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Gijs Grob

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I'm a Dutchman with a passion for animation film. Since 2009 I write for my own blog on animation films called Dr. Grob’s Animation Review, which now has over 1,500 entries and 5,000 visitors a month.

As a reader I aim to read a great variety of books, from all ages and continents. I particularly favor tales that have inspired other artists like painters, composers and film makers.

interests: animation film, astronomy, classics, European comics, evolution, graphic novels, history, literature, music, mythology, paleontology, poetry, science, silent cinema ...more

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Mickey's Movies: The Theatrical Films of Mickey Mouse
by

Gijs Grob (Goodreads Author),

Bob McLain (editor)

3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions

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Pygmalion (Penguin Book # 607)

by George Bernard Shaw

bookshelves: 1910s, 20th-century, english, fiction, humor, irish-literature, plays, nobel-prize-winners, currently-reading

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Anmerkungen zu Hitler

by Sebastian Haffner

bookshelves: 1970s, 2000s, 20th-century, german, non-fiction, biography, currently-reading, essays, history

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Jan 21, 2026 01:13AM

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How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between

by Bent Flyvbjerg

bookshelves: currently-reading, 2020s, 21st-century, business, english, non-fiction

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