bennekasser rated A Time of Gifts: 5 stars
A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor
Leigh Fermor walked from London to Budapest when he was 18. Sometimes called England's greatest travel writer.
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Some variety of left-wing eco type. I think capitalism is the cause of inequality and ecological catastrophe.
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bennekasser rated Sweet Tooth: 4 stars
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
Sweet Tooth is a novel by the English writer Ian McEwan, published on 21 August 2012. It deals with the …
bennekasser rated The dust that falls from dreams: 4 stars
The dust that falls from dreams by Louis de Bernières
In the brief golden years before the outbreak of World War I, Rosie McCosh and her three very different sisters …
bennekasser rated A History of the World: 4 stars
bennekasser rated Fire in the Valley: 3 stars
bennekasser rated A Year amongst the Persians: 5 stars
bennekasser rated The man who invented the computer: 4 stars
The man who invented the computer by Jane Smiley
From one of our most acclaimed novelists, a David-and-Goliath biography for the digital age. One night in the late 1930s, …
bennekasser rated Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain: 4 stars
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks
Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind …
bennekasser rated Explore it!: 4 stars
Explore it! by Elisabeth Hendrickson (The pragmatic programmers)
bennekasser rated Slide Rule: 5 stars
Slide Rule by Nevil Shute
A fantastic story of a life in the aviation industry, including being the senior mathematician on the R100 airship in …
bennekasser rated Driving technical change: 3 stars
Driving technical change by Terrence Ryan (Pragmatic programmers)
bennekasser rated Surface Detail: 3 stars
Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks (Culture, #9)
Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks is a science fiction novel in his Culture series, first published in the UK …
bennekasser rated A week in December: 2 stars
A week in December by Sebastian Faulks
A Week in December is a novel by British writer Sebastian Faulks, published in 2009. The story is set in …
