Ivar Espås Vangen rated Across the nightingale floor: 4 stars

Across the nightingale floor by Lian Hearn (Tales of the Otori -- bk. 1)
It is the story of a boy who is suddenly plucked from his life in a remote and peaceful village …
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It is the story of a boy who is suddenly plucked from his life in a remote and peaceful village …

Lian Hearn: Across the Nightingale Floor (Paperback, 2002, Riverhead Books)
Already a sensation around the world, this first book of the Otori Trilogy is a brilliantly imagined, wholly seductive tale …

Red Sorghum: A Novel of China or Red Sorghum Clan (simplified Chinese: 红高粱家族; traditional Chinese: 紅高粱家族; pinyin: Hóng Gāoliáng Jiāzú; …

Describes how an unlikely friendship forged between the author, a British journalist, and Nick Du Toit, his bodyguard and a …


This is the final book in the original Otori clan trilogy (there is a prequel, which I love, and a …

This book takes an unflinching and intimate look at porn -- its hard-core and racist content, its unchecked profits, and …

Making the Future: Occupations, Interventions, Empire and Resistance is a 2012 collection of political op-ed columns written by Noam Chomsky …

"Globalization" is the buzzword of the 1990s. VI Lenin's Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism was one of the first …

Was the Battle of Hastings a French victory? Non! William the Conqueror was Norman and hated the French. Were the …