A series of reportages from Spain, curiously and tenderly observing the country from an outsider’s perspective. Through the lens of the stories of several people Lipczak charts the incredible change, Spain went through in the 20th and 21st centuries. From a self-made millionaire obsessed with the idea of building his own city, through activists fighting …
With our main protagonists still dispersed the events take a lot darker turn. We leave the merry and only sometimes dangerous world of the short stories and initial novels. The world Ciri finds herself in is sinister and hell-bent on destruction. Geralt and Yennefer desperately try to reach her and help, but their efforts are …
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A book that makes data speak. And speak in a way that you want to listen. With the passion of a true data geek, who also loves humanity Rosling brings us the data, but also makes it relatable. A book that makes you take a step back from the daily onslaught of bad and worse …
This is the middle book in the series and it feels a bit slower, as we have to track the separate plotlines of our characters. After the disaster on Thanedd they have lost touch with each other and are fighting for survival separately. The events in the world at war gradually pull the further and …
A story of two high school friends now approaching their 30. In that hazy zone when they feel they should become adults, but they don’t really feel like ones. This place when you think you’ll have it all figured out by, but it turns out you don’t and your life is a mess. Through a …
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Ciri seemed to achieve some stability during her training with Yennefer in Melitele temple in Ellander, but as we all know this was not meant to last. And this book is bringing us to some explosive climax moments, as one can expect when all out main characters meet in the same building. Just as we …
This is the first novel in the saga, and Sapkowski swiftly moves from the dynamic but focused short stories to equally dynamic but a lot more developed plot lines. We meet all our main characters again: Geralt, Ciri, Yennefer, and Dandelion. But also a cast of new helpers that bring their own stories into the …
The second collection of short stories brings us another step closer to the beginning of the novels in The Witcher saga. While spinning the tales of Geralt’s fights with the monsters, Sapkowski, on the side reveals to us the tumultuous nature of Geralt’s relationship with Yennefer. Also, we finally get to meet Ciri, and the …
The seven short stories that set up the world of the Witcher. The six stories are wrapped in the seventh one and together give us the background of what’s to come. We get to meet the majority of our main protagonists but also on their own the stories hold. Each of them a gem in …
A look at psychotherapy from an interesting perspective. It’s a book written by a therapist who also became a patient. Lori Gotlieb gives us a glimpse into a year of her life, through the stories of her patients and the tale of her own experience on the other side of the table. Written in an …
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