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Another thread about a book I read! Again it was something I put off since my vacation in June, this time "Ideas and Opinions" by Albert Einstein, which is a collection of his various essays, speeches, etc. Even before we begin I'm going to recommend that people read this, because Einstein was indeed a renaissance man and (oddly enough) a socialist. Conveniently they didn't teach us that part about him in school. (nor about Dr. King, Helen Keller, etc.) (1/)

booksns.com/152678/ Just finished East of Eden. I’m a wiser person now. What’s next ? #books Steinbeck’s East of Eden was such an awe inspiring read. Every paragraph seemed to contain a life lesson. I started collecting quotes from the book in a notepad. I feel like I’m a wiser person having read it. What other books have left you feeling similar? Any genre, just something where you can feel the

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Trending Books · Just finished East of Eden. I’m a wiser person now. What’s next ? - Trending BooksSteinbeck’s East of Eden was such an awe inspiring read. Every paragraph seemed to contain a life lesson. I started collecting quotes from the book in a

The Void - Dark sci-fi space opera.

Viktor Heller:

Genial and good-humoured, Viktor struggles with ill-health. Yet it would be foolish to underestimate this old man, as he never lost his ruthlessness or awareness.

His family are split down the middle as a result of his darker personality traits, and yet he does genuinely love them. The tragedy is that he is the one driving them away.

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Qudan Rie: The “Sympathy Tower Tokyo” Author on Language and Rhythm

After winning the Akutagawa Prize in January 2024 for Sympathy Tower Tokyo, author Qudan Rie drew publicity with a comment that she had used generative AI to write parts of the story. With an English translation forth…
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“I have great news for you. There are these things called ‘books,’ all right? There’s these things called ‘books’ and every revolutionary that the government was scared enough to murder, almost all of them wrote one before they died. And they’re so confident that you won’t read it, they have it for free at the library.”
- Josh Johnson (Source: youtu.be/TgKsG6NZSIo?si=FmpNE5)

#libraries #revolution #books #read
#IKnowNotWhatCourseOthersMayTakeButAsForMeGiveMeLibrariesOrGiveMeDeath

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