Knight, you may enjoy the book "Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet"

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"Political Ponerology" A science on the nature of evil adjusted for political purposesby Andrew M Lobaczewski

"The original manuscript of this book
went into the furnace minutes before
a secret police raid in Communist Poland.
The second copy, painfully reassembled
by scientists working under impossible
conditions of violence and repression, was
sent via courier to the Vatican. Its receipt was
never acknowledged - the manuscript and all
valuable data lost.

In 1984, the third and final copy was written
from memory by the last survivor of the original
researchers: Andrew Lobaczewski.
Zbigniew Brzezinski blocked its publication.

After half a century of suppression, this book is
finally available...."

Real.

Greco

Homoe thank you so much for the suggestion I will order it from our local book store... It looks like a great read.
cheers!

Wrong Answer (an article on a school in Atlanta) by Rachel Aviv

Game Of Thrones - A dance with dragons.....

I've had troubles with my vision and having migraine headaches during the current heatwave going on in our neck of the woods, but I've read the first couple of chapters!

It's a great study on what NOT to do in a romantic relationship, *lol*. I broke out in a case of laughter over a character (Stevin) who just can't seem to get it right. Stevin goes out to skate on ice to woo the woman he's attracted to, but the woman sees right through the facade of his moves. She busts Stevin by telling him that she's not attracted to him at all because he 'stirred another woman' wrongly. Priceless!!!

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The Slave Ship: A Human History
by Marcus Rediker

In this widely praised history of an infamous institution, award-winning scholar Marcus Rediker shines a light into the darkest corners of the British and American slave ships of the eighteenth century. Drawing on thirty years of research in maritime archives, court records, diaries, and firsthand accounts, The Slave Ship is riveting and sobering in its revelations, reconstructing in chilling detail a world nearly lost to history: the "floating dungeons" at the forefront of the birth of African American culture.

One of my very favorites-- especially the long metaphysical tangent at the end: beautiful

LQQKS like a good read, dark_crystal!

And, I'll keep that in mind about the end of the Tolstoy book, too. :) :bunchflowers:

Miss Katz how long before you reckon you'll be done with that big ass book, any clue?

OMG, *LOL*, :giggle: ..... :blush:

<<<<<~ as soon as my vision corrects itself and my migraine disappears. It's been SO hot here....so once the weather cools down, I guess I should be done by early September. And you're right, homoe! What a big a$$ book. :| :blush: :eyebat:


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Unslut, A Diary and a Memoir by Emily Lindin

From the book sleeve: The founder of the Unslut Project uses her actual middle school diary entries to reflect on relationships, bullying, and what it means to be labeled a slut.

The organization where I work requires all supervisors to take a minimum of 8 hours refresher training on "Team Leading" a year. Today they brought in a guest speaker named Robyn Benincasa. She wrote "How Winning Works: 8 Essential Leadership Lessons from the Toughest Teams on Earth." Robyn is a world champion adventure racer and a Guinness World Record kayaker (Not that kind of Guinness :beerfunnel: ) and a member of an all-female firefighting crew. She is also the founder of "Project Athena" which is a non-profit organization that helps women survivors of medical setbacks live an adventurous dream as part of their recovery.

As part of the training class we were all given a copy of the book which I started this evening. Some of the points seem rather intuitive but overall the book looks promising. I am grappling with a few things, one being her quote "Having a Plan B distracts from achieving the goal of Plan A." I'm not sure how to feel about that as I am a "Plan A, B, C, D,..." kind of gal. However I am keeping an open mind.

Katniss~~

I've been wanting to read this so I'm about to treat myself:

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Billionaire Buddha......rags to riches to rags story.

Just downloaded this to my kindle....will start it in the morning. Looks like a powerful read. thanks Greco.

I'd appreciate an update Miss Katz.....

....... I am half way through the book....I left off on page 305....and it's not an easy read, for me, due to the way I read a book first.

When I read Big Little Lies, I made notes on the edge of the pages, noting interesting things which were not a part of the HBO series.

In Anna Karenina, it's a slow process because of interesting ideas I find that center on power, status, diction, rules of civility, rules concerning romantic overtures...etc.

Once I am done taking notes, first, then I begin again and read the story for the second time....bypassing all my notes because I've taken the time to study the intricate maneuvers between characters in the story....like a good chess game.

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Ps/ I love both of the books I have been reading! :hangloose: