Levent Mollamustafaoglu
@leventmolla.bsky.social
Writer and Translator, Retired Industrial Engineer and Academician. Developed software and managed software projects for 45 years. Nowadays developing iOS software with SwiftUI and slowly writing historical novels.
When an atrocious crime is committed and all signs point to the school's baseball coach the whole town is shocked. The evidence seems to be tight but then there is further evidence that seems to show that the coach was somewhere else when the crime was committed.
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The Outsider (Holly Gibney #1)
An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. At a…
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December 12, 2025 at 10:11 AM
When an atrocious crime is committed and all signs point to the school's baseball coach the whole town is shocked. The evidence seems to be tight but then there is further evidence that seems to show that the coach was somewhere else when the crime was committed.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/36...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/36...
This book covers the composition of an orchestra, the balance between the different instrument groups, the orchestration.
It has a lot of useful information, score samples to explain some of the concepts and very specific structural information for the orchestra.
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It has a lot of useful information, score samples to explain some of the concepts and very specific structural information for the orchestra.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
The Orchestra and Orchestral Music 1899 [Leather Bound]
Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf p…
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December 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This book covers the composition of an orchestra, the balance between the different instrument groups, the orchestration.
It has a lot of useful information, score samples to explain some of the concepts and very specific structural information for the orchestra.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
It has a lot of useful information, score samples to explain some of the concepts and very specific structural information for the orchestra.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
It is a novel about the establishment of an utopian society, whilst following the personal development of a young politician. It turns out that the utopian element is non-existent and the development stays short of a proper Bildungsroman. Pretty disappointing…
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The New Machiavelli
This work has been selected by scholars as being cultur…
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December 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
It is a novel about the establishment of an utopian society, whilst following the personal development of a young politician. It turns out that the utopian element is non-existent and the development stays short of a proper Bildungsroman. Pretty disappointing…
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Maerad is a common slave girl who discovers that she is a Bard (a sort of Mage) and is the sole survivor of the House of Pellinor. Pursued by the Dark, she runs from location to location meeting other Bards and trying to sort out friend from foe.
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The Naming (The Books of Pellinor, #1)
Maerad is a slave in a desperate and unforgiving settle…
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December 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Maerad is a common slave girl who discovers that she is a Bard (a sort of Mage) and is the sole survivor of the House of Pellinor. Pursued by the Dark, she runs from location to location meeting other Bards and trying to sort out friend from foe.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/39...
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Odelle is a young girl from Trinidad, trying to form a life in London in the 60's and trying to find a new job at an Art Institute as a typist.
Burton has improved the narrative since the debut novel and proves to be an author with a lot of potential.
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Burton has improved the narrative since the debut novel and proves to be an author with a lot of potential.
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The Muse
A picture hides a thousand words . . . On a hot July d…
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December 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Odelle is a young girl from Trinidad, trying to form a life in London in the 60's and trying to find a new job at an Art Institute as a typist.
Burton has improved the narrative since the debut novel and proves to be an author with a lot of potential.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/27...
Burton has improved the narrative since the debut novel and proves to be an author with a lot of potential.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/27...
The 17th century, the prospering city of Amsterdam. 18-year old Petronella (aka Nella) is the daughter of a farmer in Assendelft. When her father dies and the family is in dire straits, a marriage is arranged and she gets married to a 40 year old wealthy merchant.
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The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)
Set in seventeenth century Amsterdam--a city ruled by g…
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December 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The 17th century, the prospering city of Amsterdam. 18-year old Petronella (aka Nella) is the daughter of a farmer in Assendelft. When her father dies and the family is in dire straits, a marriage is arranged and she gets married to a 40 year old wealthy merchant.
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Written in late 18th century, it describes the extraordinary events around a Monk and several female characters. These extraordinary events include rape, murder, ghosts, priests molesting young girls etc., which have caused a stir when the book was published.
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The Monk
'He now saw himself stained with the most loathed and m…
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November 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Written in late 18th century, it describes the extraordinary events around a Monk and several female characters. These extraordinary events include rape, murder, ghosts, priests molesting young girls etc., which have caused a stir when the book was published.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/93...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/93...
This is an interesting whodunit from Agatha Christie featuring Miss Marple. Miss Marple is my least favourite protagonist in Christie's books. This particular one is about a murder committed in a party for an American actress and the effort to find the culprit.
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The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (Miss Marple, #8)
One minute, silly Heather Badcock had been gabbing on t…
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November 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This is an interesting whodunit from Agatha Christie featuring Miss Marple. Miss Marple is my least favourite protagonist in Christie's books. This particular one is about a murder committed in a party for an American actress and the effort to find the culprit.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...
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Yapay Zeka olgusunu sosyalist/Marksist bir bakış açısından ele alan bu kitabın en büyük talihsizliği, 2023 yılından itibaren bu alanda gerçekleşen büyük değişimlerden önce yayımlanması ve Üretici Yapay Zeka alanını tümüyle kaçırması.
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Yapay Zeka ve Kapitalizmin Gelecegi Insandisi Bir Güc
Son yõllarda yapay zek‰ alanõnda ok bŸyŸk geli_meler ge…
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November 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Yapay Zeka olgusunu sosyalist/Marksist bir bakış açısından ele alan bu kitabın en büyük talihsizliği, 2023 yılından itibaren bu alanda gerçekleşen büyük değişimlerden önce yayımlanması ve Üretici Yapay Zeka alanını tümüyle kaçırması.
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Sam and his high-school friends are members of the Safety First Club. When Sam fires a gun he took from his father's gun rack without permission, he has a near-miss with the notorious Major Bates. Having not been detected, he stays silent for a while.
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In the Tennessee Mountains
General Books publication date: 2009 Original publicati…
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November 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Sam and his high-school friends are members of the Safety First Club. When Sam fires a gun he took from his father's gun rack without permission, he has a near-miss with the notorious Major Bates. Having not been detected, he stays silent for a while.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...
A part of Algeria where French soldiers are stationed goes out into space when a comet hits the Earth at that region. This becomes a self-contained habitat and our protagonists try to survive and discover the facts about this new planetoid.
Not the best of Verne.
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Not the best of Verne.
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Hector Servadac
Hector Servadac is a science fiction novel written by J…
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November 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A part of Algeria where French soldiers are stationed goes out into space when a comet hits the Earth at that region. This becomes a self-contained habitat and our protagonists try to survive and discover the facts about this new planetoid.
Not the best of Verne.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/14...
Not the best of Verne.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/14...
The story of how a prominent family is almost brought to ruins since the man who marries one of the family's daughters happens to be an octoroon (one having a black ancestor going three levels back).
Bah humbug!
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Bah humbug!
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Blood Will Tell: The Strange Story of a Son of Ham
"A screed about racial atavism dedicated 'to all Americ…
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November 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The story of how a prominent family is almost brought to ruins since the man who marries one of the family's daughters happens to be an octoroon (one having a black ancestor going three levels back).
Bah humbug!
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Bah humbug!
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A melodrama where intrigue and counter-intrigue follow each other and at the end all issues are resolved with a happy ending. The only credit for this cheap (dime?) book is that its narrative and language is not bad.
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Suffered in Vain: or, A Plaything of Fate
Suffered in Or, A Plaything of Fate by Bertha M. Clay …
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November 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A melodrama where intrigue and counter-intrigue follow each other and at the end all issues are resolved with a happy ending. The only credit for this cheap (dime?) book is that its narrative and language is not bad.
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www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
I finally had a chance to read the original novel inspiring the many Zorro films. Unfortunately, the story and the book are not really worth mentioning from a literary point of view and they do not really cover any interesting or inspiring events.
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The Mark of Zorro (Zorro, #1)
Old California, in a bygone era of sprawling haciendas …
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November 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I finally had a chance to read the original novel inspiring the many Zorro films. Unfortunately, the story and the book are not really worth mentioning from a literary point of view and they do not really cover any interesting or inspiring events.
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www.goodreads.com/book/show/89...
The Handmaid’s Tale, bu yıl sona eren başarılı bir Hulu dizisiydi. Bu yazıda, dizide kullanılan Margaret Atwood kitabını, diziyi ve uyarlanacak olan devam kitabı The Testaments’i ele alıyorum. #damızlıkkızınöyküsü #margaretatwood #ahitler #kadınhakları #teokrasi
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Gilead Zaten Burada...
Damızlık Kızın Öyküsü ve Ahitler
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November 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The Handmaid’s Tale, bu yıl sona eren başarılı bir Hulu dizisiydi. Bu yazıda, dizide kullanılan Margaret Atwood kitabını, diziyi ve uyarlanacak olan devam kitabı The Testaments’i ele alıyorum. #damızlıkkızınöyküsü #margaretatwood #ahitler #kadınhakları #teokrasi
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The topic of the book is again one of conspiracy, namely the role of Masons in the world and how they actually built the U.S.A. However, I found the "mystery" behind the plot quite lame.
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The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)
What was lost... Will be found... Washington DC: Harva…
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November 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The topic of the book is again one of conspiracy, namely the role of Masons in the world and how they actually built the U.S.A. However, I found the "mystery" behind the plot quite lame.
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www.goodreads.com/book/show/64...
Typical John Grisham court drama when three inexperienced lawyers take on a large drug company to court for alleged deaths. Very similar to other books by Grisham but enjoyable still.
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The Litigators
Oscar Finley: street cop turned street lawyer. Wally Fi…
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November 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Typical John Grisham court drama when three inexperienced lawyers take on a large drug company to court for alleged deaths. Very similar to other books by Grisham but enjoyable still.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...
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The letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq sent during his 8 years of duty as Emperor Ferdinand's Ambassador to the Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent stands out as a flowing narrative and a good insight into the relationship between Europe and the Ottoman Empire.
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The Turkish Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq
A native of western Flanders, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq…
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November 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq sent during his 8 years of duty as Emperor Ferdinand's Ambassador to the Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent stands out as a flowing narrative and a good insight into the relationship between Europe and the Ottoman Empire.
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Melvin Mars is a football player and he has been selected for the NFL. However, before he has a chance to start a successful career, he is arrested for the murder of his parents and gets the death penalty. His lawyer works for several years without any result.
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The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2)
Convicted murderer Melvin Mars is counting down the las…
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November 6, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Melvin Mars is a football player and he has been selected for the NFL. However, before he has a chance to start a successful career, he is arrested for the murder of his parents and gets the death penalty. His lawyer works for several years without any result.
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www.goodreads.com/book/show/26...
The story covers the 30 years of Afghanistan as the country goes through an enormous transformation as the different ethnic factions and finally the Taliban take government. It is a moving story of friendship, prejudices, cowardice, trust and betrayal.
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The Kite Runner
The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely …
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November 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The story covers the 30 years of Afghanistan as the country goes through an enormous transformation as the different ethnic factions and finally the Taliban take government. It is a moving story of friendship, prejudices, cowardice, trust and betrayal.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...
This post covers the book that was used for the Hulu adaptation, the series itself and the sequel book. I'm also covering the real-life situations similar to what is depicted in the book/series. #handmaidstale #thetestaments #margaretatwood #theocracy #womensrights
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Gilead Is Already Here
The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments
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November 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This post covers the book that was used for the Hulu adaptation, the series itself and the sequel book. I'm also covering the real-life situations similar to what is depicted in the book/series. #handmaidstale #thetestaments #margaretatwood #theocracy #womensrights
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A rather wordy story about how a French Count, imprisoned for his opposition to Napoleon Bonaparte, clings to life with the help of a tiny flower, with the background story is of Napoleon taking sovereignty of the Piedmonte region of Italy.
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Picciola
Xavier Boniface Saintine (born Joseph Xavier Boniface) …
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November 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
A rather wordy story about how a French Count, imprisoned for his opposition to Napoleon Bonaparte, clings to life with the help of a tiny flower, with the background story is of Napoleon taking sovereignty of the Piedmonte region of Italy.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/14...
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This book starts as a fantasy book with a strange king who keeps forgetting things after he has an episode and his acolytes who don't seem to be too keen for him to remember what he forgot. They keep bringing in candidates for a queen, but this always seems to fail.
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The Kept King
Autumn has come to the kingdom of Harlow’s Hill. Leaves…
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November 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This book starts as a fantasy book with a strange king who keeps forgetting things after he has an episode and his acolytes who don't seem to be too keen for him to remember what he forgot. They keep bringing in candidates for a queen, but this always seems to fail.
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With the Red Queen getting ready to invade the Tear for Kelsea's refusal to honor an agreement to ship people to Mort, she is trying to understand the history of Tear during visions in which she is living the life of Lily, a woman before the passing into the Tear.
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The Invasion of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling…
Kelsea Glynn is the Queen of the Tearling. Despite her …
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November 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
With the Red Queen getting ready to invade the Tear for Kelsea's refusal to honor an agreement to ship people to Mort, she is trying to understand the history of Tear during visions in which she is living the life of Lily, a woman before the passing into the Tear.
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I have covered three films in this post: Il Treno dei Bambini by Viola Ardene, Zardoz by John Boorman and Prometheus by Ridley Scott. #ridleyscott #johnboorman #violaardone #prometheus #zardoz #iltrenodeibambini
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Films Watched - 5
Film Reviews
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October 30, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I have covered three films in this post: Il Treno dei Bambini by Viola Ardene, Zardoz by John Boorman and Prometheus by Ridley Scott. #ridleyscott #johnboorman #violaardone #prometheus #zardoz #iltrenodeibambini
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