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100 best non-fiction books - 18 to 25

Some catching up is called for in my survey of the indexes of these books. Some interesting points arise about use of capital letters and the sorting of subheadings. 458 mais palavras

100 Best Non-fiction

Circa 1895 photograph of Benjamin Boles and wife Mary Galbraith

Below is a photo of my great-grandfather Edward Boles‘s youngest brother Benjamin Boles, who was born on 28 February 1871 in Fingreagh, Inishmagrath, Co. Leitrim, Ireland, and Benjamin’s wife Mary Galbraith. 181 mais palavras

Family History

Review; The Cuckoo's Calling

This book is the first of a series written by “Robert Galbraith” (more commonly known as J. K. Rowling) which follows Cormoran Strike, a one-legged, ex-military policeman turned private detective who is investigating the suicide of a famous model, Lula Landry. 471 mais palavras

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Lady Robert Galbraith

Lady Robert Galbraith, alias J.K. Rowling, ou la nouvelle recette du roman policier anglais à succès… On commence par les ingrédients : le héros est un détective privé. 844 mais palavras

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The Cuckoo's Calling

Goodreads Summary:

A BRILLIANT DEBUT MYSTERY IN A CLASSIC VEIN: DETECTIVE CORMORAN STRIKE INVESTIGATES A SUPERMODEL’S SUICIDE. After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. 1.046 mais palavras

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Memory is far more effective than law

John Kenneth Galbraith wonderfully put in the foreword to his book “The Great Crash – A Classic Study of That Disaster”: “As a protection against financial illusion or insanity, memory is far better than law. 78 mais palavras

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Ve službách zla

Nemá smysl se tvářit, že ještě někdo neví, kdo se skrývá za
pseudonymem Robert Galbraith. A upřímně, nejsem si jistá, jestli by jeho detektivní
série vůbec zaujala, kdyby se “omylem” (fakt nevěřím, že omylem) 240 mais palavras

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