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"This is the best book for understanding the early history of society, literature and politics of Northern Europe. Without Saxo’s research and extensive work in compiling ancient texts and oral stories, our knowledge of early Nordic, Germanic, Celtic and English cultures and nation-building would be far poorer than it is."

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Dana (24 KP) rated The Book Thief in Books

Mar 23, 2018

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry

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I have waited to read this book for a few years now and I am not sure why I did that. This book is phenomenal and gives a different insight into World War 2 that I haven't often seen in literature, especially in young adult literature.

Susan did a beautiful job in making his characters as human as possible. They were all multidimensional and we'll thought out. I truly loved them.

The narrator being who he was have this another deeper level that I very much respected. It became more than just Leisel's story and instead became everyone's story.

Overall, I adored this book and need to pick up another of Zusak's.

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Chinese ZEN: A Path to Peace and Happiness

Wu Yansheng

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In Chinese Zen, author Prof. Yansheng shows how Zen, with its universal concern for the human...

European Literary History: An Introduction

Sophie Levie

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This clear and engaging book offers readers an introduction to European Literary History from...

European Literary History: An Introduction

Sophie Levie and Maarten de Pourcq

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This clear and engaging book offers readers an introduction to European Literary History from...

Stoner: A Novel

Alex Clark Introduces Shelf Help

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William Stoner enters the University of Missouri at nineteen to study agriculture. A seminar on...

David McK (3425 KP) rated A Shadow of Gulls (Lugh Mac Romain, #1) in Books

Jan 30, 2019

Deirdre of the Sorrows? Check
The Catte raid of Cooley? Check
Cuchallain's (sp?) fight at the ford to hold up said raid? Check

A shadow of Gulls is thus based primarily on the 'Ulster' series of legends, and (for me) was one of the rare instances where literature is synonymous with entertainment!