ұٰū岹's bookshelf: all en-US Sun, 27 Apr 2025 11:25:18 -0700 60 ұٰū岹's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Giovanni’s Room 406235 178 James Baldwin ұٰū岹 0 to-read 4.40 1956 Giovanni’s Room
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A Single Man 16842 186 Christopher Isherwood 0816638624 ұٰū岹 0 to-read 4.08 1964 A Single Man
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The Book Thief 19063 Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here

It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will be busier still.

By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, left behind there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordian-playing foster father, learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever there are books to be found.

But these are dangerous times. When Liesel's foster family hides a Jew in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up, and closed down.

In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.

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592 Markus Zusak ұٰū岹 0 to-read 4.38 2005 The Book Thief
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White Nights 1772910 82 Fyodor Dostoevsky ұٰū岹 5 4.16 1848 White Nights
author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
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average rating: 4.16
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The Master and Margarita 117833 The first complete, annotated English Translation of Mikhail Bulgakov's comic masterpiece.

An audacious revision of the stories of Faust and Pontius Pilate, The Master and Margarita is recognized as one of the essential classics of modern Russian literature. The novel's vision of Soviet life in the 1930s is so ferociously accurate that it could not be published during its author's lifetime and appeared only in a censored edition in the 1960s. Its truths are so enduring that its language has become part of the common Russian speech.

One hot spring, the devil arrives in Moscow, accompanied by a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and an immense talking black cat with a fondness for chess and vodka. The visitors quickly wreak havoc in a city that refuses to believe in either God or Satan. But they also bring peace to two unhappy Muscovites: one is the Master, a writer pilloried for daring to write a novel about Christ and Pontius Pilate; the other is Margarita, who loves the Master so deeply that she is willing literally to go to hell for him. What ensues is a novel of inexhaustible energy, humor, and philosophical depth, a work whose nuances emerge for the first time in Diana Burgin's and Katherine Tiernan O'Connor's splendid English version.]]>
372 Mikhail Bulgakov 0679760806 ұٰū岹 4 4.31 1967 The Master and Margarita
author: Mikhail Bulgakov
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average rating: 4.31
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The Vegetarian 25489025
Celebrated by critics around the world, The Vegetarian is a darkly allegorical, Kafka-esque tale of power, obsession, and one woman’s struggle to break free from the violence both without and within her.]]>
188 Han Kang 0553448188 ұٰū岹 0 to-read 3.61 2007 The Vegetarian
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The Burnout Society 25490360
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60 Byung-Chul Han 0804795096 ұٰū岹 0 to-read 3.87 2010 The Burnout Society
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<![CDATA[Deceit, Desire and the Novel: Self and Other in Literary Structure]]> 337520 328 René Girard 0801818303 ұٰū岹 0 to-read 4.25 1961 Deceit, Desire and the Novel: Self and Other in Literary Structure
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<![CDATA[A Handguide to the Wild Animals of Britain and Europe (Nature Handguides)]]> 1106002 128 Denys Ovenden 1850510504 ұٰū岹 0 4.50 A Handguide to the Wild Animals of Britain and Europe (Nature Handguides)
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<![CDATA[Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow]]> 31138556 Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity’s future, and our quest to upgrade humans into gods.

Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. This may seem hard to accept, but, as Harari explains in his trademark style—thorough, yet riveting—famine, plague and war have been transformed from incomprehensible and uncontrollable forces of nature into manageable challenges. For the first time ever, more people die from eating too much than from eating too little; more people die from old age than from infectious diseases; and more people commit suicide than are killed by soldiers, terrorists and criminals put together. The average American is a thousand times more likely to die from binging at McDonalds than from being blown up by Al Qaeda.

What then will replace famine, plague, and war at the top of the human agenda? As the self-made gods of planet earth, what destinies will we set ourselves, and which quests will we undertake? Homo Deusexplores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century—from overcoming death to creating artificial life. It asks the fundamental questions: Where do we go from here? And how will we protect this fragile world from our own destructive powers? This is the next stage of evolution. This isHomo Deus.

With the same insight and clarity that made Sapiens an international hit and a New York Times bestseller, Harari maps out our future.

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450 Yuval Noah Harari ұٰū岹 4 4.19 2015 Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
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<![CDATA[Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI]]> 204927599 From the author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world.

For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discoveries, inventions, and conquests, we now find ourselves in an existential crisis. The world is on the verge of ecological collapse. Misinformation abounds. And we are rushing headlong into the age of AI—a new information network that threatens to annihilate us. For all that we have accomplished, why are we so self-destructive?

Nexus looks through the long lens of human history to consider how the flow of information has shaped us, and our world. Taking us from the Stone Age, through the canonization of the Bible, early modern witch-hunts, Stalinism, Nazism, and the resurgence of populism today, Yuval Noah Harari asks us to consider the complex relationship between information and truth, bureaucracy and mythology, wisdom and power. He explores how different societies and political systems throughout history have wielded information to achieve their goals, for good and ill. And he addresses the urgent choices we face as non-human intelligence threatens our very existence.

Information is not the raw material of truth; neither is it a mere weapon. Nexus explores the hopeful middle ground between these extremes, and in doing so, rediscovers our shared humanity.]]>
528 Yuval Noah Harari 059373422X ұٰū岹 0 to-read 4.14 2024 Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
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The Secret History 29044 559 Donna Tartt 1400031702 ұٰū岹 0 to-read 4.17 1992 The Secret History
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Dark Prince (Dark, #1) 28866
Raven Whitney is a psychic who has used her gift to help the police track down a serial killer. Now she is determined to escape the glare of recent publicity for the peace and quiet of the Carpathian Mountains.

Prince Mikhail Dubrinsky is the leader of his people but, as his ancient Carpathian race grows ever closer to extinction, he is close to giving in to the heavy weight of loneliness and despair.

From the moment their minds touch, Raven and Mikhail form a connection. But there are those who incorrectly view all Carpathians as vampires, and are determined to give their extinction a helping hand.

There is an extended edition with an additional 100 pages: Dark Prince: Author's Cut Special Edition.]]>
447 Christine Feehan 0843955287 ұٰū岹 0 to-read 4.01 1999 Dark Prince (Dark, #1)
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The Wolf (Munch & Krüger, #4) 123252944 'Gives Jo Nesbo a run for his money money' Sunday Express
‘Written in Bjork’s habitual cool prose, it’s an absorbing, twisty novel� Sunday Times
‘Her name is Mia Kruger, and it is she who makes this superb story very special indeed. Genuinely gripping and with a wonderful heroine, it is sensational� Daily Mail
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It was one of Sweden's most notorious unsolved two young boys abducted and murdered, their bodies brutally, artistically arranged.

But eight years later, when two other boys are found in similar circumstances, it looks like the killer might be back - this time in neighbouring Norway.

Led by veteran detective Holger Munch, the investigating police are baffled. There are no clues, no leads to follow. In desperation, Munch drafts in a trainee from the Police Academy, Mia Kruger, a young woman with an uncanny ability to see beyond the facts. Little does he know that Mia is battling her own demons and will soon find that her life and that of the case are entwined in ways no one could have imagined....

From the internationally bestselling author of I'm Travelling Alone, comes another mesmerically chilling psychological tale of cat and mouse where the hunter may not know that they have become the hunted before it's too late...
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Readers love Samuel

'Ingenious'
'Simply terrific'
'Intelligent and gripping'
'Perfect for Scandi-Noir lovers'
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415 Samuel Bjørk 1529193036 ұٰū岹 0 to-read 4.10 2021 The Wolf (Munch & Krüger, #4)
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Faust 406373 Faust reworks the late medieval myth of a brilliant scholar so disillusioned he resolves to make a contract with Mephistopheles. The devil will do all he asks on Earth and seeks to grant him a moment in life so glorious that he will wish it to last forever. But if Faust does bid the moment stay, he falls to Mephistopheles and must serve him after death. In this first part of Goethe’s great work, the embittered thinker and Mephistopheles enter into their agreement, and soon Faust is living a rejuvenated life and winning the love of the beautiful Gretchen. But in this compelling tragedy of arrogance, unfulfilled desire, and self-delusion, Faust heads inexorably toward an infernal destruction.]]> 503 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 0385031149 ұٰū岹 5 3.90 1808 Faust
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A Cyborg Manifesto 16308894 88 Donna J. Haraway ұٰū岹 0 to-read 3.77 1985 A Cyborg Manifesto
author: Donna J. Haraway
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<![CDATA[The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction]]> 1875 176 Michel Foucault 0679724699 ұٰū岹 0 to-read 4.04 1976 The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction
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A Little Life 22822858
Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride.Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by what he fears is a degree of trauma that he’ll not only be unable to overcome—but that will define his life forever.]]>
720 Hanya Yanagihara 0385539258 ұٰū岹 4 4.28 2015 A Little Life
author: Hanya Yanagihara
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Other Minds 28116739
In Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith, a distinguished philosopher of science and a skilled scuba diver, tells a bold new story of how subjective experience crept into being—how nature became aware of itself. As Godfrey-Smith stresses, it is a story that largely occurs in the ocean, where animals first appeared. Tracking the mind’s fitful development, Godfrey-Smith shows how unruly clumps of seaborne cells began living together and became capable of sensing, acting, and signaling. As these primitive organisms became more entangled with others, they grew more complicated. The first nervous systems evolved, probably in ancient relatives of jellyfish; later on, the cephalopods, which began as inconspicuous mollusks, abandoned their shells and rose above the ocean floor, searching for prey and acquiring the greater intelligence needed to do so. Taking an independent route, mammals and birds later began their own evolutionary journeys.

But what kind of intelligence do cephalopods possess? Drawing on the latest scientific research and his own scuba-diving adventures, Godfrey-Smith probes the many mysteries that surround the lineage. How did the octopus, a solitary creature with little social life, become so smart? What is it like to have eight tentacles that are so packed with neurons that they virtually “think for themselves�? What happens when some octopuses abandon their hermit-like ways and congregate, as they do in a unique location off the coast of Australia?

By tracing the question of inner life back to its roots and comparing human beings with our most remarkable animal relatives, Godfrey-Smith casts crucial new light on the octopus mind—and on our own.]]>
257 Peter Godfrey-Smith 0374227764 ұٰū岹 3 3.86 2016 Other Minds
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Ana konda? 195914357
AR JIS KANDA?

O žemaičiams, matyt, tokios nemielos anakondos, kad jų klausimas skamba taip: „AR ANA KONDA?�

Žinomas gamtos fotografas, laidų vedėjas ir rašytojas Marius Čepulis kviečia į kelionę po laukinę gamtą susipažinti su daugybe gyvūnų nuo pačių mažiausių iki tikrų milžinų, kurie gali mums įkąsti, įspirti, mus nudilginti ar kitaip sužaloti.

Gausiai paties autoriaus darytomis nuotraukomis iliustruota knyga padės pažinti ir geriau suprasti laukinius gyvūnus bei išmokti išvengti pavojų su jais susidūrus.

Kas baisiau � erkė ar vilkas?

Ar gali įkasti drugelis?

Ar karpiai kanda?

„Ana konda� � tai

� puiki knyga visai šeimai;

� parašyta trumpai, nesudėtingai, informatyviai ir šmaikščiai;

� supažindina su įkąsti ar kaip kitaip nuskriausti galinčiais gyvūnais, paaiškina priežastis, kodėl jie taip elgiasi, ir kaip to išvengti;

� moko tinkamai, saugiai elgtis su laukiniais gyvūnais;

� skatina pažinti, vertinti ir tausoti gamtą.

Marius Čepulis � daugeliui gerai pažįstamas gamtos fotografas, savo nuotraukomis ir įtaigiais, neretai šmaikščiais pasakojimais apie gyvūnus besidalijantis feisbuko paskyroje „Čepulio fotoklajonės�. Jis taip pat yra laidų vedėjas ir knygų vaikams apie gamtą autorius. Jis ne tik pats aktyviai rūpinasi biologinės įvairovės išsaugojimu ir gyvūnų gerove, bet ir šviečia visuomenę šiomis temomis. Jis pelnė ne vieną prizą Lietuvos gamtos fotografų konkurse „Auksinis žaltys�. Knygoje „Ana konda?� taip pat išvysite įspūdingų gyvūnijos nuotraukų.]]>
120 Marius Čepulis 6090156159 ұٰū岹 4 4.41 Ana konda?
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Flowers for Algernon 18373 Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, the powerful, classic story about a man who receives an operation that turns him into a genius...and introduces him to heartache.

Charlie Gordon is about to embark upon an unprecedented journey. Born with an unusually low IQ, he has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that researchers hope will increase his intelligence � a procedure that has already been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon.

As the treatment takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment appears to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance, until Algernon suddenly deteriorates. Will the same happen to Charlie?]]>
311 Daniel Keyes 015603008X ұٰū岹 5 favorites 4.19 1966 Flowers for Algernon
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<![CDATA[Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit]]> 94337 432 John E. Douglas 0671013750 ұٰū岹 0 currently-reading 4.07 1995 Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
author: John E. Douglas
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<![CDATA[Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves]]> 45894068 16 pages of black and white illustrations]]> 352 Frans de Waal 039335783X ұٰū岹 0 to-read 4.23 2019 Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
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<![CDATA[Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist]]> 58085267 New York Times best-selling author and world-renowned primatologist Frans de Waal explores sex and gender in both humans and other animals.

Though many scholars now argue that gender differences are purely a product of socialization, primatologist Frans de Waal illustrates in Different the scientific, evolutionary basis for gender differences in humans, drawing on his decades of experience working with our closest ape relatives: chimpanzees and bonobos. De Waal illuminates their behavioral and biological differences, and compares and contrasts them with human behavior: male domination and territoriality in chimpanzees and the female-led pacific society of bonobos.

In his classic conversational style and a narrative rich in anecdotes and wry observations, de Waal tackles topics including gender identity, sexuality, gender-based violence, same-sex rivalry, homosexuality, friendship, and nurturance. He reveals how evolutionary biology can inform a more nuanced—and equitable—cultural understanding of gender. Ultimately, he argues, our two nearest primate relatives are equally close to us, and equally relevant. Considering all available evidence, we can learn much about ourselves and embrace our similarities as well as our differences.]]>
408 Frans de Waal 1324007109 ұٰū岹 0 to-read 4.14 2022 Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist
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<![CDATA[Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies]]> 1842
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a national bestseller: the global account of the rise of civilization that is also a stunning refutation of ideas of human development based on race.

In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H. McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world. Societies that had a head start in food production advanced beyond the hunter-gatherer stage, and then developed writing, technology, government, and organized religion—as well as nasty germs and potent weapons of war—and adventured on sea and land to conquer and decimate preliterate cultures. A major advance in our understanding of human societies, Guns, Germs, and Steel chronicles the way that the modern world came to be and stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, the Rhone-Poulenc Prize, and the Commonwealth Club of California's Gold Medal]]>
498 Jared Diamond 0739467352 ұٰū岹 0 to-read 4.04 1997 Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
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El ingenio de los pájaros 34308236 Mientras viaja alrededor del mundo, Ackerman no sólo narra la historia de la recién descubierta inteligencia de los pájaros, sino que, además, profundiza en los últimos hallazgos acerca del cerebro aviar, hallazgos que están cambiando nuestra concepción de lo que significa ser inteligente.
Destaca la impresionante habilidad social de estos animales. Engañan y manipulan, escuchan a hurtadillas, hacen regalos, se besan para consolarse, chantajean a sus parejas, se alertan mutuamente del peligro, convocan a testigos para presenciar la muerte de otra ave e incluso hacen duelo.
Esta elegante investigación y cuaderno de bitácora entreteje anécdotas personales con datos científicos sorprendentes.]]>
416 Jennifer Ackerman 8434425262 ұٰū岹 5 4.08 2016 El ingenio de los pájaros
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<![CDATA[The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma]]> 18693771 A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing.

Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world's foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers' capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. He explores innovative treatments—from neurofeedback and meditation to sports, drama, and yoga—that offer new paths to recovery by activating the brain's natural neuroplasticity. Based on Dr. van der Kolk's own research and that of other leading specialists, The Body Keeps the Score exposes the tremendous power of our relationships both to hurt and to heal—and offers new hope for reclaiming lives.]]>
464 Bessel van der Kolk 0670785938 ұٰū岹 0 currently-reading 4.36 2014 The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
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Apie sielos ramybę 15737836
Pavojingais, intrigų kupinais laikais, kai niekas nebuvo tikras dėl savo gyvybės ar turto, stoicizmo filosofija mokė žmones neprisirišti prie žemiškų turtų, kantriai pakelti gyvenimo negandas, susitelkti į vienintelės tikros vertybės � sielos � tobulinimą.

Remdamasis savo gyvenimo patirtimi ir kitų išminčių teiginiais, Seneka mokė amžininkus ir ainius gyventi ir mirti; savo tekstus jis pats apibūdino kaip „naudingų vaistų rinkinius�. Seneka teigė, kad nereikia bijoti mirties, nes kūnas � tik laikinas būstas ir po mirties siela pateks į amžiną ramią ir giedrą dievišką erdvę.

Jis ragino ne pataikauti kūno geismams ir norams, bet tobulinti sielą. Filosofas žinojo, kad žmogus yra be galo silpnas, kad jam be paliovos reikia priminti, kas dora, o kas ne, kas teisinga, kas ne. Įsakmiais teiginiais be paliovos belsdamasis į skaitytojų sielas, jis iki šiol padeda nuo jų valyti vis atsigaunančių ydų purvą.]]>
199 Seneca 9986165296 ұٰū岹 0 4.08 60 Apie sielos ramybę
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<![CDATA[The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion: Surprising Observations of a Hidden World]]> 37572446 The Inner Life of Animals weaves the latest scientific research into how animals interact with the world with Peter Wohlleben's personal experiences in forests and fields.Horses feel shame, deer grieve, and goats discipline their kids. Ravens call their friends by name, rats regret bad choices, and butterflies choose the very best places for their children to grow up.In this, his latest book, Peter Wohlleben follows the hugely successful The Hidden Life of Trees with insightful stories into the emotions, feelings, and intelligence of animals around us. Animals are different from us in ways that amaze us-and they are also much closer to us than we ever would have thought.]]> 7 Peter Wohlleben 1518985807 ұٰū岹 3 3.79 2016 The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion: Surprising Observations of a Hidden World
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Animal Liberation 29380 The Book That Started A Revolution

Since its original publication in 1975, this groundbreaking work has awakened millions of concerned men and women to the shocking abuse of animals everywhere -- inspiring a worldwide movement to eliminate much of the cruel and unnecessary laboratory animal experimentation of years past.

In this newly revised and expanded edition, author Peter Singer exposes the chilling realities of today's "factory forms" and product-testing procedures -- offering sound, humane solutions to what has become a profound environmental and social as well as moral issue. An important and persuasive appeal to conscience, fairness, decency and justice, Animal Liberation is essential reading for the supporter and the skeptic alike.

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324 Peter Singer 0060011572 ұٰū岹 0 4.29 1975 Animal Liberation
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Silva Rerum IV 32711569
Matematikos profesorius jėzuitas Pranciškus Ksaveras iš Milkantų Norvaiša � ne tik LDK, bet ir pasaulio pilietis, masonas ir filosofas. Nancy, Viena, Krokuva, Varšuva, Amsterdamas, Paryžius, Londonas � tai jo kelionių trajektorijos, kuriose jis susipažįsta su pasaulio valdovais, skvarbiausiais mokslo protais ir intelektualiomis moterimis, stebi meno sampratą keičiančius muzikos ir teatro stebuklus, patiria uždraustą meilę, į Vilnių parveža naujausias mokslo žinias ir gaivius Apšvietos vėjus.

Tačiau kas iš tikrųjų jaudina profesoriaus sielą, kokių abejonių graužiamas jis žvelgia į juodą žvaigždėtą Vilniaus dangų, ką prisiminus jo širdis kaskart praleidžia vieną dūžį ir kodėl jam vis rodosi, kad seniai paskelbtas mirusiu Vilniaus baziliskas, mintantis fanatizmu, minčių tamsa bei sąžinės nešvara, atgijo ir prisitaikė prie pasikeitusios laiko dvasios?]]>
400 Kristina Sabaliauskaitė 9955239395 ұٰū岹 4 4.58 2016 Silva Rerum IV
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Tales from the Perilous Realm 357263 Yayına Hazırlayan: Evrim Öncül
Sanat Yönetmeni: İnci Batuk Kürkçügil
Sayfa Düzeni Baskıya Hazırlık: Yeşim Ercan]]>
192 J.R.R. Tolkien 0261103431 ұٰū岹 0 3.84 1997 Tales from the Perilous Realm
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<![CDATA[21 Lessons for the 21st Century]]> 38820046 In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the most innovative thinkers on the planet turns to the present to make sense of today's most pressing issues.

How do computers and robots change the meaning of being human? How do we deal with the epidemic of fake news? Are nations and religions still relevant? What should we teach our children?

Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is a probing and visionary investigation into today's most urgent issues as we move into the uncharted territory of the future. As technology advances faster than our understanding of it, hacking becomes a tactic of war, and the world feels more polarized than ever, Harari addresses the challenge of navigating life in the face of constant and disorienting change and raises the important questions we need to ask ourselves in order to survive.

In twenty-one accessible chapters that are both provocative and profound, Harari builds on the ideas explored in his previous books, untangling political, technological, social, and existential issues and offering advice on how to prepare for a very different future from the world we now live in: How can we retain freedom of choice when Big Data is watching us? What will the future workforce look like, and how should we ready ourselves for it? How should we deal with the threat of terrorism? Why is liberal democracy in crisis?

Harari's unique ability to make sense of where we have come from and where we are going has captured the imaginations of millions of readers. Here he invites us to consider values, meaning, and personal engagement in a world full of noise and uncertainty. When we are deluged with irrelevant information, clarity is power. Presenting complex contemporary challenges clearly and accessibly, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is essential reading.]]>
372 Yuval Noah Harari 0525512179 ұٰū岹 0 to-read 4.15 2018 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
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<![CDATA[El lenguaje secreto de la naturaleza]]> 45708317
A love song for animals.
A trip to the deepest parts of nature.

We have all been mesmerized at some point by nature’s splendor and beauty. This book is a journey that will take us through many wonderful places around the world to get up close to creatures who, just like us, have families, emotions, face different challenges, make decisions, and create alliances.

“I have dedicated my entire life and career as a biologist to the study and protection of animals. Through my own experience, I will try to pass along the love and admiration that I have for nature on to you; my love for trees and my devotion towards other animals whose singularity has marked my fortunate life, full of exceptional circumstances, adventures, and fantastic encounters with surprising creatures. Join me in discovering a different way of seeing the world, a place where, whether we look like a fern, have the personality of a fly, the courage of an ant, or the heart of a seagull, we are all the same.”]]>
304 Oscar S. Aranda 8401022762 ұٰū岹 4 4.16 El lenguaje secreto de la naturaleza
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<![CDATA[On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It (Penguin Great Ideas)]]> 97412 106 Seneca 0143036327 ұٰū岹 0 to-read 4.20 49 On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It (Penguin Great Ideas)
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Meditations 30659 Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offer a remarkable series of challenging spiritual reflections and exercises developed as the emperor struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe. While the Meditations were composed to provide personal consolation and encouragement, Marcus Aurelius also created one of the greatest of all works of philosophy: a timeless collection that has been consulted and admired by statesmen, thinkers and readers throughout the centuries.]]> 254 Marcus Aurelius 0140449337 ұٰū岹 0 to-read 4.29 180 Meditations
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Animalium 20724592 Animalium presents the animal kingdom in glorious detail with illustrations from Katie Scott, an unparalleled talent.

Welcome to the Museum is a series of books set on the “walls� of the printed page, showcasing the world’s finest collections of objects � from natural history to art. Open 365 days a year and unrestricted by the constraints of physical space, each title in this series is organized into galleries that display more than 200 full-color specimens accompanied by lively, informative text.]]>
112 Jenny Broom 0763675083 ұٰū岹 5 4.44 2014 Animalium
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<![CDATA[Here I am - Where are you? The Behaviour of the Greylag Goose]]> 958531 270 Konrad Lorenz 0151400563 ұٰū岹 0 currently-reading 4.11 1988 Here I am - Where are you?  The Behaviour of the Greylag Goose
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<![CDATA[The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things � Stories from Science and Observation]]> 40656946
Nature is full of surprises: deciduous trees affect the rotation of the Earth, cranes sabotage the production of Iberian ham, and coniferous forests can make it rain. But what are the processes that drive these incredible phenomena? And why do they matter?

In The Secret Wisdom of Nature, master storyteller and international sensation Peter Wohlleben takes readers on a thought-provoking exploration of the vast natural systems that make life on Earth possible. In this tour of an almost unfathomable world, Wohlleben describes the fascinating interplay between animals and plants and answers such questions as: How do they influence each other? Do lifeforms communicate across species boundaries? And what happens when this finely tuned system gets out of sync? By introducing us to the latest scientific discoveries and recounting his own insights from decades of observing nature, one of the world’s most famous foresters shows us how to recapture our sense of awe so we can see the world around us with completely new eyes.]]>
272 Peter Wohlleben 1771643889 ұٰū岹 0 to-read 4.05 2017 The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things ― Stories from Science and Observation
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<![CDATA[The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World]]> 51938590 Anguilla anguilla. So little, in fact, that scientists and philosophers have, for centuries, been obsessed with whathas becomeknown as the “eel question�: Where do eels come from? What are they? Are they fish or some other kind of creature altogether? Even today, in an age of advanced science, no one has ever seen eels mating or giving birth, and we still don’t understand what drives them, after living for decades in freshwater, to swim great distances back to the ocean at the end of their lives. They remain a mystery.

Drawing on a breadth of research about eels in literature, history, and modern marine biology, as well as his own experience fishing for eels with his father, Patrik Svensson writes a book about this unusual animal.

InThe Book of Eels,we meet renowned historical thinkers, from Aristotle to Sigmund Freud to Rachel Carson, for whom the eel was a singular obsession. And we meet the scientists who spearheaded the search for the eel’s point of origin, including Danish marine biologist Johannes Schmidt, who led research efforts in the early twentieth century, catching thousands upon thousands of eels, in the hopes of proving their birthing grounds in the Sargasso Sea.

Blending memoir and nature writing, Svensson’s journey to understand the eel becomes an exploration of the human condition that delves into overarching issues about our roots and destiny, both as humans and as animals, and, ultimately, how to handle the biggest question of all: death.]]>
256 Patrik Svensson 0062968815 ұٰū岹 0 to-read 3.91 2019 The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World
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<![CDATA[Narraciones extraordinarias (I)]]> 45603
En este volumen aparecen algunas de las narraciones más conocidas y estudiadas de Poe. Hay que ir con ellas de la mano, refrenando el ansia que despiertan.]]>
248 Edgar Allan Poe 849764462X ұٰū岹 0 4.19 1840 Narraciones extraordinarias (I)
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<![CDATA[A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose]]> 76334 With his bestselling spiritual guide "The Power of Now," Eckhart Tolle inspired millions of readers to discover the freedom and joy of a life lived ?in the now.? In "A New Earth," Tolle expands on these powerful ideas to show how transcending our ego-based state of consciousness is not only essential to personal happiness, but also the key to ending conflict and suffering throughout the world. Tolle describes how our attachment to the ego creates the dysfunction that leads to anger, jealousy, and unhappiness, and shows readers how to awaken to a new state of consciousness and follow the path to a truly fulfilling existence. "The Power of Now" was a question-and-answer handbook. "A New Earth" has been written as a traditional narrative, offering anecdotes and philosophies in a way that is accessible to all. Illuminating, enlightening, and uplifting, "A New Earth" is a profoundly spiritual manifesto for a better way of life?and for building a better world.]]> 316 Eckhart Tolle 0452287588 ұٰū岹 0 to-read 4.15 2005 A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
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<![CDATA[Sapiens: glausta žmonijos istorija]]> 34352944
Tačiau prieš 70 tūkst. metų prasidėjo procesas, kurį šiandien vadiname kognityvine revoliucija. Attsitiktinė genų mutacija pakeitė Homo sapiens smegenų neuronų jungtis ir pavertė mus aplinką niokojančiais Žemės šeimininkais.

Knygoje “Sapiens� nuosekliai, glaustai ir itin žaismingai pasakojama, kokią įtaką žmonijai padarė trys svarbios revoliucijos: minėtoji kognityvinė, prieš 12 000 metų kilusi žemės ūkio ir vos prieš 500 m. prasidėjusi mokslo revoliucija.

Drąsios ir provokuojančios Y. N. Harari įžvalgos, grįstos giliomis biologijos, antropologijos, paleontologijos, istorijos ir ekonomikos mokslų žiniomis, radikaliai keičia daugelį nusistovėjusių sapratų apie pasaulį.]]>
412 Yuval Noah Harari 609427248X ұٰū岹 5 4.35 2011 Sapiens: glausta žmonijos istorija
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Dharmos valkatos 17985867
Romano pasakotojas Rėjus Smitas, išgyvenantis pasidygėjimą amerikiečių viduriniosios klasės gyvensenos tuštybe, sutinka Džefį Raiderį, kurį kaipmat identifikuoja kaip dvasinį idealą. Du jauni vaikinai įsitraukia į entuziastingas dharmos arba tiesos paieškas. Jų pagrindinis tikslas � dzeno kelias, kurį pasiekti jie tikisi kopdami į aukštas uolas ir gaudami vienatvės pamoką. Tačiau ši pamoka jiems sunkiai sekasi, ypač dėl tokio neasketiško laisvalaikio leidimo būdo kaip vyno vakarai, naktiniai poezijos skaitymai ar Laisvos Meilės Beprotybės Orgijos su bohemiškaisiais San Francisko Dzeno Pamišėliais.

Šiandienos pasiutėliams, kurie savaime suprantamu dalyku laiko tai, ko šeštojo dešimtmečio maištininkai tik siekė, bitnikų karta atrodo keista. Mes galime manyti, jog bitnikų gyvenimo būdas bei nuostatos iš esmės buvo vien primityvūs eksperimentai, pranašaujantys septintojo dešimtmečio kultūrinę revoliuciją, tačiau neabejotina, kad tai, kas siejama su negausia kontrkultūros literatūra, aiškiausiai, stipriausiai ir originaliausiai pasireiškė Kerouaco kūryboje.]]>
216 Jack Kerouac 9955231092 ұٰū岹 0 3.73 1958 Dharmos valkatos
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Ana Karenina I 18779937 496 Leo Tolstoy 9955087811 ұٰū岹 0 4.09 1877 Ana Karenina I
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Crime and Punishment 7144 671 Fyodor Dostoevsky ұٰū岹 0 4.26 1866 Crime and Punishment
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How to Be an Antiracist 40265832 How to be an Antiracist, Kendi asks us to think about what an antiracist society might look like, and how we can play an active role in building it.

In this book, Kendi weaves together an electrifying combination of ethics, history, law, and science, bringing it all together with an engaging personal narrative of his own awakening to antiracism. How to Be an Antiracist is an essential work for anyone who wants to go beyond an awareness of racism to the next step: contributing to the formation of a truly just and equitable society.]]>
305 Ibram X. Kendi 0525509283 ұٰū岹 0 to-read 4.36 2019 How to Be an Antiracist
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<![CDATA[I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)]]> 13214
Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide.

Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.� At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age—and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (“I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare�) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned.

Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read.]]>
289 Maya Angelou 0553279378 ұٰū岹 0 to-read 4.30 1969 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
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<![CDATA[30-Second Biology: The 50 Most Thought-Provoking Theories Of Life, Each Explained In Half A Minute]]> 34643776 a minute.

30-Second Biology tackles the vital science of life, dissecting the 50 most thought-provoking theories of our ecosystem and ourselves. At a time when discoveries in DNA allow us to feel more connected than ever to the natural world, this is the fastest route to an understanding of the tree of life. Whether you’re dipping into the gene pool, unlocking cells, or conversing on biodiversity, this is all the knowledge you need to bring life to the dinner-party debate.



An internationally bestselling series presents essential concepts in a mere 30 seconds, 300 words, and one image;
The 50 most important ideas and innovations in biology dissected and explained clearly without the clutter;
The fastest way to learn about cells, reproduction, animals, plants, evolution and ecosystems.]]>
160 Nick Battey 1782403892 ұٰū岹 0 3.56 30-Second Biology: The 50 Most Thought-Provoking Theories Of Life, Each Explained In Half A Minute
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Nature 3420140 Book by Emerson, Ralph Waldo 160 Ralph Waldo Emerson 0807015563 ұٰū岹 0 to-read 3.79 1836 Nature
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<![CDATA[El talento de Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)]]> 768990
A pleno sol es la película que René Clément filmó sobre esta historia. Anthony Minghella rodó otra versión, titulada El talento de Mr. Ripley.]]>
318 Patricia Highsmith 8496246620 ұٰū岹 0 3.83 1955 El talento de Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
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<![CDATA[50 Queers Who Changed the World: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Icons]]> 34220899 50 Queers Who Changed the World is a tribute to some of the most inspirational people of all time]]> 112 Dan Jones 1784881341 ұٰū岹 0 3.57 2017 50 Queers Who Changed the World: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Icons
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Motinos pienas 43788855
Iš pirmo žvilgsnio tai � romanas apie motiną ir dukterį Sovietų valdomoje Latvijoje 1969�1989 metais. Tačiau giliau slypi ir šalies istorija nuo sovietinės stagnacijos iki nepriklausomybės paskelbimo, ir klampi, žlugdanti skundimo, įtarinėjimų ir visuotinės apatijos atmosfera, ir sovietinė mokykla, ir artėjančios laisvės nuojauta. Viskas atpažįstama. Viskas � apie meilę, nemeilę ir instinktą gyventi.]]>
192 Nora Ikstena 6094663713 ұٰū岹 0 4.29 2015 Motinos pienas
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<![CDATA[Una antropóloga en la luna. Las historias mas sorprendentes de la especie humana.]]> 36368745 304 Noemí Villaverde Maza 8441539286 ұٰū岹 4 4.17 Una antropóloga en la luna. Las historias mas sorprendentes de la especie humana.
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The Origin of Species 22463
Yet The Origin of Species (1859) is also a humane and inspirational vision of ecological interrelatedness, revealing the complex mutual interdependencies between animal and plant life, climate and physical environment, and—by implication—within the human world.

Written for the general reader, in a style which combines the rigour of science with the subtlety of literature, The Origin of Species remains one of the founding documents of the modern age.]]>
703 Charles Darwin ұٰū岹 0 currently-reading 4.01 1859 The Origin of Species
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A Voyage to Arcturus 1064084 A Voyage to Arcturus has inspired, enchanted, and unsettled readers for decades. It is simultaneously an epic quest across one of the most unusual and brilliantly depicted alien worlds ever conceived, a profoundly moving journey of discovery into the metaphysical heart of the universe, and a shockingly intimate excursion into what makes us human and unique.

After a strange interstellar journey, Maskull, a man from Earth, awakens alone in a desert on the planet Tormance, seared by the suns of the binary star Arcturus. As he journeys northward, guided by a drumbeat, he encounters a world and its inhabitants like no other, where gender is a victory won at dear cost; where landscape and emotion are drawn into an accursed dance; where heroes are killed, reborn, and renamed; and where the cosmological lures of Shaping, who may be God, torment Maskull in his astonishing pilgrimage. At the end of his arduous and increasingly mystical quest waits a dark secret and an unforgettable revelation.

A Voyage to Arcturus was the first novel by writer David Lindsay (1878�1945), and it remains one of the most revered classics of science fiction. This commemorative edition features an introduction by noted scholar and writer of speculative fiction John Clute and a famous essay by Loren Eiseley.]]>
274 David Lindsay 0803280041 ұٰū岹 0 3.57 1920 A Voyage to Arcturus
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Vilniaus džiazas 10925478
„Keistas pamišusio miesto rašytojas. Jis nuolat stebina dorus (pagal požiūrį) miestiečius, tarsi iš šalies stebėdamas susidarančią ir nykstančią tikrovę, eklektiškai aprašydamas liūdną kasdienybės maskaradą: dangų ir pragarą; negerą blogų žmonių aurą; nykius nakties paukščius, šikšnosparnius; Eldorado šalį ir šalį, kurioje pageidautina nešokinėti aukščiau bambos; (...) klusnias meilės verges; klusnias lietuvių rašytojų ataskaitas; lėtą ir apgalvotą rašytojo savižudą; Ėją, kuri praeina pro tave vieną vienintelį kartą.� (Algimanto Valantiejaus esė ištrauka iš knygos „Bliuzas Ričardui Gaveliui�.)]]>
489 Ričardas Gavelis 9986165636 ұٰū岹 4 4.21 1993 Vilniaus džiazas
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<![CDATA[El jugador y Un trance difícil]]> 27266277 190 Fyodor Dostoevsky 841508952X ұٰū岹 0 currently-reading 3.73 El jugador y Un trance difícil
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<![CDATA[Marie Curie: Una luchadora incansable que logró dos Nobel con genio y perseverancia]]> 43453826
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212 Ariadna Castellarnau 8447397874 ұٰū岹 0 4.46 2019 Marie Curie: Una luchadora incansable que logró dos Nobel con genio y perseverancia
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The Little Prince 157993
Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince, presented here in a stunning new translation with carefully restored artwork. The definitive edition of a worldwide classic, it will capture the hearts of readers of all ages.]]>
96 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 0152023984 ұٰū岹 0 4.32 1943 The Little Prince
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Philosophical Dictionary 19390 Philosophical Dictionary is a series of short essays, hortatory and propagandist, over an enormously wide range of subjects.
It was deliberately planned as a revolutionary book and was duly denounced on all sides and described as 'a deplorable monument of the extent to which inteligence and erudition can be abused'. The subjects treated include Abraham, Angel and Anthropophages; Baptism, Beauty and Beasts; Fables, Fraud and Fanaticism; Metempsychosis, Miracles and Moses; all of them exposed to Voltaire's lucid scrutiny, his elegant irony and his passionate love of reason and justice.]]>
400 Voltaire 014044257X ұٰū岹 0 currently-reading 4.08 1764 Philosophical Dictionary
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<![CDATA[H. P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror]]> 13402044 104 Joe R. Lansdale 1613771800 ұٰū岹 0 4.08 2011 H. P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror
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Candide 19380 Candide is the story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate, clings desperately to the belief that he lives in "the best of all possible worlds." On the surface a witty, bantering tale, this eighteenth-century classic is actually a savage, satiric thrust at the philosophical optimism that proclaims that all disaster and human suffering is part of a benevolent cosmic plan. Fast, funny, often outrageous, the French philosopher's immortal narrative takes Candide around the world to discover that � contrary to the teachings of his distinguished tutor Dr. Pangloss � all is not always for the best. Alive with wit, brilliance, and graceful storytelling, Candide has become Voltaire's most celebrated work.]]> 129 Voltaire 0486266893 ұٰū岹 0 3.76 1759 Candide
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The Wisdom of Life 21182 In The Wisdom of Life, an essay from Schopenhauer's final work, Parerga und Paralipomena (1851), the philosopher favors individual strength of will and independent, reasoned deliberation over the tendency to act on irrational impulses.

He examines the ways in which life can be arranged to derive the highest degree of pleasure and success, presents guidelines to achieving this full and rich manner of living, and advises that even a life well lived must always aspire to grander heights. Abounding in subjects of enduring relevance, Schopenhauer's highly readable work appears here in an excellent translation.]]>
77 Arthur Schopenhauer 0486435504 ұٰū岹 0 4.18 1851 The Wisdom of Life
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<![CDATA[Pseudo / Emile’io Ajaro gyvenimas ir mirtis]]> 18135468 Ypač ilgėjausi jaunystės, debiuto, pirmos knygos, naujos pradžios. Pradėti iš naujo, gyventi iš naujo, būti kitu buvo didžiulė pagunda mano gyvenime. Savo knygų viršeliuose skaičiau: �...keli turtingi gyvenimai... lakūnas, diplomatas, rašytojas...�

Įkopęs į septintą dešimtį, Romainas Gary buvo vienas populiariausių Prancūzijos rašytojų ir žurnalistų. Jausdamas, kad skaitytojai bei kritikai jau yra priklijavę jam pripažinto, tačiau geriausius laikus jau pragyvenusio rašytojo etiketę, kitą romaną jis pasirašė Emilio Ažaro slapyvardžiu. Antroji šiuo vardu pasirašyta knyga Gyvenimas dar prieš akis sulaukė didžiulės sėkmės, pelnė rašytojui Goncourt’� premiją ir tapo perkamiausiu XX amžiaus prancūzų romanu.

Toks populiarumas kėlė skaitytojų smalsumą, kas yra Emilis Ažaras. Bandydamas paslėpti pėdsakus, Gary sukūrė romaną Pseudo � melagingą išpažintį ir vieną sėkmingiausių literatūrinių mistifikacijų. Prisidengdamas dviem kaukėmis Gary žaidė dvigubą ar net trigubą žaidimą � apsimetė esąs Polis Pavlovičius, prisipažįstantis esąs Emilis Ažaras, autorius knygų, kurias parašė pats Gary.

Kai pasirašiau kelis šimtus kartų, kambariūkščio kiliminė danga buvo nuklota baltais lapais, juose į visas puses šliaužė mano pseudo, o mane suėmė klaiki baimė: parašas darėsi vis tvirtesnis, vis panašesnis, identiškas, toks, koks yra, vis stabilesnis. Jis buvo čia. Kažkoks žmogus, tapatybė, spąstai visam gyvenimui, nebuvimo buvimas, negalia, deformacija, sužalojimas pamažu mane savinosi, virto manimi. Emilis Ažaras. Aš įsikūnijau.

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192 Romain Gary 9955236310 ұٰū岹 0 3.77 1976 Pseudo / Emile’io Ajaro gyvenimas ir mirtis
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El fenotipo extendido 34747717
Este nuevo punto de vista permite a Dawkins explicar comportamientos suicidas de algunos organismos, fruto de la expresión fenotípica de los genes de los parásitos que alojan en su interior. El efecto fenotípico de un gen puede ser ilimitado. Dawkins vincula estas ideas en lo que llama «teorema central» del fenotipo extendido, y con él rompe una vez más las barreras teóricas establecidas.]]>
488 Richard Dawkins 849464534X ұٰū岹 0 currently-reading 4.00 1982 El fenotipo extendido
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Patriarcho ruduo 20885424 280 Gabriel García Márquez ұٰū岹 0 3.92 1975 Patriarcho ruduo
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The Communist Manifesto 30474 The Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels' revolutionary 1848 summons to the working classes, is one of the most influential political theories ever formulated. After four years of collaboration, the authors produced this incisive account of their idea of Communism, in which they envisage a society without classes, private property, or a state. They argue that increasing exploitation of industrial workers will eventually lead to a revolution in which capitalism is overthrown. Their vision transformed the world irrevocably, and remains relevant as a depiction of global capitalism today.]]> 288 Karl Marx 0140447571 ұٰū岹 0 3.67 1848 The Communist Manifesto
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The Idiot 12505 667 Fyodor Dostoevsky 0679642420 ұٰū岹 0 to-read 4.22 1869 The Idiot
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<![CDATA[Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher]]> 5553 138 Richard P. Feynman 0465023924 ұٰū岹 0 to-read 4.22 1994 Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
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<![CDATA[The Kingdom of God Is Within You]]> 658 The Kingdom of God Is Within You was deemed a threat to church and state. The culmination of a lifetime's thought, it espouses a commitment to Jesus's message of turning the other cheek. In a bold and original manner, Tolstoy shows his readers clearly why they must reject violence of any sort—even that sanctioned by the state or the church—and urges them to look within themselves to find the answers to questions of morality.
In 1894, one of the first English translations of this book found its way into the hands of a young Gandhi. Inspired by its message of nonresistance to evil, the Mahatma declared it a source of "independent thinking, profound morality, and truthfulness." Much of this work's emotional and moral appeal lies in its emphasis on fair treatment of the poor and working class. Its view of Christianity, not as a mystic religion but as a workable philosophy originating from the words of a remarkable teacher, extends its appeal to secular and religious readers alike.]]>
352 Leo Tolstoy 0486451380 ұٰū岹 0 to-read 4.15 1893 The Kingdom of God Is Within You
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The Time Machine 2493
So begins the Time Traveller’s astonishing firsthand account of his journey 800,000 years beyond his own era—and the story that launched H.G. Wells’s successful career and earned him his reputation as the father of science fiction. With a speculative leap that still fires the imagination, Wells sends his brave explorer to face a future burdened with our greatest hopes...and our darkest fears. A pull of the Time Machine’s lever propels him to the age of a slowly dying Earth. There he discovers two bizarre races—the ethereal Eloi and the subterranean Morlocks—who not only symbolize the duality of human nature, but offer a terrifying portrait of the men of tomorrow as well. Published in 1895, this masterpiece of invention captivated readers on the threshold of a new century. Thanks to Wells’s expert storytelling and provocative insight, The Time Machine will continue to enthrall readers for generations to come.

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118 H.G. Wells ұٰū岹 0 to-read 3.91 1895 The Time Machine
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Some Short Christmas Stories 7437342 108 Charles Dickens 160450563X ұٰū岹 0 3.06 1911 Some Short Christmas Stories
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The Yellow Wall-Paper 286957
In a private journal, the woman records her growing obsession with the “horrid� wallpaper. Its strange pattern mutates in the moonlight, revealing what appears to be a human figure in the design. With nothing else to occupy her mind, the woman resolves to unlock the mystery of the wallpaper. Her quest, however, leads not to the truth, but into the darkest depths of madness.

A condemnation of the patriarchy, The Yellow Wallpaper explores with terrifying economy the oppression, grave misunderstanding, and willful dismissal of women in late nineteenth-century society.

First published in January 1892 in The New England Magazine.

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Out of another I get a lovely view of the bay and a little private wharf belonging to the estate. There is a beautiful shaded lane that runs down there from the house. I always fancy I see people walking in these numerous paths and arbors, but John has cautioned me not to give way to fancy in the least. He says that with my imaginative power and habit of story-making a nervous weakness like mine is sure to lead to all manner of excited fancies, and that I ought to use my will and good sense to check the tendency. So I try.]]>
62 Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1558611584 ұٰū岹 0 4.11 1892 The Yellow Wall-Paper
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A History of the Vikings 604062
The subject of this book is the Viking realms, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, their civilization and culture, and their many sided achievements at home and abroad.
A highly readable narrative follows the development of these Northern peoples--the Nordmenn--from their origins and the legendary pre-history to the military triumphs of Canute and the defeat of Harald Hardrádi at Stamford Bridge in 1066, which symbolically ended the Viking age.
The book recounts the Vikings' exploits in war, trade, and the assault on Western Christendom; the trading and military ventures to the Slav and Muslim worlds and to Byzantium; and the western voyages of discovery and settlement to Greenland, Iceland, and America.
Numerous photographs, maps, and drawings contribute to Gwyn Jones's rounded portrait of Viking civilization and vividly evoke the importance in their culture of religion, art, and seafaring.]]>
504 Gwyn Jones 0192801341 ұٰū岹 0 currently-reading 3.88 1968 A History of the Vikings
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La conexión cósmica 4506076 La segunda parte se relaciona con varios aspectos de nuestro Sistema Solar —principalmente con la Tierra, Marte y Venus� .
Y la tercera y última parte, se dedica a la posibilidad de comunicación con la inteligencia extraterrestre en planetas de otras estrellas. Puesto que todavía no se ha establecido ningún contacto, esta parte es necesariamente especulativa.]]>
256 Carl Sagan 8476341156 ұٰū岹 0 4.17 1973 La conexión cósmica
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The Red and the Black 14662 The Red and the Black is a lively, satirical portrayal of French society after Waterloo, riddled with corruption, greed, and ennui, and Julien - the cold exploiter whose Machiavellian campaign is undercut by his own emotions - is one of the most intriguing characters in European literature.

Roger Gard's fine translation remains faithful to the natural, conversational tone of the original, while his introduction elucidates the complexities of Julien's character. This edition also contains a chronology, further reading and an appendix on Stendhal's use of epigraphs.]]>
577 Stendhal 0140447644 ұٰū岹 0 3.91 1830 The Red and the Black
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A Cosmic Book 735236 115 Itzhak Bentov 0892812133 ұٰū岹 0 3.94 1982 A Cosmic Book
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<![CDATA[An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge]]> 920649 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.]]> 36 Ambrose Bierce 0874068134 ұٰū岹 0 4.02 1890 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
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The Ascent of Man 461104 448 Jacob Bronowski 0316109339 ұٰū岹 0 to-read 4.20 1973 The Ascent of Man
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Tratado sobre la tolerancia 12417195 168 Voltaire ұٰū岹 0 3.95 1763 Tratado sobre la tolerancia
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Selected Poems 112200 256 Emily Dickinson 0517206064 ұٰū岹 0 4.22 1890 Selected Poems
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<![CDATA[The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)]]> 19321 "Now, my dears," said old Mrs Rabbit one morning, "you may go into the fields or down the lane, but don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden."

Follow the story of naughty Peter Rabbit as he squeezes—predictably—under the gate into Mr. McGregor's garden and finds himself in all kinds of trouble! But how does Peter Rabbit get himself out of this tricky situation? Beatrix Potter's story about one mischievous but ultimately endearing little creature will tell us, accompanied by beautiful illustrations and timeless verses which have transcended generations.

'The Tale of Peter Rabbit', first published in 1902, is still today one of Beatrix Potter's most popular and well-loved tales. It is the first of the illustrious series that is The World of Beatrix Potter', and a story which has endured retelling after retelling at bedtimes all over the world.

Beatrix Potter (1866�1943) loved the countryside and spent much of her childhood drawing and studying animals. 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit', first published in 1902, was her first book. She later went on to publish more than twenty tales and collections of rhymes.

Age Rating: 3�12+ / Preschool - 2+ / Lexile Measure AD660L]]>
72 Beatrix Potter 0723247706 ұٰū岹 0 4.22 1902 The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)
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<![CDATA[Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution]]> 20663771 Origins explains the soul-stirring leaps in our understanding of the cosmos. From the first image of a galaxy birth to Spirit Rover's exploration of Mars, to the discovery of water on one of Jupiter's moons, coauthors Neil deGrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith conduct a galvanizing tour of the cosmos with clarity and exuberance.]]> 352 Neil deGrasse Tyson 0393350398 ұٰū岹 0 4.14 2004 Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
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<![CDATA[La Edad Media explicada a los jóvenes]]> 609660 Jacques Le Goff, de las “Conclusiones�
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126 Jacques Le Goff 8449319889 ұٰū岹 0 3.62 1996 La Edad Media explicada a los jóvenes
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Anarchism and Other Essays 551926 Emma Goldman is often depicted in current academic discourse, and the “Left� in particular, as a role model for feminists and a champion of the proletariat. Keith Preston however in reviewing each chapter of Goldman’s most famous work “Anarchism and Other Essays� reveals that Emma Goldman often expressed ideas which many of her present day admirers will find surprising and unsettling. He highlights the fact that Emma Goldman distrusted the proletariat, wrote disdainfully of the early feminists who were her contemporaries, and expressed scepticism of women’s suffrage.
Keith Preston maintains that Emma Goldman can only be really understood by recognising her admiration for the ideas of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (an admiration that she shared with Adolf Hitler and the National Socialists). He argues that Emma Goldman (as with Nietzsche’s “Zarathustra�) represents a model of a “superior individual� who is capable of rising above the herd instincts of the masses - one who never hesitated to countenance both the ire of public authorities and the scorn of public opinion. Politically correct she was not.]]>
271 Emma Goldman 0486224848 ұٰū岹 0 4.06 1910 Anarchism and Other Essays
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Hedgehog in the Fog 9951060 48 Yuri Norstein 0984586709 ұٰū岹 0 to-read 4.52 1980 Hedgehog in the Fog
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<![CDATA[The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century]]> 18932822 64 Thomas Henry Huxley ұٰū岹 0 3.54 The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century
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Istorijos salos 23399341 Marshall Sahlins - vienas iš produktyviausių ir garsiausių šiuolaikinių JAV antropologų. Šio tyrinėtojo teorijos apie Europos ir Polinezijos kultūrų santykius sukėlė nemažai audringų mokslinių diskusijų. Sahlinsas drąsiai kelia aktualius kultūrologijos klausimus, laužo akademinius stereotipus ir kviečia naujai pažvelgti į kultūros bei civilizacijos sąvokas.]]> 227 Marshall Sahlins 9986392896 ұٰū岹 0 2.40 1985 Istorijos salos
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<![CDATA[A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)]]> 10572
It is a tale in which brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk in the night. Here a princess masquerades as an orphan boy; a knight of the mind prepares a poison for a treacherous sorceress; and wild men descend from the Mountains of the Moon to ravage the countryside. Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory may go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel...and the coldest hearts. For when kings clash, the whole land trembles.

Here is the second volume in George R.R. Martin magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Storm of Swords. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R.R. Martin stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction.]]>
1009 George R.R. Martin 0553381695 ұٰū岹 0 4.42 1998 A Clash of Kings  (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
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The Aphorisms 10966782 112 Oscar Wilde ұٰū岹 0 3.75 1914 The Aphorisms
author: Oscar Wilde
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Roadside Picnic 331256
First published in 1972, Roadside Picnic is still widely regarded as one of the greatest science fiction novels, despite the fact that it has been out of print in the United States for almost thirty years.]]>
145 Arkady Strugatsky 0575070536 ұٰū岹 0 4.16 1972 Roadside Picnic
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book published: 1972
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2BR02B 5048174
"2 B R 0 2 B," pronounced "to be or not to be," is an intentional reference to the famous line in William Shakespeare's Hamlet. The short story was originally published in the Worlds of IF Science Fiction magazine and is referenced by author Kurt Vonnegut in his later novel, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater.

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15 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. ұٰū岹 0 3.90 1968 2BR02B
author: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
name: ұٰū岹
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1968
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<![CDATA[Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair]]> 5932 The most popular work by Chile's Nobel Prize-winning poet, and the subject of Pablo Larraín's acclaimed feature film Neruda starring Gael García Bernal.]]> 60 Pablo Neruda 0143039962 ұٰū岹 0 4.27 1924 Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
author: Pablo Neruda
name: ұٰū岹
average rating: 4.27
book published: 1924
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The Wind in the Willows 5659 “All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered.�

For more than a century, The Wind in the Willows and its endearing protagonists—Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and, of course, the incorrigible Toad—have enchanted children of all ages. Whether the four friends are setting forth on an exciting adventure, engaging in a comic caper, or simply relaxing by the River Thames, their stories will surprise and captivate you.

Hailed as one of the most enduringly popular works of the twentieth century, this story is a classic of magical fancy and enchanting wit. Penned in lyrical prose, the adventures and misadventures of the book’s intrepid quartet of heroes raise fantasy to the level of myth. Reflecting the freshness of childhood wonder, it still offers adults endless sophistication, substance, and depth.

The animals� world embodies the author’s wry, whimsical, and unfailingly inventive imagination. It is a world that succeeding generations of both adult and young readers have found irresistible. But why say more? To use the words of the estimable Mr. Toad himself: “Travel, change, interest, excitement!...Come inside.�]]>
197 Kenneth Grahame 0143039091 ұٰū岹 0 4.02 1908 The Wind in the Willows
author: Kenneth Grahame
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average rating: 4.02
book published: 1908
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Dienos Paryžiuje ir Londone 19001364 230 George Orwell 9955640421 ұٰū岹 0 4.04 1933 Dienos Paryžiuje ir Londone
author: George Orwell
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average rating: 4.04
book published: 1933
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<![CDATA[El coronel no tiene quien le escriba]]> 23875 El coronel no tiene quien le escriba fue escrita por Gabriel García Márquez durante su estancia en París, adonde había llegado como corresponsal de prensa y con la secreta intención de estudiar cine, a mediados de los años cincuenta. El cierre del periódico para el que trabajaba le sumió en la pobreza, mientras redactaba en tres versiones distintas esta excepcional novela, que fue rechazada por varios editores antes de su publicación. Tras el barroquismo faulkneriano de La hojarasca, esta segunda novela supone un paso hacia la ascesis, hacia la economía expresiva, y el estilo del escritor se hace más puro y transparente. Se trata también de una historia de injusticia y violencia: un viejo coronel retirado va al puerto todos los viernes a esperar la llegada de la carta oficial que responda a la justa reclamación de sus derechos por los servicios prestados a la patria. Pero la patria permanece muda.]]> 104 Gabriel García Márquez 0307350436 ұٰū岹 0 3.82 1961 El coronel no tiene quien le escriba
author: Gabriel García Márquez
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average rating: 3.82
book published: 1961
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<![CDATA[The Importance of Being Earnest]]> 92303
Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax are both in love with the same mythical suitor. Jack Worthing has wooed Gwendolen as Ernest while Algernon has also posed as Ernest to win the heart of Jack's ward, Cecily. When all four arrive at Jack's country home on the same weekend the "rivals" to fight for Ernest's undivided attention and the "Ernests" to claim their beloveds pandemonium breaks loose. Only a senile nursemaid and an old, discarded hand-bag can save the day!

This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition includes a glossary and reader's notes to help the modern reader appreciate Wilde's wry wit and elaborate plot twists.]]>
89 Oscar Wilde 158049580X ұٰū岹 0 4.17 1895 The Importance of Being Earnest
author: Oscar Wilde
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average rating: 4.17
book published: 1895
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The Prince 28862
1. So it is that to know the nature of a people, one need be a Prince; to know the nature of a Prince, one need to be of the people.
2. If a Prince is not given to vices that make him hated, it is unsusal for his subjects to show their affection for him.
3. Opportunity made Moses, Cyrus, Romulus, Theseus, and others; their virtue domi-nated the opportunity, making their homelands noble and happy. Armed prophets win; the disarmed lose.
4. Without faith and religion, man achieves power but not glory.
5. Prominent citizens want to command and oppress; the populace only wants to be free of oppression.
6. A Prince needs a friendly populace; otherwise in diversity there is no hope.
7. A Prince, who rules as a man of valor, avoids disasters,
8. Nations based on mercenary forces will never be solid or secure.
9. Mercenaries are dangerous because of their cowardice
10. There are two ways to fight: one with laws, the other with force. The first is rightly man’s way; the second, the way of beasts.]]>
144 Niccolò Machiavelli 0937832383 ұٰū岹 0 3.85 1513 The Prince
author: Niccolò Machiavelli
name: ұٰū岹
average rating: 3.85
book published: 1513
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<![CDATA[A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)]]> 13496
Sweeping from a harsh land of cold to a summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, A Game of Thrones tells a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens. Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; a child is lost in the twilight between life and death; and a determined woman undertakes a treacherous journey to protect all she holds dear. Amid plots and counter-plots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, allies and enemies, the fate of the Starks hangs perilously in the balance, as each side endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.]]>
835 George R.R. Martin 0553588486 ұٰū岹 0 4.44 1996 A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
author: George R.R. Martin
name: ұٰū岹
average rating: 4.44
book published: 1996
rating: 0
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