In his first novel, The Martian, Andy Weir took readers to Mars. Astronaut Mark Watney (in film, played by Matt Damon) was presumed dead by his colleagues and left behind on the Red Planet after a disastrous mission. A tough cookie, Mark then tries to survive in this inhospitable place until his home planet sends a rescue mission. Weir’s debut had unpredictable and … [Read more...] about Artemis Book Review
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We Were the Lucky Ones Review
Luckily, now we are living in peacetime, a new generation that doesn’t know anything about war and its crashing blow to the humanity. However, it wasn’t always this way – there was a World War II, which affected all the families in the world last century, especially Jewish families. After years, when author Georgia Hunter found out the history of her Jewish family during World … [Read more...] about We Were the Lucky Ones Review
Beneath a Scarlet Sky Book Review
Due to his journalist’s eye and artist’s touch, Mark Sullivan created a great wartime epic. Beneath a Scarlet Sky is very compelling. The novel is about war, bravery, heroism, and people searching for a peaceful life against the background of the darkest moments in world history. This is a love story which touches even the most stoic readers. In this Beneath a Scarlet Sky … [Read more...] about Beneath a Scarlet Sky Book Review
Man’s Search for Meaning Book Review
Man’s Search for Meaning is written by Viktor Frankl, a Holocaust survivor and Australian psychiatrist. During World War II, he was imprisoned and spent three years as a laborer in the Nazi ghettos in Dachau and Auschwitz. After his release in 1945, he worked as a professor of psychiatry and neurology at the University of Vienna. In his book, he described living in the Nazi … [Read more...] about Man’s Search for Meaning Book Review
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Book Review
This book has such a provocative title, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: a Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life, and its creator is Mark Manson who drums up reading it. It’s not an aggressive book, but rather recovers someone’s sight on regular things. The author, describing his own experience, summarizes for busy people and gives them a firm understanding of not … [Read more...] about The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Book Review