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Have you ever been in the situation where someone whose taste in books you respect and generally agree with recommends a book that you have seen from time to time and you've always thought it looked j ...
I loved The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay for so many reasons. For its fantastical sense of adventure, set against the real world action and tragedy of the Jews in Europe during World War Tw ...
This book surprised me. I read it for 2 reasons.1) It seemed like one of those decently famous books that I should probably have read.2) I wanted a hint into why anyone would name their son Evelyn.I d ...
The Power of One is one of those books that I really should have read years ago. I've certainly meant to read it for a long time so this was a satisfying title to cross off my list. It's stunning that ...
Have you ever found a photograph - a photograph of complete strangers? Maybe in a used book or at a flea market? Not a photograph of anyone you know or anybody famous or of a place you've ever heard o ...
Since the invention of the printing press, books have been a dominant and iconic paradigm in our culture and throughout the world. During my years in elementary and high school, the digital world was ...
"Of a generation who remembers Tiananmen Square, 1989, I considered how some excuse – the lack of, or slow progress on, human rights in China because 'times have changed', or because other concerns, i ...
It's hard to know where to start talking about a book like 2666. That's partly because, in some ways, it's actually five books. Published posthumously, the book begins with "A Note from the Author's H ...
I read Timothy Keller's The Reason for God on the recommendation of a philosophical friend and before I had finished it I was adding Keller's The Prodigal God to my list of books to read. Keller has a ...
If you had to pick your top 5 favourite books of all time, what would they be? Ones that rocked your world, changed your life, or that you just love immensely? Mine would be:The Sun Also Rises by Erne ...