Some books, that lay on my bedside table at various states of advance.

Paavo Arhinmäki: Punavihreä sukupolvi.
Young leftist MP candidate from trenches of Helsinki talks his life in cityscape, politics and calls for "Red-Green Generation" to stand up. I'm on page 58.

Iain Banks: Espedair Street.
Imaginary rock biopic from my favourite sci-fi author. Glasgow (p. 29).

Bertolt Brecht: Flüchtlingsgespräche (Conversations in Exile).
Misters Ziffel and Kalle contemplate in Helsinki railway station, where Brecht used to catch his breath while fleeing Nazis and the war (p. 15).

Bruce Chatwin: The Songlines.
Legendary travel writer scours the Outback with Aboriginals and the mysteries of their sung folklore. Not started yet.

Holm Friebe, Sascha Lobo: Wir nennen es Arbeit – die digitale Bohème oder intelligentes Leben jenseits der Festanstellung.
Two freelancers and jacks-of-all-trades from Berlin introduce the "Digital Bohemian" and lay out the groundwork for brave new lifestyle and economy of the age of networks and collectives (p. 30).

Daniel Kehlmann: Die Vermessung der Welt (Measuring the World).
Exploits and expeditions of luminaries Gauss and Humboldt of early 1800s German science followed gently through a comical lens (p. 19).

Ben Macintyre: Herrakansa viidakossa (Forgotten Fatherland. The Search for Elizabeth Nietzsche).
Journalist journeys deep into Paraguay's hinterland in search for a lost utopian settlement of 1880s Aryan enthusiasts (p. 98).

Roope Mokka, Aleksi Neuvonen: Yksilön ääni - Hyvinvointivaltio yhteisöjen ajalla.
Sociologist-philospher combo from Helsinki branch of think-tank Demos have written a report on the prospects of individuality, societies and welfare state of near near future (p. 40).