Alf rated Hell's Angels: 4 stars
Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson
This is an in depth examination of the notorious motorcycle club and its members. Thompson was allowed extraordinary access to …
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Alf rated The Rum Diary : 5 stars
Alf rated Tolkien 12 SW (Lord of Rings): 5 stars
J. R. R. Tolkien: Tolkien 12 SW (Lord of Rings) (1991, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd)
Tolkien 12 SW (Lord of Rings) by J. R. R. Tolkien
Originally published from 1954 through 1956, J.R.R. Tolkien's richly complex series ushered in a new age of epic adventure storytelling. …
Alf rated The Mythical Man-Month: 3 stars
The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick P. Brooks
Classic text on the human side of software engineering, containing essays on the management of software teams, projections about how …
Alf rated The Alchemist: 4 stars
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of …
Alf rated The five people you meet in heaven: 4 stars
The five people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom
Weaves three stories about 83-year-old Eddie, the head maintenance person at Ruby Point Amusement park. Eddie meets 5 individuals in …
Alf rated Animal Farm: 5 stars
Animal Farm by George Orwell
George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel—a scathing satire on a downtrodden society’s blind march towards totalitarianism.
“All animals are …
Ernest Hemingway: Old Man and the Sea Novel by Ernest Hemingway Illustrated Edition (2022, Independently Published)
Old Man and the Sea Novel by Ernest Hemingway Illustrated Edition by Ernest Hemingway
The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway's most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and …
Alf rated Of Mice and Men: 5 stars
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
An intimate portrait of two men who cherish the slim bond between them and the dream they share in a …
Alf rated Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and loathing in Las Vegas: 5 stars
Troy Little: Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and loathing in Las Vegas (2015)
Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and loathing in Las Vegas by Troy Little
Records the experiences of a free-lance writer who embarked on a zany journey into the drug culture.
Alf rated Masters of Doom: 5 stars
Masters of Doom by David Kushner
"To my taste, the greatest American myth of cosmogenesis features the maladjusted, antisocial, genius teenage boy who, in the insular …
Alf rated The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: 4 stars
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a Gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published …
Hunger by Knut Hamsun
First published in Norway in 1890, Hunger probes into the depths of consciousness with frightening and gripping power. Like the …
Alf rated Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: 5 stars
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig, Roberty M. Pirsig, Robert Pirsig
"The real cycle you're working on is a cycle called 'yourself.'"One of the most important and influential books of the …
Doppler by Erlend Loe (Andreas Doppler, #1)
Doppler is a satirical novel by Norwegian author Erlend Loe. It was first published in 2004 in Norwegian where it …