Paul S' way with books in 2018 - Depression and Dancing

on the Isle of Skye

in the front of a steam engine of the Furka Bahn

Books read so far:
1) Die Kinder des grossen Königs by Max Lucado
2) Punchinello und das allerschönste Geschenk by Max Lucado
3) 엄마마중 = Wann kommt Mama? : ein Bilderbuch aus Korea by Tae-Jun Lee
4) Religiöse Miniaturen : Weltliche Andachten by William Wolfensberger
5) In the month of Kislev : a story for Hanukkah by Nina Jaffe
6) Das Haus Chefetz : Roman by Dov Kimchi
7) Eine Stimme vom Himmel : jüdische Märchen by Asher Barash
8) Jüdische Geschichte im Schnelldurchlauf : 4000 Jahre in einer knappen halben Stunde by Crazy David
9) Prinzessin Insomnia & der alptraumfarbene Nachtmahr : ein somnambules Märchen aus Zamonien by Walter Moers
10) Perry Mason und die vollschlanke Nixe by Erle Stanley Gardner
11) Nächstes Jahr im September : Erinnerung und Zuversicht by Ursula K. LeGuin
12) Im Fischerdorf by Margarete von Oertzen
13) Lady Godiva : ein Zirkusroman by Rudolf Jakob Humm
14) Helen lernt leben : die Kindheit der taub-blinden Helen Keller by Anne Marchon
15) Afrikanische Tragödie : Roman by Doris Lessing
16) Der Vogel ist ein Rabe : Roman by Benjamin Lebert
17) Der letzte Bruder : Roman by Nathacha Appanah
18) Bei dir darf ich bleiben : Psalm 23 in Bildern und Betrachtungen by Steffi Baltes
19) Der Löwe des Lichts : ein Wort für die Schweiz by Scott MacLeod
20) Der Auftrag oder Vom Beobachten des Beobachters der Beobachter : Novelle in vierundzwanzig Sätzen by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
21) Velodyssee : ein sportliches Epos by Arnold Kübler
22) Der Wandschirm aus rotem Lack : Kriminalfälle des Richters Di, alten chinesischen Originalquellen entnommen by Robert Hans van Gulik
23) Was Ir Wänd : baadenertütsch by William Shakespeare
24) Was man im Leben wirklich braucht, habe ich von meiner Katze gelernt by Suzy Becker.
25) Die Abenteuer der "Schwarzen Hand" : Detektivgeschichten zum Mitraten by Hans Jürgen Press
26) "Du umschliesst mich von allen Seiten ..." Ps. 139,5 : Gedanken, Segenswünsche, Krankengebete by Klaus Vellguth
27) Das Dorf der Vergessenen : Erlebnisse in Korea by Yo-Suk Kim
28) The tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
29) The secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
30) Ein Tag im Schnee by Ezra Jack Keats
31) Fair play : a novel by Tove Jansson
32) Treu bis in den Tod : Leben und Leiden eines Christen im Korea des 20. Jahrhunderts by Yong Choon Ahn
33) Die Kinder von der Sonnenhalde by Sabina Bucher
34) Skizzen aus meiner Jugendzeit by Maria Kober-Gobat
35) Ein Feuer im Garten by Franz Hohler
36) Der Schriftsteller und der Leviathan : ein Essay by George Orwell
37) Der Kuhhandel : eine Geschichte by Eric Ambler
38) Weltreise auf deutsche Art : eine Geschichte by Alfred Andersch
39) Samuel Zeller in Männedorf : Eine Skizze seines Lebens und Wirkens by Maria Kober-Gobat
40) Kurzgefasste Einleitung in die heiligen Schriften Alten und Neuen Testamentes : zugleich ein Hilfsmittel für kursorische Schriftlektüre ; in neuer Bearbeitung by F. W. Weber
41) Der Herr segne dich und behüte dich! : Betrachtung by Samuel Zeller
42) Wie Findus zu Pettersson kam by Sven Nordqvist
43) Das ewig Menschliche : Erzählungen by William Somerset Maugham
44) Bridge by Han-Sook Chung
45) Klein und stark : Minigruppen: Ein Weg zur ganzheitlichen Nachfolge by Neil Cole
46) Jasmins Brief : Roman by André David Winter
47) Bis der Tag anbricht : Roman by Aharon Appelfeld
48) Föhnlage : Alpen-Krimi by Jörg Maurer
49) Don Camillo und die Rothaarige by Giovannino Guareschi
50) Das geschenkte Glück : ein Roman aus Israel by Shlomo Drori
51) So long, see you tomorrow by William Maxwell
52) Emmentaler höhlengereift by Heiri Aeberhard
53) Vom Segnen by Erich Schick
54) Franziska versteckt sich by Pija Lindenbaum
55) Our leave in Switzerland : 200 photos ; a souvenir of the visit of American soldiers to Switzerland in 1945/46 by Arnold Kübler
56) Glänzende Aussichten : Roman by Margrit Schriber
57) Die Katze im Sack by Dorothy L. Sayers
58) Israel - ein Augenschein : Bericht und Zeichnungen by Arnold Kübler
59) Mein lieber Sohn : eine persönliche Offenbarung über Jesus Christus by Colin Urquhart
60) Gegen den Strom : Meine Flucht aus dem Elend Nordkoreas by Timothy Kang
61) Apokalypse : Sonette by Reinhold Schneider
62) Santinis Frau : Roman by Giuseppe Gracia
63) Neun Nächte : Roman by Bernardo Carvalho
64) Ein Berner namens ... : 52 Verse aus dem Nebelspalter ; 2. Band by Ueli der Schreiber
65) Gethsemane by Erich Schick
66) Waiting for sunrise by William Boyd
67) Inkarnation und Inspiration by Erich Schick
68) Yiddishland by Gérard Silvain and Henri Minczeles
69) Kleiner Mann - was nun? : Roman by Hans Fallada
70) Porträt eines Gentlemans : zwei Geschichten by W. Somerset Maugham
71) Romans : a shorter commentary by C. E. B. Cranfield
72) Judäa, hochgelobtes Land! : meine Palästinareise von Marie von Bülow
73) Denkschrift der Gesandtschaft der Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika, gerichtet an den schweizerischen Bundesrath, betreffend die Zulassung der nordamerikanischen Israeliten zur Niederlassung in der Schweiz : (vom 26. Mai 1859) by Theodore S. Fay
74) Beyond the bright blur by Clive Staples Lewis
75) Christian behaviour by C. S. Lewis
76) Allerseelen by Erich Schick
77) Der Emek (Emek Jesrael) : zehn Jahre seit Erwerbung des Emek Jesreel by B. Dinaburg
78) Ufer der Macht : Kommissär Zürchers geheimnisvollster Fall ; Roman by Robert M. Schmid
79) Yeast by Charles Kingsley
80) Milarepa : Erzählung by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
81) Kapitän Bontekoes Schiffsjungen by Johan Fabricius
82) Mit Gott reden : das Beziehungsgebet nach dem Unser Vater by Stefan Kym
83) Leiden und Freuden eines Bergkindes aus Davos by Friederike Walser-Federspiel
84) Evangelische Mission im Heiligen Lande : Entstehungsgeschichte, Arbeit und Missionsziele des Syrischen Waisenhauses in Jerusalem by Ludwig Schneller
85) Tröstet Jerusalem! : Tagebuchblätter über eine Inspektionsreise zu den Anstalten des syrischen Waisenhauses im heiligen Lande by Ludwig Schneller
86) Wie ich zum Licht fand : Lebenserinnerungen by Kristina Roy
87) Das Geheimnis der Eulerschen Formel : Roman by Yōko Ogawa
88) The Temple Mount Sifting Project : an introduction by Gabriel Barkay
89) Am Samstag ass der Rabbi nichts : Kriminalroman by Harry Kemelman
90) Da staunst du aber, kleiner Bär! by Catherine Walters
91) Zieh hin, mein Kind! by Erich Schick
92) Karlsson vom Dach by Astrid Lindgren
93) Christiane und Till by Ernst Heimeran
94) Das Tor & Haiku : Zum hundertsten Todestag des Autors by Sōseki Natsume
95) Das kleine deutsche Tintenfass : 25 Proben von 25 Autoren aus 25 Jahren
96) 20 Jahre Teemobilarbeit 1989-2009 : wie alles angefangen hat, Rückblick, Teemobilarbeit heute by Johannes Vogel
97) Not over-population but under-education the cause of destitution not more emigration, but more education, and of better quality, the remedy for destitution
98) Muster aus Hans : ein Bericht by Eleonore Frey
99) Edgar Siegrist : ein Pionier des Schweizer Schwimmsports by Peter Wüthrich
100) Ein Yankee aus Connecticut an König Artus' Hof by Mark Twain
101) Das Geheimnis des Gnadenthrones by Andrew Murray
102) The Šiauliai Ghetto by Arūnas Bubnys
103) Joachim und das Ledischiff : Im unbekannten Land, Geschichten aus unserer Zeit, ... by Edwin Arnet
104) Das juedische Palaestina by Fritz Löwenstein
105) Wässerwasser : Roman by Urs Augstburger
106) Die innere Stimme der Liebe : aus der Tiefe der Angst zu neuem Vertrauen by Henri J. M. Nouwen
107) Das Haus Tellier : eine ungewöhnliche Liebesgeschichte by Guy de Maupassant
108) Graciela Iturbide : Ausstellung, Fundación Mapfre, June 16 - September 6, 2009 ; Fotomuseum Winterthur, 27.02.-24.05.2010 by Graciela Iturbide

authors read so far:
nationalities: CH 21, D 16, F 4, I 1, KOR 5, IL 2, USA 12, GB 15, MS 1, CDN 1, NL 3, S 3, SF 1, BR 1, B 1, SK 1, J 2, RSA 1, LT 1, MEX 1 = 98
dead 55, alive 43
m 74, f 24

Happy new one!

>5 figsfromthistle: Thanks, Anita

Madonna del Sasso in Locarno


going down with the cable train from the Madonna del Sasso to Locarno

the marina of Locarno

hospitable flower in the Valle Verzasca

Frasco in the Valle Verzasca. Here was an exhibition of photographs on textiles (looks like towels)

Happy new thread, Paul!

Lovely pictures of Suki again at the top. (((hugs)))

Happy new thread, Paul! Thanks again for sharing your photos and memories!

Happy New Thread! Fabulous photos!

Still love the photos!

>11 FAMeulstee: We were on the Isle of Skye on a windy day (well, is there any other day there?) and our daughter enjoyed the wind quite a bit :)
A journey with the Furka steam railway is really worthwhile, although it was misty day when we took this trip. https://www.dfb.ch/

>12 harrygbutler: Thanks, Harry, I like sharing all these pictures (and the memories which come with them)

>13 quondame: Thanks, Susan. Great to see you here, enjoying the pictures.

>14 SqueakyChu: You are welcome, Madeline.

By the way, this photo on the Furkapass was taken on 30. September 2012 >2 paulstalder:

Happy new thread!

>17 drneutron: Great to see you here, Jim

Happy new thread, Paul. I love your photos.

>19 Ameise1: Thanks, Barbara, for coming to Basel :)

Yep, that was a wonderful time.

>21 Ameise1: your virtual coming here as well :)

wall relief of a shepherd with his sheep in Magliaso TI

sculpture of maternity in Caslano TI

Maternità by Adriano Bozzolo (1985)

So wonderful photos. Are you still in Ticino?
Happy weekend, Paul.

>23 paulstalder: Heh! Reminds me of your TIOLI challenge this month!

>25 paulstalder: What kind of flowers are these?

>26 Ameise1: No, Barbara, I am back over a week already. These pictures at the Lake of Lugano were taken two years ago now, when we went to a church holiday there, end of September. The last holidays Suki and I spent together.

>27 SqueakyChu: Well spotted, Madeline. Suki and I found this wall relief two years ago when we went walking along the Lake of Lugano. It is on a wall leading to an Evangelical church holiday center. They offer holidays for families, churches, even with handicapped people.

Flowers: I guess it is a 'Touch-me-not' flower

Wonderful photos Paul. Wishing you more dancing than depression.

>29 charl08: Thanks, Charlotte. Suki was still alive a year ago, so it is a month of memories. The children plan to go on Mount Pilatus near Luzern on the day she died because she really loved that mountain and showed it to all our visitors.

this is taken from our first hiking trip up and down Mt Pilatus in 1983

I just got back from a wake for a friend. This seems to be a day for memorializing. A day of memories. Thanks for continuing to share your photos of Suki with us. I was just thinking today how wonderful it would be if we could have our departed back with us to visit for a day. There is so much I would tell them.

I’m also very discouraged about the state of my country with the hard right taking over all facets of my government. Very troublesome. In addition, last night swastikas were painted all over the Jewish Community Center in Northern Virginia (about 20 miles south of where I live). This is not the first time that’s happened either.

On a happier note, tomorrow my husband and I will go to our second professional soccer game this season. We hope to see my team, DC United, defeat Chicago Fire. Do you follow soccer at all?

>32 SqueakyChu: Hej Madeline. I had to check the word wake, google doesn't know it. Vigil is what I know. How did that vigil go? Quiet prayers? Sharing of the friend's life? All together or 'single file'? Suki was laid in a separate room and most people wanted be alone in there. A few of us were together trying to sing her favorite songs (mainly psalms).

I also thought of meeting Suki for a moment and sharing things again. But I know her to be in a place where there is no pain, and God wipes away all her tears. And I know I'll see her again one day.

It is a shame and disgrace what happened there in Virginia.

We have our FCB (FC Basel) who beats Manchester United occasionally. But I don't follow football on a regular basis. My daughter is more often in the FCB stadium watching matches.

109) Der Damenschuh im Spiegel des Zwecks und der Schönheit : Gewidmet von den Bally Schuhfabriken Aktiengesellschaft, Schönenwerd by Norbert Stern. Bally is a well known Swiss shoemaker (now belonging to a Chinese company), rapped by Jay-Z, Slick Rick and P. Diddy :)
This booklet is an homage to the lady's shoe, published 1933. It is told that Jewish lovers engraved their shoe soles with the name or portrait of their loved ones. The lady's shoes were always more elaborate than men's. The author tells us about the dangers of wearing too narrow or broad shoes and the elegance of the gait/pace a lady shows with perfectly fitting shoes. ('How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O noble daughter!' Song of Solomon 7.1). A lady never wears old worn shoes with new clothes. The shoe has to be adapted to the foot and not the other way around. If you look for new shoes, go to the shop after you walked so the feet are now slightly larger and it will be easier to find a fitting shoe - and take your time! For an expert a worn shoe is as significant as a handwriting, showing much of the personality of the wearer. The medics should consider the wrong shoes when dealing with fatigue, headaches, dizziness etc. and prescribe a pretty simple medication: buy new (fitting) shoes. Why wear high heels? The author suggests two possibilities but leaves it open: Do ladies wear them in order to be on eye level with men? Or because they want bigger overview? Is there a link between curiosity and high heels? Then he talks about colours (no black shoes with white stockings), ornaments, accessories for shoes etc.

>133 paulstalder: The "wake" was more like a memorial dinner. My friend wanted to be cremated and have her ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean. There was no funeral nor burial. Instead her husband invited friends and family to a Uzbek Restaurant that they both loved. She and her husband were immigrants to the USA from Poland. There were about thirty people in attendance. The waiters kept bringing out dish after dish of entrees. It was more food than anyone could eat, but it was all delicious. My friend's husband brought his wedding album and his daughter's wedding album to share and also gave a short speech about his wife. It was sad, but very warm and friendly.

On a happier note again. my team, DC United, won 2 to 1. I just love being at the stadium and being able to shout and clap with the crowd. Our striker is Wayne Rooney, a former Manchester United player. Do you remember him? He scored both goals today. :D

>134 Ameise1: What an interesting book about shoes! I gave up wearing high heels after I started dating my husband who was three inches shorter than me. I guess we've both shrunken in our older age, but I still don't wear high heels because he's still shorter than me. I was hoping I could just shrink to his height. Haha! That didn't happen.

>35 SqueakyChu: I was invited to lunch on Sunday by our pastor (the one I was hiking the Israel National Trail together) under the condition that he and his son can watch football (German teams, Freiburg against Leverkusen). He knew that I wasn't interested in German football and would make some remarks .... The meal was good and I left before the match was finished. His wife wasn't interested in football either, so we went together to museum in the cemetery of Basel. They have a collection of hearses and coffins, but also all the tools and machines they used in the cemetery for digging the graves, let the coffins down, gardening, tree cutting etc. The founder and head of the museum was guiding us, and we still showing us things and telling us stories one and a half hour after the museum closed. (In Basel all museums don't charge entrance fees on the first Sunday of each month.)

The shoe book was kind of a relaxing read. A library user brought that book back. He is doing a paper on shoe manufacturing in Switzerland and this book was not 'scientific' enough. Reason enough for me to read it :)

110) Gedanken zur Entwicklung der Begräbniskultur by Werner Graf. The curator gave me this paper yesterday. The author traces the burial customs through the ages. Zwingli and Calvin did away with most of the burial rituals on the Middle Ages, on the bases that there is no need for any deeds for the dead. If they died in the Lord, they are saved, if they were not believers, nothing the living could do about their fate - they are all in God's hands. Zwingli even didn't allow gravestones. Later the Reformed churches more and more remembered the dead with simple crosses or stones, with just the names and occasional Bible verses. Today it seems that people are treating the grave almost as a new home for the deceased, forgetting that the dead don't live in the cemetery...

>36 paulstalder: That was a very kind invitation by your pastor.

I never heard of a cemetery museum. Interesting!

>37 paulstalder: Interesting remarks about that book. What you read is often so unusual and "off the beaten track"!

Zwingli even didn't allow gravestones.

We're going through this right now. Usually Jewish cemeteries have gravestone. However, there are three cemeteries' that members of ,my own congregation use. Two allow headstones. One only has graves with flat name markers. My husband wants a headstone. My parents' graves have a combined headstone. We have to decide which cemetery to use as we're now doing our estate planning. Our daughter ho is an estate planning attorney, helped us with this. If we choose the farther cemeteries (which allow headstones, I'm not sure anyone would come to visit because of the distance). I guess it's better that I stay in touch withothers while I'm alive.

I just read an interesting book about Jewish gravestones. I'm not sure if you saw it on my thread. I found this book in a pile of books that an artist friend of mine donated to my Little Free Library before she moved out of state. It's called Graven Images. Mine is the only review of that book ! :D In the Jewish religion, we are not allowed to make images of either people of animals for religious purposes. That is also prohibited in the Muslim religion. However, it seems that on gravestones in the past, that prohibition had been disregarded for artistic purposes. It was really an interesting book. Check it out.

>32 SqueakyChu: Interesting! In the 80's I drove every now and then to Schönenwerd to the factory outlets. My feet are so slender that Bally's shoes were the only ones that fit and comfortable. Meanwhile, I am satisfied with the brand Rieker. I never wore high-heeled shoes, even looking at it was painful.

>39 Ameise1: My husband has a niece who needed foot surgery due to all the years she wore exceptionally high heels. His family are very short in stature as are most Salvadorans. Her Achilles tendon became shortened from all the years of wearing high heels.

I never liked high heels because I thought they were unconfortable. I did wear them occasionally to try to be in style. Now I'm old enough that I don't have to care about whether or not I wear high heels. I never could figure out how any woman could wear stiletto heels. They not only did they look uncomfortable, but they looked downright dangerous. The irony of those thoughts is that, the one time I broke my foot, it was because I tripped wearing flat sandals. My foot just slipped sideways out of one sandal while I was walking on grass. Go figure! :O

>40 SqueakyChu: I also know people who had a shortened Achilles heel by constantly wearing high heels. It looks especially funny when you see her barefoot in the pool. Of course, I know that it is not funny for those affected.

>38 SqueakyChu: It wasn't the first time I was there, last time when his wife was with at her family's, he invited me to a grill feast - that was really good.

Cemeteries: The famous forest cemetery in Davos in the Grisons has only crosses on the graves (well, the older ones and still have their old stones)



the Jewish cemetery here in Basel has gavestones and plates

>38 SqueakyChu: Yes, I have seen your book Graven Image, Madeline. But unfortunately I haven't been able to locate it in a Swiss library so far. Looks interesting.

it's better that I stay in touch withothers while I'm alive
sure

>39 Ameise1: I now wear kyboots (walking on air). They have a pretty thick sole but help against my backache.

>40 SqueakyChu: >41 Ameise1: Suki was small but she never wore high heels. The daughters do occasionally come around on high heels - and then always complain about hurting feet.

>42 paulstalder: Very moving.

Here in the US, after 45 became president, there was a surge in desecration ot Jewish cemeteries (i.e. gravestone broken and demolished) here in the US. That happened to o0ne is St. Louis to the extent that I contacted the cemetery to see if my mom's first cousin had perhaps been buried there. He wasn't, but it did not make me feel any better that such things happen in this day in the USA. :(

Every day, Paul, things are getting worse here for the average resident who is not part of the far right billionaire ruling in-crowd. I am under no impression that things are entirely safe for Jews anywhere in the world. That's our history.

>43 paulstalder: and then always complain about hurting feet.

Haha!

>44 SqueakyChu: They'd better go back and read the Torah! It is very clear that God will bless those who bless Israel and curse those who curse them.

>45 thornton37814: I have a Christian friend who just messaged me today from Jerusalem. She says that Israel is amazing. She was frightened to go there from all the things she read about it in the past. I think her church sponsored the trip. I messaged her back and told her that, from now on, to remember Israel as she sees it *personally* and not from the hateful things she reads about it in the news.

Jews don't ask for special blessings. We just want to live in peace and be free from fear for ourselves and for our loved ones. I don't know why so much hate is directed at us generation after generation. My maternal grandparents died in the gas chambers of Auschwitz. My grandson's preschool was twice the target of a bomb threat. It never stops.

>44 SqueakyChu: It is interesting that your 45 supports Jerusalem as capital of Israel but not the Jewish people. It is a disgrace what happens there. You are right, I guess, that Jews are nowhere safe.

>45 thornton37814: You are right, Lori. But these people don't even know what the Torah is. And in our secular world with money being the greatest god - who believes in old blessings and curses?

>46 SqueakyChu: Friends of mine are travelling to Israel next week for the first time. They are thrilled about seeing the Holy Land. Another friend asked us about the Israel National Trail. He wants to do the desert part, starting in Eilat in March next year. He better be fit :)

A cantonal court had somebody fined recently for denying the Holocaust on his homepage. Pretty heavy fine but does that change this person's mind?

>47 paulstalder: Personally, I believe that if push came to shove, 45 would join the Nazis and turn against the Jews. Those Jews in his family and his administration are a blot to the name of Jewry everywhere. Those are NOT our values.

45 supports Netanyahu who has become so far right that he now considers himself a buddy of 45. That makes me sick. That's not who I am or who my Israeli family are. And yet...that is how the world sees Israel. I was just as appalled at the moving of the embassy to Jerusalem as the Arabs were. There was no need for that at this time. Why provoke more hostility from Arabs? To prove a point? To show how much of a bully and how strong you are? The embassy could very well have stayed in Tel Aviv until the appropriate time to move it to Jerusalem...which was NOT now.

I'm so glad you had the chance to visit Israel to see the beauty of that country and not just the dark side that is broadcast here in the US with every news report.

A cantonal court had somebody fined recently for denying the Holocaust on his homepage. Pretty heavy fine but does that change this person's mind?

Sadly, no. However my government is operating on total lies so why shouldn't everybody else? ::sarcasm::

*end of rant*

Keep me posted on your friend's trip to Israel.

>48 SqueakyChu:

Hasn't trump already joined the Nazis? I've never heard of a white supremacist who didn't hate the Jewish people.

>49 m.belljackson: Stated that way, I guess he already has.

Hello Paul! Lovely photos of Suki and of Switzerland. We loved Mt Pilatus too when we went up it.

>48 SqueakyChu: >49 m.belljackson: >50 SqueakyChu: A sad and difficult situation which will not change any time soon.

>51 cushlareads: I am very pleased to see you here again, Cushla. And I am pleased to hear that oyu have some good memories of Switzerland

111) Brut : Schauspiel mit Musik by Matthias Zschokke. A play. Sascha is a woman pretending to be a man, a pirate, travelling with captain Tristana, also a woman. They are stuck in the Caribbean and finally are able to hijack the vessel of the princess Lastadie ... The play is about dependencies and interaction of personalities ... but I am disappointed. None of the characters has any reality, or consistency, or 'loveability'. Zschokke did produce some plays and movies, he even won a literary prize.

112) Gabrielens Spitzen : Novellen by Grethe Auer. Two novellas by this Swiss author.
Gabrielens Spitzen: Gabriele is a poor but diligent woman. She was a brilliant lace maker. And one day a young rich man came around and asked for a special lace for his household ... a romantic tale
Der alte Kleiderhändler: A young student buys a second hand suit at a Jewish Budike (boutique, junk shop). Later he returns and asks the shop owner about the philosophic manuscript he found in it pocket, a treatise about God and his existence. The old owner then tells him that he himself was a brilliant student, thinking that he needs no god. But then gets typhus and loses all his academic abilities. So finds (himself) a god whom he can trust and surrender to his will, for can not do anymore what he wants to do. ... A philosophical tale about the questions of suffering and will. Some serious thoughts.
Two quite contrasting stories.




Grethe Auer (1871–1940)

Hi Paul!

I haven't visited in a while but, as always, take pleasure in the pictures you share and the discussions here.

Always pleased to see you here, Karen. I hope to share some more pictures here.

113) Die vierzig Tage des Musa Dagh : Roman by Franz Werfel. Gabriel Bagradian is a rich Armenian who served in the Ottoman army, later he went to France and married Juliette there. With his family he goes to back to the village of his ancestors in Turkey. But then Turkish started to persecute and cast out the Armenians. Thousands died. Gabriel developed a plan to secure a mountain top (the Musa Dagh, the Moses Mountain) near the coast and moved up there with all the remaining Armenians (over 4000 people). The first attack of the Turkish army became a disaster for the Turkish army ... How long are they going to stay alive against the whole Ottoman empire? How long is the food lasting? How strong are there own nerves in such a close community?

Werfel has written a very powerful and moving novel set during the genocide on the Armenians and their struggle to survive. First published 1933.
Based on the happenings in 1915 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_Dagh



I better go now. I am taking part at the 'Lunch Table' for seniors of our church :) Well, I am old enough. The wife of the pastor (who had invited me recently) makes some potatoes gratin.

During reading Werfel's novel I started to look for more background about the genocide on the Armenians. There are plenty, here just a few, I have consulted. I didn't read everything, because it became so daunting and depressing.

Bericht über die Lage des armenischen Volkes in der Türkei by Johannes Lepsius. The report of the German missionary, published 1916, but because of censorship the report was nowhere cited in newspapers.

"Doctor, sieh mich an!" : der Basler Arzt Hermann Christ auf medizinischer Mission in der Osttürkei (1898-1903) by Emanuel La Roche. The deportation of Armenians started already in the 19th Century as the Swiss doctor from Basel reported then.

Killing Orders : Talat Pasha’s telegrams and the Armenian Genocide by Taner Akçam. Original documents

Tod in der Wüste : der Völkermord an den Armeniern by Rolf Hosfeld

>57 paulstalder:

Au gratin potatoes were the favorite dish prepared by my Grandmother Lieret of Alsace origin.

And our family Thanksgiving was never complete without one of the boy cousins demanding more "Old rotten potatoes..."

>59 m.belljackson: "Old rotten potatoes..." :) the Alsace has some very good recipes

Today I made Alpine macaroni, pasta with potatoes and bacon cubes and cheese (not all according to the recipe but more to my own taste). My daughter and her husband ate the rest when they came in the evening.

I catalogued some more book marks:
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a Korean fan, metallic ---- a nice quote 'I'm just sitting here holding your place...'

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a leatherback turtle (the texture is like a turtle back to the touch) --- a hand coloured painting of Mt Pilatus

Tomorrow is the first anniversary of Suki's death. As a family we go up to Mt Pilatus. I didn't know that I have the book mark above of Mt Pilatus, so that was a nice surprise when I found it today.

Mt Pilatus


looking South

looking at Mt Rigi from Mt Pilatus

It was a gorgeous day. We were above the fog enjoying a sunny day, and had some memories of Suki

Wow! Stunning view from Mt. Pilatus.

Rest in peace, Suki. Your family still loves you very much.

Beautiful views, Paul. A lovely tribute to Suki.

>66 SqueakyChu: Thanks, Madeline. It was a very beautiful day.

>67 charl08: Yes, Charlotte, it was something that would have pleased her :)

>69 shawnjasper183: Thanks, Shawn. I am pleased to see you here. But I am not quite sure to which creative writing of me you refer to. But I am pleased you like what you read here.

Our cat had an operation today. They found some tumor on the left back side. So it is now wearing a ruff (?) around its neck and can't go out. Will be a restless night, tonight.

>71 paulstalder: Oh, I'm so sorry about your cat. I love cats! I hope the surgery was successful and that she (he?) has a speedy recovery. Keep us posted. What's your cat's name? My feral cat (who is 16 years old) is Uglifruit. :D

>72 SqueakyChu: It's a he, called Calvin (after the comic Calvin & Hobbes). The surgery was okay. But the wound looks ugly. He spent the last two nights in my son's room, so he got all the moaning and restlessness. He doesn't like the meds. I wonder why the medication smells fruity. They should either make it with the smell of meat or so, but not like a children's treat.

Cats are pretty fussy about what they eat. I agree with your assessment of how Calvin's medication should be disguised! :D

>73 paulstalder:

Cats can be pretty stoic, so hope the medications are keeping him free from pain.
All good wishes to Calvin and his humans.

>74 SqueakyChu: He became so hungry that he ate everything :) in the morning, but the second feed in the evening was a bit more difficult. He realized that he can push the food out of the plate and then the liquid was staying on the cloth underneath. Clever but he doesn't know that that were some drops of his painkiller.

>75 m.belljackson: Thanks for the good wishes. He often sits around the corner to the kitchen and just looks at us, kind of 'look at me, what you done to me' attitude.

>76 paulstalder: There is always that battle between cat and human. My feral cat Uglifruit will not let me touch her at all. However, she doesn't neglect to come to my back window multiple times a day to tap on the window to beg for food. I can't hear the tap, but I can see her paw rapping away at the window. :D

>78 paulstalder: That is an angry cat! I hope he's feeling better and on the mend.

>78 paulstalder: Awwww! Bless his little heart! He’s not a happy camper. Look at his dilated pupils!! :)

>79 harrygbutler: >80 SqueakyChu: No, he isn't happy But I can't change it either. My son commented that pictures when I sent it on the family chat: "Silly human refuses to pet me. My vengeance shall be furious!"

>81 paulstalder: :)

114) Samantha : eine Geschichte über Freundschaft by Sergio Bambaren. The little girl Samantha lives close to the sea and loves to be on the beach and live the things and animals there. One day a school of dolphins appear. One of them, Delphi, talks to her, and takes her out to the sea so that she learns what friendship is. A lovely little book about friends sharing the little things of life with each other.

Samantha and Delphi, Illustration by Michele Gold

115) Die Häuser zum Meergott, zum Schiff, zum Walfisch, der Schwibbogen und das Amtshaus der Herrschaft Rheinfelden, das Soolbad Schiff und das Hotel Schiff am Rhein, die Rheinbrücke mit dem Rheintor, die Untere Marktgasse, die Fröschweid und ihre Geschichte(n) : eine Dokumentation Chris Leemann. Rheinfelden is an old city at the Rhine, founded through a near by Roman camp around 44 BC. There is the oldest bridge over the Rhine between Strasbourg and Konstanz. The buildings near the bridgehead were built in the Middle Ages, changed later and renovated some years ago. The old wooden bridge burnt down in the 19th century. Part of the complex is the Hotel Schiff (ship). This domentation shows the old plans and the history of these buildings.



Suki spent some weeks in the Clinic Schützen in Rheinfelden. The same company bought the Hotel Schiff and the surrounding buildings in order to enlarge their concept of 'Clinic in a hotel' where there patients and tourists in the same hotel. Suki and I had coffee and cake in the Restaurant Schiff.

>85 paulstalder: their concept of 'Clinic in a hotel' where there patients and tourists in the same hotel.

This sounds very welcoming.

>86 SqueakyChu: I like it but other people don't like to be reminded that there are patients around when they want to make holidays. Sad.

116) Der kleine Seestern : Die Geschichte einer besonderen Mission by Sergio Bambaren. The little starfish comes too late to Noah's Arc and so is left behind. It holds on to the arc but loses its partner. So it has now way to multiply after the Flood, therefore God takes it up to the sky and so multiplies to the stars of heaven ... Also the mule which carries Mary is barren but also gets its special treatment. I don't like that story by Bambaren. Samantha was much better and had made sense to me, but this, no.

>87 paulstalder: Patients are people, too. There, but for the grace of God go I. Anyone can be struck by illness at any time. Everyone should be entitled to have hope and happiness.

>88 paulstalder:but this, no

:)

>89 SqueakyChu: I once made a rating on LocalGudies about a hotel in Interlaken which is integrated in a home for elderly people. Two days later another guest commented quite severely that he does not want to be reminded of old age and illness when on holidays ...

117) Natascha, Véronique und Paul by Friederike Kretzen. Natascha, Véronique and Paul are friends working in a theater connected area, and they meet in Natascha's flat every evening during the summer of 1982. That's the summer 'everything happens all over again and again'. Véronique is asked to write a book about that summer. She writes from hindsight and describes the summer bit by bit, always referring to death and not wanting to die at the end of a story as in Wender's movie 'The State of Things' ... a playing with words but not much of a story. I couldn't follow the author's constant insistence on 'emptiness', loneliness', the talk about what is 'beginning' what is 'end' what is 'farewell' and the connection with death.



I read it because my name appears in the title ... not the best reason for reading a book, I realized.

>90 paulstalder: So is it better to isolate the elderly, the disabled, and the ill? One day that vacationer will be old, though not necessarily disabled or ill. Some people are so ungrateful for their blessings. It pains me to see such reactions. No wonder the world is the way it is.

>91 paulstalder: So should I start avoiding books with the name Paul in the title? Haha!

>92 SqueakyChu: Yes, it's a sad and disturbing attitude.

>93 SqueakyChu: No, I should avoid Paul in the title, you should avoid Madeline in the title :)

statistics for October

1489 pages, 9 books

9 books were written in German, in 0 English, and 0 in Swiss German

nationalities: CH 4, A 1, D 2, USA , KOR , IL , GB , NL , PE 1,
dead 3, alive 5
male 6, female 2

2x Sergio Bambaren (PE, alive, male)

oldest 1926, newest 2013 (printed)

>94 paulstalder: LOL! I happen to love the children’s book entitled Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans!

>94 paulstalder: >96 SqueakyChu:

Many of us love Madeline - a lot of parents can recite it by heart!

If you haven't read it, Paul, you are in for a fun treat, even better if you can read it with a young one...
even more fun if you and the young one are in Paris.

>97 m.belljackson: Thank you for the recommendation. I will have a look for it when visiting the public library again.

118) Das Geheimnis des Leidens in der Mission by Karl Hartenstein. A short treatment of the question about suffering for the missionary. Suffering is part of the Christian calling - as Christ being prepared to give his own life if needed. Written in 1936 and published in a Germany where suffering for one's faith was daily life.

119) Christliche Grabmalsymbole : eine Untersuchung auf dem Basel-Städtischen Friedhof am Hörnli by Werner Graf. In April 1981 34'498 gravestone of the Hörnli cemetary in Basel, the biggest cemetery in Switzerland, were examined concerning the symbols displayed. The author concentrated on the Christian symbols. There are differences between burials and cremations: there are less symbols on the latter, and but there is an increasing amount of Christian symbols, indicating that Christians, too, used this form of funerals. About 10% of all the gravestones have no symbols (apart from the name of the deceased). A big majority of graves have crosses on it (Gree, Latin, Huguenot, Jerusalem, Taw crosses etc.). Animals are often engraved (doves for peace, lambs for patience and benevolence, fish for Christ (Ychthus standing Jesus Christ God Son Savior), bees for diligence, pelicans for care for their offspring, lions for power and strength, butterflies for rebirth (the Greek word for butterfyl is psyche, like soul), asses for helpfulness etc.), vine and roses do also appear quite often. If all these symbols do really have a Christian background is open. There was no time to question all the relatives of the gravestone 'owners' about their motives. An interesting investigation.

120) The mock senator; a pleasant Arabian tale ; Written originally in Arabick by Kara Mustapha Bashaw Reis Effendi, or clerk of the scribes of the Ottoman Port, now faithfully rendred sic into English. A poem about the intrigues of a man to be nominated as judge in a illegal way.
As in the Princeton catalog is noted:
'Kara Mustapha Bashaw is a pseudonym.
A satire on 'Mr P: Ha-n', i.e. Patrick Haldane, M.P. for Perth Burghs, written while he was seeking appointment by the Crown as a Lord of Session; after several lawsuits concerning the legality of his appointment, it was in December 1721 confirmed by the House of Lords.'

>100 paulstalder: Interesting, Paul! I just recently read a book about the images on Jewish gravestones!

http://www.librarything.com/topic/296997#6594906

>100 paulstalder: Stories in Stone is a great book on symbolism and contains not just the Christian ones but others as well. The author also has a book entitled Forever Dixie which is more about Southern cemeteries. It includes some of the symbols in it, but it is broader in scope than symbolism. He has some other books about cemeteries in specific locations such as Paris and Los Angeles and one book that deals with the sculptures and other "architectural" things as he calls them.

>102 SqueakyChu: Yes, I have seen your comment, Madeline. I tried to find it here in Switzerland, but to no avail.

>103 thornton37814: thanks, Lori. I ordered it from Zürich. Let's see what it brings. I am definitely interested in looking at it. There are not many publications in German, almost all of them concentrate either on a special cemetery or an artist. Or they are booklets by cemetery authorities or churches giving more councelling hints about creating a memorial for the dead.

>104 paulstalder: You're welcome! It's also very portable for taking with you to the cemetery!

>105 thornton37814: I avoid taking books like to the cemetery, Lori. I will make pix of gravestones and then compare them at home with the book(s) and other pix. Well, that's my intention but I am still not sure, how much time and effort I really want to put in that.

I just had a good first sentence in one of books I checked:
'Wissen wir eigentlich, was wir tun?' (= Do we actually know what we are doing?)
Grab, Kult, Memoria by Carolin Behrmann (Editor)
a good question to start a book about graves ...

The recent exhibition in the Pocket Museum (Hoosesaggmuseeum Basel): porcelain shoes



http://www.hoosesaggmuseum.ch/

121) Sturm über Windhaven : Roman by George R. R. Martin. Maris is a fisherman's daughter on a far away water based world. Flying messengers are the only fast and safe communication among the world's islands. Maris is adopted by a 'flyer' and learns to use his wings, but when he gets a son, the wings belong to him according to tradition. Maris starts out to change that tradition with far reaching consequences for the whole world of Windhaven..... A light scifi / fantasy read.



My son used that novel for of his school works.

122) Inspektor Ali im Trinity College by Driss Chraïbi. a Moroccan princess is found murdered in Cambridge, England. Ali, a police inspector is sent to investigate together with the British police because the main suspect is the princess' bodyguard, a member of the Moroccan secret service. The inspectors behaves as a typical macho Arab - but solves the mystery ... a farce. The story is not bad but the writing is too sloppy and far-fetched.

123) Where's Kitty? by Mercer Mayer. A little critter visits his/her grandparents and wants to play with the cat, so they look around on the farm, check on different animals in order to find Kitty ... nice children's book about different farm animals and their 'speech'.

What is it about Oxford and Cambridge as settings for murder mysteries!!!!?????

>111 sibylline: I guess the authors idea of a mystery in a learned surrounding ??

I missed my LT day. I started with LT on the 21st of October 2008! Well, I've seen the tenner medal from Tim but didn't get the message :)

Great to be part of this.

Cool! Happy belated Thingaversary!

>113 paulstalder: A belated Happy Thingaversary, Paul! We joined almost exactly a year later, on October 11, 2009.

>114 drneutron: Thanks, Jim

>115 harrygbutler: So, you will get your tenner medal next year :)

124) The secrets of the castle by Helen S. Humphries. A whole school has to move to an old castle in Scotland because their own premises had to be renovated. The six Jays (Jacqueline, Joyce, Janice, Janet, Jean, and Joan) are always on the lookout for adventures and are thrilled when they hear about the headless ghost who should be wandering around in the castle. There is also a new student, Morag from Norway who apparently is of Scottish descent... School life in the 1960s - being surprised by rain on a picnic was an adventure then - modern kids would basically complain about such an outing and would call emergencies and twitter all around. A nice easy happy read.

125) Der Entdecker des Kilimandscharo : Aus dem Leben des Missionars Johannes Rebmann by Arthur Jehle. The German Johannes Rebmann entered the mission school of the Basel Mission in 1839, was ordained in Islington 1845 and then sent to East Africa in the service of the English Church Mission. He made large travels into the inner parts of Africa and was the first white to report the sighting of Mt Kilimanjaro. He learned three African languages and published dictionaries for Suaheli, Kinika, and Kinjassa. He helped also to open houses for freed slaves who came back from other countries. An interesting short biography of this missionary who spent 29 years in East Africa

Hi Paul. Let me add my belated congratulations on your tenth Thingaversary.

A belated congratulation from me, too, Paul
I still have a while until the 10th Thingaversary, but I enjoy the time here from the beginning.
Here are such wonderful people - and reading recommendations.

>119 karenmarie: >120 SirThomas: Thank you, Karen and Thomas. I enjoy LT very much - the 'bookish' stuff like cataloguing and CK and also the community aspects as personal threads, challenges etc. - it's great to be part of LT

126) Schwirrflug : Roman by Regula Portillo. Alma and Judith start to clean up their mother's flat after her death (their father died some years earlier). They find old letters written by a certain Paul addressed only to her mother from Nicaragua. They mention a lie which they share. The sisters didn't know much about their parents stay in Nicaragua, even less about a lie in their mother's life. They travel to Nicaragua in order to find out that their parents were part iôf the European Brigadists who went to Nicaragua to support the Sandinist Revolution...
A novel about the search of the children for the understanding of their parents motives to chose such a life and learn about the political disinformation the West believed. The persons are fictive but the historical background is not. The story is told in an intertwined way in the view of the mother and then of the oldest daughter.



The title 'Schwirrflug' refers to the way humming birds fly: in a whizz/buzz standing still in the air, even flying backwards.

Regula Portillo is a young Swiss author who took part in the Sofalesungen 2018 (couch readings), events that took place in private homes. Several authors took part and were reading their new novels to a small group of people (number depending on the number of chairs/sofas a host had to offer). http://www.librarything.com/venue/111447/Sofalesungen-CH

I joined again in SantaThing 2018. Last years SantaThing didn't work - the books never showed up. But Loranne gave me a gift entry so I can join this year's SantaThing and will - hopefully - receive some books this year. I am looking forward to it.

>123 paulstalder: I hope things show up this year. I know I had trouble getting books to my Santee in the Christmas Swap last year. They finally reached her, but I think I purchased them a second time before they finally credited me for the loss.

>124 thornton37814: Loranne sounds optimistic :) So, let's see what comes.

Amazon seems to be a bit chaotic

127) Der mysteriöse Schwur by Frank E. Peretti. Cliff, a nature photographer, is found dead in the mountains, in a fictive mining town, - the upper part his body missing, eaten by a grizzly, the local authorities believed. But his brother Steve found disturbing hints towards something bigger - in size and scope. Is there still a prehistoric monster alive, a dragon or so? ... a Christian horror story, an allegory about sin in a society's life. Longish, but very readable.

128) Sei mutig : Unerschrockenheit unter Beweis stellen ; Studien des Alten Testaments: Esra, Haggai, Sacharja by Warren W. Wiersbe. A practical study of the books of Ezra, Haggai, and Zechariah. Gives some historical background and connections to the New Testament. A light, inspiring reading. With additional Bible study 'lectures'.

>125 paulstalder: It was Book Depository instead of Amazon with the difficulties last year. However, I will say I've had no difficulties in getting things to arrive at my own address to them, even in the midst of that; the problem was with getting them to a UK address.

>127 paulstalder: I've always enjoyed Wiersbe's studies.

Hey, Paul. Sorry that I have not visited your thread for so long. I have read a lot and heard many audio books on my way to work, but I was very rare on LT. My hand is doing a lot better and I will already work 83% next week (everything except sport and art). Everyone is sick at home. Marina has been dragging a respiratory problem for months. First it was said that it was pneumonia (after X-ray and blood value), then the doctors thought it could be whooping cough (still it is vaccinated) and now you are still on the cause. She feels pretty limp and could not work for a long time. She now has a cortisone spray, which alleviates the symptoms einwenig. Thomas and Isa have a classic cold flu withdrawn. Both feel a little better today.
I see you have read a lot. I like >107 paulstalder: with the porcelain shoes. Could you please photograph and post some exhibits? Thank you so much.
I did not join Santathing for a couple of years because I once had bad experiences. Not that the books did not find their way to me, it was more that overzealous members had selected the books for my Santee and I had no chance to pick out myself. That was too frustrating.

>129 Ameise1: Thanks for coming here. I am sad hearing all your troubles in the family. Hope you all will recover soon.

And I hope that you enjoy SantaThing this year.

I am afraid the exhibition in the Pocket Museum is already over, they probably have a new one. The place is not on my way home, so I don't know when I'll pass that museum again. I only made 2 pictures, here is the second one.

>128 thornton37814: Book Depository is not so active in the German speaking world, but last years plunder for my santa books was by amazon...

Wiersbe writes good. I think his spelling out all the parallels in the Old Testament with Jesus' coming is great. But his writing about the end of times are a bit less inspiring, I think. But he is good in pointing out God's grace and his guidance in our lives.

statistics for November

1819 pages, 11 books

8 books were written in German, in 3 English, and 0 in Swiss German

nationalities: CH 2, A , D 2, USA 3, CDN 1, IL , GB 2, NL , MA 1,
dead 5, alive 6
male 9, female 2

oldest 1721, newest 2017 (printed)

129) Rütli by Josef Hermann Hess. The Rütli, a meadow at the Lake of the Four Cantons, is the most sacred piece of land in Switzerland. Since 1307 this meadow is used as a meeting point for 'conspiratorial' purposes. It played a somewhat importnt part in the fight for freedom against the Habsburgs. Then it was often used as meeting point of the political representatives of the old Swiss cantons. in 1940, during World War II, General Guisan had a meeting with all the commanding officers of the Swiss Army on this site - a strong symbolic signal for our country. This booklet shows the history of this little meadow. It was bought basically by school children through the Swiss Charitable Society in 1859 and handed over to the government as an inalienable gift.

Thanks so much for posting the shoes.

Welcome :)

130) Aus Gnade leben : im Alltag aus Gnade leben lernen by Christoph Häselbarth. Living by grace - the grace of God is free and no strings attached. We believe that God has forgiven me and promised to take care of me. So God is 'showering' me with everything I need, and I can ask for any blessing which is mentioned in the Bible. Basically I agree with Häselbarth, but he seems to mix 'grace' and 'gifts of grace'. He often refers to St. Paul but without mentioning the troubles, pains and shortages Paul sometimes experienced. Paul, too, had his unanswered prayers. But altogether an encouraging book



One of the last books Suki bought.

I bought an advent calendar with beer for my son (again). I asked for Swiss beers, but they mixed a few foreigners among them.

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1) a German Eiszäpfle (icicle) -- 2) Ueli Shakesbeer (from Basel)


3) Vollmond Bier (full moon, from Appenzell)

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4) Simmentaler Märzen (March, lager, from Maienfeld, Heidiland) -- 5) Dunkel Quöllfrisch (dark, fresh from the well, from Appenzell)

I like the name Shakesbeer best :)

add-ons

421) Den jüdischen Messias erlebt : aktuelle Lebenberichte von Juden und Arabern by Hanspeter Obrist
- Meine Eltern, beide an Jesus gläubige Juden, kamen aus Rumänien, wo sie sich bereits kennen gelernt hatten, bevor sie 1950 nach Israel kamen und heirateten.
422) Heisses Eisen Hölle : Biblische Leitlinien zu einem verdrängten Thema by David Hilborn
- Was passiert, wenn wir sterben?
423) Der Spinnenmann : Kriminalroman by Terje Emberland
- Die vier am 10. Januar 1934 in Rustads Wagen abgegebenen Schüsse stellten kein isoliertes Verbrechen dar.
424) Auf Messers Schneide : Roman by William Somerset Maugham
- Nie habe ich einen Roman mit grösseren Hemmungen begonnen.
425) Drachenreiter by Cornelia Funke
- Nichts rührte sich im Tal der Drachen.
426) Ein Mensch mit Zukunft : im Gespräch mit Abraham und Mose by Peter Rüesch
- Der Herr sprach zu Abram: Zieh weg aus deinem Land, von deiner Verwandtschaft und aus deinem Vaterhaus in das Land, das ich dir zeigen werde.
427) Der unbequeme Messias : wer Jesus wirklich war by Carsten Peter Thiede
- Jesus von Nazareth ist der einzige Mensch in der Geschichte, der nicht einfach starb, in einem Grab verweste und anschliessend in den Geschichtsbüchern oder von der Bildfläche verschwand.
428) Operation Exodus : erfüllte Prophetie by Gustav Scheller
- Die erste leise Ahnung von der Wahrheit dieses Jesaja-Wortes kam mir im Restaurant eines Hotels in Nordengland.
429) Verleisbarungen : Aphorismen by Beat Rink
- Ich habe Platzangst.
Allgemeinplatzangst.
430) Mein Weg zur Wahrheit : Ein türkischer Journalist entdeckt die Bibel by Mustafa Efe
- Mustafa Efes Eltern lebten als wohlhabende Teppichhändler in Kayseri, einer Stadt in Mittel-Anatolien.

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431) Die starke Hand Gottes : der fünffältige Dienst by Jens Kaldewey
- Der Dienst des Apostels ist lange vernachlässigt worden.
432) Gott erkennen, Menschen verstehen : alttestamentliche Linien zur Lehre von Gott und zur Anthropologie by Herbert Klement
- Jesus war Alttestamentler.
433) Jossel Rakovers Wendung zu Gott : mit einem Faksimile des rekonstruierten Originals by Zvi Kolitz
- Ich glojb in der Sunn, afile wenn sie scheint nit; ich glojb in der Liebe, afile ich fihl ihr nit, ich glojb in Gott, afile wenn er schweigt.
434) Der Psalm von den zwei Wegen : Die Seligpreisung in Psalm 1 - Eine Auslegung by Eduard Haller
- "Selig der Mann!"
435) Die Zehn Gebote : Aufbruch zur Freiheit by Stefan Jung
- Die meisten Zeitgenossen sind im Blick auf Bibelkenntnisse so etwas wie Analphabeten.
436) Deutsche Predigten : eine Auswahl ; mittelhochdeutsch/neuhochdeutsch by Meister Eckhart
- Ich hân ein wörtelin gesprochen des êrsten in dem latîne, daz stât geschriben in dem êwangeliô und sprichet alsô ze tiutsche: 'unser herre Jêsus Kristus der gienc ûf in ein bürgelin und wart enpfangen von einer juncvrouwen, diu ein wîp was'.
437) Skellig by David Almond
- I found him in the garage on a Sunday afternoon.
438) The forest lover : a novel by Susan Vreeland
- Letting her cape snap in the wind, Emily gripped her carpetbag and wicker food hamper, and hiked up the beach, feasting her eyes on Hitats'uu spread wide beneath fine-spun vapor.
439) Anne in Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
- Ein grosses schlankes Mädchen von gut sechzehn Jahren mit ernsten graugrünen Augen und Haaren, die ihre Freunde als kastanienbraun bezeichneten, sass an einem herrlichen Nachmittag im August auf der breiten roten Eingangsstufe eines Farmhauses auf Prince Edward Island und wollte einige Verse von Vergil übersetzen.
440) Blutrunen : Kriminalroman by Verena Wyss
- Ob Mariechen gebetet hatte, als sie das Kind vergewaltigten?

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add-ons
441) So viel Geheimnisvolles Ob dem Stein : die Sagen des Oberhalbstein by Gion Peder Thöni
- Ja, ein geradezu besonderes Schauspiel bieten sie, die Dohlenschwärme, welche sich bei den ersten winterlichen Kälteeinbrüchen von ihren sommerlichen Feriensässen im Gebirge in die etwas wirtlicheren Täler hinunterscheuchen lassen und sich dann besonders auch am ehrwürdigen Gemäuer der Burg Rätia Ampla bei Riom festklammern oder herumschwirren, die einen scheinbar freundschaftlich miteinander plaudernd, andere kreischend schimpfend, wie es halt Vogelschwärmen eigen ist, - als ob sie einander nicht nur von den Sommer-Erlebnissen berichten würden, sondern auch von weit, weit zurückliegenden Dingen.
442) Auf dem Strom by Hermann Schulz
- Die Papageien drängten sich in den Schatten der oberen Zweige, denn sie mochten die Sonne nicht.
443) Anils Geist : Roman by Michael Ondaatje
- Wenn das Team um 5.30 Uhr morgens zum Fundort kam, warteten bereits ein, zwei Verwandte.
444) Hochsaison : Alpenkrimi by Jörg Maurer
- Lieber Herr Kommissar,
zunächst wünsche ich Ihnen einmal ein gutes, gesundes und erfolgreiches neues Jahr!
445) The Aran Islands by J. M. Synge
- I am in Aranmor, sitting over a turf fire, listening to a murmur of Gaelic that is rising from a little public-house under my room.
446) The tiger's wife : a novel by Téa Obreht
- In my earliest memory, my grandfather is bald as a stone and he takes me to see the tigers.
447) The last days of New Paris : a novella by China Mieville
- 1950 A street in lamplight. Beyond a wall of ripped-up city, the Nazis were shooting.
448) The greatest adventure : the balloonists' own epic tale of their round-the-world voyage by Bertrand Piccard
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449) Solothurn streut Asche : Kriminalroman by Christof Gasser
- Schwester Felicitas stand vor der offiziellen Toreinfahrt und starrte zum Haus hinüber, das in der blassen Dämmerung des milden Novembermorgens einen verlassenen Eindruck machte.
450) Die Vollendung des Leibes Christi by Fritz Binde
- Wenn wir über die Vollendung des Leibes Christi reden wollen, müssen wir vorher klarstellen, was der Leib Christi ist.

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add-ons
451) Schlemmereien aus Basler und Baselbieter Alters- und Pflegeheimen zum Nachkochen : muba 2007
- Rahmsüppchen von der Pastinake mit Petersilienklösschen und Pastinakenchips
452) Der dritte Tote : ein Krimi aus dem Südschwarzwald by J. J. Caesing
- Erst schien es Olga, der Tag hielte den Atem an.
453) Eine Zierde in ihrem Hause : die Geschichte der Ottilie von Faber-Castell ; Roman by Asta Scheib
- Das Letzte, was Anna Vasbender für eine längere Zeit von ihrem Zuhause sah, war eine fette Ratte, die ihr Hinterteil unter den verwitterten Holzbrettern des Abtritts hindurchquetschte.
454) Der Rebell : Roman by Bernard Cornwell
- Der junge Mann sass oben am Shockoe Slip in der Falle, wo in der Cary Street eine Menschenmenge zusammengelaufen ist.
455) Der grosse Kater : Roman by Thomas Hürlimann
- Der Bundespräsident sass hinter dem Pult im Ledersessel.
456) Nabob : ein Roman by Irène Frain
- Die etwas schwerfälligen Schiffe, die einst übers Meer nach Osten fuhren, hatten von Zeit zu Zeit auch vor Erwartung fiebernde junge Mädchen und vor Fernweh kranke Jungen an Bord, die, ohne es sich einzugestehen und meist auch ohne etwas voneinander zu ahnen, demselben lockenden Ruf ferner Gestade folgten, deren Namen sie wie eine Zauberformel wiederholten, um sich Mut zu machen, wenn die Nachmittagsflaute schwer über dem Meer lag oder des Abends ein Sturm aufkam.
457) Wolf : ein Hund zwischen Mensch und Wildnis ; Roman by Paul Vetterli
- Kein menschliches Wesen befand sich in der Nähe, als Klein-Wölfchen geboren wurde.
458) Die drei Sprünge des Wang-lun : Chinesischer Roman by Alfred Döblin
- Dass ich nicht vergesse -.
459) Fähnrich Hornblower : Roman by Cecil S. Forester
- Ein Januarsturm wühlte den Kanal auf, tobte ungestüm und führte Regenböen mit sich, deren schwere Tropfen laut auf die Ölröcke der Offiziere und Mannschaften prasselten, die durch ihren Dienst gezwungen waren, sich an Deck aufzuhalten.
460) Hornblowers Flucht und Rückkehr : Roman by Cecil S. Forester
- Kapitän Horatio Hornblower wanderte auf einem Teil der Wälle von Rosas hin und her, der von zwei Posten mit geladenen Musketen begrenzt wurde.

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461) Die Wortfalle : Roman by Maja Beutler
- Gandolfi schaut ruhig zu: Auch diesmal wählt sie keinen Farbstift, sie nimmt den Kugelschreiber und führt ihn langsam über die weisse Fläche.
462) Einfach so : Roman by Lily Brett
- Edek Zepler hatte früher immer polnische Mädchen gebumst.
463) Mädchengrab : Kriminalroman by Ian Rankin
- Er hatte sich lieber nicht zu dicht ans offene Grab gestellt.
464) Schloss Wildenstein by Johanna Spyri
- Schon seit bald zwanzig Jahren stand das alte Schloss still und verlassen dort auf der Höhe.
465) Heimatlos : 2 Geschichten für Kinder by Johanna Spyri
- Im Ober-Engadin, an der Strasse gegen den Maloja hinauf, liegt ein einsames Dörfchen, das heisst Sils.
466) Samantha : eine Geschichte über Freundschaft by Sergio Bambaren
- Samantha ging wieder einmal über den Strand zu der kleinen Bucht, die sie so sehr liebte.
467) Fantasievolle Sojaküche by Bruno Pelosi
- Die Sojaküche ist vielleicht neu für Sie und ungewohnt.
468) Einfach gut by Nicole Müller
- Vielleicht müsste man dieses Kochbuch mit einer Konserve eröffnen.
469) Flüchtiges Geld : Kriminalroman by Roger Strub
- Denis Tobler, ein Notar aus Zürich, betrat kurz vor 11 Uhr den Ostflügel des Neuen Schlosses im Zentrum der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart.
470) Der Fall Collini : Roman by Ferdinand von Schirach
- Später würden sich alle daran erinnern, der Etagenkellner, die beiden älteren Damen im Aufzug, das Ehepaar auf dem Flur im vierten Stock.

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>137 paulstalder: I'm back...for the beers! :D

Also a fan of Shakesbeer here: hope the taste lives up to the great pun / joke.

>143 SqueakyChu: >144 charl08: My son likes it. He is the beer drinker here, I am only the beer buyer. So far he liked the Shakesbeer and the Full Moon best

>137 paulstalder: A Advent Calender with beer? Never seen one of those- very neat :)

>146 figsfromthistle: It comes in a card box with numbers on top. The bottles are in three wooden racks.

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You can buy a 'half meter' of beer throughout the year: that contains 8 bottles.

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471) St. Petersinsel BE by Daniel Gutscher
- Die Bielerseegegend liegt auf der Naht zwischen Mittelland und Jura.
472) Ein Spiel für die Lebenden : Roman by Patricia Highsmith
- Theodore sah, dass er recht gehabt hatte mit seiner Annahme: die Hidalgos gaben eine Party.
473) Amerikas Naturparks by Peter Mathis
- Stille liegt über der kalten, weissen Einsamkeit.
474) Dubach im Abseits : Mord im Stade de Suisse by Norbert Hochreutener
- Ich bin kein Erfolgsmensch.
475) Un Lun Dun by China Miéville
- In an unremarkable room, in a nondescript building, a man sat working on very non-nondescript theories.
476) Das Gästebuch : die Rezepte für 16 Einladungen ; natürlich, überraschend, vielfältig by Karin Messerli
- Die Natur ist erwacht, es grünt und blüht, dass es eine wahre Freude ist: Kein Zweifel, der Frühling ist da.
477) Tamangur : Roman by Leta Semadeni
- Es ist Mittag, die Glocken läuten, die Strassen sind schon leer.
478) Der Schaum der Tage : Roman by Boris Vian
- Colin beendete seine Toilette.
479) Pampa Blues : Jugendroman by Rolf Lappert
- Ich hasse mein Leben.
480) Moominland midwinter by Tove Jansson
- The sky was almost black, but the snow shone a bright blue in the moonlight.

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481) Johannes Winzeler 1815-1863 : Erweckungsprediger, Gemeindegründer, Sozialmanager, Liederdichter by Hanspeter Nüesch
- Ich möchte an den Anfang einige turbulente Ereignisse aus Johannes Winzelers jüngeren Jahren als Evangelist und Gemeindegründer stellen, um diese in der Folge in einen grösseren Kontext zu stellen.
482) Was richtige Führung ausmacht - und was sie weglässt? : wirkungsvolle Strukturen in Leitung von FEG's by Peter Schneeberger
- Vor langer Zeit kam ein Wanderer an einem Steinbruch vorbei.
483) Geister : Roman by Nathan Hill
- Hätte Samuel gewusst, dass seine Mutter weggehen würde, hätte er vielleicht besser aufgepasst, hätte ihr genauer zugehört, sie eingehender beobachtet, sich ein paar wichtige Dinge aufgeschrieben.
484) Die Welt ist im Kopf : Roman by Christoph Poschenrieder
- Schopenhauer war wütend.
485) Kleinbasel : Geschichte und Bild der minderen Stadt by Ernst Ritter
- Die Rauriker, ein keltischer Stamm, lebten beidseits des Rheins als Bauern und wohl auch als Fischer.
486) Nächte in Strassburg by Assia Djebar
- Die Bewohner der Stadt wurden vertrieben.
487) The hero's walk by Anita Rau Badami
- It was only five o'clock on a July morning in Toturpuram, and already every trace of night had disappeared.
488) The year of sharing by Harry Gilbert
- Is somebody listening to this?
489) Bis ans Ende der Meere : die Reise des Malers John Webber mit Captain Cook : Roman by Lukas Hartmann
- "Das ist nicht mein Mann !"
490) Katzenzungen : Thriller by Tony Strong
- Endlich hört der Hund auf zu bellen.

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491) Wie ein Wanderer in einer mondlosen Nacht : Roman by Sijie Dai
- Nennen wir es eine verstümmelte Reliquie, jenes Fragment eines heiligen Textes, der in einer längst untergegangenen Sprache auf eine seidene Sutrenrolle kalligrafiert war, die von einem tobsüchtigen Kaiser mit den Zähnen zerfetzt wurde.
492) Kalte Ente : Geschichten by Burkhard Spinnen
- Meybom hatte lange geschlafen, dann war er aufgestanden, um sich Kaffee ans Bett zu holen.
493) Rapture by Christine Jordis
- I learned of Camille's death one evening in September 1992.
494) Achtsamkeit mitten im Leben : Anwendungsgebiete und wissenschaftliche Perspektiven by Britta Hölzel
- Das Interesse an der Achtsamkeit ist in der Alltagspraxis, in der klinischen Anwendung und in der Forschung in den vergangenen zehn Jahren rasant angestiegen.
495) Basel und der Tod by Christiane Widmer
- Wir können heute ziemlich genau nachvollziehen, wie die Menschen im Mittelalter in Europa mit ihren Toten umgingen, welche Bräuche herrschten, und wie Bestattungen vorgenommen wurden.
496) Aus Gnade leben : im Alltag aus Gnade leben lernen by Christoph Häselbarth
- Neben unbeschreiblicher Liebe, ewiger Güte und beständigem Wohlwollen ist eine der Hauptwesensarten Gottes, uns gnädig zu sein.
497) Das Memorial : Roman by José Saramago
- Don João, fünfter seines Namens in der königlichen Stammtafel, wird sich diese Nacht in das Zimmer seiner Gemahlin Dona Maria Ana Josefa begeben, die vor mehr als zwei Jahren aus Österreich kam, der portugiesischen Krone Infanten zu schenken, jedoch bis heute nicht schwanger wurde.
498) The reluctant fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
- Excuse me, sir, but may I be of assistance?
499) Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson
- There are Gods in Alabama: Jack Daniel's, high school quarterbacks, trucks, big tits, and also Jesus.
500) Venushaar : Roman by Michail Schischkin
- Dem Dareios und der Parysatis wurden zwei Söhne geboren, ein älterer, Artaxerxes, ein jüngerer, Kyros.

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>147 paulstalder: Way cool! I try to buy beer one bottle at a time. Well, not exactly that. Several at a time, but all different. I don't drink that much beer because the weather here is too cold and the calories are too many. but it's fun to have different varieties to offer and try out for the first time!

>151 SqueakyChu: It is fun to see all the different brands, names, bottles, labels ...

I brought some boxes to our pastor because he will move to Germany next Spring. Then in invited me 'for a beer' into the Amsel (blackbird), a restaurant and the local brewery with their own label. Well, I had a glass of local white wine with the quiche. We reminiscented about our time in Israel ... 'next year in Jerusalem', well it will be the year after that, I am afraid

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501) Nowhere City : Roman by Alison Lurie
- "Es ist so finster hier drinnen", sagte Paul Cattleman.
502) Die Nacht, in der meine Schwester den Weihnachtsmann entführte : acht unglaubliche Geschichten zum Heiligen Abend by Zoran Drvenkar
- Es ist kurz nach Mitternacht und ich bin müde und acht Jahre alt und habe zwei dinge beschlossen.
503) Weihnachten im alten Landhaus : Zwei Weihnachtserzählungen by Martha Zollinger
- Der Wald war dunkel und gross.
504) Nüsse unterm Schnee : Erzählungen aus der Advents- und Weihnachtszeit by Eduard H. Steenken
- Im Dämmer des kalten Dezembers läutete es sicher eines Abends, ein Luftzug ging durch den Hausflur, eine Tür öffnete sich, Hannes war da.
505) Lebensgeschichte und Natürliche Ebentheuer des Armen Mannes im Tockenburg by Ulrich Bräker
- Meine Voreltern. Dererwegen bin ich so unwissend als es Wenige seyn mögen.
506) Die Stickerin : Roman by Joanne Verhulst
- Mein Leben ist voller Geheimnisse, und eine Frau wie ich täte gut daran, das auch so zu belassen.
507) Nostromo : a tale of the seabord by Joseph Conrad
- In the time of Spanish rule, and for many years afterwards, the town of Sulaco—the luxuriant beauty of the orange gardens bears witness to its antiquity—had never been commercially anything more important than a coasting port with a fairly large local trade in ox-hides and indigo.
508) The trumpet-major by Thomas Hardy
- In the days of high-waisted and muslin-gowned women, when the vast amount of soldiering going on in the country was a cause of much trembling to the sex, there lived in a village near the Wessex coast two ladies of good report, though unfortunately of limited means.
509) By the river Piedra I sat down and wept by Paulo Coelho
- By the river Piedra I sat down and wept.
510) The chosen : a novel by Chaim Potok
- For the first fifteen years of our lives, Danny and I lived within five blocks of each other and neither of us knew of the other’s existence.

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Helles Samichlaus Eggenberg (Austria) --- New England IPA (Trois Dames, Switzerland)

>152 paulstalder: Sounds lovely! I got to spread my beer cheer as today I had a Chanukah party at my house. It was lots of fun. I thought it would be fun for my grandson to have some kids his own age here so I invited another family to join us for latkes, candle-lighting and a gift grab box. A couple of guests were dedicated beer drinkers so they were more than happy to try out my beer varieties! Now I get to choose some other ones! Fun!! :D

We had:
Samuel Adams Oktoberfest (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
Dogfish Head Namaste White Belgian-style witbier (Milton Delaware USA)
Flying Dog Doggie Style Pale Ale (Frederick, Maryland, USA) - not too far from where I live

:D

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8) Hirsegold (Premium draft beer, with millet) -- 9) Em Basler sy Bier (the beer of the Basler, bright and clear)

>155 SqueakyChu:

This one we had some years ago, I like especially the artistic label. The other two I haven't met so far.

>156 paulstalder: >157 paulstalder: I can't see the pictures!

My five-year-old grandson collects beer bottle caps. He started doing this when he was out metal detecting with his dad (my younger son). They're thinking of making a table topped with the bottle caps. It might also be fun (and much easier) to make coasters (for beer mugs or smaller glasses) out of the bottle caps. All that would need would be a base, a frame, the caps, and some clear epoxy. I think both would be fun projects.

>158 SqueakyChu: If you can't see them here, you might be able to see them in my picture gallery.

Will you post a picture of the beer-cap-endproduct? Might look quite goo, I guess.

>159 paulstalder:. I will post a picture if they ever do it. Not everything my son wants to do or make actually materializes!

I can see your pictures now.

Flying Dog has some great labels!!! Whoever their artist may be is certainly creative and talented.

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10) 117° NordSud (American Amber, Rheinfelden Switzerland) -- 11) L'Hivernale Jorat (a winter beer, Vulliens VD)

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511) The country girls de Edna O'Brien
- I wakened quickly and sat up in bed abruptly.
512) Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
- Amal wanted a closer look into the soldier's eyes, but the muzzle of his automatic rifle, pressed against her forehead, would not allow it.
513) Feuer und Tau : Führung der Seele by Franz von Sales
- Sobald wir aufmerksam an Gott denken, fühlt unser Herz eine beglückende innere Bewegung, die bezeugt, dass Gott der Gott des menschlichen Herzens ist.
514) Die geheimnisvolle Gegenwart Gottes : Bildmeditationen zu Gemälden von Caspar David Friedrich by David Jaffin
- In gewissem Sinn ist die Bibel ein Bilderbuch, denn Bilder wie Hirte und Herde, Sonne, Licht und Finsternis oder auch fliessendes Wasser sind verbindende Elemente im Wort Gottes.
515) Hebräisches Wörterbuch zu den Psalmen by Johannes Herrmann
- אבד sich verirren, verloren gehen, dahinschweben, z. Grunde gehen, umkommen.
516) Obszön : Geschichte einer Entrüstung by Ludwig Marcuse
- Das lehrt die lange Geschichte: obszön ist, wer oder was irgendwo irgendwann irgendwen aus irgendwelchem Grund zur Entrüstung getrieben hat.
517) Sizilianisches Finale : Aurelio Zen ermittelt in Sizilien ; Kriminalroman by Michael Dibdin
- Worauf am Anfang, als die Sache angeblich so klar war wie das Meer bei Sonnenaufgang, alles hinauszulaufen schien, war die Frage, wo, wie und wann genau der Zug "zusammengestellt" worden war.
518) Die Schiffe der Kleopatra : Ein Krimi aus dem alten Rom by John Maddox Roberts
- Kleopatra war nicht schön.
519) Die Vergebung : Roman by Tim Griggs
- Am zweiten Jahrestag ihres Todes verliess Cobb schon vor dem Morgengrauen die Farm und stieg den Hang hinauf, dem Tagesanbruch entgegen.
520) Lied in einer Gewitternacht : Die Geschichte einer jungen Liebe by Madeleine Secretan
- Der Zug fährt in den Bahnhof ein; es ist ein kleiner Bahnhof, ohne Lärm, ohne Betrieb, am Rande eines Dorfes, das sanft in einer jurassischen Talmulde eingebettet liegt.

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521) Das Halsband der Königin by Antal Szerb
- In den Jahrzehnten vor der Grossen Revolution lebten in Paris zwei deutsche Goldschmiede: Charles August Boehmer, den die Franzosen Boëmer aussprachen, und Paul Bassenge, dessen Name auf seine französische Abstammung hinweist.
522) Die Stadt der funkelnden Steine by Mavis Thorpe Clark
- Es war Posttag, aber der Schalter im kleinen Kaufhaus der Opalsucher wurde erst um fünf Uhr nachmittags geöffnet.
523) Das geraubte Leben des Waisen Jun Do : Roman by Adam Johnson
- Bürger, versammelt euch um die Lautsprecher, denn wir haben wichtige Meldungen für euch!
524) Ein Berner namens... : 52 Verse aus dem Nebelspalter nebst einem lehrreichen Berner ABC ; vierter Band by Ueli der Schreiber
- Aare. Längster Fluss der Schweiz (295 km) mit dem Zweck, die Berner Altstadt lieblich einzurahmen.
525) Engel des Universums : Roman by Einar Már Guðmundsson
- Nachdem ich nach Kleppur gekommen war, in die Irrenanstalt, die wie ein riesengroßes Schloß am Meer stand, erinnerte ich mich an damals, als ich ein kleiner Junge war und an einem regengrauen Nebeltag auf der löcherigen Straße stand und die Häuser und Pfützen anguckte.
526) Erinnerungen eines Davongekommenen : die Autobiographie by Ralph Giordano
- Bezeichnenderweise begann mein Leben mit einem Malheur, von dem es schon am Tag meiner Geburt fast beendet worden wäre - ich drohte zu ersticken.
527) Böse Leute : Kriminalroman by Dora Heldt
- Die alte Dame schloss umständlich die Haustür ab und verstaute den Schlüssel in ihrer Handtasche.
528) Der 50-jährige, der den Hintern nicht hochbekam, bis ihm ein Tiger auf die Sprünge half : Roman by Mikael Bergstrand
- Stellen Sie sich vor, Sie wären ein kleiner Bergsee.
529) AchtNacht : Thriller by Sebastian Fitzek
- "Hier ist der Anruf für Sie."
530) Dubach sieht rot : Mord im Kunstraub-Milieu by Norbert Hochreutener
- Die Stimmung in der Redaktion war gespannt.

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Today in 1792 Joseph Mohr was born. He has written 'silent night, holy night'.

131) Weihnachten im alten Landhaus : Zwei Weihnachtserzählungen by Martha Zollinger. Two Christmas stories: Marco's father wants to emigrate to the USA. His sisters gives him the money to do that but wants Marco to keep in her house. So Marco is 'sold' to his aunt. Marco's mother is a Christian and gives her Bible to Marco and promises to pray for him .... In the second story a woman asks a boy who hangs around the market place to help her carry the Christmas tree home. Sigi is staying with a cousin because the new lover of his mother made him leave the house ...
Two simple children's stories with happy endings.

>164 paulstalder: Thanks for sharing that bit of information, Paul!

>166 harrygbutler: you are welcome, Harry. Since I made this challenge to read a book with a word from his song, it was a bit of information which came along ....

132) Saints and sinners by Edna O'Brien. A collection of 11 short stories about everyday life in mostly rural Ireland. A nice pace to the stories about love and losses and longings ... a nice read, I enjoyed O'Brien's English.

I just realized that it is Edna O'Brien's birthday today. I did plan well to finish her book on her birthday 😄😄

133) Löwe gut - alles gut by Max Kruse. A nice children's book. Sultan, Lion and Camel travel on their flying carpet to the Lighthouse Island and meet the 3 Devils of the Seas with their ship 'Hell'. They obviously want to arrest the pirates ... some fun adventures



This is part four of these stories about the Sultan of Sultania with Lion as Head of Police ...

134) The XXXIX. articles of religion agreed upon by the Church of England to prevent diversity of opinions in religion by the Church of England. Intersting reading for me, to see what they felt importent to mention in such a paper at that time.

>170 paulstalder: I love that you read lots of children's books. I do, too. I started back when I had my own grandkids and realized how much I missed reading books for the younger set. :)

>172 SqueakyChu: I regard it as a good change to all the other readings

Find the Light—Reflect the Light—Be the Light

Happy Yule 2018!

Hi Paul,

First of all let me say thank you so much for your kind and generous gift of Secret Santa. What a nice thing to do for me. I very much appreciate it.

Second of all, I confess that I opened the package as soon as it came. I couldn't wait to see what the books were. In addition, my holiday of opening gifts (Chanukah) is over so I figured it would be okay to open the package immediately. I still don't know who my Secret Santa is. I'll find out after Christmas.

Whoever did the picking did a FABULOUS job. I say that because they took into account my taste in books, and not even one of them was even on my extensive wish list! Here's what they are:

Once We Were Brothers - Ronald Balson - This is a debut novel by an author of whom I never heard. It's about atrocities and romance in wartime Poland. I really enjoy discovering new authors and like to dip into Holocaust literature from time to time. I feel I need to know as much as I can about what happened without overwhelming myself. I generally prefer non-fiction, but well-written Holocaust fiction makes the reader feel the emotions of those involved in what really happened. I look forward to reading this book.

The Face of Another by Kobo Abe - You know I love contemporary Japanese fiction, and I have thoroughly enjoyed other books by this author. However, I never read this particular novel! Another book to discover by an author of quite strange stories! :D

The Island of Dr. Moreau - H. G. Wells - I was introduced to this author after reading The Invisible Man which I loved. I was thinking of trying another novel by this author, but was told the The Time Machine was a bit too dated. Now I can try another novel by this author without knowing anything about the story. That is way cool!

Year of Wonders - Geraldine Brooks - I saw this author in person at a past National Book Festival in Washington, DC. I was impressed by her talk that day and hoped to read her novels. I have only read People of the Book by her so far so I'm looking forward to this novel which I've never read but I know comes recommended highly.

By the way, I also had much fun picking books for my Secret Santee. I hope that person likes the books I chose as much as I like those I just received.

Again, thank you so much, Paul!

P.S. Please share here what you received from Secret Santa as well. :)

>175 SqueakyChu: Hej Richard. Thanks for visiting my thread and bringing such colorful Christmas tree decorations - ours is not so colorful. Just a little tree with red Christmas tree balls and the light string Suki made when in therapy (and some tree chocolate :) ).
Hope you find and be the the light, too.

>176 paulstalder: So pleased that your books arrived safely and that you like the choices the other one made for you.
I have read The Island of Dr. Moreau some years ago, fascinating, disturbing ethical issues. I have The Face of Another somewhere. And I know People of the book, never heard of Balson. So it looks a very interesting collection of books you're going to read now :) It's great to be so positively surprised by a stranger :)
I will share what my secret Santa chose for me - after I opened the two parcels I got from Book Depository

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12) Feldschlösschen Weihnachtsbier (Christmas beer) --- 13) Appenzeller Birra artigianale (ginger beer)

My son liked the ginger beer: He came to me and said, that the Argentinian beer was quite good. I knew that there was no beer from Argentina among the beers, so I had a closer look at the tag: artigianale is Italian and stands for 'crafts'.

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14) Ittinger Amber --- 15) Chopfab trüeb (head off; murky, somber)

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16) äs Gäächs Muotathaler Wildiheubier (a steep one; beer witrh wild hay) --- 17) Valaisanne Ämrich bière blanche (wheat beer; Ämrich = apricot)

135) The cricket on the hearth : a fairy tale of home by Charles Dickens. John and Dot are married since one year. But then the wicked toy merchant leads John to an apparent intimate meeting of Dot with a stranger ... but all comes to a good end thanks to the cricket on the hearth. A great tale.

>180 paulstalder: I found the young woman, older man pairs rather annoying even though one was prevented and one was familial.

>181 quondame: Now, as you mention it, Susan. I was aware of these pairings but I thought that this was more of a more common situation when Dickens wrote the story. The one prevented pair did annoy me because of the open meanness of the man - but he would have been mean anyway, age just made it worse.

>182 paulstalder: Yes, probably much more common, though it still happens, and it still troubles me. I also read a Wilkie Collins story with a mismatched pair, though less so, but the period rational was unpalatable.

136) Time for Change : wie ich meiner Tochter die Wirtschaft erkläre by Yanis Varoufakis. The Greek president explains his daughter the way of economics in the world. He tells about how money came into the world and how the banks create money out of nothing (giving credits) and never get enough of such profits. As long as they can expand and make profits they loath the government and hate their interference. But as soon as the bubble explodes and brings along a crisis, they demand of the state to help them, to regulate, to give them their money back. Only (imperfect) democracies can soften such crisis.

A critical debate about the 'science' of economics. Very recommended.



It is astonishing that bankers can basically do what they want. When a bank gets near bankruptcy then they get support from the politicians and the leaders of the bank still keep their positions. It would be better to replace them with new people (without giving them a golden parachute...)

>183 quondame: It troubled me as well, when a close friend of mine married a much older man soon after school. She was the daughter of a Czech-Swiss author. We were around 23 years old, and after a year or so after we both finished teacher's training college, I met her on the train station and asked her about her future plans. She told me that she now has married so-and-so, a much older man I knew (almost as old as her own father). I quite stared at her, couldn't say anything, and she only replied: 'Don't look so shocked. Forget your fundamentalist conventions. Love is all that counts. And, yes, we have it good together.' They then moved somewhere else and I never heard anything of her anymore.

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18) Corporate Monkey Craft Lager (St-Légier VD) --- 19) Bise noir, Trois Dames (Black Kiss by Three Dames, Sainte-Croix VD)

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20) Augustiner Pils (München D) ---21) Rebel IPA (Samuel Adams Boston MA)

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531) Die Pflanzenwelt der Region Basel : 19 Exkursionen by Christine Huovinen-Hufschmid
- Die vorliegenden Exkursionen liegen alle im Umkreis von bis zu 75 km um Basel.
532) Brüder : Roman by Hilary Mantel
- Nun, da sich der Staub gelegt hat, können wir unsere Lage in Augenschein nehmen.
533) Wir Christen und das liebe Geld by Samuel Gerber
- Vor einigen Jahren behandelte ich in meinen Radioansprachen über eine längere Zeit das Thema "Gemeindezucht".
534) Im Schatten das Licht : Roman by Jojo Moyes
- Er sah ihr gelbes Kleid, bevor er sie sah, glühend im Abendlicht, ein Leuchtfeuer am anderen Ende der Stallungen.
535) Das grosse Vorlesebuch zu Advent und Weihnachten by Carola Hoffmann
- Der Adventskranz hatte 24 Kerzen, der Christbaum hing verkehrt herum von der Decke und das Weihnachtsfest war am 6. Januar - heute wird Weihnachten anders gefeiert, als noch vor einigen hundert Jahren.
536) Die schönsten Weihnachtsgeschichten aus Skandinavien by Gitte Haenning
- Draussen auf dem Land lag ein alter Hof, und dort wohnte ein alter Gutsherr, der zwei Söhne hatte, die so gewitzt waren, dass die Hälfte genügt hätte.
537) In einer dunklen Nacht ging ich aus meinem stillen Haus : Roman by Peter Handke
- Zur Zeit, da diese Geschichte spielt, war Taxham fast vergessen.
538) Topkapi : Roman by Eric Ambler
- Ich hatte keine andere Wahl: Wenn mich die türkische Polizei nicht verhaftet hätte, so hätte mich die griechische hinter Schloss und Riegel gebracht.
539) Abraham kann nichts dafür : 66 neue Satiren by Ephraim Kishon
- Neulich besuchte ich die Seligs nebenan und fand sie im Gespräch mit einem aalglatten, auffallend smarten, jüngeren Mann, mit dem sie, wie sich herausstellte, ein grösseres Transportproblem besprachen: "Die Transport-Kosten", erklärte der Aalglatte eben meinem Freund Felix, "beinhalten das Abholen des Klaviers vom Lagerhaus und die Aufstellung desselben in dieser Wohnung an jedem beliebigen Ort Ihrer Wahl."
540) Josef, staub die Krippe ab : neue Weihnachtsgeschichten zum Staunen, Lachen und Feiern by Christoph Zehendner
- Achtung Autofahrer: Nach Blitzeis und anschliessendem Schneefall ist die A 4 zwischen Chemnitz und Dresden weitgehend nicht befahrbar.

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merry Christmas


that's my version of the story: the light is born


the original nativity scene in the chapel of the Sonnenhalde clinic in Riehen

Wishing you and your family a delightful Christmas, Paul!

>185 paulstalder: When people make major choices in their lives that shock us, I think it is mostly because we have to realize that we didn't really know them. Several friends from my twenties and early thirties joined cults and most were entirely lost to me. It made me realize how many people don't reveal the pain they endure daily or cover it with some sort of acceptable grief. I somewhat reassured that, at least among my current friends, the scope of what is acceptable has vastly widened.

>184 paulstalder: Glad you read Varoufakis, Paul.

Merry Christmas!

Here's a follow-up remark about the books I got from my LT Secret Santa. The fact is that ALL of the four books I got from my Secret Santa were on my wishlist. My wishlist was so long (over 400 books!) that I didn't even remember which books were on it. When I went to register my four Secret Santa books here on LT, I did indeed find them ALL on my wishlist...which, of course, was not a problem for mel. Haha!

I wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and a peaceful time.

Dear Paul, I have no idea how I deserve to be gifted to you via Santathing. A thousand thanks for that, I was really happy. I wish you a Merry Christmas together with your loved ones. Love and hugs xx

>195 Ameise1: Nice!

I wonder if they use any algorithms to determine giftees or if they just randomly choose names.

Froehliche Weihnachten, Paul! (And happy Christmas Eve too - I know I am a bit early for Christmas Day but we are about to start the cooking and celebrations here so I will be getting off the laptop soon.)

>190 SqueakyChu: Thanks, Madeline, looks good, though you forgot to send the smell as well.

>191 quondame: You are right, Susan. You never know exactly what 'drives' our friends to make the decisions they make. She had (as I had, too) troubles finding a job after college. But that can't be the only reason.
Me, too, I lost a close friend going into a (Catholic) monastery. Before that we were together in the same choir, singing bass together, went hiking in the mountains together...

>192 FAMeulstee: Thanks for reading it yourself for a TIOLI challenge, Anita. That's where I came across this book and thought of having a shared read for a change :) And I really enjoyed reading him.

>193 SqueakyChu: Oh, Madeline. So you received some books you were not sure if you wanted them, checked your LT catalog and found out that wanted them a long time ago, so you became sure again, that you want them after all ... ah, well, happy reading anyway :)

>194 SirThomas: Fröhliche Weihnachten auch Dir, Thomas. Thanks for coming over

>195 Ameise1: Gesegnete Weihnachten, Barbara. Well, you are right, you didn't do anything to deserve it :) I received a gift and just passed it on to you. Hope you enjoy your new books.

>196 SqueakyChu: Madeline, there was nothing randomly in this case. Because last years Santa books for me went MIA or AWOL or both, Loranne had pity on me and passed me some funds, and I shared them with you and Barbara.

>197 cushlareads: Hallo Cushla, great to see you around again. Hope you were able to clear your kitchen before cooking. When my daughter flies in, she uses the kitchen no matter in what condition, and it is me who then later has to clear the kitchen in order to find anything unused ... Merry Christmas down under

137) 84 Charing Cross Road : eine Freundschaft in Briefen by Helene Hanff. Helene is looking for antiquarian books and doesn't find them in New York where she lives. So she orders books from an antiquariat in London, at 84, Charing Cross Road. This book is now the correspondence between her and Frank and other employees from Marks & Co. A fine reading about literature, and everyday life of these booklovers. I really enjoyed these letters.



When joining LT, 84charingcross was one of the first people I came across here. I never had read the book but now I found it for CHF 1.-. That was a good invested Franc!

>199 paulstalder: Thanks so much, Paul. That's very kind of you.

>199 paulstalder: Oh, I misunderstood. Barbara was also a giftee, like me! What a generous gift to both of us! My books will be great fun for me to read...even though I forgot I wanted them!

Merry Christmas to you and yours, Paul!

Happy holidays, Paul

>201 Ameise1: Gern geschehen, Barbara. Hope you can read and rest your body and that may help you to recover fully :)

>202 SqueakyChu: I hope your are not too much disappointed, Madeline, that you are not the only giftee (funny word, since Gift in German means poison). And thank you again, for all the effort you put into TIOLI

>203 harrygbutler: Thanks Harry - so Santa used a balloon in 1928? When did he change that for a reindeer sleigh?

>204 PaulCranswick: Thank you so much, Paul, for your good wishes. Hope you enjoy some good days with your family, too.

>205 paulstalder: Santa seems to like to experiment. By the 1950s, he was evidently trying out adding rocket boosters to the sleigh:

>205 paulstalder: Not at all! The more giftees the merrier! :)

>206 harrygbutler: Fun. Thanks, Harry. Our Santa Claus arrives on the 6th Decembre and brings nuts, mandarines, and cookies. and he comes on a donkey or by foot. I never could do much with the chimney sweeper guy.

>207 SqueakyChu: Gern getan, Madeleine

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22) Wisby Jul Gotland (Swedish Christmas beer) --- 23) Fraîcheur Bière blanche Trois Dames

24) Hoppy Christmas Bewdog Scotland

happy holidays!

Thank you, Lucy. Wish you a good end of the year and all the best for the next

I opened my two Santa parcels yesterday. Sadly the first book I saw was Der Name der Rose by Eco in English, which I have read in German some years ago and is in my library since 2008. My Santee has apparently overlooked my German edition of the book.
The other choices are great, I will catalog them as soon as possible and then list them here.

>213 paulstalder: Oh no!

I do love the Xmas beer pictures, especially the elf with his back to us. Thank you for sharing them.

>213 paulstalder: Sorry to hear that. Have you got all books? When I have a look at Santa I should get four books but have gotten so far two. One was unfortunately damaged but still readable.

>214 charl08: Eco's book is good so I will not throw it away, but it is not in the original Italian - that would have kind of fun. Oh, well the other books are far more interesting.

>215 charl08: I guess, that looks more like the back of a Swedish troll, Charlotte.

>216 Ameise1: Oh, Barbara that's sad. Did you get the first parcel from Book Deposit or amazon? Amazon doesn't deliver Swiss customers anymore (I guess you have heard that, too). But with BD the chances are bigger to get the other half of the books as well. Otherwise ask Lorannen.
Well, I miss still my 2017 Santa books ...

138) Josef, staub die Krippe ab : neue Weihnachtsgeschichten zum Staunen, Lachen und Feiern by Christoph Zehendner . 11 stories which all are connected with Christmas:
- Weihnachten an der Autobahn: Torsten travels on the autobahn when the whole traffic comes to a halt. But people start to talk and then make a snow igloo which in the end contains a whole nativity scene with parts from different people.
- Der verrückte Weihnachtswunsch: a husband asks his wife about the best gift he should give her for Christmas: her answer: a list of everything what you are thankful for ...
- Josef und der neue Name: a village in Palestine searches for a name, just before the Roman occupation. They find an old branch of a tree and see a sprout on it; since they hope for the future messiah, the name their city Sprout (Nazareth).
- Krippengeflüster: Josef travels into our time and comments on nativity scenes: The rich garments of Mary (which she didn't possess), the baby Jesus with so much curly hair (holder Knabe im lockigen Haar) - but then Jesus was just a normal baby, the fact that he, Josef, is most often put in a dark corner as if he had nothing to do with the whole thing ...
- PS: the story according to Luke 2
nice reading of a Christian songwriter

I got the first two books by Amazon.

>219 Ameise1: Then better ask Lorannen, since 26th Decembre Amazon doesn't do any direct deliverance to Switzerland anymore (NZZ 5.12.18). That shouldn't do anything to your delivery, but with Amazon you never know.

Paul, I told them to order from amazon.de. That shouldn't be a problem.

Paul, I've got the last two books today. Thanks so much again. I'm so happy.

>222 Ameise1: Thanks, Barbara, for letting me know. I am pleased that they arrived safely.

139) A moveable feast by Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway lived in Paris in the 1920s. Here he tells about life in Paris, life with his first wife (when he thought he would never betray her), and the encounters with other writers living there, like Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, Ford Madox Ford, Scott Fitzgerald et al. Easy read with good descriptions of the people.

140) Der Käfer : 30 exotische und nostalgische Postkarten vom berühmtesten Auto der Welt ; zum Sammeln, Verschicken und Verschenken. A collection of 30 post cards of the biggest beetle

>225 paulstalder: That postcard makes me miss my old car (a 1971 yellow Volkswagen Super Beetle convertible). What fun it was! :)

>225 paulstalder: Sweet memories, Frank had an old Käfer when we started together in 1983 :-)

Hi Paul! Congrats on so many good books read this year.



Wishing you a new year filled with joy, happiness, laughter, and all the wonderful books you could wish for.

>226 SqueakyChu: something like that?

VW Käfer 1303 S Cabrio

>227 FAMeulstee: When we came together, I had no car. But a friend gave me his Renault 10 or 12 or something to help her move from Baden AG to Zürich. Our first was a mini when we lived in England. My father was always driving Volkswagen.

>228 thornton37814: Thanks, Lori, same to you.

>229 karenmarie: Yes, Kare, I was able to read some great books. I wish you a wonderful 2019 as well.

statistics for December

1517 pages, 12 books

8 books were written in German, in 4 English, and 0 in Swiss German

nationalities: CH 2, GR 1, D 4, USA 2, IRL 1, GB 2,
dead 5, alive 5
male 7, female 3
an official publication 1
a company publication 1

oldest 1632, newest 2018 (printed)

add-ons:
541) Das Lied vom Honig : eine Kulturgeschichte der Biene by Ralph Dutli
- Es war eine reine Zufallsbegegnung, wie vieles, was einem im Leben zustösst.
542) Wir sehen aus wie der Feind : Arabische Juden in Israel by Rachel Shabi
- Eigentlich sind es die Datteln, die ihre irakische Herkunft verraten - eine Gewohnheit, die so fest in ihnen verwurzelt ist wie die arabische Sprache und Musik, die arabische Lebensweise.
543) Martin Reloaded : Luthers Schriften für alle by Martin Dreyer
- Hallo! Mein Name ist Martin Luther.
544) 84 Charing Cross Road : eine Freundschaft in Briefen by Helene Hanff
- Sehr geehrte Herren! Ihre Anzeige in der Saturday Review of Literature entnehme ich, dass Sie auf Bücher spezialisiert sind, die nicht mehr lieferbar sind.
545) Wächter der Nacht by Sergej Lukianenko
- Langsam und ächzend kroch die Rolltreppe nach oben.
546) Altägyptische Märchen by Emma Brunner-Traut
- Ein königlicher Gefolgsmann spricht einem von gescheiterten Unternehmen heimgekehrten Gesandten, der sich über seine bevorstehende Meldung beim König Sorge macht, Mut zu, indem er ihm sicheres Auftreten empfiehlt.
547) Buddhistische Märchen : aus dem alten Indien by Else Lüders
- Das Folgende erzählte der Meister, als ere im Dschêtawana weilte, in bezug auf einen Mönch, der die Anstrengung aufgegeben hatte.
548) Die Tessinerin : Geschichten by Thomas Hürlimann
- Der Berggänger steigt, seine Kraft und die Nahrung, die er im Rucksack trägt, die noch zu bewältigende Linie und einen eventuellen Wetterumschlag immer bedenkend, hinauf zum Gipfel.
549) Providence und zurück : Roman by Isabella Nadolny
- "Wenn du", sagte mein langer Sohn, der einst der kleine Dicki gewesen war, "zum Beispiel nächsten Mittwoch losfährst, bist du Ende der Woche in Providence."
550) Die Verfolgung : Roman by Heike Koschyk
- Ariane Sanders kämpfte mit den Tränen.

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add-ons
551) The tale of Timmy Tiptoes by Beatrix Potter
- Once upon a time there was a little fat comfortable grey squirrel, called Timmy Tiptoes.
552) The tale of Benjamin Bunny by Beatrix Potter
- One morning a little rabbit sat on a bank.
553) The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
- At the sunset hour of one warm spring day two men were to be seen at Patriarch’s Ponds.
554) The empty chair by Jeffery Deaver
- She came here to lay flowers at the place where the boy died and the girl was kidnapped.
555) Die verschwundene Dienerin : ein Fall für Vish Puri by Tarquin Hall
- Vish Puri, Gründer und Geschäftsführer von Most Private Investigators Limited, sass allein in seinem Zimmer in einer Pension in Defence Colony im Süden Delhis und verspeiste ein Dutzend gr¨ne Chili-pakoras aus dem fettigen Pappkarton eines Imbiss-Stands.
556) Herr Hofer und sein Hosenträger : Tiroler Gratwanderungen by Susanne Schaber
- Überschreitungen. Ein Wort aus der Sprache von Bergsteigern und Alpinisten.
557) Fahnenwechsel : Roman by Félix de Azúa
- Heute schüttelt der Wind die Platanen und Akazien, schüttelt die Akazien und Platanen, immer mit inspirierten Gedanken, bringt Unruhe in die Köpfe, die er schüttelt.
558) Die Geschichte von einem Vogel und einem Mann : Erzählung by Archil Kikodze
- Als wir oben am letzten Festungsturm angelangt sind, treffen wir die Kinder wieder.
559) Der Jurist : Thriller by Randy Singer
- Wenn dem Jungen irgendetwas zustiess, würde sich der Professor das nie verzeihen.
560) Der Vergangenheit auf der Spur : ein Jahrhundert Archäologie im Land der Bibel by Silvia Schroer
- Der christliche Pilgerstrom ins Heilige Land war zwar seit dem Mittelalter nie ganz abgerissen, doch ging das Wissen über das Land und seine Ortslagen, die zuletzt vom Kirchenvater Eusebius im 4. Jh.p erfasst worden waren, mit der Zeit verloren.

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add-ons
561) Die Kinder des grossen Königs & Die Melodie des Königs : Legenden und Weisheitsgeschichten by Max Lucado
- Der Vater träumte.
562) Der Überläufer : Roman by Siegfried Lenz
- Niemand öffnete die Tür.
563) Das Lied der Gräser : Roman by Lewis DeSoto
- Zuerst muss sie die Samen waschen.
564) Spaal : Roman by Inge von Wangenheim
- Unsere Geschichte, die sich im Titel mit einem sehr abgelegenen, romantisch-geheimnisvollen und weithin unbekannten Schauplatz einer allgemeineren Aufmerksamkeit angenehm empfiehlt, beginnt im dichtesten Gedränge auf einem der gebildeten Welt durchaus bekannten Schauplatz - sie beginnt in einer lauen Oktobernacht auf dem Zwiebelmarkt zu Weimar.
565) Achill, Troja und ich : Roman by Sophie Chauveau
- Ich schreibe auch vom Olymp aus ...
566) Paper Cut in China : The Twelve Symbol Animals
- Paper-cut is a picture cut out on a paper with scissors.
567) Blut auf den Blumen : Roman by Barbara Specht
- Ich bin Ihnen sehr dankbar, Herr Rechtsanwalt, dass Sie sich heute nachmittag meine Geschichte anhören wollen.
568) Sippenhaftung : Roman by Walter Schüpbach
- Wenn Grossvater am Abend nach einem langen Arbeitstag von der Werkstatt heraufkam, konnte es bisweilen geschehen, dass er die Drechslerspäne, die sich auf seinen Schultern abgelagert hatten, in einem Zustand völliger Selbstvergessenheit wie sein eigenes Körperhaar in die Küche trug.
569) Fuselfieber by David Sedaris
- Heute nachmittag brachte ich den Müll der Rosenblatts weg, als das Dienstmädchen von nebenan die Tür hinter sich zumachte, ihre weiße Uniform straff zurrte und auf den Knopf für den Aufzug drückte.
570) Menschen die Hoffnung säen : Hoffnungsträger 2019 by Simon Jahn
- Hurra, uns geht es besser, als wir denken!

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add-ons
571) Lorraine und die Entdeckung des Glücks : Roman by Valérie Gans
- Das Paket war Ende August 1968 gekommen, das genaue Datum wusste Amari nicht mehr.
572) Der verschwundene Halbgott by Rick Riordan
- Jasons Tag war auch schon vor dem elektrischen Schlag mies gewesen.
573) Tell the wolves I'm home by Carol Rifka Brunt
- My sister, Greta, and I were having our portrait painted by our uncle Finn that afternoon because he knew he was dying.
574) Matthias Claudius : das Schönste aus seinem Werk by Matthias Claudius
- Ich bin ein Bote und nichts mehr,
Was man mir gibt das bring ich her.,
Gelehrte und polit'sche Mär;

and my Secret Santa books:
575) Across the nightingale floor by Lian Hearn
- My mother used to threaten to tear me into eight pieces if I knocked over the water bucket, or pretended not to hear her calling me to come home as the dusk thickened and the cicadas' shrilling increased.
576) The name of the rose by Umberto Eco
- In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
577) Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
- Lost in the shadows of the shelves, I almost fall off the ladder.
578) Marie Curie by Ma Isabel Sánchez Vegara
- When Marie was a little girl, she made a vow to herself... she was going to be a scientist, not a princess.
579) The calligrapher's daughter by Eugenia Kim
- I learned I had no name on the same day I learned fear.
580) The coroner's lunch : a Dr Siri mystery by Colin Cotterill
- Tran, Tran, and Hok broke through the heavy end-of-wet-season clouds.

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In 2018 I added 1390 books to my library.
580 are mentioned here as add-ons, the others are mostly books I borrowed from other libraries or friends.
Most books I got for free from public books boxes.

my 2019 thread http://www.librarything.com/topic/300915#6677000