I would love to have more time to read, but life is what it is. With what time I do have, I read a lot of news and occasionally get to read a book. I read English, French, and Arabic.
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This was a delicious surprise: A gay aristocrat in the British military tries to keep his lover from being murdered. The writing is excellent and the story highly engaging.
A story based on the true experiences of a Civil War heroine finds Carrie McGavock …
Many readers might find this story facile: A woman from Louisiana lives on a plantation in Tennessee during the Civil War, and she has a sisterly relationship with her slave while they struggle to aid the men wounded in battle as their town is destroyed. It's a fine novel.
A story based on the true experiences of a Civil War heroine finds Carrie McGavock witnessing the bloodshed of the …
1290: Turmoil erupts when the seven-year-old queen of Scotland perishes en route to claim the …
Quite the romance, set in a time of religious stife and amidst court intrigue.
1290: Turmoil erupts when the seven-year-old queen of Scotland perishes en route to claim the crown. Two bitter foes -- …
Draws on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs, as well as interviews with family …
There is nothing that stands out about this book. It presents Steve Jobs as a rather unlikeable person who immaturely berated the people who worked for him and, early on, attended meetings barefoot and stinking because he thought he didn't have body odor. The literary merit is limited, but the reader will come away understanding Steve Jobs as a person and the man's influence even beyond Apple.
Draws on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs, as well as interviews with family members, friends, competitors, and colleagues, …
This is a beautiful story.
Truly fascinating. King is able to place Michelangelo in his times as he paints the Sistine Chapel just a few years after the immolation of a man he admired at the order of the previous Pope. During his work, the contemporary Pope is off waging holy war. The reader learns not only the difficulties of fresco, but also of life in Italy in the early 16th century.
Germinal is the thirteenth novel in Émile Zola's twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart. Often considered Zola's …
A story with relevance in the 21st-century United States, as workers are increasingly squeezed by large corporations. This is a tale of hardship and hard work, a life in which everything prevents progress and a better life.
Germinal is the thirteenth novel in Émile Zola's twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart. Often considered Zola's masterpiece and one of the …
After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille the aging Dr Manette is …
Truly a classic of English literature. A great story.