David wants to read Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
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David rated A Death in the Family: My Struggle Book 1 (Knausgaard): 4 stars
David reviewed Imminent by Luis Elizondo
The former head of the Pentagon program responsible for the investigation of UFOs—now known as …
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3 stars
A fascinating story of legitimately interesting events narrated by a insufficiently-skeptical intelligence officer.
David rated Call for the Dead: 5 stars
Call for the Dead by John le Carré (George Smiley, #1)
“Go back to Whitehall and look for more spies on your drawing boards.”
George Smiley is no one’s idea of …
David rated A Murder of Quality: 4 stars
A Murder of Quality by John le Carré (George Smiley, #2)
“Fielding and Jebedee were dead, Steed-Asprey vanished. Smiley—where was he?”
John le Carré’s second novel, A Murder of Quality, offers …
Umberto Eco, William Weaver: Baudolino (2003, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers)
Baudolino by Umberto Eco, William Weaver
Born a simple peasant in northern Italy, Baudolino narrates the story of his life, from his adoption by Emperor Frederick …
Richard Powers: Overstory (2018, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.)
Overstory by Richard Powers
The Overstory, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, is a sweeping, impassioned work of activism and resistance that is …
David rated The Great Man: 5 stars
The Great Man by Kate Christensen
From the acclaimed author of The Epicure's Lament, a novel of literary rivalry in which two competing biographers collide in …
David rated Common Prayer: 5 stars
David rated Buried secrets: 4 stars
David rated That All Shall Be Saved: 4 stars
David rated Monkey Wrench Gang: 5 stars
David rated North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail: 3 stars
283 p. : 21 cm
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5 stars
Among my favorite books. Deservedly a standard of Western Literature
An absolutely delightful read. A dense and insightful examination of moral philosophy within its context hidden beneath an enchanting tale of manners, love and money.