The Diary of a Lost Girl
By: Margarete Böhme
4.04
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
The 1929 Louise Brooks film, Diary of a Lost Girl, is based on a controversial and bestselling book…
Want to Read $ 1.07"Our God" has a Janus head with two faces. One promising Love and Forgiveness, is for the good people, the people of childlike faith, the people who never make a false step, and so never need to be forgiven at all. And the other face - vengeful, terrible, inexorable - is turned towards the wicked, hardened, impenitent sinners, threatening them with Hell and Damnation and Vengeance and Punishment to the third and forth generation."-Margarete Böhme, The Diary of a Lost Girl
"Our God" has a Janus head with two faces. One promising Love and Forgiveness, is for the good people, the people of childlike faith, the people who never make a false step, and so never need to be forgiven at all. And the other face - vengeful, terrible, inexorable - is turned towards the wicked, hardened, impenitent sinners, threatening them with Hell and Damnation and Vengeance and Punishment to the third and forth generation."-Margarete Böhme, The Diary of a Lost Girl
"Our God" has a Janus head with two faces. One promising Love and Forgiveness, is for the good people, the people of childlike faith, the people who never make a false step, and so never need to be forgiven at all. And the other face - vengeful, terrible, inexorable - is turned towards the wicked, hardened, impenitent sinners, threatening them with Hell and Damnation and Vengeance and Punishment to the third and forth generation."-Margarete Böhme, The Diary of a Lost Girl
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1. Tea Rooms: Mujeres obreras
By: Luisa Carnés
4.13
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Corren los años treinta en Madrid y las trabajadoras de un distinguido salón de té cercano a la Pue… read more
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"Una" no tiene más que medio día cada semana, es decir, cinco horas de asueto por cada sesenta y cinco de trabajo. "Una" está aquí, "entre toda esta pringue". Fuera, el ocio, el lujo, las diversiones …"-Luisa Carnés, Tea Rooms: Mujeres obreras
2. Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
By: Hannah Arendt
4.20
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
Originally appearing as a series of articles in The New Yorker, Hannah Arendt’s authoritative and s… read more
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"Evil in the Third Reich had lost the quality by which most people recognize it—the quality of temptation."-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
"During the war, the lie most effective with the whole of the German people was the slogan of “the battle of destiny for the German people"-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
"In the Third Reich evil lost its distinctive characteristic by which most people had until then recognized it. The Nazis redefined it as a civil norm."-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
"It is quite gratifying to feel guilty if you haven't done anything wrong: how noble! Whereas it is rather hard and certainly depressing to admit guilt and to repent."-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
3. Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
By: Thomas Mann , John E. Woods , T.J. Reed
3.69
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Buddenbrooks, first published in Germany in 1901, when Mann was only twenty-six, has become a class… read more
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- classics
- germany
- fiction
4. The Sea, the Sea
By: Iris Murdoch , Mary Kinzie
3.66
Format: 341 pages, Paperback
Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an is… read more
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Similar categories in Pedro Lemebel's Tengo Miedo Torero book and Margarete Böhme's The Diary of a Lost Girl
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6. Rain (Blackwater, #6)
By: Michael McDowell
4.16
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
The mysterious saga of the Caskey family concludes in Blackwater VI: Rain. Time heals old wound… read more
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- fiction
7. Métaphysique des tubes
By: Amélie Nothomb
3.93
Format: 156 pages, Mass Market Paperback
"Il existe des êtres qui ne subissent pas la loi de l'évolution. Ce sont les légumes cliniques", ou… read more
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- fiction
"Yaşam reddetmek demektir. Her şeyi kabul eden, lavabo deliğinden fazlasını yaşıyor olamaz."-Amélie Nothomb, Métaphysique des tubes
"Vivere vuol dire rifiutare. Chi accetta ogni cosa non è più vivo dell'orifizio di un lavandino."-Amélie Nothomb, Métaphysique des tubes
"Vivere vuol dire rifiutare. Chi accetta ogni cosa non è più vivo dell’orifizio di un lavandino."-Amélie Nothomb, Métaphysique des tubes
"Doktorlar, "patolojik duygusuzluk" teşhisi koydular, terimlerdeki çelişkinin farkında değillerdi"-Amélie Nothomb, Métaphysique des tubes
8. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan
4.29
Format: 459 pages, Paperback
How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t un… read more
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"Gullibility kills."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Occasionally, I get a letter from someone who is in “contact"-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
9. Poor Things
By: Alasdair Gray
3.94
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
One of Alasdair Gray's most brilliant creations, Poor Things is a postmodern revision of Frankenste… read more
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- fiction
"Besides, a life without freedom to choose is not worth having."-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things
"She also said the wicked people needed love as much as good people and were much better at it."-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things
"Baxter knows a lot more than I do, I told her. Yes, said Baxter, but I will never tell people all of it."-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things
"You, dear reader, have now two accounts to choose between and there can be no doubt which is most probable."-Alasdair Gray, Poor Things
10. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
By: Carson McCullers
4.14
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
With the publication of her first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers, all of twe… read more
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11. Yesterday
By: Ágota Kristóf
3.85
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
In spare, elegant prose, this modern novella recounts a troubled young man's flight from a judgment… read more
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12. Dantons Tod
By: Georg Büchner
3.82
Format: 4 pages, Paperback
Ti einai auto mesa mas pou aselgei, pseudetai, klebei kai skotonei; Marionetes eimaste pou tis trab… read more
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13. Bonjour tristesse
By: Françoise Sagan
3.72
Format: 154 pages, Mass Market Paperback
(English follows French) La villa est magnifique, l'été brûlant, la Méditerranée toute proche. C… read more
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- classics
- fiction
"Je serais intelligente, cultivée, un peu détachée, comme Anne."-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse
"Il est très vaniteux ou très peu sûr de lui, comme vous voulez."-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse
"Bet juk taip malonu paklusti savo impulsams, o paskui gailėtis..."-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse
"Et de plus, Cyril m'aimait ... cette pensée suffisait à mon euphorie."-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse
14. A Man's Place
By: Annie Ernaux
3.88
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A New York Times Notable Book Annie Ernaux's fat… read more
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"J'écris peut-être parce qu'on n'avait plus rien à se dire."-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place
"Sous le bonheur, la crispation de l'aisance gagnée à l'arraché."-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place
"Có lẽ niềm tự hào lớn nhất đối với ông, hay thậm chí là lời biện minh cho cuộc đời ông: là tôi đang thuộc về thế giới từng khinh miệt ông."-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place
"It was in other people that I searched for the figure of my father, in the way they would call their children, sit down and looked bored in waiting rooms and wave goodbye on station platforms."-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place
15. El cielo de la selva
By: Elaine Vilar Madruga
4.37
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
La selva es un dios hambriento. Uno que permite vivir a salvo en sus dominios pero exige el más alt… read more
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16. La guerra (Blackwater, #4)
By: Michael McDowell
4.05
Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition
1938. È l’alba di una nuova èra per il clan Caskey e nulla sarà mai più come prima. La determinazio… read more
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"Southerners are an easygoing race when it comes to aberrations of conduct. They will react with anger if something out of the ordinary is presented as a possible future occurrence; but if an unusual …"-Michael McDowell, La guerra (Blackwater, #4)
17. La casa (Blackwater, #3)
By: Michael McDowell
4.19
Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition
1928, Perdido. Il clan Caskey è dilaniato dalla spietata lotta tra Mary-Love ed Elinor. Ma all'oriz… read more
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- fiction
18. Mañana y tarde
By: Jon Fosse
3.88
Format: 102 pages, Paperback
Un niño que se llamará Johannes llega al mundo. Fallece un anciano llamado Johannes. Entre estos do… read more
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"Ahora tú también estás muerto, Johannes, dice Peter Te moriste esta mañana, dice Y como yo era tu mejor amigo, me enviaron a recogerte, dice Pero ¿por qué hemos pescado cangrejos? dice Johannes Tenía…"-Jon Fosse, Mañana y tarde
"Vart ska vi fara? säger Johannes Nej nu frågar du som om du fortfarande var vid liv, säger Peter Inte till någon plats? säger Johannes Nej dit vi nu ska, det är inte någon plats, och därför har den h…"-Jon Fosse, Mañana y tarde
19. El peligro de estar cuerda
By: Rosa Montero
4.13
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
Partiendo de su experiencia personal y de la lectura de numerosos libros de psicología, neurocienci… read more
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"Y se llega a sufrir tanto que en algunos momentos hasta preferirías estar muerto, un perfecto ejemplo de razonamiento cortocircuitado: te espanta la muerte y para no sufrir ese espanto escogerías mor…"-Rosa Montero, El peligro de estar cuerda
"Tengo un problema de falta de atención, lo cual, contra lo que muchos creen, no quiere decir que no puedas concentrarte, sino que te concentras tanto en algunos pensamientos que te olvidas de todo lo…"-Rosa Montero, El peligro de estar cuerda
20. Magma
By: Þóra Hjörleifsdóttir
3.60
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Twenty-year-old Lilja is in love. As a young university student, she is quickly smitten with the in… read more
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- fiction
21. Cuerpos para odiar
By: Claudia Rodríguez
4.15
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Cuerpos para odiar es un retrato crudo, auténtico y conmovedor de la vida de las travestis, exponie… read more
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22. Soif
By: Amélie Nothomb
3.59
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
« Pour éprouver la soif, il faut être vivant. On n’apprend des vérités si fortes qu’en ayant soif, … read more
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"L’amore riunisce la certezza e il dubbio: si è sicuri di essere amati tanto quanto se ne dubita, e non a momenti alterni, ma in una simultaneità sconcertante. Provare a sbarazzarsi di questa sfumatur…"-Amélie Nothomb, Soif
"In verità vi dico: ciò che sentite quando state morendo di sete, coltivatelo. Lo slancio mistico non è che questo. E non è una metafora. La fine della fame si chiama sazietà. La fine della stanchezza…"-Amélie Nothomb, Soif
"Ho scelto? Così sembrerebbe. Come ho potuto scegliere di essere me? Per la ragione che presiede la stragrande maggioranza delle scelte: per incoscienza. Se fossimo consapevoli, sceglieremmo di non vi…"-Amélie Nothomb, Soif
23. Assembly
By: Natasha Brown
3.84
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
Come of age in the credit crunch. Be civil in a hostile environment. Step out into a world of Go Ho… read more
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"I traded in my life for a sliver of middle-class comfort. For a future."-Natasha Brown, Assembly
"Explain air. Convince a sceptic. Prove it's there. Prove what cant be seen."-Natasha Brown, Assembly
"Because they watch (us). They're taught how to, from school. They are taught to view our bodies (selves) as objects."-Natasha Brown, Assembly
"Everything now is profit. I am what we’ve always been to the empire: pure, fucking profit. A natural resource to exploit and exploit, denigrate, and exploit."-Natasha Brown, Assembly
24. Babysitter
By: Joyce Carol Oates
3.26
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
From one of America's most renowned storytellers comes a novel about love and deceit, and lust and … read more
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25. Perros
By: Keum Suk Gendry-Kim
3.89
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
En el centro de esta historia hay una mujer que nunca consideró traer un perro a casa. Pero su mari… read more
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27. Perder el juicio
By: Ariana Harwicz
3.26
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Pensamos que no seríamos capaces de cometer un crimen, hasta que lo hacemos. Los seres humanos p… read more
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28. El dique (Blackwater, #2)
By: Michael McDowell
3.82
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Mientras Perdido se recupera de la inundación, se propone la construcción de un dique que impida un… read more
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"Grace began to understand. "I have friends," she protested. "I have Zaddie." "Zaddie is just a little colored girl," Mary-Love pointed out. "It's all right to play with Zaddie, but she's not your rea…"-Michael McDowell, El dique (Blackwater, #2)
"Mary-Love liked to see herself as the family cornucopia, dispensing all manner of good things, unstintingly, unceasingly. She considered herself amply rewarded by her children's gratitude, and if she…"-Michael McDowell, El dique (Blackwater, #2)
"That her niece should find such profound pleasure in the company of a thirteen-year-old black girl--and, more to the point, always within the precincts of Elinor's house--was a slap in Mary-Love's fa…"-Michael McDowell, El dique (Blackwater, #2)
"To the little girl the house seemed a gigantic head, and she only a morsel of meat conveniently positioned in its gaping mouth. The front porch was that grinning mouth, the white porch railing its lo…"-Michael McDowell, El dique (Blackwater, #2)
29. Fuego: La historia de la mujer que buscó justicia en una botella de gasolina
By: Gema Peñalosa
3.79
Format: 116 pages, Paperback
Un repaso a la evolución del feminismo en España a través de un caso de violación y venganza cometi… read more
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30. The Diary of a Lost Girl
By: Margarete Böhme
4.04
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
The 1929 Louise Brooks film, Diary of a Lost Girl, is based on a controversial and bestselling book… read more
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- classics
- germany
- fiction
"Our God" has a Janus head with two faces. One promising Love and Forgiveness, is for the good people, the people of childlike faith, the people who never make a false step, and so never need to be fo…"-Margarete Böhme, The Diary of a Lost Girl
31. La fortuna (Blackwater, #5)
By: Michael McDowell
4.04
Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition
1946. Come un organismo vivente, la famiglia Caskey si sviluppa e si trasforma. Alcuni affrontano l… read more
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