie förut sÄ rekommenderas denna att börja med.
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Who is also on board? Christie's great detective Hercule Poirot is on holiday. He recalls an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: ‘I’d like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.â€� Despite the exotic setting, nothing is ever quite what it seems
]]> 352 Agatha Christie David 5 Boken fĂ„r en att vilja utforska den sidan av Christie]]> 4.13 1937
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SpÀnnande handling som överraskar, Àven vÀldigt intressanta biploter med den antydningar till romantik. (Agatha Christie skriver roman under annat antaget namn)
Boken fÄr en att vilja utforska den sidan av Christie
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Par i brott Àr kanske Agatha Christies mÀrkligaste och mest otypiska bok. Novellerna har en lÀttsam och lekfull ton, och visar prov pÄ författarinnans humor. Boken innehÄller Àven ett förord av Svenska Deckarakademins preses Johan Wopenka. Förordet ger pÄ ett pedagogiskt sÀtt en överblick över brittisk kriminallitteraturs mest kÀnda figurer och dess skapare.]]> 294 Agatha Christie 9187441411 David 4 InnehÄller referenser till vÀlkÀnda deckare med alltifrÄn Sherlock Holmes till hennes egen skapelse Herclue Poirot.
Om deckare tenderar att vara för mörka sÄ rekommenderar jag starkt denna bok]]> 3.34 1929
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En lite mer komisk tagning och hyllning av deckar genren.
InnehÄller referenser till vÀlkÀnda deckare med alltifrÄn Sherlock Holmes till hennes egen skapelse Herclue Poirot.
Om deckare tenderar att vara för mörka sÄ rekommenderar jag starkt denna bok
]]> 20821053
Adam Smith may have become the patron saint of capitalism after he penned his most famous work, The Wealth of Nations. But few people know that when it came to the behavior of individuals—the way we perceive ourselves, the way we treat others, and the decisions we make in pursuit of happiness—the Scottish philosopher had just as much to say. He developed his ideas on human nature in an epic, sprawling work titled The Theory of Moral Sentiments.

Most economists have never read it, and for most of his life, Russ Roberts was no exception. But when he finally picked up the book by the founder of his field, he realized he’d stumbled upon what might be the greatest self-help book that almost no one has read.

In How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life, Roberts examines Smith’s forgotten masterpiece, and finds a treasure trove of timeless, practical wisdom. Smith’s insights into human nature are just as relevant today as they were three hundred years ago. What does it takes to be truly happy? Should we pursue fame and fortune or the respect of our friends and family? How can we make the world a better place? Smith’s unexpected answers, framed within the rich context of current events, literature, history, and pop culture, are at once profound, counter-intuitive, and highly entertaining.

In reinvigorating this neglected classic, this book provides us with an invaluable look at human behavior through the lens of one of history’s greatest minds.]]> 261 Russell "Russ" Roberts 1591846846 David 5

Tough Adam Smith might be a bit too much of an introvert he has some sage advice and manages to once again accualice the ancient question of what it means to be good.
Evil is comparable to the rules of grammar, easy to see what's wrong. While good deeds are comparable to great literature which is very difficult to produce and it takes time to acquire the necessary skills.

The book does more that just open up the door to old moral philosophy, it expands upon them to make the metaphors updated to the modern age.]]> 3.89 2014
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Excellent modernization of the unknown work of Adam Smith.


Tough Adam Smith might be a bit too much of an introvert he has some sage advice and manages to once again accualice the ancient question of what it means to be good.
Evil is comparable to the rules of grammar, easy to see what's wrong. While good deeds are comparable to great literature which is very difficult to produce and it takes time to acquire the necessary skills.

The book does more that just open up the door to old moral philosophy, it expands upon them to make the metaphors updated to the modern age.
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But this book is not only a biography. It dispels the myths and debunks the caricatures that have grown up around Adam Smith. It explores Smith's ideas in detail, from ethics to law to economics and government, and the impact of those ideas on thinkers as diverse as Karl Marx, Charles Darwin, John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek. Far from being simply an economist, Adam Smith emerges as one of the founders of modern social psychology and behavioural theory. Far from being a doctrinaire 'libertarian' or 'neoliberal' thinker, he offers a strikingly modern evolutionary theory of political economy, which recognises the often complementary roles of markets and the state.

At a time when economics and politics are ever more polarized between left and right, this book, by offering a Smithian analysis of contemporary markets, predatory capitalism and the 2008 financial crash, returns us to first principles and shows how the lost centre of modern public debate can be recreated. Through Smith's work, it addresses crucial issues of inequality, human dignity and exploitation; and it provides a compelling explanation of why he remains central to any attempt to defend, reform or renew the market system.]]> 400 Jesse Norman 0241328497 David 0 to-read 4.01
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]]> 166434 422 Niall Ferguson 0141007540 David 0 to-read 3.92 2003
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Is America an empire? Certainly not, according to our government. Despite the conquest of two sovereign states in as many years, despite the presence of more than 750 military installations in two thirds of the world’s countries and despite his stated intention "to extend the benefits of freedom...to every corner of the world," George W. Bush maintains that "America has never been an empire." "We don’t seek empires," insists Defense Secretary Rumsfeld. "We’re not imperialistic." Nonsense, says Niall Ferguson. In Colossus he argues that in both military and economic terms America is nothing less than the most powerful empire the world has ever seen. Just like the British Empire a century ago, the United States aspires to globalize free markets, the rule of law, and representative government. In theory it’s a good project, says Ferguson. Yet Americans shy away from the long-term commitments of manpower and money that are indispensable if rogue regimes and failed states really are to be changed for the better. Ours, he argues, is an empire with an attention deficit disorder, imposing ever more unrealistic timescales on its overseas interventions. Worse, it’s an empire in denial—a hyperpower that simply refuses to admit the scale of its global responsibilities. And the negative consequences will be felt at home as well as abroad. In an alarmingly persuasive final chapter Ferguson warns that this chronic myopia also applies to our domestic responsibilities. When overstretch comes, he warns, it will come from within—and it will reveal that more than just the feet of the American colossus is made of clay.]]> 417 Niall Ferguson 0143034790 David 0 to-read 3.57 2004
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Representative government, the free market, the rule of law and civil society: these were once the four pillars of West European and North American societies. It was these institutions, rather than any geographical or climatic advantages, that set the West on the path to global dominance after around 1500. In our time, however, these institutions have deteriorated in disturbing ways.

Our democracies have broken the contract between the generations by heaping IOUs on our children and grandchildren. Our markets are increasingly distorted by over-complex regulations that are in fact the disease of which they purport to be the cure. The rule of law has metamorphosed into the rule of lawyers. And civil society has degenerated into uncivil society, where we lazily expect all our problems to be solved by the state.

The Great Degeneration is a powerful - and in places polemical - indictment of an era of negligence and complacency. While the Arab world struggles to adopt democracy, and while China struggles to move from economic liberalization to the rule of law, Europeans and Americans alike are frittering away the institutional inheritance of centuries. To arrest the degeneration of the West's once dominant civilization, Ferguson warns, will take heroic leadership and radical reform.

This book is based on Niall Ferguson's 2012 BBC Reith Lectures, which were broadcast under the title 'The Rule of Law and Its Enemies'.]]> 179 Niall Ferguson 0141975229 David 0 to-read 3.51 2012
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]]> 19068 ‘One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brief space of time, make a man blessed and happyâ€�

In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle sets out to examine the nature of happiness. He argues that happiness consists in ‘activity of the soul in accordance with virtueâ€�, for example with moral virtues, such as courage, generosity and justice, and intellectual virtues, such as knowledge, wisdom and insight. The Ethics also discusses the nature of practical reasoning, the value and the objects of pleasure, the different forms of friendship, and the relationship between individual virtue, society and the State. Aristotle’s work has had a profound and lasting influence on all subsequent Western thought about ethical matters.

J. A. K. Thomson’s translation has been revised by Hugh Tredennick, and is accompanied by a new introduction by Jonathan Barnes. This edition also includes an updated list for further reading and a new chronology of Aristotle’s life and works.

Previously published as Ethics]]> 329 Aristotle 0140449493 David 0 currently-reading 4.00 -350
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]]> 2657 "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."

A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much.

"To Kill A Mockingbird" became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film.]]> 323 Harper Lee 0060935464 David 0 to-read 4.25 1960
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]]> 464222 451 Henry Hazlitt 1933550112 David 0 to-read 4.12 1959
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]]> 3028 Economics in One Lesson is a classic economic primer. But it is also much more, having become a fundamental influence on modern “libertarianâ€� economics of the type espoused by Ron Paul and others.

Considered among the leading economic thinkers of the “Austrian School,â€� which includes Carl Menger, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich (F.A.) Hayek, and others, Henry Hazlitt (1894-1993), was a libertarian philosopher, an economist, and a journalist. He was the founding vice-president of the Foundation for Economic Education and an early editor of The Freeman magazine, an influential libertarian publication.  Hazlitt wrote Economics in One Lesson, his seminal work, in 1946. Concise and instructive, it is also deceptively prescient and far-reaching in its efforts to dissemble economic fallacies that are so prevalent they have almost become a new orthodoxy.

Many current economic commentators across the political spectrum have credited Hazlitt with foreseeing the collapse of the global economy which occurred more than 50 years after the initial publication of Economics in One Lesson. Hazlitt’s focus on non-governmental solutions, strong â€� and strongly reasoned â€� anti-deficit position, and general emphasis on free markets, economic liberty of individuals, and the dangers of government intervention make Economics in One Lesson, every bit as relevant and valuable today as it has been since publication.]]> 218 Henry Hazlitt David 5 4.16 1946
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Great book when you are getting started in your interest of economics
]]> 5358 Adaptation for younger readers.

Mitch McDeere is a young, intelligent and ambitious lawyer. When he gets a job with a top tax law firm in Memphis, he is delighted. But he quickly becomes suspicious after mysterious deaths, obsessive office security, and the Chicago mob figure into its operations. The situation only escalates when Mitch discovers that the firm is listening in on his phone calls and that the FBI want to speak to him. Money and power has a price � and it could be Mitch's life.

Adaptation Notes
This adaptation is a simplified text designed in association with world famous educational publishers, to provide a step-by-step approach to the joys of reading for pleasure. The series include original stories, contemporary titles based on today's best-selling media hits, and easily accessible versions of the literary classics from around the world. Each book has an introduction and extensive activity material. They are published at different levels for readers of all skill levels.

Series Editors: Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter

Book Details:
- Difficulty: Level 5 - Upper Intermediate (2300 words)
- Category: Contemporary
- Dialect: British English]]> 76 Robin Waterfield 0582418275 David 4 4.06 1991
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