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"Foucault's Pendulum" (1988) by Umberto Eco
Undoubtedly the best written piece of utter nonsense I’ve read in a long time. Short version: three friends decide to create their own conspiracy theory loosely based around events pertaining … more →
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"Foucault's Pendulum" (1988) by Umberto Eco
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pikkert wrote 1 year ago: Undoubtedly the best written piece of utter nonsense I’ve read in a long time. Short version … more →
"Freakonomics"
pikkert wrote 1 year ago: My daugther Rita had me read “Freakonomics”, a sometimes fun, sometimes sobering collect … more →
"The King of Torts" by John Grisham
pikkert wrote 1 year ago: OK novel, easy read; just the right thing for a long-haul flight. Plot gets a bit repetitive, enabl … more →
Bloesch's "Essentials of Evangelical Theology"
pikkert wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been reading Donald G. Bloesch’s Essentials of Evangelical Theology to help me fall … more →
"The Gospels for all Christians" (ed. Bauckman)
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pikkert wrote 1 year ago: I’ve just finished reading “The Gospel for All Christians” (ed. Richard Bauckman). … more →
"Chronicle in Stone" by Ismail Kadare
pikkert wrote 2 years ago: The best way to begin understanding another culture is to read its novels; a good novelist can huma … more →
Walter Brueggemann’s “In Man We Trust”: A Fool’s Guide to Wisdom Literature
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pikkert wrote 2 years ago: Someone suggested I read Brueggemann’s “In Man We Trust”. Bad advice. I have rarely read a … more →
The Moral Vision of the New Testament
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pikkert wrote 2 years ago: I’ve just completed Richard Hays’ remarkable work, The Moral Vision of the New Testament. Th … more →
“A Fine Balance”
pikkert wrote 2 years ago: Although I have not been there, I feel as if I have just returned from 1970s India. Set against the … more →
Some Turkish Novelists other than Pamuk
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pikkert wrote 3 years ago: Novels by local authors are one of the best ways to get a feel of another culture—reading the right … more →
“Turkey: A Modern History” (2004) by Erik J. Zürcher
pikkert wrote 3 years ago: Charts the fortunes of the late Ottoman Empire through to the modern republic. Excellent coverage o … more →
“A Terrible Beauty” (2000) by Peter Watson
pikkert wrote 3 years ago: I read this tome (847 pages) twice, and will probably read it again. A panoramic view of the people … more →
“Spirit of the Rainforest” (2000) by Mark Andrew Ritchie
pikkert wrote 3 years ago: A disturbing look at the spirit world of the Yanomamo people of the Amazon. Also a piercing indictm … more →
“Europe: A History” (1997) by Norman Davies
pikkert wrote 3 years ago: 1365 pages of intelligent, lucid history, taking you from the Ice Age to the Space Age. The text is … more →
“Systematic Theology” (2000) by Wayne Grudem
pikkert wrote 3 years ago: A wonderfully readable, devotional, evangelical work. Covers both the fundamental doctrines of the … more →
“A Concise History of the Middle East” (2004) by Arthur Goldschmidt
pikkert wrote 3 years ago: An comprehensive and very readable coverage of the region’s history from the beginning of Islam to t … more →
“A Peace To End All Peace” (1989) by David Fromkin
pikkert wrote 3 years ago: Probably the best introduction to the complex story of the creation of the modern Middle East during … more →
“The Infidel” (2005) by Pierre Piccard
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pikkert wrote 3 years ago: A historical novel with major missiological implications. It humanizes sometimes inhumane and seemi … more →
“Christian Mission to Muslims: The Record” (2000) by Lyle L. Vander Werff
pikkert wrote 3 years ago: A carefully researched look at Anglican and Reformed Missions to India, the Ottoman Empire and the A … more →
