Nicholas Carr – The ShallowsThe Shallows by Nicholas Carr explores how the internet is reshaping the way humans think, read, remember, and focus. The book argues that constant streams of information, notifications, and rapid digital habits slowly train the brain toward distraction instead of deep concentration. Carr combines neuroscience, philosophy, history, and personal reflection to ask a difficult … Read more
Terry Pratchett – The color of magic.The Colour of Magic feels like someone dropped Monty Python into a fantasy world and gave existential anxiety a wizard hat.Behind all the chaos, luggage with legs, and people exploding accidentally, Pratchett quietly whispers: humans are ridiculous… but somehow still lovable. The Colour of Magic was Terry Pratchett’s first book in … Read more
Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman Good Omens.Good Omens feels less like a fantasy noveland more like two brilliant writers sitting in a pub saying:“What if the apocalypse happened…but everyone involved was slightly incompetent?” Format: PocketSpråk: EngelskaSkriven: 1990Utgivningsdatum: 2014-12-11Kategori: Roman (Fantasy)ISBN: 9780552171892Artikelnummer: 720288Antal sidor: 416Författare: Neil Gaiman & Terry PratchettFörlag: Corgi Good Omens is what happens when the apocalypse gets delayed because two supernatural middle managers … Read more
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Terry Pratchett Going postal – Short summary: “A con man fixes a broken system by pretending it isn’t broken…until it actually isn’t.” My first Pratchett. And… yeah. I didn’t expect this. I thought I was picking up a fantasy book.You know… magic, weird creatures, maybe some adventure. Instead I got: 👉 economics👉 psychology👉 bureaucracy👉 and … Read more
A beautiful new hardback edition of the classic Discworld novel. Moist von Lipwig is a con artist and a fraud and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork’s ailing postal service back on its feet. It was a tough decision. Text from Adlibris Subtitle: (Discworld Novel 33)Author: Terry PratchettISBN: 9780857525086Language: … Read more
Äntligen stod prästen i predikstolen…” Med detta klassiska citat inleder Selma Lagerlöf sin storslagna debutroman från 1891. I centrum står den försupne prästen Gösta Berling, som efter att ha predikat onykter avsatts från sitt ämbete. Uppgiven och desillusionerad ämnar han supa ihjäl sig, men räddas till livet av den barska och karismatiska majorskan på Ekeby. … Read more
Aleksandrs Grīns – Dvēseļu putenisc 1:Jauns vīrietis tiek ierauts karā nevis ideoloģijas, bet apstākļu dēļ.Tas, kas sākas kā pienākums, pakāpeniski pārtop par sastapšanos ar zaudējumu, identitāti un izdzīvošanu. Šis romāns nav par varonību.Tas ir par to, kas paliek, kad viss pārējais ir noņemts. Chatgpt Format: pdfLength: 277 lppLanguage: LatvianPublisher: RīgaPublication date: 1933ISBN: N/A
WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE A contemporary classic, The Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro’s beautiful and haunting evocation of life between the wars in a Great English House. In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the countryside and into … Read more
Winner of the 2021 Women”s Prize for FictionA SUNDAY TIMES & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The spectacular new novel from the bestselling author of JONATHAN STRANGE & MR NORRELL, ‘one of our greatest living authors’ NEW YORK MAGAZINE__________________________________Piranesi lives in the HousePerhaps he always has. In his notebooks, day after day, he makes a clear and careful record of its … Read more