Interesting and entertaining book about the actual art of being an Emperor of Rome. Had to stop reading it for a few months, but not out of boredom.
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Pierre started reading Die Moskau Connection by Reinhard Bingener
Pierre started reading Emperor of Rome by Mary Beard

Emperor of Rome by Mary Beard
Characterizes the life of a Roman emperor via details drawn from Julius Caesar (48 BCE) through Alexander Severus (235 CE).
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Pierre commented on Die Moskau Connection by Reinhard Bingener
I never read this kind of book before. It is well documented and offers a fascinating view into the making of a postwar, globe-level politician. The connections to Russia (and others) have important consequences today, but as a political biography of Schroeder alone is the book a worthy read. I'm 1/3rd through.
Pierre wants to read Babylone by Yasmina Reza

Yasmina Reza: Babylone (French language, 2016, French and European Publications Inc)
Babylone by Yasmina Reza
"Tout le monde riait. Les Manoscrivi riaient. C'est l'image d'eux qui est restée. Jean-Lino, en chemise parme, avec ses nouvelles …
Pierre finished reading How Big Things Get Done by Bent Flyvbjerg

How Big Things Get Done by Bent Flyvbjerg
The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to space exploration—by the world’s leading expert …
Pierre reviewed How Big Things Get Done by Bent Flyvbjerg
Nice read
4 stars
This is an entertaining, easy to read and instructive book, relatively well crafted and with nice examples. The emphasis on modularity is a bit boring in the end. It has a surprising scientific aspect (to me), I didn't expect so many references.
Pierre finished reading Sur les chemins noirs by Sylvain Tesson
Pierre started reading How Big Things Get Done by Bent Flyvbjerg
Pierre finished reading The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima
Pierre reviewed The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima
An idyllic theme of ideal love
5 stars
Well, the book is everything you can read somewhere else, and still very enjoyable. The ending is a bit surprising and I wish Mishima would have told us a little bit more about it. He's probably just being mischievous.
The themes of the island, the sea, purity qnd innocence, the work of the divers and fishermen are very nwell woven into this nice little novel.
Pierre wants to read Tao Te Ching by Ursula K. Le Guin

Tao Te Ching by Ursula K. Le Guin
No other English translation of this greatest of the Chinese classics can match Ursula Le Guin's striking new version. Le …
Pierre started reading The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima
Pierre started reading A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Stephen Dedalus grows up in Dublin, feeling different from the other boys. His childhood and adolescence are shaped by bullying, …