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A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of …
Review of '1491' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Review of 'Arguably: Selected Essays' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I wouldn't have minded if they'd skipped that huge section of book reviews.
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Sacré Bleu: 4 stars
From the renowned journalist comes this intimate account of his years in the field, traveling …
Review of 'Travels with Herodotus' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
That was my first Ryszard Kapuściński book, but it won't be my last.
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Letters to a Young Contrarian: 4 stars
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated A moveable feast: 3 stars
A moveable feast by Ernest Hemingway
Published posthumously in 1964, A Moveable Feast remains one of Ernest Hemingway's most beloved works. It is his classic memoir …
Review of 'The March of Folly' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
I didn't expect from the title and description that this should be so focused on the U.S. of A.
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated If on a winter's night a traveler: 3 stars
If on a winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino
Calvino shows that the novel, far from being a dead form, is capable of endless mutations. If on a winter's …
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated The histories: 5 stars
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated World Without End: 4 stars
World Without End by Ken Follett
En 1327, quatre enfants sont les témoins d'une poursuite meurtrière dans les bois : un chevalier tue deux soldats au …
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Leo the African: 4 stars
Leo the African by Amin Maalouf
Based on the life of Hasan al-Wazzan
Achilles, "the best of all the Greeks," son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and …
Review of 'The Song of Achilles' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I will give it three stars because of how true it stayed to actual Greek mythology. The constant gushing by Patroclus over Achilles was annoying, though. I felt like that was blocking my view of the Iliad.
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Wintersmith: 3 stars
Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #35)
‘Crivens!’
Tiffany Aching put one foot wrong, made just one little mistake . . .
And now the …