The Last Place on Earth

[abp:0375754741:c:alignright]Author: Roland Huntford Rating: [rating: 4.5/5] I saw this book in the library on our cruise ship to Antarctica. I bought the book after we came back from the trip and have been reading it on and off for the next one and half years. Although Amundsen was the first…

Downfall (Der Untergang)

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp1RXmM1-60 The human side of evils. Powerful and disturbing. Rating: [rating: 4.5/5]

Crash Course

[abp:1400068630:c:alignright]Author: Paul Ingrassia Rating: [rating: 4/5] Paul Ingrassia has been covering American Automobile industry for more than 20 years. He and his colleague won Pulitzer Prize for their coverage on GM's management turmoil in 1993. The book starts from the beginning of the 20th century, the excitement of the new…

The Building

[abp:076032087X:c:alignright]Author: David Alexander Rating: [rating: 3.5/5]

A Short History of Nearly Everything

[abp:0767908171:c:alignright]Author: Bill Bryson Rate: [rating: 4.5/5] I am really amazed by the vast amounts of human knowledge that this 560-page book covers: From pre-history to the current event; from the quark to the black hole; from the bottom the sea to the rim of the universe; from the sing-cell to…

The Unfolding of Language

[abp:0805079076:c:alignright]Author: Guy Deutscher Rating: [Rating: 3.5/5]