Patriot by Alexei Navalny
Alexei Navalny began writing Patriot shortly after his near-fatal poisoning in 2020. It is the full story of his life: …
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Ieuan rated Red Team Blues: 3 stars
Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow (Martin Hench, #1)
Martin Hench is 67 years old, single, and successful in a career stretching back to the beginnings of Silicon Valley. …
Ieuan rated Planet of Exile: 4 stars
Planet of Exile by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle)
The Earth colony of Landin has been stranded on Werel for ten years. But ten of Werel's years are over …
Wintering by Katherine May
Sometimes you slip through the cracks: unforeseen circumstances like an abrupt illness, the death of a loved one, a break …
Ieuan rated A Sand County almanac: 4 stars
Aldo Leopold: A Sand County almanac (1969, Oxford University Press)
A Sand County almanac by Aldo Leopold
First published in 1949 and praised in The New York Times Book Review as a trenchant book, full of vigor …
Ieuan rated Desert Solitaire: 5 stars
Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness is an autobiographical work by American writer Edward Abbey, originally published in 1968. …
Ieuan rated No Time to Spare: 4 stars
No Time to Spare by Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin on the absurdity of denying your age: “If I’m ninety and believe I’m forty-five, I’m headed …
Ieuan rated A Carnival of Snackery: 3 stars
A Carnival of Snackery by David Sedaris
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice: There’s no right way to keep a diary, but if there’s an …
Ieuan rated Terminal World: 3 stars
Terminal World by Alastair Reynolds
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Ieuan rated Brave New World: 4 stars
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature, Brave New World is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future …
Ieuan rated The Left Hand of Darkness: 5 stars
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle, #4)
[Comment by Kim Stanley Robinson, on The Guardian's website][1]: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin (1969) …
Ieuan rated The Monkey Wrench Gang (P.S.): 5 stars
Ieuan rated The Storyteller: 4 stars
The Storyteller by Dave Grohl
Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities ("It's a piece of cake! Just do …
Ieuan rated Once were warriors: 5 stars
Duff, Alan: Once were warriors (1995, Vintage International)
Once were warriors by Duff, Alan
Once Were Warriors is Alan Duff's harrowing vision of his country's indigenous people two hundred years after the English conquest. …