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re: What are you reading?
Posted on 10/7/22 at 5:22 pm to LemmyLives
Posted on 10/7/22 at 5:22 pm to LemmyLives
Mistborn: The Well of Ascension- Brandon sanderson
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Posted on 10/8/22 at 9:26 am to TigerFreak10
Letters from a Stoic - Seneca
Posted on 10/8/22 at 9:52 am to Telos
Probably a long read. -the Cynics
Posted on 10/13/22 at 7:52 pm to Alyosha
Dark Horse - Greg Hurwitz
Posted on 10/16/22 at 1:05 pm to LordSnow
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) by Richard P. Feynman
Posted on 10/23/22 at 1:44 pm to TAMU-93
Posted on 10/24/22 at 7:48 pm to LordSnow
Animal Farm by George Orwell
This post was edited on 10/24/22 at 7:52 pm
Posted on 10/25/22 at 2:28 pm to biglego
The Man in the Queue by Josephine Tey, her first Inspector Peter Grant novel.
The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnanski. Pretty decent, worth having even though I am no longer enthralled by baseball as I once was. He's a bit of a whiny.
The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnanski. Pretty decent, worth having even though I am no longer enthralled by baseball as I once was. He's a bit of a whiny.
Posted on 10/25/22 at 6:40 pm to RedPop4
Ahoska. Good read for the Star Wars crowd.
Posted on 10/26/22 at 11:11 am to AUCE05
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Posted on 10/27/22 at 8:28 am to TAMU-93
Posted on 10/27/22 at 9:30 pm to Dubosed
Kissinger's newest book, Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy
First, at 99 years old, it's hard to believe how in depth and well written the case studies are throughout, often drawing from his own interactions with the chosen leaders. Really great historical piece that brings to light a variety of severe domestic and foreign policy challenges that were navigated about as well as could be imagined given the context of each. Amazing stuff.
I'm about halfway through the Lee Kuan Yew section, very glad I picked it up.
First, at 99 years old, it's hard to believe how in depth and well written the case studies are throughout, often drawing from his own interactions with the chosen leaders. Really great historical piece that brings to light a variety of severe domestic and foreign policy challenges that were navigated about as well as could be imagined given the context of each. Amazing stuff.
I'm about halfway through the Lee Kuan Yew section, very glad I picked it up.
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In Leadership, Kissinger analyses the lives of six extraordinary leaders through the distinctive strategies of statecraft, which he believes they embodied. After the Second World War, Konrad Adenauer brought defeated and morally bankrupt Germany back into the community of nations by what Kissinger calls “the strategy of humility.” Charles de Gaulle set France beside the victorious Allies and renewed its historic grandeur by “the strategy of will.” During the Cold War, Richard Nixon gave geostrategic advantage to the United States by “the strategy of equilibrium.” After twenty-five years of conflict, Anwar Sadat brought a vision of peace to the Middle East by a “strategy of transcendence.” Against the odds, Lee Kuan Yew created a powerhouse city-state, Singapore, by “the strategy of excellence.” And, though Britain was known as “the sick man of Europe” when Margaret Thatcher came to power, she renewed her country’s morale and international position by “the strategy of conviction.”
Posted on 11/1/22 at 5:34 am to Che Boludo
The Outlines of Pyrrhonism - Sextus Empiricus
Posted on 11/2/22 at 9:31 am to Telos
Posted on 11/3/22 at 8:59 am to Dubosed
Startide Rising by David Brin.
Posted on 11/3/22 at 3:34 pm to TAMU-93
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
How is this one? I know it is actually an assigned reading for some high school English courses. I've never read it, but as someone with cancer myself, I'm tempted to try it out.
Posted on 11/3/22 at 5:16 pm to Methuselah
It's incredibly fascinating. I hadn't heard of Henrietta Lacks or Hela cells before I picked up this book. But her cells, which were taken in the early 50s and grown in culture, still exist today. In fact, more of Henrietta's cells exist today than ever existed when she was alive. Her cells are used in research all over the world. And have been crucial to scientific advancements like the development of the polio vaccine.
Despite the importance of these cells, Henrietta's family remains dirt poor. I'm about halfway through the book. The author has just met Henrietta's kids. These poor kids are barely educated and really struggling with the fact that their mom is dead, but still alive in a way. Does her spirit still reside in those cells? It's a wild read.
Despite the importance of these cells, Henrietta's family remains dirt poor. I'm about halfway through the book. The author has just met Henrietta's kids. These poor kids are barely educated and really struggling with the fact that their mom is dead, but still alive in a way. Does her spirit still reside in those cells? It's a wild read.
Posted on 11/3/22 at 9:40 pm to Dubosed
Surrender by Bono
Posted on 11/7/22 at 8:09 pm to Tiger in the Sticks
The Shijing
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