Eivind (like the Terrible) rated The bull from the sea: 4 stars
The bull from the sea by Mary Renault
Release date: July 10, 2001 The Bull from the Sea reconstructs the legend of Theseus, the valiant youth who slew …
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Eivind (like the Terrible) rated The King Must Die: 4 stars
The King Must Die by Mary Renault
Historical fiction. Theseus, a prince of ancient Athens, is taken as a slave to the island of Crete, where he's …
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Famous Greeks: 5 stars
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated The quest for a moral compass: 4 stars
The quest for a moral compass by Kenan Malik
This book explores the history of moral thought as it has developed over three millennia, from Homer's Greece to Mao's …
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Submission: 5 stars
Submission by Michel Houellebecq
In a near-future France, François, a middle-aged academic, is watching his life slowly dwindle to nothing. His sex drive is …
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Secondhand souls: 4 stars
Secondhand souls by Christopher Moore
"Something really strange is happening in the City by the Bay. People are dying, but their souls are not being …
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated The Peloponnesian War: 4 stars
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Last of the Wine: 5 stars
Last of the Wine by Mary Renault
The Last of the Wine is Mary Renault's first novel set in ancient Greece, the setting that would become her …
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Hellenica: 4 stars
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated The Greek and Persian Wars: 4 stars
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated the origins of political order: 3 stars
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated The Cider House Rules: 5 stars
The Cider House Rules by John Irving (Thorndike Press Basic Series)
Homer Wells had been raised from birth in the boys' division of the orphanage at St. Cloud's, Maine. Now a …