Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Brothers Karamazov: 2 stars
Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky’s crowning achievement, is a tale of patricide and family rivalry that embodies the moral and spiritual …
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Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Alexander the Great: 3 stars
Norman F. Cantor: Alexander the Great (Paperback, Harper Perennial)
Alexander the Great by Norman F. Cantor
"Alexander's behavior was conditioned along certain lines -- heroism, courage, strength, superstition, bisexuality, intoxication, cruelty. He bestrode Europe and Asia …
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Fool: 4 stars
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated The Arabian nights: 3 stars
The Arabian nights by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Nora Archibald Smith, Maxfield Parrish
Ten stories from the Tales of a Thousand and One Nights, including the well-known ones of Aladdin and the lamp, …
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated The Old Man and the Sea: 2 stars
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (Scribner classics)
The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway's most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and …
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated The conquest of happiness: 4 stars
Out of Steppe: The Lost Peoples of Central Asia by Daniel Metcalfe
Exploring his life-long fascination with the Silk Road, Daniel Metcalfe travels alone through remote regions of Central Asia in search …
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated East of Eden: 5 stars
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden “the first book,” and indeed it has the …
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated The Prince: 3 stars
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated The Pearl: 3 stars
The Pearl
Kino is a desperately poor Mexican pearl diver. But when he finds 'The Pearl of the World' he believes that …
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated The lost books of the Odyssey: 4 stars
The lost books of the Odyssey by Zachary Mason
Zachary Mason’s brilliant and beguiling debut novel, The Lost Books of the Odyssey, reimagines Homer’s classic story of the …
