Book
A Grief Observed
Collection of C. S. Lewis’s reflections on the experience of bereavement following the death of his wife, Joy Davidman, in 1960. The book was first published in 1961 under the pseudonym N.W. Clerk, as Lewis wished to avoid identification as the author
Liar’s Poker
American bar game that combines statistical reasoning with bluffing, and is played with the eight digits of the serial number on U.S. dollar bills
Voices of the Old Sea
After World War II, Norman Lewis returned to Spain and settled in the remote fishing village of Farol, on what is now Costa Brava. Voices of the Old Sea describes his three successive summers in that almost medieval community where life revolved around the seasonal sardine catches, Alcade’s bar, and satisfying feuds with neighboring villages.It’s …
Two Sought Adventure
1957 collection of fantasy short stories by American writer Fritz Leiber
Main Street
Metonym used to denote a primary retail street of a village, town or small city in many parts of the world
The Cyberiad
Series of humorous science fiction short stories by Polish writer Stanisaw Lem, originally published in 1965, with an English translation appearing in 1974. The main protagonists of the series are Trurl and Klapaucius, the “constructors”.The vast majority of characters are either robots or intelligent machines