2-1/2 stars. Original story, but not a page Turner.
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Read fiction as well as non-fiction. Started reading somewhere in the seventies, still enjoying a good book :)
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Matto reviewed Etidorhpa by John U. Lloyd
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2 stars
Matto rated Reading Chekhov: 3 stars
Matto rated Peace Is Every Step: 5 stars
Peace Is Every Step by Thích Nhất Hạnh
In the rush of modern life, we tend to lose touch with the peace that is available in each moment. …
Matto rated The Denial of Death: 4 stars
Matto reviewed The Little Book of Stoicism by Jonas Salzgeber
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4 stars
In this book, the author shows us how to put the advices of the Stoics into practice. The book goes into the different stoic topics. The author introduces some quotes from the famous Stoics around a topic, and explains how you could use this in your everyday life.
Matto reviewed Puttering About in a Small Land by Philip Dick
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3 stars
A different kind of PKD
Matto reviewed Thinking Forth by Leo Brodie
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4 stars
Requires some knowledge of Forth, as well as some experience programming in Forth
Matto rated Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?: 3 stars
Matto reviewed Start here now by Susan Piver
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3 stars
Short introduction on meditation practice
Matto reviewed Solaris by Stanisław Lem
When Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its …
Review of 'Solaris' on 'GoodReads'
5 stars
A great book, it grips you from the first page. And also a lot thinking material in it.
Matto reviewed Equal rites by Terry Pratchett (The Discworld series)
Equal Rites is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett. Published in 1987, it is …
Review of 'Equal rites' on 'GoodReads'
5 stars
Lovely book
Review of 'How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at An Answer' on 'GoodReads'
5 stars
Wonderful book, that helps to understand who Montaigne was and how this essays had been read and appreciated through the centuries.
Well written, interesting from cover to cover.
Matto reviewed Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
One night after an evening out, Jason Dessen, forty-year-old physics professor living with his wife …
Review of 'Dark Matter' on 'GoodReads'
3 stars
Nice story
Matto reviewed Managing Oneself by Peter F. Drucker
We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity: with ambition, drive, and talent, you can …
Review of 'Managing Oneself (Harvard Business Review Classics) (Harvard Business Review Classics)' on 'GoodReads'
4 stars
Short book, but interesting read, about why and how knowledgeworkers must manage themselves.