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monnowman reviewed The Foundations of Buddhism by Rupert Gethin
Review of 'The Foundations of Buddhism' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
monnowman rated The ethical carnivore: 3 stars
Louise Gray: The ethical carnivore (2016)
The ethical carnivore by Louise Gray
"Many people claim to care about the meat that they eat, but do they really know how the animal died? …
monnowman rated The Routledge companion to the study of religion: 4 stars
monnowman rated STASILAND: STORIES FROM BEHIND THE BERLIN WALL.: 3 stars
monnowman rated Mind and cosmos: 2 stars
Mind and cosmos by Nagel, Thomas
Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature is Almost Certainly False is a 2012 book by the …
monnowman rated Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark: 3 stars
monnowman rated Study Guide for Richard Dawkins's the Selfish Gene: 4 stars
monnowman rated Jesus Did Not Exist: 4 stars
monnowman rated The case against the case for Christ: 3 stars
monnowman rated Look who's back: 2 stars
Look who's back by Timur Vermes
He's back. Berlin, Summer 2011. Adolf Hitler wakes up on a patch of ground, alive and well. Things have changed …
monnowman reviewed The Nordic cookbook by Magnus Nilsson
Offers an unprecedented look at the rich culinary offerings of the Nordic region with 400 …
Review of 'The Nordic cookbook' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Interesting and good fun to read.
monnowman reviewed The Martian by Andy Weir (The Martian, #1)
A mission to Mars.
A freak accident.
One man's struggle to survive.
…
Review of 'The Martian' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Good - engaging, pacy plot, plausible scientific detail and interesting characters. Audiobook narration largely very good.
Bad - False, jokey modesty of the hero who is clearly a genius. Too much geeky indulgence in explanations of the science. Felt like a textbook sometimes. Note for the narrator, whose German pronunciation was occasionally off the mark: it's "ge-fair-lich", not "ge-FAR -lich". And the Germans I know don't say "und"; they say "and", pronounced "end"!
Not disappointed by the lack of aliens.
Good - engaging, pacy plot, plausible scientific detail and interesting characters. Audiobook narration largely very good.
Bad - False, jokey modesty of the hero who is clearly a genius. Too much geeky indulgence in explanations of the science. Felt like a textbook sometimes. Note for the narrator, whose German pronunciation was occasionally off the mark: it's "ge-fair-lich", not "ge-FAR -lich". And the Germans I know don't say "und"; they say "and", pronounced "end"!
Not disappointed by the lack of aliens.