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38% complete! Eivind (like the Terrible) has read 38 of 100 books.
In a land where magic has been forgotten but peace has reigned for centuries, three kingdoms grapple for power. Amidst …
What shall we do?' said Twoflower. 'Panic?' said Rincewind hopefully. He always held that panic was the best means of …
What shall we do?' said Twoflower. 'Panic?' said Rincewind hopefully. He always held that panic was the best means of …
What shall we do?' said Twoflower. 'Panic?' said Rincewind hopefully. He always held that panic …
Unseen University had never admitted women, muttering something about problems with the plumbing, but the real reason was an unspoken dread that if women were allowed to mess around with magic they would probably be embarrassingly good at it…
— The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett, Nigel Planer (Discworld, #2)
What shall we do?' said Twoflower. 'Panic?' said Rincewind hopefully. He always held that panic …
He found that he had this sudden desperate longing for the fuming, smoky streets of Ankh-Morpork, which was always at its best in the spring, when the gummy sheen on the turbid waters of the Ankh River had a special iridescence and the eaves were full of birdsong, or at least birds coughing rhythmically
— The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett, Nigel Planer (Discworld, #2)
Et historisk epos om mord og mysterier, mytedannelse og nasjonsbygging fra nobelprisvinner Orhan Pamuk.
Året er 1901. Natten faller …
A dazzlingly original, lyrical and epic encounter with the Earth as it used to be What would it be like …
A dazzlingly original, lyrical and epic encounter with the Earth as it used to be What would it be like …
En forbrytelse. En by lammet av frykt. Hvem er en potensiell gjerningsmann? Og hva skjer når mistenksomme blikk rettes mot …
En forbrytelse. En by lammet av frykt. Hvem er en potensiell gjerningsmann? Og hva skjer når mistenksomme blikk rettes mot …
En forbrytelse. En by lammet av frykt. Hvem er en potensiell gjerningsmann? Og hva skjer når mistenksomme blikk rettes mot …
@ejnro Leste et par bøker av Serhii Plokhy i fjor for å prøve å sette meg litt inn i det historiske bakteppet, ei om Ukraninas historie og ei om det russiske imperiet. Har hatt denne på lista i årevis, men denne biten føltes veldig apropos akkurat nå.
In this vast and gorgeous tapestry of a novel, serf and master, Cossack and tsar, …
The Tsars liked uniformity. True, in their huge empire it could not always be achieved. In Poland and the westernmost parts of the Ukraine, they had to put up with the Catholics; as the empire continued to expand eastwards into Asia, they had to tolerate increasing numbers of Moslems. But insofar as possible, everything should be Russified: autocracy, orthodoxy, nationality – those were the things. In 1863 therefore, with that genius for official blindness in which it specialized, the Russian government announced that the Ukrainian language, which was spoken by much of the southern population, did not exist! In the years following, Ukrainian language books, newspaper, theatres, schools and even Ukrainian music were banned. The works of Shevchenko, Karpenko and other Ukrainian national heroes passed out of sight. Intellectuals spoke and wrote in Russian. As for the people, while in the north education was spreading, in the south it declined; and by the late-nineteenth century, eighty per cent of Ukrainians were illiterate. The Tsars were pleased: the Ukraine was not disturbed by discordant voices.
— Russka by Edward Rutherfurd
"Denne vesle boka er formfullendt", skrev Dagbladet om Molvens debutroman. Hennes andre roman er en post-apokalyptisk fortelling om en ung …
