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Reflections on a guillotine is in here. I just got that. I should‘ve checked.
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Reflections on a guillotine is in here. I just got that. I should‘ve checked.
pickAlmost the entire Irish village of Baltimore was taken captive by pirates in the early 1600s and sold as slaves in #Algeria. With little records about their lives as slaves, the author relies on a number of accounts by other slaves to try to describe what their lives could have been like. The author also posits a hypothesis that the taking was an elaborate plan of an evil mastermind who wanted to rid the coastal town of its inhabitants for his ⬇️
pickUn malade a besoin de douceur, il aime a s‘appuyer sur quelque chose, c‘est bien naturel. - Albert Camus, La peste
pickAn Algerian rabbi‘s cat can speak, argues with the rabbi about theological matters, demands a bar mitzvah, is jealous when his mistress (the rabbi‘s daughter) falls in love with a young rabbi from Paris and accompanies the couple and rabbi to France to meet the in laws. Funny, clever. Thanks @Adventures_of_a_French_Reader for recommending! 🥰
Ebook on sale today. It works for #Algeria in November (plan ahead!) for #foodandlit. I for one am looking forward to finally reading this one that‘s been on my tbr list a long time!
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pickA book about a murder portrayed as meaningless.
The emotional experience Camus delivers by refusing to provide an explanation for the murder perfectly reflects our struggle to cope with the complexities of life and our need to find a reason for evil. (Through the mechanism of projection, we try to locate the cause of evil outside of ourselves to make sense of the complex parts within.)
An emotionally fascinating journey.
Ebook on sale for $1.99 for a limited time. And you can start planning your reads for #foodandlit2025. This works for #Algeria!! @Catsandbooks
pickThe US occupied Iraq from 2003 to 2011 under the pretense that they they were saving the world from weapons of mass destruction. We know now that the US obliged the UN experts to do their dirty work and only when they were certain there was no nuclear weapons in Iraq, they unleashed their military onto the Iraqi population for 8 long years.
With its cast of characters, this examines what drives a man living in a bedouin town into a human bomb.
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