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Ivar Espås Vangen

Ivarv93@books.babb.no

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Ivar Espås Vangen rated Factotum: 3 stars

Charles Bukowski: Factotum (Paperback, French language, Grasset)

Factotum by Charles Bukowski

One of Charles Bukowski's best, this beer-soaked, deliciously degenerate novel follows the wanderings of aspiring writer Henry Chinaski across World …

Ivar Espås Vangen rated Jeg forbanner tidens elv: 3 stars

Per Petterson: Jeg forbanner tidens elv (Norwegian language, 2008, Forlaget Oktober)

Jeg forbanner tidens elv by Per Petterson

Oslo, 1989. Arvid er 37 år gammel og skal skilles. På samme tid får moren en kreftdiagnose og reiser tilbake …

Ivar Espås Vangen rated Shortest History of War: 5 stars

Gwynne Dyer: Shortest History of War (2022, Experiment LLC, The)

Shortest History of War by Gwynne Dyer

Ivar Espås Vangen rated Half-Earth Socialism: 4 stars

Troy Vettesse, Drew Pendergrass: Half-Earth Socialism (2022, Verso Books)

Half-Earth Socialism by Troy Vettesse, Drew Pendergrass

Ivar Espås Vangen rated Sjur Gabriel: 4 stars

No cover — Amalie Skram: Sjur Gabriel (Norwegian language, 2000, Gyldendal)

Sjur Gabriel by Amalie Skram

Ivar Espås Vangen rated Inne i spegelsalen: 4 stars

Liv Strömstedt: Inne i spegelsalen (GraphicNovel, swedish language, 2021, Norstedts)

Inne i spegelsalen by Liv Strömstedt

Ivar Espås Vangen rated Sjur Gabriel: 5 stars

Sjur Gabriel by Amalie Skram

Ivar Espås Vangen rated Et land på fire hjul: 3 stars

Ulrik Eriksen: Et land på fire hjul (Hardcover, Norwegian (Bokmål) language, 2020, Res Publica)

Et land på fire hjul by Ulrik Eriksen

Ivar Espås Vangen rated The Hobbit or There and Back Again: 5 stars

The Hobbit or There and Back Again by J. R. R. Tolkien

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. …

Ivar Espås Vangen rated Richard Nixon, Great Britain and the Anglo-American alignment in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Peninsula: 3 stars

Richard Nixon, Great Britain and the Anglo-American alignment in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Peninsula by Tore T. Petersen

Ivar Espås Vangen rated Reflections on the Cuban missile crisis: 3 stars

Raymond L. Garthoff: Reflections on the Cuban missile crisis (1989, Brookings Institution)

Reflections on the Cuban missile crisis by Raymond L. Garthoff

Ivar Espås Vangen rated The Nazis: 4 stars

Laurence Rees: The Nazis (Paperback, New Press)

The Nazis by Laurence Rees

How could a political party as fundamentally evil as the Nazis come to power? The Nazis: A Warning From History …

Ivar Espås Vangen rated The Tragedy of Great Power Politics: 5 stars

John J. Mearsheimer: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2014, W.W. Norton & Company, W.W. Norton)

The Tragedy of Great Power Politics by John J. Mearsheimer (Norton Series in World Politics)

The anarchy of the international system requires states to seek dominance at one another's expense, dooming even peaceful nations to …

Ivar Espås Vangen rated The precipice: 4 stars

The precipice by Noam Chomsky (The truthout collection)

A collection of interviews with the world's leading public intellectual from the time of the rise of Donald Trump to …

Ivar Espås Vangen reviewed The Origin of Capitalism by Ellen Meiksins Wood

Ellen Meiksins Wood: The Origin of Capitalism (2002, Verso)

Review of 'The Origin of Capitalism' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Denne er ganske enkelt et must for alle med et minimum av interesse for historie eller økonomi.