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For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)
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Wow. Four really bad books and one really good one...Blog | Civ2 Scenario League | leo.petr at gmail.com
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Hmm............I got many books, but my FAV is:
WHY RUSSIA IS SUPERIOR TO AMERICA IN EVERY SINGLE WAY, a 5 paged report by MY SON
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Originally posted by Tassadar5000
Hmm............I got many books, but my FAV is:
WHY RUSSIA IS SUPERIOR TO AMERICA IN EVERY SINGLE WAY, a 5 paged report by MY SON"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
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Originally posted by Asher
No wonder why your anti-American arguments are never coherent.
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Oh geez - thousands.
When I moved from Vancouver to Toronto last year I had the pleasure of packing them all, so I know that I have way too many. Many are still in boxes, storage, etc.
I go through books like water. I also have a compulsion to buy and read everything of an author or series that I get into. For example, I have 73 Star Wars novels.
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Please tell me you were 14 at the time of purchase.Blog | Civ2 Scenario League | leo.petr at gmail.com
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Originally posted by St Leo
Wow. Four really bad books and one really good one...
You don't know what is bad or good...They are all good.
For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)
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I should also mention: Bily Wilder: American Film Realist, and a Stanley Kubrick reader, plus a book on dadaism and modern art. A really good one, too."mono has crazy flow and can rhyme words that shouldn't, like Eminem"
Drake Tungsten
"get contacts, get a haircut, get better clothes, and lose some weight"
Albert Speer
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Depends what bookshelf we're talking about here. I will go with the one that has the books I actually enjoy on them:
THE AGE OF REASON (Thomas Paine)
1984 (George Orwell)
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS (Kurt Vonnegut... borrowed)
THE MASKS OF GOD: OCCIDENTAL MYTHOLOGY (Joseph Campbell)
THE POWER OF MYTH (Joseph Campbell)
THE INNER SECRETS OF OUTER SPACE (Joseph Campbell)
ANDROMEDA STRAIN (Michael Crichton... the only book of his I actually like)
KING RAT (James Clavell)
BOURNE IDENTIY (Robery Ludlum... tasty pulp)
EUROPE: A BRIEF HISTORY (George A. Rothrock)
THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCHOPENAUER
UTILITARIANISM (J.S. Mill)
THE NAZARENE (Sholem Asch)
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Yes, I know I am pitifully undercultured.
Don't shame me with your gigantic bookcases!"I wrote a song about dental floss but did anyone's teeth get cleaner?" -Frank Zappa
"A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice."- Thomas Paine
"I'll let you be in my dream if I can be in yours." -Bob Dylan
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I've got 25 shelves of books, 23 if we consolidated them all... and I consider our collection to be rather small. Laura and I constantly recycle books as we read them, meaning that we have to get rid of books periodically as they pile up.
My shelves are divided in to 2 sections: Non-fiction and fiction. With a few exceptions, fiction books are alphabetized by author and then by title/series (I'll ignore the title if the book is part of a series - then I'll put it in the series order). My non-fiction shelves are divided into categories (Biography/business/entertainment/history/etc), then within the categories author/title alphabetizing takes over again.
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