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Autobiography/Memoirs: Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! - Richard Feynman What Do You Care What Other People Think? - Richard Feynman Crime and Guilt:

• wwwater 9y ago
  I have never heard of Ferdinand von Schirach, but since the two other books of Feynman are really good, I would also like to know, why you recommend the third book. Could you tell more why his autobiography is worth reading?
  • tjalfi 9y ago
    Crime and Guilt is completely unlike either of the Feynman memoirs. It is a compilation of two separate short story collections that were originally published in German. The author is a German criminal defense attorney and the stories are fictionalized accounts of some of his cases. I probably should have listed it under Fiction. It is not an uplifting read and some of the stories are quite brutal. I recommended Crime and Guilt because it portrays the best and worst of human beings. You will read about a bank robber who starts a new life in Ethiopia. Another story is about the author defending a nameless assassin. A third is about a petty burglar who steals from the wrong victim. Here are some links to more articulate reviews. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/crime-by-ferdinand-von-schirach-trans-carol-brown-janeway-2258459.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/review... https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2013/01/crime-and-guilt-by-ferdinand-von-schirach/ https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2013/01/crime-and-guilt-by-fer... http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/23/books/review/Steinhauer-t.html?mcubz=2 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/23/books/review/Steinhauer-t....
• SirLJ 9y ago
  The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov - this is a great book, I am lucky my Mom gave it to me when I was a kid...
  • sthielen 9y ago
    +1. An absolutely wonderful read. I've found myself constantly gifting copies. To anyone looking to purchase, the Alma Books[0] translation is the one I would recommend. [0] - https://www.amazon.com/Master-Margarita-Mikhail-Bulgakov/dp/1847492428/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1496547526&sr=1-6&keywords=master+and+margarita https://www.amazon.com/Master-Margarita-Mikhail-Bulgakov/dp/...
    • SirLJ 9y ago
      Thank you for the link and the idea, I will follow your lead and start gifting to friends and coworkers...
  • Schwolop 9y ago
    I should finish this. I got two or three chapters in on a move interstate, and it got lost in the unpacking process.