umi rated Brave New World: 3 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 …
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umi rated Three plays: 3 stars
Three plays by Alan Ayckbourn (A Black cat book)
umi rated Novelist As a Vocation: 4 stars
Novelist As a Vocation by Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel, Ted Goossen
A unique look at the craft of writing from a bestelling master of storytelling.
In this engaging book, the internationally …
umi rated Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse: 5 stars
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse by Hermann Hesse, Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse wrote Siddhartha after he traveled to India in the 1910s. It tells the story of a young boy …
umi rated Erste Person Singular: 3 stars
Erste Person Singular by Haruki Murakami, Ursula Gräfe
Frauen, die verschwinden, eine fiktive Bossa-Nova-Platte von Charlie Parker, ein sprechender Affe und ein Mann, der sich fragt, wie er …
umi rated Klara and the Sun: 4 stars
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
From the best-selling author of Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day, a stunning new novel—his …
umi rated Days at the Morisaki Bookshop: 3 stars
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa, Eric Ozawa
The Japanese bestseller: a tale of love, new beginnings, and the comfort that can be found between the pages of …
umi rated Die Stadt und ihre ungewisse Mauer: 3 stars
umi rated Dance, Dance, Dance: 3 stars
Dance, Dance, Dance by Haruki Murakami
Dance Dance Dance (ダンス・ダンス・ダンス, Dansu Dansu Dansu) is the sixth novel by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami. First published in 1988, …
umi rated What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: 4 stars
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit. A year …
umi rated Pinball, 1973: 3 stars
Pinball, 1973 by Haruki Murakami (Kodansha English library -- 12)
Pinball, 1973 (1973年のピンボール, Sen-Kyūhyaku-Nanajū-San-Nen no Pinbōru) is a novel published in 1980 by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The second book …
umi rated Stolen Focus: 4 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 …
umi rated Der Verschollene: 3 stars
Franz Kafka: Der Verschollene (German language, 1994, Fischer Taschenbuch)
Der Verschollene by Franz Kafka (Gesammelte Werke in zwölf Bänden / Franz Kafka -- 2)
umi rated The Why Cafe: 2 stars
umi rated A Wild Sheep Chase: 4 stars
A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
It begins simply enough: A twenty-something advertising executive receives a postcard from a friend, and casually appropriates the image for …