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S. Fischer, 2019, 617 S. Der Roman beschreibt die bewegte Lebensgeschichte von Elena Silber, im vorrevolutionären Russland geboren un...

Gecko Gecko is good. Gecko eats insects. Keeps the house clean. Walks on the wall. Sits on the ceiling, Smacks and snacks. Chirps l...

This is a re-posting of my Goodreads Review . The review is in German - I assume most pepople interested in a German introduction to paintin...

On Friday I went to the Chocolate Museum in Cologne with my ladies.  Very nicely located on the Rhine, near the customs port, it informs ab...

Again it took me a long time to catch up - here, it's with Daniel Craig as 007. I best like the way Sean Connery defined the role, and P...

When I was a boy, "Cheaper by the Dozen" and "Belles on their Toes" (In German: "Im Dutzend billiger" und ...

The first time I came across an article dismissing Billy Joel I was just surprised. Now it happened again, and I must say I'm still surp...

Ein weiteres Weihnachtsgeschenk war Daniel Kehlmanns "Die Vermessung der Welt". Es gibt dazu genug im Internet (z. B. diese Bespre...

I put the book on my Christmas wish list, and Santa acted accordingly. So now I know I was wrong as well - the real reason why Michael isn...

I normally don't talk about books or films I haven't read. But I came across this review of the film version of "The Reader...

Zwei Erinnerungen an die 80er in zwei Tagen - ist das ein Signal, dass ich alt werde?