The Stand by Stephen King
The Stand is a post-apocalyptic dark fantasy novel written by American author Stephen King and first published in 1978 by …
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Sono Americano e il mio Italiano é molto fuori di pratica. Studiavo per un anno al'Universitá di Bologna più di venti cinque anni fa. Italo Calvino é il mio autore Italiano favorito. Oh, wait, seems like a fairly international crowd here.
Over on Mastodon, I'm: @alex_galt@mas.to I'm not sure how to connect this thing to that thing.
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Alex rated Charlotte's Web: 3 stars
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Charlotte's Web is a book of children's literature by American author E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams; it …
Alex rated The invisible bridge: 4 stars
Rick Perlstein: The invisible bridge (2014)
The invisible bridge by Rick Perlstein
The best-selling author of Nixonland presents a portrait of the United States during the turbulent political and economic upheavals of …
Utopia by Thomas More (Penguin classics)
Utopia (Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia) is a …
Alex rated Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: 4 stars
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter, #3)
For Harry Potter, it’s the start of another far-from-ordinary year at Hogwarts when the Knight Bus crashes through the darkness …
Alex rated Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1): 2 stars
Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1) by Elizabeth Peters (An Amelia Peabody story)
Crocodile on the Sandbank is a historical mystery novel by Elizabeth Peters, first published in 1975. It is the first …
Alex rated The Professor and the Madman: 3 stars
The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
The making of the Oxford English Dictionary was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands of volunteers. One of the …
Alex rated Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: 3 stars
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values is a book by Robert M. Pirsig first published …
Alex rated The Yiddish Policemen's Union: 5 stars
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
For sixty years, Jews have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe haven created in the wake …
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
In his most extraordinary book, “one of the great clinical writers of the twentieth century” (The New York Times) recounts …
Alex rated Sputnik Sweetheart: 4 stars
Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami
Sputnik Sweetheart (スプートニクの恋人, Supūtoniku no Koibito) is a novel by Haruki Murakami, published in Japan, by Kodansha, in 1999. An …
Alex rated Lord of the Flies: 3 stars
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by the Nobel Prize-winning British author William Golding. The plot concerns a …
Alex rated The talented Mr. Ripley: 4 stars
The talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith (Everyman's library -- 262.)
The first of the acclaimed Ripley novels, this clever psychological thriller introduces the reader to Tom Ripley and his extraordinary …
Alex rated A natural history of the senses: 4 stars
Diane Ackerman: A natural history of the senses (1991, Vintage Books)
A natural history of the senses by Diane Ackerman
A Natural History of the Senses is a vibrant celebration of our ability to smell, taste, hear, touch, and see. …