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67% complete! Eivind (like the Terrible) has read 67 of 100 books.
In the 1970s, Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston. But America, as the …
In the 1970s, Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston. But America, as the …
What if our understanding of capitalism and climate is back to front? What if the problem is not that transitioning …
Ixelles er navnet på en velstående bydel i Brüssel, men i denne romanen er det først og fremst navnet på …
Flight Behavior is a brilliant and suspenseful novel set in present day Appalachia; a breathtaking parable of catastrophe and denial …
Flight Behavior is a brilliant and suspenseful novel set in present day Appalachia; a breathtaking …
Loved it. Kingsolver is such a good storyteller.
In the 1970s, Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native …
It begins with: What are you? Hollered from the perimeter of your front yard when you’re nine—younger, probably. You’ll be asked again throughout junior high and high school, then out in the world, in strip clubs, in food courts, over the phone, and at various menial jobs. The askers are expectant. They demand immediate gratification. Their question lifts you slightly off your preadolescent toes, tilting you, not just because you don’t understand it, but because even if you did understand this question, you wouldn’t yet have an answer.
Flight Behavior is a brilliant and suspenseful novel set in present day Appalachia; a breathtaking …
“Why does everybody want to be famous,” Dellarobia asked, “and at the same time they want to hear the ugliest trash about famous people?” “I guess they hate what they haven’t got.” “Everybody wants to be rich, too, but there’s still some kind of team spirit. You should hear Bear on his rant against raising taxes on the millionaires. He says they worked for every penny, and that’s what he went in the military to protect.” “Wow. He was a gunner in ’Nam to protect CEO salaries?” “I guess.” “Well, yeah,” Dovey said. “That’s America. We watch shows about rich people’s houses and their designer dresses and we drool. It’s patriotic.”
Møt Alba. Singel språkviter med fast jobb på universitetet. Bereist og belest med livet på stell.
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In the 1970s, Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston. But America, as the …
"Richard Mayhew is an ordinary young man with an ordinary life and a good heart. His world is changed forever …
On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find two officers …
On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find two officers …
"Richard Mayhew is an ordinary young man with an ordinary life and a good heart. …
“He..." Richard began. "The marquis. Well, you know, to be honest, he seems a little bit dodgy to me."
Door stopped. The steps dead-ended in a rough brick wall. "Mm," she agreed. "He's a little bit dodgy in the same way that rats are a little bit covered in fur.”
— Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
