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Meirav Rath is currently reading: Introducion to Human Prehistory by Anna Belfer-Cohen	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Meirav Rath rated a book 5 of 5 stars Following Alice - A Journey to the World of Lewis Carroll by Haim Shapira (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A lovely book, it's both philosophical and analitic of Carrol's personality, writing and Alice books. You won't read anything anyone else didn't write about Carroll, but you'll get plenty of fun examples of what Carroll enjoyed. Also, you get a few m...more
Jul 29, 2008 04:34am · see review
Meirav Rath rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Dark Half by Stephen King recommended for: King fans, writers read in July, 2008	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
In her teens, my sister read this and was so excited she wrote "the sparrows are flying again" on the waistline of on of her jeans. This book is definitely something to make you nod and smile in enjoyment when you read it, so I suppose to a teenager'...more
Jul 28, 2008 09:23am · see review
Meirav Rath rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Grand Alliance (The Second World War, #3) by Winston Churchill recommended for: history buffs, WW2 buffs, anglophiles, Churchill lovers read in July, 2008	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
In this volume, as evens take a faster pace so does the writing. Churchil was never a bad writer, but in the previous volume he didn't quite find the right balance between putting in every memo he ever wrote and every small background history detail....more
Jul 18, 2008 04:42am · see review
Meirav Rath rated a book 3 of 5 stars Complete Illustrated Lewis Carroll (Wordsworth Collection) by Lewis Carroll recommended for: Pedophiles... read in July, 2008	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I gave up in the middle of the Bruno and Sylvie saga. The Alice in Wonderland stories were fun and interesting to read but by the saga the nonsense and the bizzare attraction to young girls who are a symbol of prefection was getting on my nerves. Cal...more
Jul 06, 2008 10:18am · see review
Meirav Rath rated a book 5 of 5 stars Karl Marx by Francis Wheen recommended for: history lovers, anyone who claims to be a Marxist, socialist, communist or even an anarchist, read in June, 2008	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Wheen's wonderfully written book illustraits, with colors as vivis as possible, the life and works of Karl Marx, warts and all; from blood-thirsty arguments with opponents, to medical details of the various many ailments Marx suffered from to the hor...more
Jul 04, 2008 03:04am · see review
Meirav Rath rated a book 5 of 5 stars Brand New Monty Python Papperbok by Graham Chapman recommended for: Pythoners read in June, 2008	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Very silly.
Jun 19, 2008 04:39am · see review
Meirav Rath rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author) recommended for: history lovers, good plot lovers, good writing lovers read in June, 2008	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
When I started reading this book I thought there was too much kitsch in it but then I told myself I've been reading too much documentry history books that human emotions seem like kitsch to me. Also, Zusak's writing swept me like a tidal wave. This bo...more
Jun 14, 2008 04:36am · see review
Meirav Rath rated a book 4 of 5 stars Soldiers of Evil: The Commandants of the Nazi Concentration Camps by Tom Segev recommended for: holocaust readers, holocaust researchers read in January, 2005	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book is only for anyone interested in the personal details of the various concentration camp commanders, that's it. There are no debates on the nature of their behavior, their personalities, their actions or anything - its simply details about t...more
May 17, 2008 06:30am · see review