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Post by Dèsîŗĕ Yèarning on Jul 1, 2010 17:19:40 GMT -5
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Post by todhrimencuri on Jul 1, 2010 18:42:32 GMT -5
Reading them for your child Im guessing? Or are you genuinely interested in children's book.
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Post by PARIS DIO_MYSUS! on Jul 1, 2010 19:11:16 GMT -5
word is a common occurence in Albanian and in English as well. Mysia is that you? Yes is *Me Mysia JESUS the Messiah! English speaking belong and make clear sense only when comes to my Holy Albanian Speaking Language! Cheers !!
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Post by Dèsîŗĕ Yèarning on Jul 2, 2010 1:11:28 GMT -5
I aint got kids, I just put my fave books from when I was young, I read very many different types of books, except for historical and political. The girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Cirque du Freaks, The bastard of Istanbul. I might re-read a short history of tractors in Ukrainian.
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Post by todhrimencuri on Jul 2, 2010 3:04:22 GMT -5
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Post by Dèsîŗĕ Yèarning on Jul 2, 2010 3:25:39 GMT -5
in this comic first novel, two estranged sisters living in England discover that their addled elderly father, a Ukrainian war refugee and expert on tractors, is planning to marry a young, enormous-breasted woman who sees his modest pension as her ticket to capitalist comfort. The sisters put aside their differences, and embark on a spirited campaign to save him from boil-in-the-bag dinners, slovenly housekeeping, and such extravagant purchases as a broken-down Rolls-Royce. In the midst of these machinations—which include long-winded letters to solicitors, venomous gossip, and all-out spying—Lewycka stealthily reveals how the depredations of the past century dictate what a family can bear.
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Post by odel on Jul 2, 2010 15:23:09 GMT -5
I remember reading all of those books when I was about 6 years old. Roald Dahl's books are very usual for kids to read where I live. I enjoyed them quite much, not sure if I would now though.
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Post by Dèsîŗĕ Yèarning on Jul 2, 2010 19:25:36 GMT -5
I find that Roald Dahls books have a very dark undertone, that you don't really pick up when you are child. In fact his stories have very interesting messages. He also has books for adults, a very twisted imagination that inspired me to write many short stories as a kid, I won a few prizes when I was younger through Roalds inspiration.
Anyhow, I advise anyone to read his books, if not for the complex darkness, for the crude humor. A man with a cruelly abstract mind.
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Post by Red Brigade on Jul 10, 2010 5:38:43 GMT -5
I've bought some books that I'd like to read:
Faust - Goethe
On War - Carl von Clausewitz
The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind - Gustave Le Bon
The Art of War - Sun Tzu
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon - Karl Marx
I think I'll probably begin with Sun Tzu, it's the shortest one and then I'll see what I'll do with the rest.
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Post by todhrimencuri on Jul 12, 2010 13:52:28 GMT -5
Aloha, I highly recommend the book I mentioned above: Punishing the Poor. An amazing illustration of the turmoil that neo-liberalism has wreaked on the America's poor and the way that this is expanding into Europe today.
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Post by zoti on Jul 13, 2010 13:08:39 GMT -5
Currently reading Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky, and I must say a very depressing book about desperation. Any suggestions of what I may read of interest after this current book I am reading? If you're enjoying "Crime and Punishment" I'd highly recommend "The Brother Karamazov", one of the two best books I've ever read, the other one being "Narcissus and Goldmund" by Hesse.
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Post by vanilo on Jul 27, 2010 5:25:41 GMT -5
My cousin got me One Thousand and One Nights in Arabic for my birthday. It's a challenge reading it but I love the stories .
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Post by Anittas on Jul 27, 2010 6:52:20 GMT -5
My cousin got me One Thousand and One Nights in Arabic for my birthday. It's a challenge reading it but I love the stories . LOL! I read that when I was 9. I didn't understant it all, but then I read it again when I was 15. I will in the near future reread it. I just don't understand how you, as an adult belonging to the ME civilization, hasn't read it sooner. Shame on you! PS. Ask your hubby for permission first. lolz As for me, I'm reading Human, all too Human by Nietzsche. It's the third book I'm reading by him (Thus Spake Zarathustra and Ecce Homo are the two others. I see that Aloho has bought On War. That's one book I want to read. I read the Art of War by Sun Tzu--he has a nice structure.
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Post by mansterofsouli on Jul 27, 2010 7:01:12 GMT -5
Aloha, I highly recommend the book I mentioned above: Punishing the Poor. An amazing illustration of the turmoil that neo-liberalism has wreaked on the America's poor and the way that this is expanding into Europe today. That just sounds like an awesome book! I can only imagine what it is about.... I think it should be titled Punishing the Poor and The Young. Nice, thanks for sharing.
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Post by mansterofsouli on Jul 27, 2010 7:02:36 GMT -5
I am reading some educational teaching books... they all suck.
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Post by Caslav Klonimirovic on Jul 27, 2010 7:53:13 GMT -5
Currently trying to read "The Fall of Empires" - a present, & "Hurry Up & Meditate" - leant to me. Can't say if I'd recommend them or not just yet. But Fall of Empires I'm not too impressed with so far. Hurry Up & Meditate is pretty good so far. Hippy girl at work also just gave me what I think is a Budhism book in order to encourage me to become vegetarian.
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Post by todhrimencuri on Jul 27, 2010 14:34:25 GMT -5
Le Peste/The Plague by Albert Camus... unbelievable.
Going to read L’Etranger/The Stranger next.
I spent a couple of hours in a cafe today reading the above.... now I just stopped for a break
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Post by todhrimencuri on Jul 27, 2010 14:37:12 GMT -5
Aloha, I highly recommend the book I mentioned above: Punishing the Poor. An amazing illustration of the turmoil that neo-liberalism has wreaked on the America's poor and the way that this is expanding into Europe today. That just sounds like an awesome book! I can only imagine what it is about.... I think it should be titled Punishing the Poor and The Young. Nice, thanks for sharing. I hope you understand that Neo-Liberalism and Liberalism are two very different ideas. Neo-Liberalism implies a change in the social/economic order that has seen government (particularly the likes of Reagen, being more and more liberal with business. This has meant an all out attack on the lower groups that try and limit the freedoms of big business... such as Labor Unions, wage limits, human rights groups... etc. etc.
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Post by zoti on Jul 28, 2010 8:07:01 GMT -5
Le Peste/The Plague by Albert Camus... unbelievable. Going to read L’Etranger/The Stranger next. I spent a couple of hours in a cafe today reading the above.... now I just stopped for a break I've read both books in high school. Something about Camus that always reminded me of my childhood in Albania.
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Post by Anittas on Jul 28, 2010 16:54:06 GMT -5
I read The Fall by Camus after Bibleriot recommended it for me. It was a great book. I'm going to read the Plague some time next year. Btw, Camus was influenced by Nietzsche.
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