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traxxe
Joined: 21 Feb 2007
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 Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:09 am Post subject: What books to bring? |
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My friend and I are each getting ten books to bring with us...
So I need to get a list together to read. Does anyone have any books they reccomend strongly? I mean the sort of book you think everyone should read in their lifetime. I'm fairly well read but I'm curious also to know if there are any books pertaining to Korea you think I should include?
My immediate list in case anyone else is about to go:
Machiavelli's The Prince
Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther (Great read to understand how masculine identity has utterly changed in such a short historical period of time)
The Taoh of Pooh (Just read it, it's an easy but rewarding read)
Luch's Panzer Commander (One of the most amusing German perspective stories of WWII, the man was on all fronts and lived an amazing life. It's humerous but captures a lot of anticdotal elements I never knew about WWII)[/u]
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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I think everybody at some point of their life should read Raymond Carver's selecion of short stories.." What we talk about when we talk about love".
Beautiful, beautiful work. As i may have mentioned before, I have two copies of this book, so I have one to lend and one to keep. A must read. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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Machiavelli's The Prince (Great read for understanding the pre-Christian notion of what is beautiful is strong/powerful/noble vs. what is beautiful being meek/mild.)
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Great book. Well worth reading.
However, it is easily available here. Substitute something that you can't find here.
PS: Are you sure you have the right book for the description you gave?
Good new book for getting a grasp of Asian thinking: The Geography of Thought by Nisbett |
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traxxe
Joined: 21 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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Ah hell, no... I edited my post. That description should have gone for Ecce Homo but I removed that for difficulty of reading....
The best quote though from Ecce Homo is so inane it is true,
"Love is a dog."
That guy was too smart for his own good. |
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ChinaBoy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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wow this is the first time anyone's ever mentioned a book I read on the internet.. "The Tao of Pooh"
Next I recommend the Horatio Hornblower books by CS Forester |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Ah hell, no... I edited my post. |
Whew! Glad to hear it.
I was concerned that I'd read Machiavelli and missed a major theme in how 'beauty' was involved in taking over and ruling a state. Thought maybe my political views needed a major renovation. I can rest easier now. |
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michi gnome
Joined: 15 Feb 2006
Location: Dokdo
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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i recommend a biography of Joseph Stalin
or the Quotations of Chairman Mao
trust me on this one
learn how to rule yr classroom w/ an iron fist |
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