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Rated Vonkie 10/10

A wonderful story about aging, loss and above all that at every age there is something to be gained from life. All wrapped up in a journey on foot through the Scottish highlands.

Rated Las fuerzas que mueven el mundo: La geopolítica y la economía global en mapas 8/10

Rated The Storm We Made 8/10

Very interesting to read about WWII in SE-Asia from the perspective of Malaysians. Although there is plenty of sadness in the book, it still reads effortless.

Rated The Wandering Fire 8/10

Another great story by GGK. There were a few parts that felt hard to follow for me, but overall I was dragged right into Fionavar.

Rated Algo que sirva como luz Supersubmarina: la historia de cuatro amigos que vivieron el éxito y la tragedia 9/10

Rated No sonamos mal crónica oral de la nueva escena indie de guitarras 9/10

Rated Esqueletos 9/10

Rated Zoete overwinning 8/10

The more I kept reading the more I got into it. Just a nice story.

Rated Crónicas balcánicas 10/10

Rated Será todo para mí 8/10

Rated Psicopolítica 7/10

Rated El nombre del viento 10/10

Rated Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster 10/10

I knew I was going to rate this book very highly. I knew a fair bit of the 1996 Everest disaster before reading this. Even though I’ve never done any mountaineering, this book has made me think about it a lot during the days I was reading it. I also watched a lot of YT videos about mountaineering and ascents/descents of various of the tallest peaks.
Doing a proper trek - not climbing anything tall - in Nepal/Pakistan has become a stronger urge.

Rated Política en escala de do: Interconexiones entre la música y la política (Spanish Edition) 6/10

Rated Búnker memorias de encierro, rimas y tiburones blancos 8/10

Rated Un pulpo en la garganta 9/10

Rated Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd 8/10

Rated The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change 8/10

The biggest strength of this book is that it ties so many factors and industries together into one compelling argument about the direction of civilization and the effects of excessive consumption and pollution. The biggest flaw, albeit an almost unpreventable one, is the sheer amount of data and supporting evidence it presents.<br/><br/>Given the author, any argument made without enormous supporting evidence will be dismissed by many as political posturing. Of course, many will dismiss it as such anyway, as unfortunate as that may be. But so much data and information makes for a cumbersome read, and such slowness detracts from the argument's effectiveness. Too bad, because the information presented, the challenges highlighted, and the solutions presented are all important and well considered.<br/><br/>I definitely recommend it to people of any political persuasion as an assessment of where we currently stand and as a means of furthering a constructive dialogue. Sadly, I believe the people who most need to read it (those who get their information from social media or television) will be unwilling to make the required effort.

Rated The Dirty Streets of Heaven 8/10

Rated How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life 8/10

Rated Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment 10/10

Rated Mindset: The New Psychology of Success 8/10

Rated Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family--Expanded 10th Anniversary Edition 8/10

Rated Hill of Bones 8/10

Rated Ik weet je wachtwoord 8/10