Pleasant Surprises: Books That Exceeded Our Expectations

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Agosto 2022 (see all)
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Our List of the Month this August is devoted to those pleasant surprises that come into our reading lives—books that exceeded our expectations, and ending up providing far more enjoyment than we thought they would. Each participant may vote on ten titles.
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1
C. S. Lewis: A Biography
di A. N. Wilson
677 utenti
9 recensioni
½ 3.4
Classifica globale 136
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cpg
Spiegazioni
cpg: Heavily criticized by Lewis fans. I ended up thinking it didn't deserve that criticism.
2
God's Funeral: The Decline of Faith in Western Civilization
di A. N. Wilson
505 utenti
3 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 175
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cpg
Spiegazioni
cpg: Wilson's own doubts don't prevent him from treating believers sympathetically.
3
The Altruistic Personality: Rescuers of Jews in Nazi Europe
di Samuel P. Oliner
97 utenti
½ 4.3
Classifica globale 220
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cpg
Spiegazioni
cpg: Academic approach surprisingly lets humanity shine through.
4
Not the Way It's Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin
di Cornelius Plantinga
1,077 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 4.3
Classifica globale 82
2 Members
cpg, Yarnucopia
Spiegazioni
cpg: Surprisingly successful devotional work.
5
David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism
di Gregory A. Prince
117 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 4.3
Classifica globale 297
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cpg
Spiegazioni
cpg: Didn't expect that Prince would be so even-handed and open about the historical record.
6
Codice
di Charles Petzold
1,589 utenti
17 recensioni
4.2
Classifica globale 312
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cpg
Spiegazioni
cpg: Didn't expect that a pop tech book would increase my understanding of low-level computing so much.
7
A Frontier Life
di Todd M. Compton
11 utenti
2 recensioni
4.8
Classifica globale 348
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cpg
Spiegazioni
cpg: Surprised that Compton treats Hamblin so sympathetically.
8
Abraham Lincoln: A Life
di Michael Burlingame
139 utenti
5 recensioni
½ 4.5
Classifica globale 365
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cpg
Spiegazioni
cpg: Remarkably readable.
9
Real Analysis: A Comprehensive Course in Analysis, Part 1
di Barry Simon
13 utenti
1 recensione
5
Classifica globale 103
2 Members
cpg, alderwand
Spiegazioni
cpg: Simon has a gift for making complicated things seem simple.
10
The Governor Listeth: A Book of Inspired Political Revelations
di William F. Buckley, Jr.
37 utenti
4
Classifica globale 398
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cpg
Spiegazioni
cpg: Quality writing on 50-year-old current events ages well.