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01-20-2015, 02:37 PM
Am concurrently reading some Lee Child novels at the moment.
Have to say I like the Reacher character. No nonsense, resourceful, strong, intelligent, extremely perceptive (plenty of NLP type observations) and well versed in self defence training.
It's fiction but you definitely find yourself learning as you read these books, Child drops a lot of info on the various systems and equipment Reacher uses and comes across on his missions.
As well as detailed geographical descriptions of whatever country and town/city Reacher finds himself in.
Sure there's a certain pulp quality to it, it's not high art by any means but then it doesn't have it be.
Enjoyable and educational!
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01-20-2015, 04:42 PM
Under the Dome by Stephen King. Good read, albeit long (1000 pages). The ending felt rushed and forced, but overall an enjoyable read.
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01-21-2015, 12:02 AM
Last 2 weeks:
Big Short- Michael Lewis
Wall Street Meat- Andy Kessler
Great Crash of 1929 - John Galbraith
Running Money- Andy Kessler
Damm Right! Biography of Charlie Munger- Janet Lowe
Poor Charlies Almanack- Charlie Munger
Philistines at the Hedgerow: Passion and Property in the Hamptons- Steven Gaines
High Financier: The life and times of Sigmund Warburg
Boomerang- Travels in the new third world - Michael Lewis
Currently reading:
Latticework by Robert Hagstrom
Investing for the Long Term 5ed by Jeremy Siegel
Panic by Michale Lewis
Mellon: An American Life- David Cannadine
WIA- For most of men, our time being masters of our own fate, kings in our own castles is short. Even those of us in the game will eventually succumb to ease of servitude rather than deal with the malaise of solitude
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01-24-2015, 12:54 AM
With The Old Breed by E.B. Sledge and Guns Up by Johnnie M. Clark. Both are about 300 pages each and I found them very exciting and enjoyable. They are non-fiction military books about life as a soldier in vietnam and ww2.
“Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.”-Otto von Bismarck
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01-25-2015, 12:12 AM
Rich Kids of Instagram by Maya Sloan pretty mediocre fiction read way too over done. I thought it would be more of a Life times of the rich and famous type read to kill time but it was an overdone completely overthetop fiction story that dragged on for way too long.
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01-26-2015, 01:08 AM
I just finished the book On Killing. The psychological cost of killing.
Great book.. But I'm on the way to her, so I won't write a lot about it
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01-27-2015, 01:07 AM
Last 3 weeks:
Big Short- Michael Lewis
Wall Street Meat- Andy Kessler
Great Crash of 1929 - John Galbraith
Running Money- Andy Kessler
Damm Right! Biography of Charlie Munger- Janet Lowe
Poor Charlies Almanack- Charlie Munger
Philistines at the Hedgerow: Passion and Property in the Hamptons- Steven Gaines
High Financier: The life and times of Sigmund Warburg
Boomerang- Travels in the new third world - Michael Lewis
Panic by Michale Lewis
Mellon: An American Life- David Cannadine
Hughes: The Private Diaries, Memos and Letters; The Definitive Biography of the First American Billionaire- Richard Hack
Currently reading:
Latticework by Robert Hagstrom
Investing for the Long Term 5ed by Jeremy Siegel
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report- Final Report on National Commission on Causes of Financial and Economic Crisis in the United States
WIA- For most of men, our time being masters of our own fate, kings in our own castles is short. Even those of us in the game will eventually succumb to ease of servitude rather than deal with the malaise of solitude
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01-27-2015, 01:09 AM
just finished Narcissus and Goldmund by Herman Hesse. Beautiful novel.
I will be checking my PMs weekly, so you can catch me there. I will not be posting.
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02-05-2015, 04:16 AM
Allen Carr's easy way to stop smoking
The man who fell to earth
1984
The way of men
Brave New world
That is what I have read since the start of the year and I would highly recommend each one of them. (Allen Carr's for the smokers who wish to stop).
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02-05-2015, 06:43 PM
Finished No More Mr Nice Guy by Robert A. Glove
Taught me alot about how to form average relationship with women. I was in a very many strong relationships while reading the book and using the information. After that though it kinda just was like ehh and returned to my normal quite life .
Adam says to God, "God, why did you make women so soft ?"
God says, "So that you will like them."
Adam says to God, "God, why did you make women so warm and cuddly?"
God says, "So that you will like them."
Adam says to God, "But, God, why did you make them so stupid?"
God says, "So that they will like you"
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02-05-2015, 08:37 PM
I finished re-reading the second edition of Sir Bernard Crick's translation of The Discourses on Livy by Niccolò Machiavelli. I find this book to be much better than The Prince which is quite dry. Would you guys be interested in a datasheet-of-sorts on the system of government (classical republicanism) Machiavelli seems to call for in The Discourses? It is very different from modern republicanism. Hell, you can have a classical republican form of government with a monarch!
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02-06-2015, 07:39 AM
Best book I read in 2014: Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep, by Phillip K. Dick (1968).
- the masterpiece which allowed Ridley Scott to produce the cult classic blade runner. However, the film is only a loose adaptation. The novel focuses much more on a lack of human authenticity. Dick actually predicts the effect of electronic devices in contemporary society being a sole source of happiness in his dystopia with the 'mood organ device' being unnervingly similar to iphones and tv in stripping authenticity and gluing up the brain.
- also of note: Blood Meridian, by Cormac Mccarthy (1985). State of Fear, by Michael Crichton (2004).
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02-06-2015, 01:11 PM
I just finished The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolf. Absolutely phenomenal series so far (Book of the New Sun), could not recommend it more for someone looking for some rewarding and challenging science fiction.
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02-06-2015, 04:12 PM
Great thread, a lot of interesting books to read. Just started the manipulated man, thanks.
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02-06-2015, 05:31 PM
Joe Karbo's Lazy Man's Way to Riches: I thought it was great because he is basically teaching inner game so you can quit the 9-5 jive and start your own business.
Eat to Live by Joel Furhman. He spends a third of the book breaking down how the traditional Western diet is basically shit is impetus for scores of health problems. I've made many changes to my eating habits thanks to this.
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02-07-2015, 11:01 PM
Finished Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder.
It was pretty incredible. The mindset of that man and the winning attidtude he has is incredible.
He just knows he will succeed and win in his mind, and then it happens. Not a surprise.
Highly motivational to get working out and great read to get in the massive success of a mind.
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02-08-2015, 09:58 AM
gave up reading recently after a lifetime as a bookworm
the book that has impressed me most, and there have been hundreds of great books, is Karen Armstrong's History of God
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02-11-2015, 04:33 PM
Just finished Think and Grow Rich a couple days ago. And finished Grant Cardone's 10X, I recommend both.
"Money over bitches, nigga stick to the script." - Jay-Z
They gonna love me for my ambition.