Well developed, larger-than-life characters interacting in somewhat ludicrous situations. The style – many very short chapters – makes it a racing read.
Rather different from most of McCall Smith’s well-known books.
Just started this. It’s about trust, especially as applied to security issues in the physical, social and digital worlds. Bruce Schneier is a very clever and thoughtful observer of society with an ability to not overlook the wood for the trees. He dares to ask fundamental questions and suggests answers. Which means I’m all the more surprised to…
Die Generationen kommen und gehen im hohen Norden Norwegens. Schweigsame, harte, adlige Männer [Vgl. “Wir konnten stundenlang miteinander schweigen” aus dem Film: «Näkkälä»], vom Überlebenskampf im Wald gegen Wild und Wetter gekennzeichnet, von Sagen und Gebräuchen aus alten Zeiten geprägt, mit einem schlummernden Glauben an den ewiggerechten Liebgott, in zwischenmenschlichen Beziehungen kläglich schwach, ringen gegen…
Did you know that Jesus experienced sexual temptation? See below. Down relates Jesus’s life chronologically, including almost all the details from the gospels and adding occasional human touches, such as His heart searching concerning His identity and mission, and that He had a friend near the Jordan at whose house He stayed several days. Such…
If you’re after the sort of flippant humour you might have come to expect from Adrian Plass, then The Shadow Doctor might disappoint you. But I doubt it. You’ll be surprised – and a little confused – by the Doctor’s mysterious encounters and baffling remarks, but you’ll gradually come to realise he has an unusual…
Another masterpiece of passion and insight! We experience the suspense and tragedy of WWII through the eyes of the offspring of the people we came to know in Fall of Giants, the first book in the Century Trilogy. These children grow up into realistic, passionate characters who travel the world, engage in devious pursuits and…
In einer bunten Gruppe von mehr oder weniger Unbekannten, bin ich anfangs Juli für knapp 2 Wochen auf Bosnien gereist. Unsere Absicht – neben dem Wunsch, das Land mit seiner schmerzhaften Geschichte etwas kennen zu lernen, und ein paar westlichen Familien zu besuchen, die seit einigen jahren dort tätig sind – war für das Land…