I guess mine wasn't as popular
That having been said, I would highly recommend reading books about the Sufis, since so much of Persian culture revolves around the poetry of Sufi poets like Hafiz, Rumi and so many others (I hesitate to start naming more names because once you name one, you feel you have to name another). I am about to start a new one by a guy named Seyyed Nasr called Garden of Truth and I will tell you if I liked it.
On Michio Kaku - he's a fantastic writer. I have his book on parallel universes. Greg (chorabliss/sleepneeded) recommended him to me.
That having been said, I would highly recommend reading books about the Sufis, since so much of Persian culture revolves around the poetry of Sufi poets like Hafiz, Rumi and so many others (I hesitate to start naming more names because once you name one, you feel you have to name another). I am about to start a new one by a guy named Seyyed Nasr called Garden of Truth and I will tell you if I liked it.
On Michio Kaku - he's a fantastic writer. I have his book on parallel universes. Greg (chorabliss/sleepneeded) recommended him to me.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Non-Fiction survey
14/09/2009 05:38:04 PM
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Heh.
14/09/2009 05:58:59 PM
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You associate non-fiction with work? Are you a non-fiction book reviewer by day?
14/09/2009 06:35:59 PM
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I like non-fiction as long as it's not preachy.
14/09/2009 06:25:42 PM
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Fun.
14/09/2009 06:31:28 PM
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Machiavelli is a good case study for translation vs. original language
14/09/2009 06:48:46 PM
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Fact not fiction.
14/09/2009 06:43:32 PM
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I loved Radzinsky's Rasputin bio
14/09/2009 06:58:46 PM
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Re: I loved Radzinsky's Rasputin bio
14/09/2009 07:10:01 PM
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You're going to force me to start a Dan Brown discussion in a different thread.
14/09/2009 09:00:32 PM
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Well, I can do it here, no worries, just think of it as non-non-fiction.
14/09/2009 09:06:34 PM
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Re: Fact not fiction.
17/09/2009 12:40:31 AM
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Re: Non-Fiction survey
14/09/2009 07:25:20 PM
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I do read sometimes.
14/09/2009 08:01:03 PM
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I read it quite a lot, obviously.
14/09/2009 09:20:40 PM
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Re: Non-Fiction survey
14/09/2009 09:24:35 PM
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I'd be interested to know the title of that Lincoln book. *NM*
15/09/2009 05:11:14 AM
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Re: Non-Fiction survey
14/09/2009 10:05:56 PM
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I'm sorry. I just can't take "pro wrestling" seriously enough to comment on it beyond this. *NM*
15/09/2009 05:15:13 AM
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Sweet
14/09/2009 10:09:21 PM
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My problem with Fisk is his naivete
15/09/2009 05:10:00 AM
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If you're referring to the passages I think you're referring to...
15/09/2009 11:06:04 AM
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Good survey!
14/09/2009 11:40:58 PM
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Ah...but where do you draw the line on the occult?
15/09/2009 05:07:14 AM
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Re: Non-Fiction survey
15/09/2009 12:25:57 AM
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I read a lot of it for my classes, so I read very little of it for leisure.
15/09/2009 12:46:23 AM
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As someone who read Ab Urbe Condita in Latin...the book you reference "delenda est".
15/09/2009 05:04:05 AM
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Re: Non-Fiction survey
15/09/2009 01:07:13 AM
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I did a survey about personal libraries, too...
15/09/2009 05:01:12 AM
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Interesting questions!
15/09/2009 07:20:05 AM
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Re: Non-Fiction survey
15/09/2009 11:35:48 AM
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Try reading something new you think you'd like and post a review! *NM*
17/09/2009 03:11:47 PM
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i like non-fiction!
15/09/2009 09:40:40 PM
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Lots of people have recommended The Omnivore's Dilemma to me *NM*
17/09/2009 03:14:09 PM
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