Eva's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 07 Aug 2024 12:13:23 -0700 60 Eva's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg The Doors of Perception 3188964 The Doors of Perception is a philosophical essay, released as a book, by Aldous Huxley. First published in 1954, it details his experiences when taking mescaline.

The book takes the form of Huxley's recollection of a mescaline trip that took place over the course of an afternoon in May 1953. The book takes its title from a phrase in William Blake's 1793 poem 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell'.

Huxley recalls the insights he experienced, which range from the "purely aesthetic" to "sacramental vision". He also incorporates later reflections on the experience and its meaning for art and religion.]]> 208 Aldous Huxley Eva 5 3.91 1956 The Doors of Perception
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]]> <![CDATA[Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence]]> 17830125
-Taken from Amazon.com]]> 117 Daniel Goleman 1934441171 Eva 0 currently-reading 3.88 2002 Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence
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]]> <![CDATA[The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel]]> 9276509 The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho continues to change the lives of its readers forever. With more than two million copies sold around the world, The Alchemist has established itself as a modern classic, universally admired.

Paulo Coelho’s masterpiece tells the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure as extravagant as any ever found.

The story of the treasures Santiago finds along the way teaches us, as only a few stories can, about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, learning to read the omens strewn along life’s path, and, above all, following our dreams.

Acclaimed illustrator Daniel Sampere brings Paulo Coelho's classic to new life in this gorgeously illustrated graphic novel adaptation.]]> 208 Derek Ruiz 0062024329 Eva 5 3.84 2010 The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel
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]]> Povestea lui Harap Alb 18110150 79 Ion Creangă Eva 2 3.25 2014 Povestea lui Harap Alb
author: Ion Creangă
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rating: 2
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]]> Through a Glass, Darkly 25405 176 Jostein Gaarder 1858817692 Eva 0 to-read 3.87 1993 Through a Glass, Darkly
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]]> The Light in the Heart 29359991 174 Roy T. Bennett Eva 0 to-read 4.26 2016 The Light in the Heart
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]]> <![CDATA[The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)]]> 38447
Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.]]> 311 Margaret Atwood 038549081X Eva 0 to-read 4.15 1985 The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Eternal Ones (Eternal Ones, #1)]]> 7130788 HAVEN MOORE HAS ALWAYS LIVED in the tiny town of Snope City, Tennessee. But for as long as she can remember, Haven has experienced visions of a past life as a girl named Constance, whose love for a boy called Ethan ended in a fiery tragedy.

One day, the sight of notorious playboy Iain Morrow on television brings Haven to her knees. Haven flees to New York City to find Iain and there, she is swept up in an epic love affair that feels both deeply fated and terribly dangerous. Is Iain her beloved Ethan? Or is he her murderer in a past life? Haven asks the members of the powerful and dangerous Ouroboros Society to help her unlock the mysteries of reincarnation and discover the secrets hidden in her past lives, and loves, before all is lost and the cycle begins again. But what is the Ouroboros Society? And how can Haven know who to trust?]]> 411 Kirsten Miller 1595143084 Eva 0 to-read 3.75 2010 The Eternal Ones (Eternal Ones, #1)
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]]> Ludas Matyi 13186237 56 Mihály Fazekas Eva 5 4.00 1815 Ludas Matyi
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]]> Men Without Women 30346196 A dazzling new collection of short stories--the first major new work of fiction from the beloved, internationally acclaimed, Haruki Murakami since his #1 best-selling Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.

Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are vanishing cats and smoky bars, lonely hearts and mysterious women, baseball and the Beatles, woven together to tell stories that speak to us all.

Marked by the same wry humor that has defined his entire body of work, in this collection Murakami has crafted another contemporary classic.]]> 229 Haruki Murakami Eva 4 3.93 2014 Men Without Women
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]]> <![CDATA[Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family]]> 80890
As Mann charts the Buddenbrooks� decline from prosperity to bankruptcy, from moral and psychic soundness to sickly piety, artistic decadence, and madness, he ushers the reader into a world of stunning vitality, pieced together from births and funerals, weddings and divorces, recipes, gossip, and earthy humor.

First published in Germany in 1901, when Mann was only twenty-six, Buddenbrooks surpasses all other modern family chronicles in its immensity of scope, richness of detail, and fullness of humanity. With remarkable fidelity to the original German text, this superb translation emphasizes the magnificent scale of Mann’s achievement in this riveting, tragic novel.]]> 731 Thomas Mann 0679417370 Eva 0 to-read 4.17 1901 Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
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]]> Thinking, Fast and Slow 11468377 Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilities—and also the faults and biases—of fast thinking, and reveals the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and behavior. The impact of loss aversion and overconfidence on corporate strategies, the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future, the challenges of properly framing risks at work and at home, the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning the next vacation—each of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems work together to shape our judgments and decisions.

Engaging the reader in a lively conversation about how we think, Kahneman reveals where we can and cannot trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking. He offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and our personal lives—and how we can use different techniques to guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble. Thinking, Fast and Slow will transform the way you think about thinking.]]> 499 Daniel Kahneman 0374275637 Eva 5 4.17 2011 Thinking, Fast and Slow
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]]> <![CDATA[Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey]]> 15851673 176 Stephen R. Covey 1476725136 Eva 5 3.97 Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey
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]]> Ondskan 25893 Ondskan beskrivs våldet i den svenska vardagen. Vi får följa huvudpersonen Eriks fostran i ondska från hemmet med den sadistiske fadern till skolgården med dess gängbildningar.

Erik blir relegerad på grund av sitt brutala uppträdande och hamnar på internatskola. Det är en värld fylld av pennalism, och Erik drivs in i sökandet efter motståndets villkor. Men hans försök att hävda sig mot de äldre kamraternas förtryck leder in i en spiral av våld och motvåld som han i längden inte kan bemästra. Det leder till öppet krig. Till slut är Erik beredd att ta den avgörande hämnden...]]> 283 Jan Guillou 911811332X Eva 5 3.79 1981 Ondskan
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]]> <![CDATA[Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy]]> 7184066
Rajan shows how the individual choices that collectively brought about the economic meltdown--made by bankers, government officials, and ordinary homeowners--were rational responses to a flawed global financial order in which the incentives to take on risk are incredibly out of step with the dangers those risks pose. He traces the deepening fault lines in a world overly dependent on the indebted American consumer to power global economic growth and stave off global downturns. He exposes a system where America's growing inequality and thin social safety net create tremendous political pressure to encourage easy credit and keep job creation robust, no matter what the consequences to the economy's long-term health; and where the U.S. financial sector, with its skewed incentives, is the critical but unstable link between an overstimulated America and an underconsuming world.

In "Fault Lines," Rajan demonstrates how unequal access to education and health care in the United States puts us all in deeper financial peril, even as the economic choices of countries like Germany, Japan, and China place an undue burden on America to get its policies right. He outlines the hard choices we need to make to ensure a more stable world economy and restore lasting prosperity.]]> 260 Raghuram G. Rajan 0691146837 Eva 0 to-read 4.09 2010 Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy
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]]> The Little Prince 157993
Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince, presented here in a stunning new translation with carefully restored artwork. The definitive edition of a worldwide classic, it will capture the hearts of readers of all ages.]]> 96 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 0152023984 Eva 5 4.32 1943 The Little Prince
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]]> The Girl on the Train 22557272
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.]]> 336 Paula Hawkins 1594633665 Eva 0 to-read 3.97 2015 The Girl on the Train
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]]> A cigánybáró 17192431 141 Mór Jókai Eva 5 4.07 1857 A cigánybáró
author: Mór Jókai
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]]> A lőcsei fehér asszony 2656989 Krásny historický román odvodený od skutočných udalostí z uhorských čias stavovského povstania Františka II.]]> 496 Mór Jókai Eva 4 3.98 1885 A lőcsei fehér asszony
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]]> A nagyenyedi két fűzfa 12183469 22 Mór Jókai 9737899695 Eva 5 3.49 1860 A nagyenyedi két fűzfa
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]]> Maktub 53809 192 Paulo Coelho 8408057235 Eva 5 3.53 Maktub
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]]> Manuscript Found in Accra 16054811 The Alchemist.

There is nothing wrong with anxiety.
Although we cannot control God's time, it is part of the human condition to want to receive the thing we are waiting for as quickly as possible.
Or to drive away whatever is causing our fear....
Anxiety was born in the very same moment as mankind. And since we will never be able to master it, we will have to learn to live with it-just as we have learned to live with storms.

* * *

July 14, 1099. Jerusalem awaits the invasion of the crusaders who have surrounded the city's gates. There, inside the ancient city's walls, men and women of every age and every faith have gathered to hear the wise words of a mysterious man known only as the Copt. He has summoned the townspeople to address their fears with truth:

"Tomorrow, harmony will become discord. Joy will be replaced by grief. Peace will give way to war.... None of us can know what tomorrow will hold, because each day has its good and its bad moments. So, when you ask your questions, forget about the troops outside and the fear inside. Our task is not to leave a record of what happened on this date for those who will inherit the Earth; history will take care of that. Therefore, we will speak about our daily lives, about the difficulties we have had to face."

The people begin with questions about defeat, struggle, and the nature of their enemies; they contemplate the will to change and the virtues of loyalty and solitude; and they ultimately turn to questions of beauty, love, wisdom, sex, elegance, and what the future holds. "What is success?" poses the Copt. "It is being able to go to bed each night with your soul at peace."

* * *

Now, these many centuries later, the wise man's answers are a record of the human values that have endured throughout time. And, in Paulo Coelho's hands, The Manuscript Found in Accra reveals that who we are, what we fear, and what we hope for the future come from the knowledge and belief that can be found within us, and not from the adversity that surrounds us.]]> 190 Paulo Coelho 0385349831 Eva 5 3.85 2012 Manuscript Found in Accra
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]]> Warrior of the Light 1426
Paulo Coelho is one of the most beloved storytellers of our time. Now, in the long-awaited companion to his first novel, Coelho presents a collection of philosophical stories that will delight and guide seekers everywhere.]]> 142 Paulo Coelho 0060527986 Eva 4 3.74 1997 Warrior of the Light
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]]> <![CDATA[Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think]]> 15815598
Which paint color is most likely to tell you that a used car is in good shape? How can officials identify the most dangerous New York City manholes before they explode? And how did Google searches predict the spread of the H1N1 flu outbreak?

The key to answering these questions, and many more, is big data. “Big data� refers to our burgeoning ability to crunch vast collections of information, analyze it instantly, and draw sometimes profoundly surprising conclusions from it. This emerging science can translate myriad phenomena—from the price of airline tickets to the text of millions of books—into searchable form, and uses our increasing computing power to unearth epiphanies that we never could have seen before. A revolution on par with the Internet or perhaps even the printing press, big data will change the way we think about business, health, politics, education, and innovation in the years to come. It also poses fresh threats, from the inevitable end of privacy as we know it to the prospect of being penalized for things we haven’t even done yet, based on big data’s ability to predict our future behavior.

In this brilliantly clear, often surprising work, two leading experts explain what big data is, how it will change our lives, and what we can do to protect ourselves from its hazards. Big Data is the first big book about the next big thing.




]]> 242 Viktor Mayer-Schönberger 0544002695 Eva 0 to-read 3.67 2013 Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think
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]]> Gamify 18342380
Gamification has emerged as a way to gain that edge and organizations are beginning to see it as a key tool in their digital engagement strategy. While gamification has tremendous potential to break through, most companies will get it wrong. Gartner predicts that by 2014, 80% of current gamified applications will fail to meet business objectives primarily due to poor design. As a trend, gamification is at the peak of the hype cycle; it has been oversold and it is broadly misunderstood. We are heading for the inevitable fall. Too many organizations have been led to believe that gamification is a magic elixir for indoctrinating the masses and manipulating them to do their bidding. These organizations are mistaking people for puppets, and these transparently cynical efforts are doomed to fail.

This book goes beyond the hype and focuses on the 20% that are getting it right. We have spoken to hundreds of leaders in organizations around the world about their gamification strategies and we have seen some spectacular successes. The book examines some of these successes and identifies the common characteristics of these initiatives to define the solution space for success. It is a guide written for leaders of gamification initiatives to help them avoid the pitfalls and employ the best practices, to ensure they join the 20% that gets it right.

Gamify shows gamification in action: as a powerful approach to engaging and motivating people to achieving their goals, while at the same time achieving organizational objectives. It can be used to motivate people to change behaviors, develop skills, and drive innovation. The sweet spot for gamification objectives is the space where the business objectives and player objectives are aligned. Like two sides of the same coin, player and business goals may outwardly appear different, but they are often the same thing, expressed different ways. The key to gamification success is to engage people on an emotional level and motivating them to achieve their goals.
]]> 162 Brian Burke 1937134857 Eva 0 to-read 3.41 2014 Gamify
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]]> Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 51496 139 Robert Louis Stevenson 0451528956 Eva 0 to-read 3.84 1886 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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]]> <![CDATA[Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises]]> 22889809 Stress Test is also a valuable guide to how governments can better manage financial crises, because this one won’t be the last.

Stress Test reveals a side of Secretary Geithner the public has never seen, starting with his childhood as an American abroad. He recounts his early days as a young Treasury official helping to fight the international financial crises of the 1990s, then describes what he saw, what he did, and what he missed at the New York Fed before the Wall Street boom went bust. He takes readers inside the room as the crisis began, intensified, and burned out of control, discussing the most controversial episodes of his tenures at the New York Fed and the Treasury, including the rescue of Bear Stearns; the harrowing weekend when Lehman Brothers failed; the searing crucible of the AIG rescue as well as the furor over the firm’s lavish bonuses; the battles inside the Obama administration over his widely criticized but ultimately successful plan to end the crisis; and the bracing fight for the most sweeping financial reforms in more than seventy years. Secretary Geithner also describes the aftershocks of the crisis, including the administration’s efforts to address high unemployment, a series of brutal political battles over deficits and debt, and the drama over Europe’s repeated flirtations with the economic abyss.

Secretary Geithner is not a politician, but he has things to say about politics—the silliness, the nastiness, the toll it took on his family. But in the end, Stress Test is a hopeful story about public service. In this revealing memoir, Tim Geithner explains how America withstood the ultimate stress test of its political and financial systems.]]> 592 Timothy F. Geithner 0804138613 Eva 0 to-read 4.12 2014 Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises
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]]> The Count of Monte Cristo 7131 1488 Alexandre Dumas 037576030X Eva 4 4.34 1846 The Count of Monte Cristo
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]]> Rework 6732019
Rework shows you a better, faster, easier way to succeed in business. Read it and you'll know why plans are actually harmful, why you don't need outside investors, and why you're better off ignoring the competition. The truth is, you need less than you think. You don't need to be a workaholic. You don't need to staff up. You don't need to waste time on paperwork or meetings. You don't even need an office. Those are all just excuses. 

What you really need to do is stop talking and start working. This book shows you the way. You'll learn how to be more productive, how to get exposure without breaking the bank, and tons more counterintuitive ideas that will inspire and provoke you.

With its straightforward language and easy-is-better approach, Rework is the perfect playbook for anyone who’s ever dreamed of doing it on their own. Hardcore entrepreneurs, small-business owners, people stuck in day jobs they hate, victims of "downsizing," and artists who don’t want to starve anymore will all find valuable guidance in these pages.]]> 279 Jason Fried 0307463745 Eva 0 currently-reading 3.97 2010 Rework
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]]> Point Counter Point 5135 Point Counter Point. By presenting a vision of life in which diverse aspects of experience are observed simultaneously, Huxley characterizes the symptoms of "the disease of the modern man" in the manner of a composer--themes and characters are repeated, altered slightly, and played off one another in a tone that is at once critical and sympathetic.

First published in 1928, Huxley's satiric view of intellectual life in the '20s is populated with characters based on such celebrities as D.H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, Nancy Cunard, and John Middleton Murry, as well as Huxley himself.]]> 432 Aldous Huxley Eva 0 currently-reading 3.86 1928 Point Counter Point
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]]> Island 5130 Island, his last novel, Huxley transports us to a Pacific island where, for 120 years, an ideal society has flourished. Inevitably, this island of bliss attracts the envy and enmity of the surrounding world. A conspiracy is underway to take over Pala, and events begin to move when an agent of the conspirators, a newspaperman named Faranby, is shipwrecked there. What Faranby doesn't expect is how his time with the people of Pala will revolutionize all his values and—to his amazement—give him hope.]]> 354 Aldous Huxley 0060085495 Eva 4 3.87 1962 Island
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]]> The Winner Stands Alone 5356711 � New Yorker From the bestselling author of The Alchemist , Paulo Coelho, comes an absorbing new novel that holds a mirror up to our culture’s obsession with fame, glamour, and celebrity.]]> 368 Paulo Coelho 0061750441 Eva 3 3.40 2008 The Winner Stands Alone
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]]> The Wanderess 18816085 334 Roman Payne 098522813X Eva 0 to-read 4.05 2013 The Wanderess
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]]> Steppenwolf 16631 Steppenwolf is a poetical self-portrait of a man who felt himself to be half-human and half-wolf. This Faust-like and magical story is evidence of Hesse's searching philosophy and extraordinary sense of humanity as he tells of the humanization of a middle-aged misanthrope. Yet his novel can also be seen as a plea for rigorous self-examination and an indictment of the intellectual hypocrisy of the period. As Hesse himself remarked, "Of all my books Steppenwolf is the one that was more often and more violently misunderstood than any of the others".]]> 256 Hermann Hesse 0140282580 Eva 5 4.15 1927 Steppenwolf
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]]> Brave New World 5129 Brave New World is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order–all at the cost of our freedom, full humanity, and perhaps also our souls. “A genius [who] who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine� (The New Yorker), Huxley was a man of incomparable talents: equally an artist, a spiritual seeker, and one of history’s keenest observers of human nature and civilization. Brave New World, his masterpiece, has enthralled and terrified millions of readers, and retains its urgent relevance to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as thought-provoking, satisfying work of literature. Written in the shadow of the rise of fascism during the 1930s, Brave New Worldd likewise speaks to a 21st-century world dominated by mass-entertainment, technology, medicine and pharmaceuticals, the arts of persuasion, and the hidden influence of elites.

"Aldous Huxley is the greatest 20th century writer in English." —Chicago Tribune]]> 268 Aldous Huxley 0060929871 Eva 5 3.99 1932 Brave New World
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]]> <![CDATA[The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny]]> 43877 Wisdom to Create a Life of Passion, Purpose, and Peace.

This inspiring tale provides a step-by-step approach to living with greater courage, balance, abundance, and joy. A wonderfully crafted fable, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari tells the extraordinary story of Julian Mantle, a lawyer forced to confront the spiritual crisis of his out-of-balance life. On a life-changing odyssey to an ancient culture, he discovers powerful, wise, and practical lessons that teach us to:

Develop Joyful Thoughts, Follow Our Life's Mission and Calling, Cultivate Self-Discipline and Act Courageously, Value Time as Our Most Important Commodity, Nourish Our Relationships, and Live Fully, One Day at a Time.]]> 208 Robin Sharma 0062515675 Eva 5 3.88 1996 The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny
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]]> Die Verwandlung 6575376 German 176 Franz Kafka 3150281555 Eva 3 3.73 1915 Die Verwandlung
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]]> Notre Dame de Paris 1860070 240 Victor Hugo 2070300811 Eva 5 4.24 1831 Notre Dame de Paris
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average rating: 4.24
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]]> The Book of Disquiet 45974 The Book of Disquiet, an astonishing work that, in George Steiner's words, "gives to Lisbon the haunting spell of Joyce's Dublin or Kafka's Prague." Published for the first time some fifty years after his death, this unique collection of short, aphoristic paragraphs comprises the "autobiography" of Bernardo Soares, one of Pessoa's alternate selves. Part intimate diary, part prose poetry, part descriptive narrative, captivatingly translated by Richard Zenith, The Book of Disquiet is one of the greatest works of the twentieth century.]]> 544 Fernando Pessoa 0141183047 Eva 0 to-read 4.46 1982 The Book of Disquiet
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]]> The Book of Questions 23183 A best-selling volume of Pablo Neruda's poetry in an English-Spanish edition.

Pablo Neruda is one of the world's most popular and famous poets, and in The Book of Questions, Neruda refuses to be corralled by the rational mind. Composed of 316 unanswerable questions, these poems integrate the wonder of a child with the experiences of an adult. By turns Orphic, comic, surreal, and poignant, Neruda's questions lead the reader beyond reason into the realms of intuition and pure imagination.

This complete translation of Pablo Neruda's El libro de las preguntas (The Book of Questions) features Neruda's original Spanish-language poems alongside William O'Daly's English translations. In his introduction O'Daly, who has translated eight volumes of Pablo Neruda's poetry, writes, "These poems, more so than any of Neruda's other work, remind us that living in a state of visionary surrender to the elemental questions, free of the quiet desperation of clinging too tightly to answers, may be our greatest act of faith."


When Neruda died in 1973, The Book of Questions was one of eight unpublished poetry manuscripts that lay on his desk. In it, Neruda achieves a deeper vulnerability and vision than in his earlier work-and this unique book is a testament to everything that made Neruda an artist.

Pablo Neruda, born in southern Chile, led a life charged with poetic and political activity. He was the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, the International Peace Prize, and served as Chile's ambassador to several countries, including Burma, France, and Argentina. He died in 1973.

II.

Tell me, is the rose naked
or is that her only dress?

Why do trees conceal
the splendor of their roots?

Who hears the regrets
of the thieving automobile?

Is there anything in the world sadder
than a train standing in the rain?

XIV.

And what did the rubies say
standing before the juice of pomegranates?

Why doesn't Thursday talk itself
into coming after Friday?

Who shouted with glee
when the color blue was born?

Why does the earth grieve
when the violets appear?


]]> 96 Pablo Neruda 1556591608 Eva 0 to-read 4.20 1974 The Book of Questions
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]]> Diary 22284
Suddenly, though, Misty finds her artistic talent returning as she begins a period of compulsive painting. Inspired but confused by this burst of creativity, she soon finds herself a pawn in a larger conspiracy that threatens to cost hundreds of lives. What unfolds is a dark, hilarious story from America’s most inventive nihilist, and Palahniuk’s most impressive work to date.]]> 262 Chuck Palahniuk 1400032814 Eva 0 currently-reading 3.65 2003 Diary
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name: Eva
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]]> Toldi estéje/Buda halála 15758044 János Arany Eva 5 3.43 Toldi estéje/Buda halála
author: János Arany
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]]> The Journey to the East 13519 128 Hermann Hesse 0312421680 Eva 3 3.73 1932 The Journey to the East
author: Hermann Hesse
name: Eva
average rating: 3.73
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Tropic of Capricorn (Tropic, #2)]]> 250 Tropic of Cancer chronicles his life in 1920s New York City. Famous for its frank portrayal of life in Brooklyn's ethnic neighborhoods, and Miller's outrageous sexual exploits, Tropic of Capricorn is now considered a cornerstone of modern literature.
]]> 348 Henry Miller 0802151825 Eva 0 currently-reading 3.84 1939 Tropic of Capricorn (Tropic, #2)
author: Henry Miller
name: Eva
average rating: 3.84
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]]> 1984 5470 328 George Orwell Eva 5 4.15 1949 1984
author: George Orwell
name: Eva
average rating: 4.15
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Drámák és Elbeszélések (Csehov)]]> 15759373 Anton Chekhov Eva 5 4.02 Drámák és Elbeszélések (Csehov)
author: Anton Chekhov
name: Eva
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]]> The Red and the Black 14662 The Red and the Black is a lively, satirical portrayal of French society after Waterloo, riddled with corruption, greed, and ennui, and Julien - the cold exploiter whose Machiavellian campaign is undercut by his own emotions - is one of the most intriguing characters in European literature.

Roger Gard's fine translation remains faithful to the natural, conversational tone of the original, while his introduction elucidates the complexities of Julien's character. This edition also contains a chronology, further reading and an appendix on Stendhal's use of epigraphs.]]> 577 Stendhal 0140447644 Eva 5 3.91 1830 The Red and the Black
author: Stendhal
name: Eva
average rating: 3.91
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]]> Toldi szerelme 21899745 Elbeszélés tizenkét énekben

E költemény nem a Horácz-féle "nonum prematur" ígényeivel lép közönség elé. Jaj volna neki, ha e határidőt (mely ugyan háromszor is bőven lejárt) mint belbecse iránti fokozott követelményt állítanák vele szembe! Sőt nagyon tartok tőle, hogy a hosszú idő, mely alatt elkészült, nem erejének, hanem gyöngeségének a bizonyítványa. Azért mentségre szorúl. Toldi középső része nem az én saját választásom. Az I. rész sikere után kedvem jött még egy Toldit irni, s erre Ilosvainál már csupán a vénkori párviadal ajánlkozott; mert a mi azon kívül fenmaradt: a nagyon mesés prágai kaland, az özvegygyel való comicus jelenet, meg a sírrablás alávaló bűnténye, - semmikép sem látszott modern költői feldolgozásra alkalmasnak. Monda nélkül pedig - vagyis legkisebb támasz nélkül a hagyomány vagy história részéről - egész epikai költeményt csak mintegy az ujjamból szopni, ha tudtam volna is, nem akartam. Mert éreztem már akkor a később valahol tán meg is irtam, hogy mondai vagy történeti alap, - bármily csekély és töredékes legyen - adja meg ily költeménynek azt, a mit én "epikai hitelnek" szoktam nevezni. Tehát egy II-ik részre nem is gondoltam.]]> 434 János Arany Eva 5 3.69 1879 Toldi szerelme
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]]> <![CDATA[Toldi, Epika Poemo (Esperanto Edition)]]> 3048079 84 János Arany 1595690735 Eva 5 3.55 1847 Toldi, Epika Poemo (Esperanto Edition)
author: János Arany
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average rating: 3.55
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]]> A kőszívű ember fiai 1711387 Hungarian 523 Mór Jókai 9631107698 Eva 5 3.63 1869 A kőszívű ember fiai
author: Mór Jókai
name: Eva
average rating: 3.63
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]]> The Man with the Golden Touch 1711389 The Man with the Golden Touch was published in several foreign languages in his lifetime, appearing in more than one English edition under the title Tímár's Two Worlds and in the U.S.A. as Modern Midas.

Set in a small town on the Danube—Komárom—where Jókai had spent his childhood, in the early years of the nineteenth century, it is the story of Mihály Timár. Chance brings him into a fabulous fortune, and from then on, he succeeds in all ventures he undertakes, and everything he touches turns to gold: his only failure, and one which comes to turn his riches to dross, is his marriage. In his search for happiness, he comes to hate his wealth. He finally escapes from his double life, and finds refuge on a wild island in the Danube where the love of a young girl, Noémi, gives real meaning to his existence.

The Man with the Golden Touch is a jewel of both Hungarian and world literature, and is indeed one of the most beautiful romantic novels. [Corvina Press, 1963 edition; inside book cover]]]> 409 Mór Jókai 9631349667 Eva 5 3.98 1872 The Man with the Golden Touch
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]]> Szent Péter esernyője 2788049 Wibra György, a besztercebányai fiatal ügyvéd útnak indul, hogy megkeresse örökségét, illetve felkutasson egy vörös esernyőt, amelynek nyelébe apja, a ravasz öreg, fia vagyonát rejtette el a kapzsi rokonok elől. A nyomozás nem jár eredménnyel, a fiatalembernek nem sikerül rábukkanni az eltűnt kincsre. De talál helyette mást, ami többet ér minden kincsné a glogovai papkisasszony tiszta szépségét, önzetlen szerelmét.
Talán a Szent Péter esernyője hozta Mikszáthnak a legnagyobb sikert, a Jókaiéhoz fogható népszerűséget. Még életében tizennégy nyelvre lefordították.]]> 179 Kálmán Mikszáth Eva 5 3.60 1895 Szent Péter esernyője
author: Kálmán Mikszáth
name: Eva
average rating: 3.60
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]]> <![CDATA[The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)]]> 968 The da Vinci Code, The da Vinci Code, The da Vinci Code, and The da Vinci Code

While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci -- clues visible for all to see -- yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.

Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion -- an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others.

In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who seems to anticipate their every move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory's ancient secret -- and an explosive historical truth -- will be lost forever.

The Da Vinci Code heralds the arrival of a new breed of lightning-paced, intelligent thriller utterly unpredictable right up to its stunning conclusion.]]> 489 Dan Brown Eva 5 3.92 2003 The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
author: Dan Brown
name: Eva
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]]> La ţigănci 13580861
Eroul lui Eliade din La ţigănci, un om obişnuit prins în întâmplări oarecare, trăiește experienţa unei fisuri în fluxul timpului, prin care se află proiectat într-o altă lume, familiară şi stranie totodată, o lume ce îi dezvăluie existenţa sacrului camuflat în profan]]> 175 Mircea Eliade Eva 5 3.92 1957 La ţigănci
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name: Eva
average rating: 3.92
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]]> De ce este România altfel? 16165917
„Ţările şi naţiunile sunt diferite. Asemănătoare şi diferite. România intră şi ea, fireşte, în acest joc al asemănărilor şi deosebirilor. Nu cumva este totuşi şi mai diferită? Cu alte cuvinte, nu se situează oare mai „excentric", sub tot felul de aspecte, în raport cu ceea ce ar fi o medie sau o relativă normalitate europeană?
Modul extravagant în care s-a derulat psihodrama politică din vara anului 2012 a lăsat impresia că ţara e defectă. Desigur, cei care privesc din afară sunt mai impresionaţi decât românii, obişnuiţi cât de cât cu ei înşişi, dar până şi printre români exasperarea creşte. Ceva nu merge în România, şi nu doar sus, în clasa politică, şi nu doar de ieri, de alaltăieri. Să fie un blestem?
Nu, e doar o istorie. Dar poate că înseamnă acelaşi lucru.� (Lucian BOIA)]]> 128 Lucian Boia 9735038382 Eva 5 3.84 2012 De ce este România altfel?
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]]> Amintiri din copilărie 6353134 130 Ion Creangă Eva 3 3.80 1877 Amintiri din copilărie
author: Ion Creangă
name: Eva
average rating: 3.80
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rating: 3
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]]> O scrisoare pierdută 6781239 84 Ion Luca Caragiale 9732104457 Eva 5 3.65 1884 O scrisoare pierdută
author: Ion Luca Caragiale
name: Eva
average rating: 3.65
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]]> O noapte furtunoasă 6068930 „Se răspândise vestea că piesa lovea în instituția Gărzii Cetățenești. Iar la a doua reprezentație, din 21 februarie, am fost iar fluierat, huiduit și amenințat, de o droaie de patrioți din Garda Civică, cu bătaia în piața Teatrului. Niște tineri ofițeri m-au scăpat de furia lor.�
Acesta a fost motivul care a determinat conducerea Teatrului Național să scoată piesa din program. Protestul fusese organizat de un grup de pretinși moraliști, pentru acordarea unei satisfacții micii burghezii „ultragiate� de conținutul piesei. Și cu toate acestea, momentul a marcat începutul gloriei lui Caragiale, toate piesele pe care le-a prezentat mai târziu constituind cele mai mari succese ale teatrului românesc de acum două secole]]> 50 Ion Luca Caragiale Eva 5 3.91 1879 O noapte furtunoasă
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]]> <![CDATA[Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, #4)]]> 1162543 "Don't be afraid," I murmured. "We belong together."
I was abruptly overwhelmed by the truth of my own words.
This moment was so perfect, so right, there was no way to doubt it.
His arms wrapped around me,
holding me against him....
It felt like every nerve ending in my body was a live wire.
"Forever," he agreed.

WHEN YOU LOVED THE ONE WHO WAS KILLING YOU, IT LEFT YOU NO OPTIONS. How could you run, how could you fight, when doing so would hurt that beloved one? If your life was all you had to give, how could you not give it? If it was someone you truly loved?

TO BE IRREVOCABLY IN LOVE WITH A VAMPIRE is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to werewolf Jacob Black, a tumultuous year of temptation, loss, and strife have led her to the ultimate turning point. Her imminent choice to either join the dark but seductive world of immortals or to pursue a fully human life has become the thread from which the fates of two tribes hangs.

NOW THAT BELLA HAS MADE HER DECISION, a startling chain of unprecedented events is about to unfold with potentially devastating, and unfathomable, consequences. Just when the frayed strands of Bella's life - first discovered in Twilight, then scattered and torn in New Moon and Eclipse - seem ready to heal and knit together, could they be destroyed... forever?

THE ASTONISHING, BREATHLESSLY anticipated conclusion to the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn illuminates the secrets and mysteries of this spellbinding romantic epic that has entranced millions.]]> 756 Stephenie Meyer 031606792X Eva 5 3.74 2008 Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, #3)]]> 428263 "BELLA?"
Edward's soft voice came from behind me. I turned to see him spring lightly up the porch steps, his hair windblown from running. He pulled me into his arms at once, just like he had in the parking lot, and kissed me again.
This kiss frightened me. There was too much tension, too strong an edge to the way his lips crushed mine - like he was afraid we had only so much time left to us.

As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob - knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which?

READERS CAPTIVATED BY Twilight AND New Moon will eagerly devour Eclipse, the much-anticipated third book in Stephenie Meyer's riveting vampire love saga.]]> 629 Stephenie Meyer 0316160202 Eva 1 3.73 2007 Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, #3)
author: Stephenie Meyer
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]]> <![CDATA[New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2)]]> 49041 There is an alternate cover edition for ISBN13 9780316160193 here.

I knew we were both in mortal danger. Still, in that instant, I felt well. Whole. I could feel my heart racing in my chest, the blood pulsing hot and fast through my veins again. My lungs filled deep with the sweet scent that came off his skin. It was like there had never been any hole in my chest. I was perfect - not healed, but as if there had never been a wound in the first place.

I FELT LIKE I WAS TRAPPED IN ONE OF THOSE TERRIFYING NIGHTMARES, the one where you have to run, run till your lungs burst, but you can't make your body move fast enough.... But this was no dream, and, unlike the nightmare, I wasn't running for my life; I was racing to save something infinitely more precious. My own life meant little to me today.

FOR BELLA SWAN THERE IS ONE THING more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is even more dangerous than Bella could ever have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of one evil vampire, but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realize their troubles may be just beginning....

LEGIONS OF READERS ENTRANCED BY THE New York Times bestseller Twilight are hungry for the continuing story of star-crossed lovers Bell and Edward. In New Moon, Stephanie Meyer delivers another irresistible combination of romance and suspense with a supernatural spin. passionate, riveting, and full of surprising twists and turns, this vampire love saga is well on its way to literary immortality.]]> 563 Stephenie Meyer 0316160199 Eva 1 3.61 2006 New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)]]> 41865
First, Edward was a vampire.

Second, there was a part of him - and I didn't know how dominant that part might be - that thirsted for my blood.

And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.

Deeply seductive and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight is a love story with bite.]]> 498 Stephenie Meyer 0316015849 Eva 5 3.66 2005 Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
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]]> Moromeții I (Moromeții, #1) 1512007 Cele două volume conţin povestea unei familii de ţărani din Câmpia Dunării, mai precis din satul teleormănean Siliştea-Gumeşti, care cunoaşte, de-a lungul unui sfert de secol, o adâncă şi simbolică destrămare.
În volumul I satul e înfăţişat cu câţiva ani înaintea celui de-al doilea război mondial, în vara anului 1937, într-o perioadă de relativă sau iluzorie stabilitate socială, perioadă în care timpul era foarte răbdător cu oamenii.

Spre deosebire de înaintaşi, care au văzut satul din Câmpia Dunării zbuciumat, angajat in acţiuni disperate, Marin Preda descrie, în primul volum din Moromeţii un sat în care nu se petrec drame zguduitoare, formidabile răsturnări şi unde nu clocoteşte răzvrătirea. Traiul populaţiei din Siliştea-Gumeşti nu e uşor deloc, decât pentru câteva familii înstărite, familiile unora ca alde Aristide, Cotelici, Bălosu sau Iocan, dar nici peste măsură de amărât nu este. Îi apasă pe mulţi impozitele, fonciirea şi alte neajunsuri dar ele pot fi încă suportate de oameni, care se adună cu plăcere duminica, la taifas, în poiana lui Iocan unde citesc ziare, povestesc anecdote, glumesc, angajându-se în adevărate dueluri ale inteligenţei.
Siliştea-Gumeşti este o comună mare, cu două biserici, o şcoală cu patru sute cincizeci de elevi înscrişi şi vreo şapte învăţători. Hotarul comunei cuprinde, loturi mai vaste sau mai restrânse ale ţăranilor şi moşia Marica, vegheată cu străşnicie de un paznic. Afară de bogătaşii satului, care au case mari, ţăranii ceilalţi vieţuiesc în case cu două sau trei camere şi chiar in bordeie.
Gospodăria Moromeţilor pare solidă şi grija conducătorului ei este s-o menţină intactă. E pentru întâia oară când în literatura română ţăranul nu este stăpânit de ideea de a avea pământ, ca şansă a fericirii sale, ci de a şi-l păstra.]]> 416 Marin Preda 9736698416 Eva 5 3.85 1955 Moromeții I (Moromeții, #1)
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name: Eva
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]]> Ion 778255 416 Liviu Rebreanu 0720646502 Eva 4 3.39 1920 Ion
author: Liviu Rebreanu
name: Eva
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]]> Moara cu Noroc 1711424 Dimensiunea Fișierului: 1-2 MB
Pagini Ediție Print: 114
aprox. 38668 cuvinte



Moara cu Noroc tratează consecințele pe care dorința de îmbogățire le are asupra destinului uman. Majoritatea criticilor o consideră creația cea mai importantă a autorului, alături de Pădureanca și romanul Mara.

Acţiunea se desfăşoară pe parcursul unui an, între două repere temporale cu valoare religioasă: de la Sfântul Gheorghe până la Paşte, iar în final, apa şi focul purifică locul.

Alcătuită din 17 capitole, nuvela are un subiect concentrat, cu deschideri bogate. Nuvela debutează cu un precept moral izvorât din înţelepciunea bătrânească rostit de mama-soacră, ce are în nuvelă rolul corului din tragedia antică greacă: �- Omul să fie mulţumit cu sărăcia sa, căci, dacă-i vorba, nu bogăţia, ci liniştea colibei tale te face fericit".

Bătrâna este adepta păstrării tradiţiei, în timp ce Ghiţă, capul familiei, doreşte schimbarea, bunăstarea materială. Cizmar sărac, dar onest, harnic şi muncitor, Ghiţă ia în arendă cârciuma de la Moara cu noroc, pentru a câştiga rapid bani. Iniţial, cârciumarul nu este un om slab, ci dimpotrivă, îşi asumă responsabilitatea destinului celorlalţi.

Apariţia lui Lică Sămădăul la Moara cu noroc, un personaj ciudat, carismatic, şeful porcarilor şi al turmelor de porci din împrejurimi, tulbură echilibrul familiei. Orgoliul lui Lică e unul de stăpân care nu doar îşi subordonează oamenii, dar se substituie destinului lor. Cu toate că îşi dă seama că Lică reprezintă un pericol pentru el şi familia lui, Ghiţă nu se poate sustrage influenţei malefice pe care acesta o exercită asupra lui, şi nici tentaţiei îmbogăţirii.

Nuvela a fost ecranizată în 1955 de către regizorul Victor Iliu. Filmul a fost nominalizat la Palm d'or la Festivalul Filmului de la Cannes.

Cartea ”Moara cu Noroc� a fost adăugată în lucrarea "101 Cărți Românești de Citit Într-o Viață" de Eugen Istodor, editorialist la Cațavencii și Dilema Veche, membru al Uniunii Scriitorilor din România]]> 114 Ioan Slavici Eva 0 3.21 1881 Moara cu Noroc
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name: Eva
average rating: 3.21
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]]> Crime and Punishment 7144 671 Fyodor Dostoevsky Eva 5 4.26 1866 Crime and Punishment
author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
name: Eva
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1866
rating: 5
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]]> Haunted 22288
The stories are told by people who have all answered an ad headlined 'Artists Retreat: Abandon your life for three months'. They are led to believe that here they will leave behind all the distractions of 'real life' that are keeping them from creating the masterpiece that is in them.

But 'here' turns out to be a cavernous and ornate old theater where they are utterly isolated from the outside world - and where heat and power and, most importantly, food are in increasingly short supply. And the more desperate the circumstances become, the more desperate the stories they tell - and the more devious their machinations to make themselves the hero of the inevitable play/movie/non-fiction blockbuster that will certainly be made from their plight.]]> 419 Chuck Palahniuk 1400032822 Eva 2 3.60 2005 Haunted
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]]> Norwegian Wood 11297
A magnificent blending of the music, the mood, and the ethos that was the sixties with the story of one college student's romantic coming of age, Norwegian Wood brilliantly recaptures a young man's first, hopeless, and heroic love.]]> 296 Haruki Murakami 0375704027 Eva 4 4.01 1987 Norwegian Wood
author: Haruki Murakami
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average rating: 4.01
book published: 1987
rating: 4
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]]> Adultery 20819682 272 Paulo Coelho 1101874082 Eva 0 to-read 3.09 2012 Adultery
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average rating: 3.09
book published: 2012
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]]> The Great Santini 85448 440 Pat Conroy 0553268929 Eva 5 4.15 1976 The Great Santini
author: Pat Conroy
name: Eva
average rating: 4.15
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Bushido: The Soul of Japan (The ^AWay of the Warrior Series)]]> 661723
Personal responsibilities, family relationships, public duties, education, finances and ethics are treated in this text from the perspective of the spirit of Japanese gentlemen. Even the forms of political incompetence and corruption that Japan currently struggles with are accurately described in this more than 400-year-old book; So deep did the feudal and military modes of government that generated them take their roots in Japanese society. This manual is therefore an essential resource for anyone who wishes to understand Japan and the Japanese people in a realistic way.]]> 160 Inazo Nitobe 4770027311 Eva 5 3.89 1899 Bushido: The Soul of Japan (The ^AWay of the Warrior Series)
author: Inazo Nitobe
name: Eva
average rating: 3.89
book published: 1899
rating: 5
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]]> Fight Club 5759 218 Chuck Palahniuk 0393327345 Eva 5 4.19 1996 Fight Club
author: Chuck Palahniuk
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average rating: 4.19
book published: 1996
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]]> <![CDATA[Globalization and its Discontents]]> 87661 304 Joseph E. Stiglitz 0393324397 Eva 5 3.88 2002 Globalization and its Discontents
author: Joseph E. Stiglitz
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average rating: 3.88
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]]> <![CDATA[The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (Great Minds)]]> 303615 423 John Maynard Keynes 1573921394 Eva 5 3.85 1935 The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (Great Minds)
author: John Maynard Keynes
name: Eva
average rating: 3.85
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]]> <![CDATA[Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (Modern Library)]]> 137763
"There is not a story in this collection that does not have the breath of life, achieve the full suspension of disbelief that is so particularly important in [this] type of fiction," wrote the Saturday Review . With an introduction and notes by Phyllis Cerf Wagner and Herbert Wise.]]> 1056 Phyllis Fraser Eva 0 to-read 4.34 1944 Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (Modern Library)
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average rating: 4.34
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]]> The Brothers Karamazov 4934
This award-winning translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky remains true to the verbal inventiveness of Dostoevsky’s prose, preserving the multiple voices, the humor, and the surprising modernity of the original. It is an achievement worthy of Dostoevsky’s last and greatest novel.]]> 796 Fyodor Dostoevsky 0374528373 Eva 4 4.36 1880 The Brothers Karamazov
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average rating: 4.36
book published: 1880
rating: 4
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]]> Bamboo People 7576979 Bang! A side door bursts open. Soldiers pour into the room. They're shouting and waving rifles. I shield my head with my arms. It was a lie! I think, my mind racing.

Girls and boys alike are screaming. The soldiers prod and herd some of us together and push the rest apart as if we're cows or goats. Their leader is a middle—aged man. He's moving slowly, intently, not dashing around like the others.

" Take the boys only, Win Min," I overhear him telling a tall, gangly soldier. "Make them obey."

]]> 272 Mitali Perkins 1580893287 Eva 0 to-read 3.94 2010 Bamboo People
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name: Eva
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2010
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]]> <![CDATA[The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell]]> 5128 The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell , both of which became essential for the counterculture during the 1960s and influenced a generation's perception of life.]]> 187 Aldous Huxley 0060595183 Eva 5 3.95 1956 The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
author: Aldous Huxley
name: Eva
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1956
rating: 5
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]]> Nostromo 115476 ]]> 336 Joseph Conrad 0486424529 Eva 0 to-read 3.81 1904 Nostromo
author: Joseph Conrad
name: Eva
average rating: 3.81
book published: 1904
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]]> Heart of Darkness 4900
A reflection on corruptive European colonialism and a journey into the nightmare psyche of one of the corrupted, Heart of Darkness is considered one of the most influential works ever written.]]> 188 Joseph Conrad 1892295490 Eva 0 to-read 3.43 1899 Heart of Darkness
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average rating: 3.43
book published: 1899
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]]> The Lover 275 117 Marguerite Duras Eva 0 to-read 3.79 1984 The Lover
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average rating: 3.79
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]]> The Leopard 625094 The Sicilian prince Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (1896-1957) died just after writing The Leopard, his only novel. Visconti's film adaptation, starring Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale, won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1963.

In Sicily, in 1860, a family from the high aristocracy suffered the consequences of the change of regime in favor of the Republicans. While Prince Salina lets himself be overcome by nostalgia, his nephew Tancred embodies the new force that is shaking his country. He asks for the hand of Angélique, daughter of an upstart, while this union marks the defeat of the family coat of arms.]]> 319 Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa 0679731210 Eva 0 to-read 4.01 1958 The Leopard
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average rating: 4.01
book published: 1958
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]]> The Name of the Rose 119073 552 Umberto Eco 0156001314 Eva 5 4.13 1980 The Name of the Rose
author: Umberto Eco
name: Eva
average rating: 4.13
book published: 1980
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Unbearable Lightness of Being]]> 9717 The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera tells the story of a young woman in love with a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing and one of his mistresses and her humbly faithful lover. This magnificent novel juxtaposes geographically distant places, brilliant and playful reflections, and a variety of styles, to take its place as perhaps the major achievement of one of the world’s truly great writers.]]> 314 Milan Kundera 0571224385 Eva 3 4.12 1984 The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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name: Eva
average rating: 4.12
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Perks of Being a Wallflower]]> 22628 offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see
what it looks like from the dance floor.

This haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs. passion marks the stunning debut of a provocative new voice in contemporary fiction: The Perks of Being A WALLFLOWER

This is the story of what it's like to grow up in high school. More intimate than a diary, Charlie's letters are singular and unique, hilarious and devastating. We may not know where he lives. We may not know to whom he is writing. All we know is the world he shares. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it puts him on a strange course through uncharted territory. The world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends. The world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that the perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite.

Through Charlie, Stephen Chbosky has created a deeply affecting coming-of-age story, a powerful novel that will spirit you back to those wild and poignant roller coaster days known as growing up.

(back cover)]]> 213 Stephen Chbosky Eva 0 currently-reading 4.24 1999 The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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]]> Patul lui Procust 4836504 296 Camil Petrescu 9739223419 Eva 0 3.90 1933 Patul lui Procust
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]]> Spring Flowers, Spring Frost 223669 From behind the closed door, the man shouts, 'Be on your way - you have no business here!'
'Open up, I am the messenger of Death'.

As spring arrives in the Albanian mountain town of B, some strange things are emerging in the thaw. Bank robbers strike the National Bank. Old terrors are dredged up from the shipwreck of history. And ultra-explosive state secrets are threatening to flood the entire nation. Mark, an artist, finds the peaceful rhythms of his life turned upside down by ancient love and modern barbarism and by the particular brutality of a country surprised and divided by its new freedom.]]> 192 Ismail Kadare Eva 0 to-read 3.31 2000 Spring Flowers, Spring Frost
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]]> The Heart of Redness 373967 288 Zakes Mda 0312421745 Eva 0 to-read 3.73 2000 The Heart of Redness
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]]> Nowhere Man 152833 - Observer

'His language sings...I should not be surprised if Hemon wins the Nobel Prize at some point'
- Giles Foden.

In Aleksandar Hemon's electrifying first book, The Question of Bruno" Jozef Pronek left Sarajevo to visit Chicago in 1992, just in time to watch war break out at home on TV. Unable to return, he began to make his way in a foreign land and his adventures were unforgettable. Now Pronek, the accidental nomad, gets his own book, and startles us into yet more exhilarating ways of seeing the world anew.

'If the plot is mercury, quick and elusive, sentence by sentence and word for word, Aleksandar Hemon's writing is gold'
- Times Literary Supplement

'Downbeat but also hilarious, while the writing itself is astonishing'
- Time Out

'Hemon can't write a boring sentence, and the English language is the richer for it'
- New York Times

'Sheer exuberance, generosity and engagement with life'
- Sunday Times]]> 256 Aleksandar Hemon 0330393502 Eva 0 to-read 3.73 2002 Nowhere Man
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]]> Collected Stories 759 Eyes of a Blue Dog, Big Mama's Funeral, and The Incredible and Sad Tale of lnnocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother.

Combining mysticism, history, and humor, the stories in this collection span more than two decades, illuminating the development of Marquez's prose and exhibiting the themes of family, poverty, and death that resound throughout his fiction.]]> 352 Gabriel García Márquez 0060932686 Eva 0 to-read 4.20 1983 Collected Stories
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]]> <![CDATA[Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)]]> 38315 Fooled by Randomness is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. The other books in the series are The Black Swan, Antifragile,and The Bed of Procrustes.]]> 368 Nassim Nicholas Taleb 0812975219 Eva 5 4.08 2001 Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable]]> 242472
A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Google was a black swan; so was 9/11. For Nassim Nicholas Taleb, black swans underlie almost everything about our world, from the rise of religions to events in our own personal lives.

Why do we not acknowledge the phenomenon of black swans until after they occur? Part of the answer, according to Taleb, is that humans are hardwired to learn specifics when they should be focused on generalities. We concentrate on things we already know and time and time again fail to take into consideration what we don’t know. We are, therefore, unable to truly estimate opportunities, too vulnerable to the impulse to simplify, narrate, and categorize, and not open enough to rewarding those who can imagine the “impossible.�

For years, Taleb has studied how we fool ourselves into thinking we know more than we actually do. We restrict our thinking to the irrelevant and inconsequential, while large events continue to surprise us and shape our world. In this revelatory book, Taleb will change the way you look at the world, and this second edition features a new philosophical and empirical essay, “On Robustness and Fragility,� which offers tools to navigate and exploit a Black Swan world.

Taleb is a vastly entertaining writer, with wit, irreverence, and unusual stories to tell. He has a polymathic command of subjects ranging from cognitive science to business to probability theory. Elegant, startling, and universal in its applications, The Black Swan is a landmark book—itself a black swan.]]> 480 Nassim Nicholas Taleb 1400063515 Eva 5 3.96 2007 The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
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]]> <![CDATA[Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)]]> 16349 335 Agatha Christie 0007120699 Eva 5 3.96 1938 Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)
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]]> <![CDATA[Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)]]> 16360
It was clear to nurse Amy Leatheran that something sinister was going on at the Hassanieh dig, something associated with the presence of ‘Lovely Louise�, the wife of the celebrated archaeologist Dr. Leidner. But she couldn't pinpoint it.

In a few days� time Hercule Poirot was due to drop in at the excavation site. With Louise suffering terrifying hallucinations, and tension within the group becoming almost unbearable, Poirot might just be too late…]]> 264 Agatha Christie 0007113803 Eva 5 3.92 1936 Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (Miss Marple, #8)]]> 16372
Marina’s frozen expression suggested she had witnessed something horrific. While others searched for material evidence, Jane Marple conducted a very different investigation � into human nature.

Librarian's note: this entry is for the novel, "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side." Collections and other Miss Marple stories are located elsewhere on ŷ. The series includes 12 novels and 20 short stories. Entries for the short stories can be found by searching ŷ for: "a Miss Marple Short Story."]]> 351 Agatha Christie 0007120982 Eva 5 3.95 1962 The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (Miss Marple, #8)
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]]> <![CDATA[4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)]]> 140278
Who, apart from Miss Marple, would take her story seriously? After all, there were no suspects, no other witnesses... and no corpse. Not the police.

Librarian's note: this entry is for the novel, "4:50 from Paddington." Collections and other Miss Marple stories are located elsewhere on ŷ. The series includes 12 novels and 20 short stories. Entries for the short stories can be found by searching ŷ for: "a Miss Marple Short Story."]]> 288 Agatha Christie 1579126936 Eva 5 3.96 1957 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)]]> 16298
The novel was promoted on both sides of the Atlantic as Agatha Christie's 50th book and published in 1950 by William Collins.

Librarian's note: this entry is for the novel, "A Murder is Announced." Collections and other Miss Marple stories are located elsewhere on ŷ. The series includes 12 novels and 20 short stories. Entries for the short stories can be found by searching ŷ for: "a Miss Marple Short Story."]]> 288 Agatha Christie 1579126294 Eva 5 4.01 1950 A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #24)]]> 16305
Ever since Arlena's arrival the air had been thick with sexual tension. Each of the guests had a motive to kill her. But Hercule Poirot suspects that this apparent 'crime of passion' conceals something much more evil.]]> 220 Agatha Christie 1579126286 Eva 5 3.99 1941 Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #24)
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]]> <![CDATA[The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)]]> 16322
There's a serial killer on the loose. His macabre calling card is to leave the ABC Railway Guide beside each victim's body. But if A is for Alice Asher, bludgeoned to death in Andover, and B is for Betty Bernard, strangled with her belt on the beach at Bexhill, who will then be Victim C? More importantly, why is this happening?

Often considered to be one of Agatha Christie's best.

Librarian's note: the first fifteen novels in the Hercule Poirot series are 1) The Mysterious Affair at Styles, 1920; 2) The Murder on the Links, 1923; 3) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, 1926; 4) The Big Four, 1927; 5) The Mystery of the Blue Train, 1928; 6) Peril at End House, 1932; 7) Lord Edgware Dies, 1933; 8) Murder on the Orient Express, 1934; 9) Three Act Tragedy, 1935; 10) Death in the Clouds, 1935; 11) The A.B.C. Murders, 1936; 12) Murder in Mesopotamia, 1936; 13) Cards on the Table, 1936; 14) Dumb Witness, 1937; and 15) Death on the Nile, 1937. These are just the novels; Poirot also appears in this period in a play, Black Coffee, 1930, and two collections of short stories, Poirot Investigates, 1924, and Murder in the Mews, 1937. Each novel, play and short story has its own entry on ŷ.]]> 232 Agatha Christie 1579126243 Eva 5 4.03 1936 The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)]]> 16328
The peaceful English village of King’s Abbot is stunned. The widow Ferrars dies from an overdose of Veronal. Not twenty-four hours later, Roger Ackroyd—the man she had planned to marry—is murdered. It is a baffling case involving blackmail and death that taxes Hercule Poirot’s “little grey cells� before he reaches one of the most startling conclusions of his career.

Librarian's note: the first fifteen novels in the Hercule Poirot series are 1) The Mysterious Affair at Styles, 1920; 2) The Murder on the Links, 1923; 3) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, 1926; 4) The Big Four, 1927; 5) The Mystery of the Blue Train, 1928; 6) Peril at End House, 1932; 7) Lord Edgware Dies, 1933; 8) Murder on the Orient Express, 1934; 9) Three Act Tragedy, 1935; 10) Death in the Clouds, 1935; 11) The A.B.C. Murders, 1936; 12) Murder in Mesopotamia, 1936; 13) Cards on the Table, 1936; 14) Dumb Witness, 1937; and 15) Death on the Nile, 1937. These are just the novels; Poirot also appears in this period in a play, Black Coffee, 1930, and two collections of short stories, Poirot Investigates, 1924, and Murder in the Mews, 1937. Each novel, play and short story has its own entry on ŷ.]]> 288 Agatha Christie 1579126278 Eva 5 4.26 1926 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
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