The Spider's Web

Author	Samuel Butler
ISBN	0543899462

Erewhon, as a satire and/or essay, is interesting and has some thought provoking ideas. Erewhon as a novel has a fairly thin but still interesting plot line in an intriguing environment. Unfortunately, meshing the two of these together makes for a difficult book to swallow at times.

I enjoyed...

Author	Iris Murdoch
ISBN	0140020039

Extraordinarily funny, lean novel that somehow manages to be completely cynical while maintaining a belief in the possibility of love. The plot is hurtlingly insane, as the lead, Martin Lynch-Gibbon, and the 5 most important people in his life form an improbable love-hexagon whose Freudian complications...

Author	Joseph von Eichendorff
ISBN	3150023548

Good-for-nothing is how the author referred to his male protagonist in the story. Joseph von Eichendorff (1788-1857) chose not to give a name to his character maybe because he would like us all to relate to his character. I easily was able to. At the beginning of the novel, Good-for-nothing removed all...

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Hannah Arendt

»Mein Thema heute, so fürchte ich, ist fast schon beschämend aktuell.«
Was ist Freiheit, und was bedeutet sie uns? Begreifen wir sie nur als die Abwesenheit von Furcht und von Zwängen, oder meint Freiheit

nicht vielmehr auch, sich an gesellschaftlichen Prozessen zu beteiligen,...

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Shunmyō Masuno

Zen is the perfect antidote to the chaos of modern life . . .

In clear, practical and easy to follow lessons - one a day for 100 days - renowned Buddhist monk Shunmyo Masuno draws on centuries of wisdom to show you how to apply the essence of Zen to modern life.

You will learn how to exhale deeply...

Author	Eduardo Galeano
ISBN	0312420315

In a series of mock lesson plans and a "program of study" Galeano provides an eloquent, passionate, funny and shocking exposé of First World privileges and assumptions. From a master class in "The Impunity of Power" to a seminar on "The Sacred Car"—with tips along the way on "How to Resist Useless...

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Éric Vuillard

L’Allemagne nazie a sa légende. On y voit une armée rapide, moderne, dont le triomphe parait inexorable. Mais si au fondement de ses premiers exploits se découvraient plutôt des marchandages, de vulgaires combinaisons d’intérêts ? Et si les glorieuses images de la Wehrmacht entrant triomphalement...