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Food Product · #81 08-02-2012, 03:16 PM

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re-reading The Brothers Karamazov

THat's what I'm reading now. Picked it up a few days ago

**Haiti's Space Agency** · #82 08-02-2012, 07:00 PM

Bill Simmons Book of Basketball

aquabania · #83 08-02-2012, 07:52 PM

Finished Clash of Kings, reading Frankenstein and Haroun and the Sea of Stories before I get started on Storm of Swords

arleybob · #84 08-02-2012, 08:06 PM

reading God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater again

The Big LeBronowski · #85 08-02-2012, 09:25 PM

The National road and the difficult path to sustainable national investment

Oct · #86 08-03-2012, 01:57 PM

"Seven days of Peter Crumb" - About a suicidal maniac and his schizophrenic alter ego as they embark on a 7 day adventure of mischief, murder and mayhem. It's amazingly written and had me in fits of laughter, especially how he lives his last days out according to the Daily Mail's front headlines. For example, on one day it reads: "My drug shame". So he chooses to take as many drugs as he normally does, this includes having opium shoved up his arse and sniffing massive quanities of ketamine.

This is one of the chapters of the book, entitled: "The story of a whore at bedtime". Guaranteed you will be sucked in:

(SKIP TO PAGE 36!!!!!)

http://tinyurl.com/c8eoy5h

BetterLivingGuy · #87 08-03-2012, 02:21 PM

"Guns, Germs, and Steel", by Jared Diamond. He debunks racist theories as to why many cultures are seemingly more advanced than others. It won the Pulitzer for non-fiction in '01 I believe and I would recommend it to anyone.

Shrike · #88 08-07-2012, 05:32 PM

Re-reading WoT The Gathering Storm for the third time. I was reading some dry philosophy/political books I bought, but I felt like reading a fun book with some characters and story. I love the characters in these books so much, I basically grew up with them. Reading them is like having a chat with an old childhood friend.

Can't wait for A Memory of Light next year.

ThaTermeneter · #89 08-08-2012, 04:13 AM

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THE FIRST LESSONS IN BEEKEEPING

:cool:

Vigilante · #90 08-08-2012, 05:43 AM

The Iliad- By Homer.. Translated to English for my upcoming Greek Literature class.. along with 8 other Greek translated works.. I just have to get through this thing first.. It's not bad though, I wouldn't have taken the class if I didn't think I would enjoy it.

Oct · #91 08-08-2012, 03:50 PM

Nietzsche is such overrated bullshit. The ravings of some mad conceited old fool, if i had a time machine i would go back just to tell him to shut the fuck up and punch him in his dirty Kraut face. Nothing in these books i have read makes any sense apart from one thing he actually mentioned about weed.. “If a man wishes to rid himself of a feeling of unbearable oppression, he may have to take hashish.” The last one "Ecce Homo" was when he was at the pinacle of his insanity and makes more sense than the others.

Dionysus · #92 08-08-2012, 03:56 PM

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Nietzsche is such overrated bullshit. The ravings of some mad conceited old fool, if i had a time machine i would go back just to tell him to shut the fuck up and punch him in his dirty Kraut face. Nothing in these books i have read makes any sense apart from one thing he actually mentioned about weed.. “If a man wishes to rid himself of a feeling of unbearable oppression, he may have to take hashish.” The last one "Ecce Homo" was when he was at the pinacle of his insanity and makes more sense than the others.

Herpy derpy derpity derp.

InspiredByMe · #93 08-08-2012, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Vigilante

The Iliad- By Homer.. Translated to English for my upcoming Greek Literature class.. along with 8 other Greek translated works.. I just have to get through this thing first.. It's not bad though, I wouldn't have taken the class if I didn't think I would enjoy it.

What are the other works? Both the Iliad and the Odyssey hog all the spot light

Currently reading Children of Dune. I'd like to read straight through the series but fuck man that's a lot of books.

arleybob · #94 08-08-2012, 07:39 PM

I'm reading The Wild Boys by William S Burroughs again.

The Big LeBronowski · #95 08-09-2012, 05:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Haiti's Space Agency

Bill Simmons Book of Basketball

reading new time magazine btw

**Haiti's Space Agency** · #96 08-09-2012, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by The Big LeBronowski

reading new time magazine btw

lmao!!

not too far in but old boy bill simmoms having ethnicity issues and what not? Gave himself a muslim name? Or is this a Ruse

tuer502gt · #97 08-09-2012, 09:45 AM

Militarized Modernity and Gendered Citizenship in South Korea - Seungsook Moon

zTi · #98 08-10-2012, 05:42 AM

Cat's Cradle
hadda get the large print since the library had no copy.

The Big LeBronowski · #99 08-10-2012, 05:46 AM

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lmao!!

not too far in but old boy bill simmoms having ethnicity issues and what not? Gave himself a muslim name? Or is this a Ruse

imitating kareem lol

DaSkipper · #**100** 08-10-2012, 05:52 AM

The Queen of the Damned... The Vampire Lestat was better but this is readable.

Shroompowah · #**101** 08-12-2012, 03:30 PM

The King of Thorns by Mark Lawrance. Sequel to Prince of Thorns, excellent dark and gritty book, grittier than gritty.

The Big LeBronowski · #**102** 08-13-2012, 04:42 PM

new time magazine

FoodStamps · #**103** 08-15-2012, 05:08 AM

crim & punishment for the 4th time, i love all of Dostoyevsky's work, also got a book of all of Edgar Allen Poe's Unabridged writings

The Big LeBronowski · #**104** 08-15-2012, 05:14 AM

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crim & punishment for the 4th time, i love all of Dostoyevsky's work, also got a book of all of Edgar Allen Poe's Unabridged writings

Lol I read that exact book except paper back when I was locked up

not my type of book tho

FoodStamps · #**105** 08-15-2012, 05:20 AM

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Lol I read that exact book except paper back when I was locked up

not my type of book tho

yeah man, i got the paper back as well. I really like the fact that it has all of his published works in it though. When i was locked up, the library there had absolutely no Edgar Allen Poe. Ended up reading Machiavelli's The Prince, Plato's The Republic, The Brother's Karamazov and Charlotte's Web

FoodStamps · #**106** 08-15-2012, 05:21 AM

shout-out's to cell block L, ya digg ?

The Big LeBronowski · #**107** 08-15-2012, 05:24 AM

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yeah man, i got the paper back as well. I really like the fact that it has all of his published works in it though. When i was locked up, the library there had absolutely no Edgar Allen Poe. Ended up reading Machiavelli's The Prince, Plato's The Republic, The Brother's Karamazov and Charlotte's Web

i read a lot but the only 1s i preferred were national geographic time magazine sports illustrated passed around newspaper front page & sports section & life section and sport player biographies/autobiographies/etc

The Big LeBronowski · #**108** 08-15-2012, 05:28 AM

shouts out to e block we major now

FoodStamps · #**109** 08-15-2012, 05:28 AM

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i read a lot but the only 1s i preferred were national geographic time magazine sports illustrated passed around newspaper front page & sports section & life section and sport player biographies/autobiographies/etc

magazine wise i just read them nat geos and XXL, i was really into hiphop/rap at the time

The Big LeBronowski · #**110** 08-15-2012, 05:31 AM

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magazine wise i just read them nat geos and XXL, i was really into hiphop/rap at the time

never cared for rap magazines they just talk bout same shit

FoodStamps · #**111** 08-15-2012, 05:37 AM

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never cared for rap magazines they just talk bout same shit

this was about '03/0'4 they had a lot of good articles, well at least it helped time pass by, but it's been a minute since i cracked one open. I remember an article where dat nigga B.G. was talking about how Baby & his bro used BG's heroin addiction to fuck him over from a lot of money & how he was suing them. It was about the same time when Webbie was blowing up

The Big LeBronowski · #**112** 08-15-2012, 05:40 AM

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Originally Posted by FoodStamps

this was about '03/0'4 they had a lot of good articles, well at least it helped time pass by, but it's been a minute since i cracked one open. I remember an article where dat nigga B.G. was talking about how Baby & his bro used BG's heroin addiction to fuck him over from a lot of money & how he was suing them. It was about the same time when Webbie was blowing up

hahahaha webbie

FoodStamps · #**113** 08-15-2012, 06:01 AM

it was when webbie and lil boosie where a rap duo under the wing of pimp c and bun b lol

FON · #**114** 08-15-2012, 06:28 AM

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crim & punishment for the 4th time, i love all of Dostoyevsky's work,

Fourth time? Damn. I much preferred The Brothers Karamazov to Crime & Punishment.

Currently taking a break from the hard stuff and reading A Dance With Dragons. Excellent so far.

Greyusurper · #**115** 08-23-2012, 04:02 PM

A Song of Fire and Ice: A Clash of Kings (nearly finished now, actually)

FON · #**116** 08-24-2012, 02:54 AM

Finished A Dance With Dragons. It was good but the story line is still expanding and doesn't feel like its very close to finishing....Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Are there two more books to come?

Now reading The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Makes me want to buy a bus and drop acid.