Danny Yee's Book Reviews

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Latest reviews (all recent reviews)

German: A Linguistic Introduction (Sarah M.B. Fagan) - language structure, history, and contemporary use
*Metropole (Ferenc Karinthy) - trapped in a crowded city with an incomprehensible language
The Long Thaw (David Archer) How Humans Are Changing the Next 100,000 Years of Earth's Climate
Oliver VII (Antal Szerb) - a slight but charming entertainment
The Elements of Graphing Data (William S. Cleveland) - effective graphical presentation of data
**The Story of the Stone (Cao Xueqin)
- the great Chinese novel, aka The Dream of the Red Chamber

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