Seasick Whale
8 best books like Seasick Whale (Ephraim Kishon): Infidel, How to Be a Pirate, The Moor's Account, Pünktchen und Anton, La mucama de Omicunlé, The Paul Street Boys, Messi: The Inside Story of the Boy Who Became a Legend, How to Speak Dragonese
| Author | Ayaan Hirsi Ali |
| ISBN | 0743289684 |
One of today’s most admired and controversial political figures, Ayaan Hirsi Ali burst into international headlines following the murder of Theo van Gogh by an Islamist who threatened that she would be next. She made headlines again when she was stripped of her citizenship and resigned from the...
| Author | Cressida Cowell |
| ISBN | 0316155985 |
People said this book was funny...I didn't find myself laughing..Maybe it's due to my age but I got the idea that adults also found the humour in this novel amusing..Even if I didn't find LOL moments I still enjoyed the storyline though!
My one complaint if you own the Kindle version...The text...
| Author | Laila Lalami |
| ISBN | 0307911667 |
In 1527, the conquistador Pánfilo de Narváez sailed from the port of Sanlúcar de Barrameda with a crew of six hundred men and nearly a hundred horses. His goal was to claim what is now the Gulf Coast of the United States for the Spanish crown and, in the process, become as wealthy and famous as Hernán...
| Author | Erich Kästner |
| ISBN | 3423707313 |
Die kleine Luise Pogge, alias Pünktchen, schummelt sich allabendlich ohne das Wissen ihrer Eltern auf die Weidendammer Brücke, mitten in Berlin. An der Seite einer merkwürdigen Alten preist sie Streichhölzer an, während ihre wohlhabenden Eltern sie in der Obhut von Fräulein Andacht glauben...
| Author | Rita Indiana |
| ISBN | 9788416291 |
Esta apabullante novela, que supone la consagración de Rita Indiana como narradora, tiene tantas capas de lectura y tantos giros fascinantes que rehuye toda síntesis, todo encorsetamiento. Es más, sólo cabe una invitación entusiasta a la lectura por parte de los editores.
Aunque para...
| Author | Ferenc Molnár |
| ISBN | 9631345343 |
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I think that my age is above the target group of this book, but that surely did not stop me from enjoying it. To a certain degree. That is, knowing beforehand that it’s a children’s book, I was a bit shocked by the ending.
However, the style...
Messi: The Inside Story of the Boy Who Became a Legend
| Author | Luca Caioli |
| ISBN | 1906850119 |
"And he hasn’t changed?"
"No, to me he’s the same as always, shy and quiet. He’s the same Leo I grew up with. The only difference is that before when he used to come here he would grab his bike and come through town; now he takes the car because people don’t leave him in peace. He can’t believe...
| Author | Cressida Cowell |
| ISBN | 0340893044 |
---The books are starting to seem a bit repetitive. Hiccup and Fishlegs get bullied in the beginning, manage to mess up their lessons and land somewhere completely different, encounter something/someone, get back but nobody believes them then save the day/themselves.
---It still made me LOL...
