Falko rated An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: 4 stars
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield
Hadfield takes readers into his years of training and space exploration to show how to make the impossible possible. He …
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reading mostly non-fictional books to learn new stuff. But occasionally I'm reading Sci-Fi and History.
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Falko rated Steve Jobs: 4 stars
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years -- as well as interviews with more than …
Falko rated Learning Gerrit Code Review: 3 stars
Falko rated Serendipities : language & lunacy: 4 stars
Umberto Eco: Serendipities : language & lunacy (1999)
Serendipities : language & lunacy by Umberto Eco
Serendipities: Language and Lunacy (originally published in English, translated by William Weaver) is a 1998 collection of essays by Umberto …
Falko rated The Library of Babel: 5 stars
The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges
Not many living artists would be sufficiently brave or inspired to attempt reflecting in art what Borges constructs in words. …
The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell (Perennial Classics) by Aldous Huxley
The Doors of Perception is an autobiographical book written by Aldous Huxley. Published in 1954, it elaborates on his psychedelic …
Falko rated The Ten Questions To Ask For Success: 3 stars
Island by Aldous Huxley
The final novel from Aldous Huxley, Island is a provocative counterpoint to his worldwide classic Brave New World, in which …
Falko rated Schöne Neue Welt: 5 stars
Schöne Neue Welt by Aldous Huxley
Brave New World is a dystopian social science fiction novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published …
Falko rated Vier moralische Schriften.: 4 stars
Falko rated The war of art: 4 stars
Falko rated The Island of the Day Before: 3 stars
Umberto Eco: The Island of the Day Before (2006)
The Island of the Day Before by Umberto Eco
The Island of the Day Before (Italian: L'isola del giorno prima) is a 1994 historical fiction novel by Umberto Eco …
Falko rated Born to Run: 4 stars
Christopher McDougall: Born to Run (Hardcover, 2010, Alfred A. Knopf)
Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration, Born to Run is an …
Falko rated Awakenings: 4 stars
Oliver Sacks: Awakenings (Vintage)
Awakenings by Oliver Sacks
Describes the author's work with institutionalized patients at Mount Carmel Hospital and the dramatic effects of the drug L-DOPA on …
Falko rated The Secret History: 4 stars
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college …