Books – Starfox.one

Books give you super powers. I’ve these.
Some titles are Amazon links, but the affiliate account associated with them is no more.

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
“… I am happy to welcome you to a town peopled in morons exclusively. Furthermore, I hope that your transformation to moron is not an unpleasant experience.” ISBN 978-1-77089-027-5

Koniec punku w Helsinkach by Jaroslav Rudiš
“Nikt nie wiedział, skąd w ogóle wziął się Gerhard. Nie mówił zbyt wiele, z ust zawsze wychodziło mu tylko kilka konkretnych słów. Z zapałem opowiadał o historii albo o motylach, pasikonikach, ptakach, w ogóle o przyrodzie – przy czym w ręce trzymał marynowane szczury i na koniec zawsze ogłaszał: Samotność narasta.” ISBN 978-83-64168-00-0
Grandhotel (powieść nad chmurami) by Jaroslav Rudiš
“Czasami odnoszę wrażenie, że ludzie są jak chmury. Też tak ciągle się mijają. Gubią. Opuszczają. Znajdują.” ISBN 978-83-64168-01-7
Miedzianka (Historia Znikania) by Filip Springer
Solaris by Stanisław Lem

Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance
Prawiek i inne czasy by Olga Tokarczuk
Games People Play: The basic handbook of transactional analysis by Eric Berne
Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth by Margaret Atwood
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

Moral Panics by Kenneth Thompson
Lying by Sam Harris
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
Mortality by Christopher Hitchens
“If I convert it’s because it’s better that a believer dies than an atheist does.”
The Missionary Position: Mother Theresa in Theory and Practice by Christopher Hitchens
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values by Sam Harris
Modern Classics Coming Up for Air by George Orwell
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
A Thousand Farewells: A Reporter’s Journey From Refugee Camp To The Arab Spring by Nahlah Ayed

Alchemia kariery by Jacek Santorski and Grzegorz Turniak
Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Złodziejka Książek by Markus Zusak
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
(Burgin and O’Connor translation – it’s far superior to any other I picked up.)
Breakfast of Champions: A Novel (ISBN 0-385-33420-) by Kurt Vonnegut
1492. “The teachers told the children that this was when their continent was discovered by human beings. Actually, millions and millions of human beings were already living full and imaginative lives on the continent in 1492. That was simply the year in which the sea pirates began to cheat and rob and kill them.”
Women Not Wanted: One female officer and her journey for justice by Sherry Lee Benson-Podolchuk
Hitch-22: A Memoir by Christopher Hitchens

Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth (ISBN 978-0-88784-810-0) by Margaret Atwood
Neither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and a friend / And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.” (Shakespeare)
Lust in Translation: Infidelity from Tokyo to Tennessee by Pamela Druckerman
“This practice [infidelity] is still so common that men who pay girls rent in exchange for sex are dubbed “minister of housing,” those who pay for school and university are referred to as “minister of education,” and of course the “minister of communication” loads airtime on their cellphones. (Men who buy food are known simply as ‘lunch boys.’)”
Power Friending: Demystifying Social Media to Grow Your Business by Amber Mac

A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke
“Paris is, I was beginning to realize, a bit like an ocean. An ocean is a great place to live if you’re a shark. There’s loads of fresh seafood, and if anyone gives you shit you just bite them in half. You might not be loved by everyone, but you’ll be left in peace to enjoy yourself.”