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Jackal: Secret Wars of Carlos the Jackal
Oct. 30th, 2015 09:48 pmJohn Follain – Jackal: Secret Wars of Carlos the Jackal
( Life of a wannabe revolutionary and womanizer )
( Life of a wannabe revolutionary and womanizer )
Driving Mr Albert
Oct. 30th, 2015 09:41 pmMichael Paterniti - Driving Mr Albert
Michael Paterniti is American journalist.
( He had to get a road book - using the plane would have been too fast )
Michael Paterniti is American journalist.
( He had to get a road book - using the plane would have been too fast )
Virtual History
Oct. 30th, 2015 09:39 pmNiall Ferguson - Virtual History
Niall Ferguson is an American historian.
These are not stories placed in worlds of alternate history but scholarly essays about possibilities.
( Counterfactuals of more serious kind )
Niall Ferguson is an American historian.
These are not stories placed in worlds of alternate history but scholarly essays about possibilities.
( Counterfactuals of more serious kind )
The Plague
May. 4th, 2015 10:14 pmAlbert Camus- The Plague
As it happens, I respect Albert Camus more than his countryman Sartre. So I have tried to read more of his novels. They are not light reading at all - and subject matter of The Plague is actually even more serious than the disease the story seems to describe.
( Insidious analogy of malady )
As it happens, I respect Albert Camus more than his countryman Sartre. So I have tried to read more of his novels. They are not light reading at all - and subject matter of The Plague is actually even more serious than the disease the story seems to describe.
( Insidious analogy of malady )
Ferdinand von Schirach - Crime
Ferdinand von schirach is a German criminal lawyer. In this book he writes about some of the cases he has been dealing with.
( Guilt may be tricky business )
Ferdinand von schirach is a German criminal lawyer. In this book he writes about some of the cases he has been dealing with.
( Guilt may be tricky business )
Bad Monkey
May. 4th, 2015 10:06 pmCarl Hiaasen - Bad Monkey
Andrew Yancy is a down-on-his luck policeman who is demoted to a restaurant inspector for sodomising the husband of his mistress with a vacuum cleaner. His predecessor died of food poisoning. He is horny, prone to get stoned and wants his old job back.
Yes, he is the good guy of this story.
( Jaunt to the Bahamas and back )
Andrew Yancy is a down-on-his luck policeman who is demoted to a restaurant inspector for sodomising the husband of his mistress with a vacuum cleaner. His predecessor died of food poisoning. He is horny, prone to get stoned and wants his old job back.
Yes, he is the good guy of this story.
( Jaunt to the Bahamas and back )
Stealing History
May. 4th, 2015 10:03 pmRoger Atwood - Stealing History
Roger Atwood is an American journalist who specializes in culture and archaeology. Or, in the case of this book, looting and reselling stolen archaeological treasures. The book opens with a chapter where ordinary Iraqis begin to loot the graves only the Saddam's men have been able to loot so far.
( Well, this is what the yell of Indiana Jones about museums is all about )
Roger Atwood is an American journalist who specializes in culture and archaeology. Or, in the case of this book, looting and reselling stolen archaeological treasures. The book opens with a chapter where ordinary Iraqis begin to loot the graves only the Saddam's men have been able to loot so far.
( Well, this is what the yell of Indiana Jones about museums is all about )
The Medici Conspiracy
May. 4th, 2015 10:02 pmPeter Watson & Cecilia Todechini - The Medici Conspiracy
ISBN 978-1-58648-5
This book is a about a large antiquities smuggling ring that had worked for decades - and the fact that many museums and galleries know very well that they are buying stolen antiquities. But having a big collection is the priority, of course.
( Theft and dublicity in the antiquities trade )
ISBN 978-1-58648-5
This book is a about a large antiquities smuggling ring that had worked for decades - and the fact that many museums and galleries know very well that they are buying stolen antiquities. But having a big collection is the priority, of course.
( Theft and dublicity in the antiquities trade )
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The Men who stare at goats
Jan. 14th, 2015 11:57 pmJon Ronson - The Men who stare at goats
Now, this is the non-fiction book the movie of the same name is based (where all the real-life nonsense was apparently taken somewhat seriously).
( Some people in Pentagon have taken X-Files and Twilight Zone too seriously )
Now, this is the non-fiction book the movie of the same name is based (where all the real-life nonsense was apparently taken somewhat seriously).
( Some people in Pentagon have taken X-Files and Twilight Zone too seriously )
The Zanzibar Chest
Jan. 14th, 2015 11:53 pmAidan Hartley - The Zanzibar Chest
Aidan Hartley (named after Aden) is one of those British colonials who never actually returned to Britain, even if they could regard it as "home". But they still mostly stayed where their ancestors had moved. Hartley himself became a war correspondent and wittnessed number of African conflicts, not only the most famous ones.
( If you want to read happy stories about the Dark Continent, this book is not for you. )
Aidan Hartley (named after Aden) is one of those British colonials who never actually returned to Britain, even if they could regard it as "home". But they still mostly stayed where their ancestors had moved. Hartley himself became a war correspondent and wittnessed number of African conflicts, not only the most famous ones.
( If you want to read happy stories about the Dark Continent, this book is not for you. )
Tim Powers – Declare
This tale is mystic version of events that happened during the Cold War.
( Muddling through mystical Cold War with stuttering Philby )
This tale is mystic version of events that happened during the Cold War.
( Muddling through mystical Cold War with stuttering Philby )
Retief At Large
Oct. 1st, 2014 12:42 amKeith Laumer - Retief At Large
Jaime Retief is a secondary level diplomat in the CDT - Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne - that represents the interest of Earth humans ("terries") in the galaxy. The main political opponent of humans are the Soviet analogue aliens named Groaci, who are just about as devious as you can think of.
( Only competent human diplomat in the galaxy )
Jaime Retief is a secondary level diplomat in the CDT - Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne - that represents the interest of Earth humans ("terries") in the galaxy. The main political opponent of humans are the Soviet analogue aliens named Groaci, who are just about as devious as you can think of.
( Only competent human diplomat in the galaxy )
The Mind's Eye
Oct. 1st, 2014 12:42 amOliver Sacks - The Mind's Eye
Book is very similar to the Man Who Took His Wife for a Hat and Anthropologist in Mars and actually refers to those books several times in notes and footnotes. In fact, the amount of notes has apparently increased. One chapter can now be expanded from a fate of a single patient to numerous other historical examples.
( How to see and not to see )
Book is very similar to the Man Who Took His Wife for a Hat and Anthropologist in Mars and actually refers to those books several times in notes and footnotes. In fact, the amount of notes has apparently increased. One chapter can now be expanded from a fate of a single patient to numerous other historical examples.
( How to see and not to see )
In Search of Memory
Oct. 1st, 2014 12:41 amEric R. Kandel - In Search of Memory (2006)
Eric R. Kandel is an Austrian-born Jewish-American neurologist and Nobel laureate. This books is his sort of an autobiography and memoir of research he has taken part of. His interest in psychoanalysis lead to research in neurological basis of memory.
( Life, neurology, psychology and money )
Eric R. Kandel is an Austrian-born Jewish-American neurologist and Nobel laureate. This books is his sort of an autobiography and memoir of research he has taken part of. His interest in psychoanalysis lead to research in neurological basis of memory.
( Life, neurology, psychology and money )
