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Showing posts with label umberto eco. Show all posts

Episode 42: What We Read In March

 Welcome back to Books Boys. Dean & Alex (along with Alfred)  tell us about their March reads, we have a surprise call-in from author Michael J. Cooper (michaeljcooper.net), and we receive a message from an old friend...

Books discussed include:

- Wages Of Empire (Michael J. Cooper, 2023). 

- The Name Of The Rose (Umberto Eco, 1980)

- The Woodlanders (Thomas Hardy, 1887)

- Misión Olvido / The Heart Has Its Reasons (Maria Dueñas, 2012)

- Divinas Palabras / Divine Words (Valle-Inclan, 1919) 

- Coming Up For Air (George Orwell, 1939)

-  White Nights & Bobok (Dostoyevsky,  1848; 1873)


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Episode 38: What We Read In November

We sent a lot of books down the gutter this month, but there were still some we really enjoyed as well. Welcome to our November reads. Join Dean & Alex for book reviews, Alfred for slacking off, and author Jeff Sheckter (thedaedalusprotocol.com) for surprise a call-in!

Books discussed include:

- The Daedalus Protocol (Jeff Sheckter, 2023)

- The Works Of Alexandre Dumas (short story collection) (Dumas, 1830s-60s, compiled 1927)

- Numero Zero (Umberto Eco, 2015)

- Interview With The Vampire (Anne Rice, 1976)

- Sonata De Primavera / Spring Sonata (Ramón María del Valle-Inclán, 1904)

- La Biblioteca De Los Sueños Imposibles / The Library of Impossible Dreams (Lin Rina, 2021)

- A Lie Of The Mind (Sam Shepard, 1985)


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