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I just downloaded a sample of this on my Kindle.
If you're a fan of ST:TOS, I highly recommend this book. Word to the wise: never volunteer for away missions with the Captain and senior staff.🖖
There's only two things I didn't like about the book: 1) it was too short and 2) one character has a name I absolutely hate. I'm sure folks can figure out what that character's name is easily.
I love the shout out to Chekov in the book. There is a character who's the spitting image of Pavel Chekov. A ship's navigator of Slavic descent who goes on away missions? What use would a navigator be on an away mission?🤨
I've read the I Ching. I don't know if it was a bad translation or what, but it was full of nonsense without any application in today's society. Sun-Tzu's Art of War can be applied to dealings with others today, since its mostly psychological stratagems.
I recommend reading Musashi's The Book of Five Rings. Like the Art of War, you can apply a lot of his teaching in dealing with the people around you. Using what I learned in Five Rings, I beat up 10 people the same way I would beat up one person--with a big stick.😁
I also just finished it. I found it to be a very entertaining novel, which I highly recommend.
I read the I Ching as a kid and didn’t think much of it either, or The Art of War.
I put them in the vastly overrated category along with The Prophet, Khalil Gibran and The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho.
I Ching is a bit in-accessible, and poetic. The Art of War is a bit more concrete, many things even transferrable to today.
My recommendation as an introduction to taoism, instead of trying to read I Ching, is to read The Tao of Pooh. That's one of my all-time favourite books.
My recommendation as an introduction to taoism, instead of trying to read I Ching, is to read The Tao of Pooh. That's one of my all-time favourite books.
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Somewhat stilted writing style....but author's personal connection to the topic makes up for it (plus English is her second language)
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Often disturbing but consistently interesting
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Somewhat stilted writing style....but author's personal connection to the topic makes up for it (plus English is her second language)
Beyond the Wall
AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the ashes of the Second World War to the fall of the Berlin Wall, “an expansive and generous history” of East German...
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Often disturbing but consistently interesting
I Love Russia by Elena Kostyuchenko: 9780593655269 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
* Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and TIME * Winner of the Pushkin House Book Prize * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * “A haunting book of rare courage.” —Clarissa...
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Salazar | Hurst Publishers
A nuanced and thoughtful biography of the elusive, much debated Portuguese dictator.
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Possible late November re-read
Animal Farm by George Orwell: 9780452284241 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
75th Anniversary Edition—Includes a New Introduction by Téa Obreht George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel—a scathing satire on a downtrodden society’s blind march...
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It’s rather peculiar to hear a Ukrainian, working for Novaya Gazeta, express a fondness for Russia. How did you find her writing?Finished recently
Often disturbing but consistently interesting
I Love Russia by Elena Kostyuchenko: 9780593655269 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
* Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and TIME * Winner of the Pushkin House Book Prize * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * “A haunting book of rare courage.” —Clarissa...
Yes, it looks a bit odd at first glance but her surname comes from her Russian mother's first husband. Kostyuchenko was actually born and educated in rural Russia. Plus, as becomes apparent as one progresses through the text, the title can be interpreted both literally and ironically.
I picked up the book after reading a review in either a newspaper or magazine (I don't recall exactly where because I didn't start reading the book until some time after seeing the review).