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A Short History of Japan: From Samurai to Sony by Curtis Andressen, Milton E. Osborne

A Short History of Japan: From Samurai to Sony

A Short History of Asia

Curtis Andressen, Milton E. Osborne

268 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0florentynka's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift

A Modest Proposal

Jonathan Swift

48 pages • first pub 1729 (editions)

5.0florentynka's review
nonfiction classics essays dark funny fast-paced
Dogs and Demons: Tales from the Dark Side of Modern Japan by Alex Kerr

Dogs and Demons: Tales from the Dark Side of Modern Japan

Alex Kerr

448 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

5.0florentynka's review
nonfiction history sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Autoportrait d'un reporter by Ryszard Kapuściński
Autoportrait d'un reporter
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Ryszard Kapuściński

Autoportrait d'un reporter

Ryszard Kapuściński

missing page info • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0florentynka's review
nonfiction adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

De Profundis

Oscar Wilde

128 pages • first pub 1905 (editions) user-added

5.0florentynka's review
nonfiction classics essays lgbtqia+ poetry
Japoński wachlarz by Joanna Bator

Japoński wachlarz

Terra incognita

Joanna Bator

279 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0florentynka's review
nonfiction travel reflective relaxing medium-paced
Młodzież PRL. Portrety pokoleń w kontekście historii. by Hanna Świda-Ziemba
Młodzież PRL. Portrety pokoleń w kontekście historii.
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Hanna Świda-Ziemba

Młodzież PRL. Portrety pokoleń w kontekście historii.

Hanna Świda-Ziemba

595 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0florentynka's review
L'Assommoir by Émile Zola
L'Assommoir
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Émile Zola

L'Assommoir

Les Rougon-Macquart #7

Émile Zola

528 pages • first pub 1876 (editions)

5.0florentynka's review
fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
The Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen

The Complete Fairy Tales

Hans Christian Andersen

803 pages • first pub 1874 (editions)

5.0florentynka's review
fiction childrens fantasy short stories adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

A Little Princess

Frances Hodgson Burnett

240 pages • first pub 1905 (editions)

5.0florentynka's review
fiction childrens classics emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced