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- Take Time For Paradise (3)
- Americans and Their Games
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By A. Bartlett Giamatti -
Finished on Sep 12, 2011 
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- Mensajeros de la oscuridad (92)
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By Alicia Giménez-Bartlett -
Finished on Aug 11, 2011
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- "Tears of the Giraffe: More from the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency" (264)
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By Alexander McCall Smith -
Finished on Aug 1, 2011
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- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (621)
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By Alexander McCall Smith -
Finished on Jul 29, 2011
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
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I had watched and enjoyed some episodes of the TV series, and decided to give the book a try. Nice read!
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Aug 2, 2011 |
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- The Lonely Planet Story (29)
- The Fascinating Story of the Adventurous Couple Who Backpacked Across Asia
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By Tony Wheeler, Maureen Wheeler -
Finished on Sep 1, 2011
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I guess some read this book for inspiration on how to start a very successful business for scratch or spend one's lifetime travelling. I read it just because I was curious to know how my favorite line of guidebooks came to happen.
My curiosity has been satisfied, but what I most enjoyed in the book ... (continue ) -
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Sep 2, 2011 |
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- The Falls (64)
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By Ian Rankin -
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- L'uomo inquieto (1178)
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By Henning Mankell -
Finished on Sep 7, 2011
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6 people find this helpful
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Chi è l'uomo inquieto? Nel libro quest'aggettivo è usato prima per l'ex ufficiale di marina von Enke, poi per Wallander. Per me l'uomo inquieto è Mankell. L'inquietudine per l'approssimarsi della fine che si avverte in tutto il romanzo per me è la sua. Così come Wallander scrive le memorie del caso ... (
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Sep 9, 2011 |
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- The Hanging Garden (66)
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By Ian Rankin -
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- The Naming Of The Dead (63)
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By Ian Rankin -
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- La leonessa bianca (1707)
- Le inchieste del commissario Wallander 3
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By Henning Mankell -
Finished on Mar 16, 2011
Finished (re-read) on Aug 17, 2012
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Un giallo ambientato tra Svezia e Sudafrica all'inizio degli anni '90. Il mondo era diverso, Mandela era appena stato scarcerato e la battaglia contro l'apartheid era ancora in corso.
Suggestivo leggerlo adesso, mentre in Africa sono in corso grandi tumulti. I foschi presagi sul futuro del Sudafrica ... (continue ) -
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Mar 17, 2011 |
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- Thank you, Jackie Robinson (1)
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By Barbara Cohen -
Finished on Apr 14, 2011
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A children's novel set in late 1940's New Jersey. A Jewish boy and an old black man become best friends thanks to their common love of baseball and the Dodgers. A nice little book about overcoming differences - be it age, religion, colour, or whatever.
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Apr 15, 2011 |
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- Storia dello zucchero (18)
- Tra politica e cultura
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By Sidney Mintz -
Finished on Mar 3, 2011
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Il titolo è troppo generico -
Il saggio è incentrato sullo zucchero di canna nel Regno Unito, che è passato in pochi secoli da sfizio per re a genere di prima necessità per la massa proletaria, grazie alle piantagioni nelle colonie dove lavoravano gli schiavi.
Lo schema dei capitoli del libro è promettente: fondamenti di antropo ... (continue ) -
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Mar 5, 2011 |
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- Padre Paolino Baldassarri (1)
- Missionario della foresta
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By Il Servo di Maria -
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- Cartesio presenta giochi di carta, cartone e cartoncino (1)
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By Ermes Lasagni, José Pellegrini -
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- La collina del sudore (1)
- Uomini, fatti e costumi di luoghi e di tempi perduti
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By Corrado Piana -
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Take Time For Paradise
Short but dense essay on sport and society, written by a man who presided both Yale and MLB. He starts from the idea that play tells more about a society or a culture than work, because almost everyone under the sun must work - that's a necessity for humankind - while there is more variety in the wa ... (continue)
Short but dense essay on sport and society, written by a man who presided both Yale and MLB. He starts from the idea that play tells more about a society or a culture than work, because almost everyone under the sun must work - that's a necessity for humankind - while there is more variety in the ways we choose to spend our free time.
It's not just about the role of baseball in American culture - as one would assume from the cover - but more generally about the role of sports from ancient Greece to modern Western society.