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25.6. A classic study on the controversial matter. Waffen SS was never officially part of the German army, but Hitler's private guard with its own laws and logic. At first it was meant to be racially superior and politically indoctrinated group of elite soldiers, but as the time passed and the nazis failed to gain any results they started hiring and forcing non-German men to join the ranks. At the end of the war the majority of the guard were foreign born with very little to do with the original purpose of the guard.

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14.7. A very funny and lighthearted look at French literary classics. There are surprisingly many not so obvious takes on less celebrated novels.

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13.7. Another brilliant novella. This time it's about man's relationship with money, power and other people.

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Darth Brutus rated Gobseck

 Gobseck 9/10

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13.7. A novella about religious people creating a mutual hell for each other.

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13.7. This book is very problematic: the author picked whatever points that supported his views and arguments and ignored everything else, including criticism and fine details that might make this stuff look kinda suspicious and weak. On the other hand I am reading scientific literature to learn new things and challenge myself, and this book did give me just what I wanted. It's not perfect by any means, but it makes you think.

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Darth Brutus rated The Generous Man: How Helping Others is the Sexiest Thing You Can Do

 The Generous Man: How Helping Others is the Sexiest Thing You Can Do 6/10

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13.7. Clearly this is more refined and cleaned than Cousin Bette, which had more "filler", if you will. Pere Goriot felt more streamlined and straight to the point, but had less detail and depth.

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13.7. An autobiographical novel about Ratushinskaya's childhood in Odessa, how she became a free poet and began to understand the faults of socialism and eventually was sent to prison for illegal poems. She was part of the underground art movement that published their work independently and were willing to take the bullet for it.

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13.7. Autobiographical prison novel. KGB caught her and sent her to the camps for writing illegal poems. This is something of a spiritual sequel to Solzhenitzyn, but her style is more intimate and playful, and that's why I enjoyed this more than most works I've read from the mentioned.

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Darth Brutus rated Grey is the Color of Hope

 Grey is the Color of Hope 9/10

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11.7. To be honest, this novel probably had something to say about Russia and Putin, but it's a mess nevertheless.

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