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| This is the second book in the Ibis trilogy by the very smart Indian writer Amitav Ghosh. With the overarching theme of teaching us of the complex multicultural and socio-economic interconnections that influenced and were created by the international...more | |
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| I have reviewed books 1 and 2 in earlier, separate entries. This is the compendium of all five books which unfortunately, because of its length, doe not contain e-book illustrations as the first two did. Although I thought the third book dragged a lo...more | |
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| I understand what the author is tryiong to do here, and I wish him well in the future as a writer. He is trying to communicate the internal struggles three young children go through dealing with some harsh realities of life, while playing together at...more | |
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| First in a five part series. A fantasy world with pirates, priestesses, disinherited princes, blind bards, deadly dragons, and giant poinous spiders. A place where those with paws eat those with hooves, and there are both animals and shelts (half hum...more | |
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| Silveo and Gerard, in service to the High Priestess, search for Gwain, the leader of the Resistance. Book two in this fascinating fantasy world of shelts (half human, half animal) that allows us to reflect on complex power dynamic social systems, how...more | |
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| Third in this series. Still not as lush in language or thorough in creating the mood and setting as the initial volume, this is more compelling than the sequel. This time Poetzsch has wisely chosen a very dinstinctive historical setting for us to lea...more | |
“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.”
― Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
― Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
“The mind of this country, taught to aim at low objects, feeds upon itself.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
― Mark Twain
― Mark Twain
“A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.”
― Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Sudelbücher.
― Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Sudelbücher.
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