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jacek_ rated The complete guide to fasting: 4 stars
jacek_ rated The obesity code: 4 stars

The obesity code by Jason Fung
"In this highly readable and provocative book, Dr. Jason Fung sets out an original, robust theory of obesity that provides …
jacek_ rated Four Thousand Weeks: 2 stars

Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
The average human lifespan is absurdly, outrageously, insultingly brief: if you live to 80, you have about four thousand weeks …
jacek_ rated Stop Walking on Eggshells: 3 stars

Stop Walking on Eggshells by Randi Kreger, Paul Mason
Do you feel manipulated, controlled, or lied to? Are you the focus of intense, violent, and irrational rages? Do you …
jacek_ rated This Is Your Mind on Plants: 2 stars
jacek_ rated Stolen Focus: 5 stars

Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
Is your ability to focus and pay attention in free fall?
You are not alone. The average office worker now …
jacek_ rated Do Nothing: 2 stars

Blitzed by Norman Ohler
"The Nazis presented themselves as warriors against moral degeneracy. Yet, as Norman Ohler's gripping bestseller reveals, the entire Third Reich …

Later by Stephen King, Stephen King
SOMETIMES GROWING UP
MEANS FACING YOUR DEMONS
The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary …

Mask Off by J. J. Bola
In Mask Off, JJ Bola exposes masculinity as a performance that men are socially conditioned into. Using examples of non-Western …
jacek_ rated The Underground Railroad: 3 stars

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Cora não consegue imaginar o mundo que há além da fazenda de algodão ― e nem poderia. Das poucas coisas …
jacek_ rated Jugend ohne Gott: 3 stars
jacek_ rated Crooked house: 3 stars

Agatha Christie: Crooked house (1949, Dodd, Mead)
Crooked house by Agatha Christie (Red badge detective)
A large family living under the eye and protection of wealthy Aristide Leonides is thrown into turmoil when the patriarch …