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  Dissolution by C.J. Sansom, adapted for BBC Radio – the oeuvre is one of The 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read, albeit the algorithm for The Greatest Books of All Time site has it in the 5959 th place; for more of my reviews you can access https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/08/do-you-have-any-suggestions-how-to-make.html this is where you see more pictures and videos of my macaws, one photo is inserted here   8 out of 10   The Daughter of Time https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-daughter-of-time-by-josephine-fey.html is the Best Book in The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time, which is a list published in 1990 by the Crime Writers' Association (CWA), and it came to mind while reading Dissolution, which is also one of The 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read   One of the Six Principles of Influence is Conformity, explained in the psychology classic by Robert Cialdini, manifest in the way we reciprocate when we receive something, this happens t...

  Le Corsaire aka The Privateer by Marcel Achard – if you search for the author on The Greatest Books of All Time, which goes to 20,000 entries or more, you get…Marcel Proust, presumably, because Marcel Achard is not relevant enough, although he was elected, at the age of sixty, as member of The French Academy; you find more of my notes at https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/08/do-you-have-any-suggestions-how-to-make.html     8 out of 10   George Constantin https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/09/vassa-zheleznova-by-maxim-gorky-is-not.html is the reason I have listened to this play, for the name of Marcel Achard was not familiar, when looking for him on The Greatest Books of All Time, the result is Marcel Proust, because Achard had little impact   I just realized that the next line could well serve as a spoiler alert, George Constantin was the greatest thespian for the under signed; as for spoiler alerts, they represent a moment of hilari...

  Tragedian in Spite of Himself by Anton Chekhov, his Short Stories are included on The Bokklubben World Library’s Best 100 Books of All Time list, and they are ranked 127th on The Greatest Books of All Time site…you have thousands of reviews on magnum opera from the aforementioned and other web pages on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/08/do-you-have-any-suggestions-how-to-make.html and YouTube channel, where my macaws are the stars   9 out of 10   Anton Chekhov https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-short-stories-of-anton-chekhov-are.html is one of my favorite authors: I was talking just a few hours ago, at the jacuzzi downtown, about oeuvres, to a femme charmante from Moldova, who was listening to an audiobook, and my advice was to focus on The GOAT, Greatest of All Time   Coming from the Republic of Moldova, she had read Russian classics in their own language, I failed to get into politics, but just touching on the subject, ...

    Rabbi Avraham – Abba Seligman              link to positive3 Those who study to observe see new wonders every day Every day he marvels anew at how the sun rises and how it sets, the storm’s lightning… Period of mayhem, when territory passed from one to the other: Germans Russians Polish people   One was not permited to gaze directly at a woman other than his wife It is forbidden to len to a person who has no thought of repaying   Zalman Rappaport cllaed the rabbi one week before his death Says to wife of dying man that one must not lie to a him Rabbi was known as ‘The Divorced Rabbi’ and had the repuation of a pious and righteous man   Zalman wants his son, Gavriel aka Gabik Rappaport, to leave university and study with Rabbi Seligman but then he starts working with Godl in growing cucumbers cabbage shiksas swoon over him – then, because of the advise of the rabbi, he is sn...

  As Good As It Gets written by Mark Andrus and James Brooks, directed by the latter was the 1998 Winner of The Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role, for Jack Nicholson, and The Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Helen Hunt took this one; here is the link to my blog, for more notes on films and books, and my macaws https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/08/do-you-have-any-suggestions-how-to-make.html   8 out of 10   Jack Nicholson https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-few-good-men-directed-by-late.html is one of my favorite thespians, winner of three Oscars, though he has one for the supporting role in A Few Good Men, whereas Daniel Day Lewis has three Academy Awards, all for leading roles, not that this is an issue on which to compare them   He is the freak at the center of the plot, a hypochondriac with an attitude problem, obnoxious, at least to begin with, arrogant, demanding, he only wants this waitress to serve in the restaurant ...

  A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess is one of The 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read, it is 65 th among Modern Library’s Best 100 Novels, it is also ranked 153 rd on The Greatest Books of All Time site, a chef d’oeuvre   10 out of 10   I have read, listened to, or watched the marvelous adaptation of A Clockwork Orange a few times https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2024/11/a-clockwork-orange-by-anthony-burgess.html and it was a glorious experience this, last time, when I have listened to the play, which has excellent music, Beethoven and original compositions   In one of my notes, I have referred to Orange Alex, it was just before the elections, won by this loathsome idiot, who loves Putin and other such like monsters, while attacking Canada, Ukraine, The European Union, allies, and I saw parallels between the main character of the novel and the Convicted Felon, who rules over the free world The wonderful Belles Lettres Papers https://realinibarzoi...