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Blabbing good reads: Tim Marshall’s Prisoners of Geography

The full title is Prisoners of Geography: Ten maps that tell you everything you need to know about global politics, and I can’t believe I only got around to read this great book now. Although I wouldn’t describe it as a summer read, I enjoyed reading it out in the sun on a long weekend off recently. 📷: Goodreads I couldn’t exactly tell what I’ve expected from this book, but it sure exceeded my expectations in many different ways. It is almost like academic writing in a journalistic style, reciting history and stories of world affairs about how much geography…

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Finally got my copy of Kofi Annan’s book!

I ordered it like seven weeks ago from Amazon, then I waited and waited and it hasn’t arrived. Then they sent me a replacement copy, then the original one arrived and for some reason I had to send the first one back and wait for the replacement which I ordered to an alternate address that is further away from me now, so I had to wait another week until I finally got my book in my hands… Anyway, shoutout to UKPaperbackshop for their plain-dealing client service, I’ve never had any dispute like this with any retailer and they really were…

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Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert Why I never had to read this one in high school, I cannot recall now, probably it would have been due at the time when we skipped a whole shool year’s curriculum with our rather negligent teacher. So it’s just one of the classics that I missed out back then, but now there’s only a few left that I haven’t made up yet. Anyway, it’s better late than never…

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Darkness at Noon | Book by Arthur Koestler – Simon & Schuster

Darkness at Noon | Book by Arthur Koestler – Simon & Schuster “It was quiet in the cell. Rubashov heard only the creaking of his steps on the tiles. Six and a half steps to the door, whence they must come to fetch him, six and a half steps to the window, behind which night was falling. Soon it would be over. But when he asked himself, ‘For what actually are you dying?’ he found no answer.”  One of the most famous novels of Hungarian born author Arthur Koestler and one of the most daring political novels of the 1940s. …

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Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James: review – Telegraph

Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James: review – Telegraph Well, yes, sometimes it occurs that mass enthusiasm convinces me that something’s worth reading or simply I just give in to my curiousity. It was a little of both this time and my feelings are quite ambivalent. Most of all, I was sort of prepared that the language doesn’t reach literary quality, but it was way below my expectations even this way. I know it’s pulp fiction and I shouldn’t expect it to be like quality literature, but for me it was like one of those teenager hit stories, written…

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Powell Was More Skeptical About Iraq Than Previously Thought, Annan Says

Powell Was More Skeptical About Iraq Than Previously Thought, Annan Says Then-Secretary of State Colin L. Powell was more skeptical about the evidence he used to justify the American-led invasion than previously known, according to a new memoir by Kofi Annan. Kofi Annan’s memoir is about to come out next week! Can’t wait!

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P. G. Wodehouse: Big Money

P. G. Wodehouse: Big Money This and P. G. Wodehouse novels in general were recommended to me many years ago. This one actually sat on my shelf for years and somehow I never found the right time to pick it. I am glad I did now, during my week off of the summer, it is a perfect holiday read! I am not that much of a fan of so called English humor, not in books, neither in movies, but once in a while this kind of storytelling can really relax one’s mind. For Hungarian readers I have to note that…

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Bohumil Hrabal: I Served the King of England

Bohumil Hrabal: I Served the King of England This was the first ever book from Hrabal I read. I have seen the movies ’Closely Observed Trains’ and ’Cutting It Short’, but somehow I assumed I wouldn’t like his style. I was wrong. This one is wonderfully written, and although it doesn’t seem that way, it has a lively flow, and really good editing.  Now I am about to watch the movie sometime, made by Jirí Menzel in 2006.

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