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ShinToad wants to read No surrender by Onoda, Hiroo.

Onoda, Hiroo., Hiroo Onoda: No surrender (1974, Kodansha International, distributed by Harper & Row)

Biography of the last Imperial Japanese soldier of WWII who surendered in 1964

ShinToad rated Aesop's fables: 3 stars

No cover — Tenniel, John Sir, Harrison Weir: Aesop's fables (1890, Worthington Co.)

Aesop's fables by Tenniel, John Sir, Harrison Weir

ShinToad reviewed Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig

Matt Haig: Reasons to Stay Alive (2015, Canongate Books)

Review of 'Reasons to Stay Alive' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

It won't save me. Xmas is my exit date. 4/5 for effort though.

ShinToad rated Everything Happens for a Reason: 4 stars

Kate Bowler: Everything Happens for a Reason (Hardcover, 2018, Random House)

Everything Happens for a Reason by Kate Bowler

Kate Bowler is a professor at Duke Divinity School with a modest Christian upbringing, but she specializes in the study …

ShinToad rated The Wasp Factory: 4 stars

Iain M. Banks, Iain Banks: The Wasp Factory (1998, Scribner Paperback Fiction)

The Wasp Factory by Iain M. Banks, Iain Banks

Frank, no ordinary sixteen-year-old, lives with his father outsIde a remote Scottish village. Their life is, to say the least, …

ShinToad rated Norse Mythology: 3 stars

Neil Gaiman: Norse Mythology (2018, Large Print Press)

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction. Now he turns …

ShinToad rated The Rum Diary : 3 stars

Hunter S. Thompson: The Rum Diary (1999, Simon & Schuster)

The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson

ShinToad rated Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism: 2 stars

Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Chögyam Trungpa

Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, by Chögyam Trungpa is a book addressing many common pitfalls of self-deception in seeking spirituality, which …

ShinToad rated Classical Fighting Arts of Japan: 5 stars

Serge Mol: Classical Fighting Arts of Japan (Japanese language, 2001)

Classical Fighting Arts of Japan by Serge Mol

ShinToad rated What makes you not a Buddhist: 4 stars

What makes you not a Buddhist by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse

So you think you're a Buddhist? Think again. Tibetan Buddhist master Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, one of the most creative and …

ShinToad rated The Egg: 5 stars

The Egg by Andy Weir

The story is about the main character, who is "you" (in second person), and God, who is "me" (in first …

ShinToad rated Of time and stars: 4 stars

Arthur C. Clarke: Of time and stars (1983, Gollancz)

Of time and stars by Arthur C. Clarke

ShinToad rated The Dhammapada: 5 stars

The Dhammapada by Gil Fronsdal

ShinToad rated Candide: 1 star

Candide by Voltaire

Candide, ou l'Optimisme ( kon-DEED, French: [kɑ̃did] (listen)) is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher …

ShinToad rated Book of Five Rings: 5 stars

Miyamoto Musashi: Book of Five Rings (1988, Gramercy)

Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi

A psychological guide to strategy applicable to business, philosophy, or martial arts, written by sixteenth-century warrior Miyamoto Musashi as a …