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kotnik reads rated The Epicure's lament: 4 stars
The Epicure's lament by Kate Christensen
For ten years, Hugo Whittier, upper-class scion, former gigolo, failed belle-lettrist has been living a hermit's existence at Waverly, his …
kotnik reads rated Faraday, Maxwell, and the electromagnetic field: 3 stars
Faraday, Maxwell, and the electromagnetic field by Nancy Forbes
From the Introduction...
It is almost impossible to overstate the scale of Faraday and Maxwell's achievement in bringing the …
kotnik reads rated Men in the sun and other Palestinian stories: 3 stars
Men in the sun and other Palestinian stories by Ghassān Kanafānī, Ghassān Kanafānī
This collection of important stories by novelist, journalist, teacher, and Palestinian activist Ghassan Kanafani includes the stunning novella Men in …
kotnik reads rated There is No Antimemetics Division: 2 stars
There is No Antimemetics Division by qntm
An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, discourages or prevents people from …
kotnik reads rated Prošlost dolazi: 3 stars
Prošlost dolazi by Dubravka Stojanović
Promene u tumačenjima prošlosti u srpskim udžbenicima istorije 1913–2021.
“Nikada se više neću baviti udžbenicima istorije”. To je rečenica …
kotnik reads rated Russia: 2 stars
Russia by Antony Beevor
Between 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse of the Tsarist empire. Many regard …
kotnik reads rated Six Easy Pieces: 3 stars
Six Easy Pieces by Richard P. Feynman
"It was Feynman's outrageous and scintillating method of teaching that earned him legendary status among students and professors of physics. …
kotnik reads rated In Memory Yet Green: 1 star
In Memory Yet Green by Isaac Asimov (The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, #1)
The Good Doctor's two-hundredth book! The amazing Isaac Asimov has once more taken pen in hand to tackle his most …
kotnik reads rated The Wall: 4 stars
kotnik reads rated Bloodchild: 4 stars
Bloodchild by Octavia E. Butler
Bloodchild and Other Stories is the only collection of science fiction stories and essays written by American writer Octavia E. …
kotnik reads rated Summer: 2 stars
Summer by Karl Ove Knausgård
"The grand finale of Karl Ove Knausgaard's masterful and intensely-personal series about the four seasons, illustrated with paintings by the …
kotnik reads rated Spring: 4 stars
Spring by Karl Ove Knausgård (Seasons Quartet, #3)
"You don't know what air is, and yet you breathe. You don't know what sleep is, yet you sleep. You …
kotnik reads rated Winter: 2 stars
Winter by Karl Ove Knausgård (Seasons Quartet, #2)
The second volume in his autobiographical quartet based on the seasons, Winter is an achingly beautiful collection of daily meditations …
kotnik reads rated Autumn: 2 stars
Autumn by Karl Ove Knausgård, Ingvild Burkey, Vanessa Baird
“This book is full of wonders…Loose teeth, chewing gum, it all becomes noble, almost holy, under Knausgaard’s patient, admiring gaze. …