EPT2011 - What are you Reading? - Page 26
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flamewheel
FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts
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koreasilver
9109 Posts
On June 10 2011 14:42 Ilikestarcraft wrote: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/vnCz1.jpg) Currently reading this together, while listening to audio lectures from here about it http://webcast.berkeley.edu/course_details.php?seriesid=1906978538 Interesting so far Right now I'm writing a paper that involves a lot of Kierkegaard. Mostly Concept of Anxiety and Sickness Unto Death. Fear and Trembling is an incredible work by an incredible thinker. Oh, and if you end up really liking it, then I highly recommend that you follow it up with Derrida's Gift of Death and Literature in Secret. They both revolve around the themes that Kierkegaard explores in Fear and Trembling. | ||
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DeMorcerf
United States56 Posts
On May 27 2011 11:49 Blacktion wrote: + Show Spoiler + On May 27 2011 05:11 BlackFlag wrote: is the book about capitalism a sarcastic book? Nice passive aggressive shot bro. Communism works..................................Honestly. Anyway... Just read: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/tyGjN.jpg) Brilliantly written and downright scary view of what could happen if we fuck up even a little when nukes are an option. Looks into the best and worst of humanity. Currently Reading: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/KwSEO.jpg) Only just started it so no opinions yet. Next up: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/CnGn9.jpg) Been completely hooked by the TV series, seeing as books are almost always better decided to buy the series, if it carries on as epic as the TV series started i wont be disappointed. After that: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/ttjvQ.jpg) Got this a few days ago. Often described as the easts version of the illiad/odessey. Wanted to wait till after exams to start this so i can actually focus on getting through it without forgetting things from the start (at 2500 pages its not a short one). EDIT: F-ed up the images Have you considered reading the Ferdowsi's "Shahnameh"? It's Persia's epic poem. (Recommend the translation by Dick Davis) ![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61cSjms5Z3L._SL500_AA266_PIkin3,BottomRight,-17,34_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg) Just finished: Mission to Asia, Christopher Dawson ed. The Mongol Art of War, Timothy May ![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51n1q1kI4-L._SL500_AA300_.jpg) The Mongols, David Morgan Several works by Arnold Toynbee ![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Y2H6hG76L._SL500_AA300_.jpg) Turkey in My Time, Ahmed Yalman Memoirs of Halide Edib; The Turkish Ordeal, Halide Adivar Edib Greece's Anatolian Venture, A.A. Pallis An Englishwoman in Angora, Grace Ellison Rafael Nogales y Mendez ![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Dk3xQG%2BEL._SL500_AA300_.jpg) (I advise the above authors for primary source research on Turkey as well as to anyone keenly interested in either WWI, the Turkish National Struggle, or the formation of the modern Turkish Republic.) For summer - much lighter reading by comparison: (Going to finish the second half of) The Count of Monte Cristo Notes from Underground, and Brothers Karamazov, F. Dostoevsky The Secret Agent, Joseph Conrad and then start, based on friendly suggestions, Butcher's Dresden Files | ||
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yakitate304
United States655 Posts
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~ava
Canada379 Posts
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vahgar.r24
India465 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/9ql6S.jpg) Deep in the Jungles of Peru, the race of the century is underway. A race to locate a legendary Incan idol - and idol carves out of a strange kind of stone. A stone which in the late 20th century could be used as the basis for a terrifying weapon. The US Army wants that idol - at any cost - but they are not alone... The only clue to the idol's final resting place lies in a 400-year-old manuscript. Enter Professor William Race, a mild-mannered young linguist, who is unwillingly recruited to translate the manuscript and lead the Army team to the idol. And so begins the mission. A mission that will lead Race and his companions to a mysterious stone temple hidden in the foothills of the Andes. A temple seething with menace and danger. But only is it when the temple is opened that Race and his team discover that they have broken a golden rule... Some doors are meant to remain unopened. For some action packed heart stopping adventure..I loved this book..going to read Area 7 next.. | ||
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epikAnglory
United States1120 Posts
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TheAmazombie
United States3714 Posts
Currently reading "Sweet Tooth" by Jeff Lemire Next read...I am not sure yet, but I think I will probably reread some Vonnegut as he is my favorite writer and I have not reread anything by him lately. | ||
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Samuel Neptune
United States95 Posts
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Mithriel
Netherlands2969 Posts
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Overpowered
Czech Republic764 Posts
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Noz
Germany6 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/ndIPB.jpg) Reading right now ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/AcTxP.jpg) Next one ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/7vjqi.jpg) | ||
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exog
Norway279 Posts
If people wonder what the series of 13 books is about, its basically a farmer that turns into a demi-god, hope that stirrs some minds. | ||
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Lazer
Germany20 Posts
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Kojaimea
United Kingdom277 Posts
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ATCSurvivor
France33 Posts
![[image loading]](http://multimedia.fnac.com/multimedia/images_produits/ZoomPE/5/3/4/9782070629435.jpg) Title translate : Footspeds in the snow. ( true storie ) | ||
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Dude.
United States94 Posts
![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/413SnoVxOxL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg){kind=icon} Definitely a fun book so far. Light read, interesting characters, good storytelling. I'm not learning much, but it's a nice little break from all these philosophy books I've been working on. Next (recommended by a co-worker): He said it helps establish your bearings on what's possible in our universe and what's not (as far as we know). And that it's fun to compare different beliefs and religions to some of the concepts he goes through in the book. Should be super interesting =D. | ||
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Eetu
Sweden10 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/P6aWc.jpg) Currently Reading: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/WzXGH.jpg) Next I plan to read: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/3hKGu.jpg) | ||
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LemOn
United Kingdom8629 Posts
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godemperor
Belgium2043 Posts
![[image loading]](http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169386132l/40024.jpg) Really good crime/detective novel set in the last century US. ![[image loading]](http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266461715l/57891.jpg) Some good kids killing/manipulating/seducing/running away from/cooperating kids action. Japanesse version of "the lord of the flies" | ||
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