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Dirk is on page 205 of 603 of Herero
Ein höchst verstörendes Buch. Wenn man sich mit der Deutschen Geschichte auseinandersetzt, denken viele, wenn nicht sogar die meisten an das was innerhalb Europa so alles passiert ist. Kriege, Kaiser, kleine Länder die zu einem großen Deutschland wurden.
Aber es gibt auch die Geschichte außerhalb. Namibia, von den Deutschen als Deutsch Süd West Afrika betitelt Ist eines davon. 1903, ein Land im Wandel.
Dec 10, 2025 02:17AM Add a comment
Herero

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Dirk is on page 175 of 603 of Herero
Ein Landvermesser der 1903 von Berlin nach Deutsch Südwest Afrika reist um Karten zu zeichnen. Herero. Es ist fastzienierend welche Begriffe in der deutschen Geschichte für die afrikanischen Ureinwohner verwendet wurden. Dieses Buch wäre heute wohl nicht mehr möglich zu schreiben. Nicht mit dem ganzen Gender Wahnsinn
Nov 29, 2025 07:19AM Add a comment
Herero

Dirk
Dirk is on page 75 of 603 of Herero
I started this book some 16 years ago on two diving safari on the Maledives. After two weeks I was half way through. Left in the book shelf and lost it.. No 16 years later I start anew. And it is still hard to read. The descriptions are so detailed that you need a lot of time and peace to read.
Nov 06, 2025 03:00AM Add a comment
Herero

Dirk
Dirk is on page 50 of 603 of Herero
So viele Begriffe für die Afrikanischen Einwohner und keiner Heutzutage weiß mehr woher sie kommen. Seyfried schreibt über einen Kartographen der in den 1903er Jahren nach Deutsch Südwestafrika, heute Namibia geht. .
Nov 02, 2025 05:05AM Add a comment
Herero

Dirk
Dirk is on page 280 of 482 of Die Rückkehr des Königs
The story ends and on the last pages a lot of open knots are to be finished. The part after the destruction of the ring could fill whole books.
Oct 03, 2025 11:26PM Add a comment
Die Rückkehr des Königs

Dirk
Dirk is on page 184 of 482 of Die Rückkehr des Königs
When you come to a part in the book where you think:”Now it’s over. All die or be slaves for the rest of their lives.”.
And than this Hobbit tries to kill some Orcs and everything is open again. That’s Tolkien in its best.
Sep 17, 2025 04:47AM 1 comment
Die Rückkehr des Königs

Dirk
Dirk is on page 184 of 482 of Die Rückkehr des Königs
Still impressive how all is described. But the differences between book and film are massive. The Road of the Dead is a part, but the Army of the dead had only helped to fight for the ships and not for Gondor. Merry and Pippin are the main antagonists. Not Gimly and Legolas as in the film.
I love to read it.
Sep 05, 2025 11:49PM Add a comment
Die Rückkehr des Königs

Dirk
Dirk is 30% done with Sherlock Holmes und die schwarzen Beine der Madame: Eine neue Sherlock Holmes Kriminalgeschichte
Zuhören ist einfach. Und Sherlock Holmes war schon immer eine gelungene Abwechslung.

Warum auch immer, die Geschichte ist zu vorhersehbar.

Was ich aber interessant finde ist derdoch offensichtliche Umgang mit aktuellen sozialen Themen.
Andersartigkeit
Elektrifizierung des Nahverkehrs
Gleichstellung
Aug 09, 2025 10:17PM Add a comment
Sherlock Holmes und die schwarzen Beine der Madame: Eine neue Sherlock Holmes Kriminalgeschichte

Dirk
Dirk is starting The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
Still the differences between reading and memory are existent. And I think a lot of the film is digferent to the book.
Jul 15, 2025 05:09AM Add a comment
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)

Dirk
Dirk is finished with The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
Why do I feel so familiar. Had read the book only 4 or fife times now.
And yes there are still some spots I do not remember.
The movie is also interrupting the memory of the book. One point in the halls of Moria where the one of the hobbits is throwing a stone down the pit doesn’t compare to the film. Or better the film changed the scene.
So the book is the source of all. All fantasy goes back to LOR.
Jun 29, 2025 03:47AM Add a comment
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)

Dirk
Dirk is on page 172 of 398 of The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
Tom Bombadil. Sorry
He never was in the film. Should have been some really great part. I love him and his art.
Jun 05, 2025 10:16PM Add a comment
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)

Dirk
Dirk is on page 45 of 398 of The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
As time flew by. My last read was nearly 15 years ago. But running over the pages is like coming home. The story and the characters are like old friends. And still there are some questions. Where had Gandalf been in all the years. How had Frodo survived without money.
May 26, 2025 04:40AM Add a comment
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)

Dirk
Dirk is on page 45 of 398 of The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
As time flies. Last read it some 15 years ago.
May 26, 2025 04:02AM Add a comment
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)

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Dirk is finished with Shogun
Yesterday I Met some people from Taiwan. They are really friendly. Without the Shogun I may have treated them differently.
May 08, 2025 10:12PM Add a comment
Shogun

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Dirk is finished with Shogun
Over the middle and still hard to read. Not according the story or for the language. No because the description of the time and the Japanese people is so depressing and in the same time fascinating. When the pilot is describing the different ways to sleep in Britain and in Japan you think we are way behind civilisation
Feb 18, 2025 03:47AM Add a comment
Shogun

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Dirk is finished with Shogun
If, and that’s a big question, if the moral aspects in the book are real for that time, the treatment of wimen is more than strange. On one hand they are responsible for house, money, income, weapons, on the other hand they are not allowed to eat at the same time.
Jan 29, 2025 12:30AM Add a comment
Shogun

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Dirk is finished with Shogun
Still impressive how different these two cultures are.
Jan 10, 2025 12:54AM Add a comment
Shogun

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Dirk added a status update
What’s next to come this year. Don’t know but always keep a towel and a good book with you.
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Dirk
Dirk is on page 5 of 464 of Der Donnerstagsmordclub (Die Mordclub-Serie, #1)
Ich kann noch nicht viel sagen. 5 Seiten reichen noch nicht für eine Bewertung.
Aug 27, 2024 01:43PM Add a comment
Der Donnerstagsmordclub (Die Mordclub-Serie, #1)

Dirk
Dirk is on page 14 of 400 of The Waking
Not sure in which direction it goes.
Aug 20, 2024 02:24AM Add a comment
The Waking

Dirk
Dirk is on page 75 of 544 of Regulator
Wer erwartet, das es ruhig zugeht, hat sich bei Bachman den falschen ausgesucht. Von der ersten Seite ist die Angst dein ständiger Begleiter. Wer ist der nächste. Und wichtiger, warum? Und wo kommen die seltsamen VAN‘s her, die diese kleine Gruppe von Menschen terrorisieren?
Aug 17, 2024 06:26AM Add a comment
Regulator

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Dirk is finished with Shogun
It’s long and emotional.
Aug 10, 2024 12:53AM Add a comment
Shogun

Dirk
Dirk is finished with Shogun
It’s long and emotional
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Shogun

Dirk
Dirk is on page 20 of 544 of Regulator
Es ist schon seltsam. Wenn du ein Buch gelesen hast und du alle Charaktere kennst du die jetzt in einer völlig neuen Konstellation siehst.
Aug 10, 2024 12:52AM Add a comment
Regulator

Dirk
Dirk is finished with Shogun
I just read, that Clavell had written this book because of a sentece in a history book of his daughter. There had been written that a british capatain had once gone to Japan to be a Samurai. The book is still one of the best descriptions of that time period.
Aug 02, 2024 01:27AM Add a comment
Shogun

Dirk
Dirk is on page 770 of 832 of Desperation
Immer wieder beeindruckend mit welcher Intensität King seine Bücher schreibt und seine Charaktere definiert.
Bei diesem Buch fällt mir wieder auf wie religiös King eigentlich sein muss, das Ihn dieser Kampf Gut gegen Böse immer so in den Bann zieht.
Aug 01, 2024 03:20AM Add a comment
Desperation

Dirk
Dirk is on page 315 of 832 of Desperation
Ich finde dieses Buch ist schwer einzuordnen. Desperation ist eines der frühen Bücher. Die Gewalt läuft von Anfang an, offensichtlich und direkt. Es erinnert mich ein wenig an seine Kurzgeschichten.
Jun 14, 2024 03:07AM Add a comment
Desperation

Dirk
Dirk is on page 73 of 832 of Desperation
A dead child, a dead husband, some imprisoned and a wrecked writer. On the other side a insane cop with a bound for killing. So far a typical King. Looking into it and awaiting the strange.
May 19, 2024 04:59AM Add a comment
Desperation

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