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JB Emmons rated Freakonomics: 4 stars
Freakonomics by Steven Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What …
JB Emmons rated Palace of desire: 3 stars
Najib Mahfuz: Palace of desire (1994, Black Swan)
Palace of desire by Najib Mahfuz (The Cairo trilogy -- 2)
JB Emmons rated The jungle: 3 stars
The jungle by Upton Sinclair
The horrifying conditions in the meatpacking industry in the early 1900's are revealed through the experiences of immigrants as they …
JB Emmons rated The fountainhead: 3 stars
The fountainhead by Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead is an unprecedented phenomenon in modern literature. Arguably the century's most challenging novel of ideas, The Fountainhead is …
JB Emmons rated Watership Down: 4 stars
Watership Down by Richard Adams
A worldwide bestseller for over thirty years, Watership Down is one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set …
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story …
JB Emmons rated Catch-22 (Catch-22, #1): 5 stars
Catch-22 (Catch-22, #1) by Joseph Heller
Catch-22 is a satirical war novel by American author Joseph Heller. He began writing it in 1953; the novel was …
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell Boxed Three Volume Collector's Edition by Susanna Clarke
Published in 2004, it is an alternative history set in 19th-century England around the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Its …
JB Emmons rated Love in the Time of Cholera: 4 stars
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
De jóvenes, Florentino Ariza y Fermina Daza se enamoran apasionadamente, pero Fermina eventualmente decide casarse con un médico rico y …