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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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Is this a best recently or a currently reading thread?
Having almost finished the incredible Guns, Germs, & Steel, I'm currently reading Invisible Monsters.
(Side note for retrospection: if it's not the best book you've read recently, why go past page 49.) |
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Jasobang
Joined: 11 Dec 2005
Location: Bucheon
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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Tuesdays with Morrie
Big affect on my work, kids and marriage. Life won't be the same. |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Magnum Stories |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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| you're reaching, Q |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Q, you killed this thread. |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:16 am Post subject: |
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| chevro1et wrote: |
| The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene... an interesting take on human interaction with historical anecdotes to corroborate statements made by the author... more entertainment than doctrine, certainly. |
I wasn't too impressed, I had the condensed version and grew tired of it quickly.
I'd say Why I Love These People by Po Bronson is a great read. I loved his first book What Should I Do With My Life? and his second is also a winner! |
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voth
Joined: 05 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:46 am Post subject: |
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Niels Lyhne by Jens Peter Jacobsen. Not only one of the best books I've read recently, but one of the best books I've read period.
"Niels Lyhne will open to you, a book of splendors and depths; the more often one reads it, the more everything seems to be contained within it, from life's most imperceptible fragrances to the full, enormous taste of its heaviest fruits. In it there is nothing that does not seem to have been understood, held lived, and known in memory's wavering echo..."
- Rilke |
would you consider lending your copy...
i've had a hard time treacking it down...
i.e. i'm a cheap *beep*... |
Have you tried What The Book?, they are located in Seoul. |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 2:26 am Post subject: |
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| Bob the Builder. Sigh. |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 2:51 am Post subject: |
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This is a short & concise book.
I place it among the greatest we have had handed handed down to us through the ages.
Also, just a side note, i strongly suspect the historical JESUS was familiar with its teachings.
The Dhammapada
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhammapadda
All experience is preceded by mind,
Led by mind,
Made by mind.
Speak or act with a corrupted mind,
And suffering follows
As the wagon wheel follows the hoof of the ox.
All experience is preceded by mind,
Led by mind,
Made by mind.
Speak or act with a peaceful mind,
And happiness follows
Like a never-departing shadow.
The Dhammapada, translated by Gil Fronsdal, August 2005
AUDIO BOOK
http://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/imc-dhammapada.html |
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voth
Joined: 05 Jan 2006
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Bondrock
Joined: 08 Oct 2006
Location: ^_^
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| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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When My Name Was Keoko
by Linda Park (juvenile reader, but still interesting)
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Teacher Man
by Frank McCourt |
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SeoulFinn
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
Location: 1h from Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion. It's a good read, even though some of his points are nothing new. You can easily come to the same conclusion(s) if you think logically. Anyway, I recommend this book to the believers and heathens alike.  |
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movybuf
Joined: 01 Jan 2007
Location: Mokdong
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:29 am Post subject: |
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"A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole. Quite interesting and strange.
Now I'm reading "The Grapes of Wrath" - it's a little depressing, but very good. It's been on my "to read" list a long time, and I'm finally getting around to it. |
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chachee99
Joined: 20 Oct 2004
Location: Seoul Korea
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 2:04 am Post subject: |
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This is such a wonderful book. It changed my life forever!
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