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- Tickleme disse...
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- Out 7 2006, 16h11
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Norman Davies - Warszaw '44

Higly recommended

Music to go with the book would be Fluttering Dragon's 63 days serie.

[quote][b][user]Tickleme[/user][/b] disse: Norman Davies - Warszaw '44 Higly recommended Music to go with the book would be Fluttering Dragon's 63 days serie.[/quote]

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- Out 10 2006, 10h44
Haven't read the book, (*sigh* horrific times) but yes 63 Days would be very appropriate.
I only have parts ii and iv of that compilation. Do you have the whole series of 7?

[quote][b][user][/user][/b] disse: Haven't read the book, (*sigh* horrific times) but yes 63 Days would be very appropriate. I only have parts ii and iv of that compilation. Do you have the whole series of 7? [/quote]

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- Out 28 2006, 1h41
Julius Evola / René Guénon

Has anyone read Evola's 'Ride the Tiger' or Guénon's 'The Crisis of the Modern World' ? Or anything by these authors?
Pls pm me

[quote][b][user][/user][/b] disse: Has anyone read Evola's 'Ride the Tiger' or Guénon's 'The Crisis of the Modern World' ? Or anything by these authors? Pls pm me[/quote]

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- ndx disse...
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- Out 28 2006, 17h46
I've read both, and am very familiar with both authors. I'm composing a PM in regards to them at the moment. Check your mail in a little while, because I have the feeling that it's going to be a little lengthy since I can practically go on forever about them.

[quote][b][user]ndx[/user][/b] disse: I've read both, and am very familiar with both authors. I'm composing a PM in regards to them at the moment. Check your mail in a little while, because I have the feeling that it's going to be a little lengthy since I can practically go on forever about them.[/quote]

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- Pewpewlazers disse...
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- Fev 3 2007, 17h15
I'm reading I Am Legend right now, along with The Eddas and the Kalevala. >:3

I switch to the scary book when I'm a little bored with the epics.

[quote][b][user]Pewpewlazers[/user][/b] disse: I'm reading [u]I Am Legend[/u] right now, along with The [u]Eddas[/u] and the [u]Kalevala[/u]. >:3 I switch to the scary book when I'm a little bored with the epics.[/quote]

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- aenator disse...
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- Fev 6 2007, 0h27
Pewpewlazers said:
I'm reading I Am Legend right now...

I'll bet you're highly anticipating the film adaptation starring Will Smith? [sarcasm]I'm sure it will be wonderful.[/sarcasm] :)

[quote][b][user]aenator[/user][/b] disse: [quote][b][user]Pewpewlazers[/user][/b] said: I'm reading [u]I Am Legend[/u] right now...[/quote] I'll bet you're highly anticipating the film adaptation starring Will Smith? [sarcasm]I'm sure it will be [i]wonderful.[/i][/sarcasm] :)[/quote]

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- Pewpewlazers disse...
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- Fev 6 2007, 6h51
aenator said:
Pewpewlazers said:
I'm reading I Am Legend right now...

I'll bet you're highly anticipating the film adaptation starring Will Smith? [sarcasm]I'm sure it will be wonderful.[/sarcasm] :)

I've heard about it. I can't believe it. Richard Matheson must be spinning in his sepulcher.

[quote][b][user]Pewpewlazers[/user][/b] disse: [quote][b][user]aenator[/user][/b] said: [quote][b][user]Pewpewlazers[/user][/b] said: I'm reading [u]I Am Legend[/u] right now...[/quote] I'll bet you're highly anticipating the film adaptation starring Will Smith? [sarcasm]I'm sure it will be [i]wonderful.[/i][/sarcasm] :)[/quote] I've heard about it. I can't believe it. Richard Matheson must be spinning in his sepulcher.[/quote]

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- aenator disse...
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- Mar 3 2007, 17h40
Currently reading:
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland.

[quote][b][user]aenator[/user][/b] disse: Currently reading: [URL='www.amazon.com/Rubicon-Last-Years-Roman-Republic/dp/1400078970']Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic[/URL] by Tom Holland. [/quote]
Editado por aenator em Mar 30 2007, 0h57

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- ndx disse...
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- Mar 4 2007, 7h10
slightly related, but not even really on topic

So I got the course guides for my university, and one of the top tier latin courses offered will be on Caesar's De Bello Civile.

Should be great fun, and I will look forward to taking it.

I'm the meantime I'm being a total sissy-girl and reading Winnie Ille Pu

[quote][b][user]ndx[/user][/b] disse: So I got the course guides for my university, and one of the top tier latin courses offered will be on Caesar's De Bello Civile. Should be great fun, and I will look forward to taking it. I'm the meantime I'm being a total sissy-girl and reading [url=http://www.amazon.com/Winnie-Ille-Pu-Milne/dp/014015339X/ref=pd_bbs_2/105-9333144-8114825?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1172992150&sr=8-2]Winnie Ille Pu[/url][/quote]

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- Gorebatjov disse...
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- Mar 29 2007, 21h20
I'm reading several books at the time. The best one is most definetly : KL Auschwitz seen by the SS , with memoires of Höss, commander of Auschwitz.

Do you want total war?

[quote][b][user]Gorebatjov[/user][/b] disse: I'm reading several books at the time. The best one is most definetly : [u]KL Auschwitz seen by the SS[/u] , with memoires of Höss, commander of Auschwitz. [/quote]

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- aethernaut disse...
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- Jun 5 2007, 11h47
Finished David Conway's Metal Sushi during the weekend. I'll probably start something I haven't read yet by Blavatsky or William Judge towards the end of the week.

``I want to hear the Glenn Miller Orchestra and I want to see cops beating up hippies.''

[quote][b][user]aethernaut[/user][/b] disse: Finished [url=http://www.amazon.com/Metal-Sushi-David-Conway/dp/1902197003]David Conway's Metal Sushi[/url] during the weekend. I'll probably start something I haven't read yet by Blavatsky or William Judge towards the end of the week.[/quote]

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- aenator disse...
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- Jun 10 2007, 2h48
Now reading: "Alexander of Macedon 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography," by Peter Green

Just finished a few weeks ago:
"Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West," by Tom Holland

[quote][b][user]aenator[/user][/b] disse: Now reading: "[URL=http://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Macedon-356-323-B-C-Historical/dp/0520071662/]Alexander of Macedon 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography[/URL]," by Peter Green Just finished a few weeks ago: "[URL=http://www.amazon.com/Persian-Fire-First-Empire-Battle/dp/0385513119/]Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West[/URL]," by Tom Holland[/quote]

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- vladimirowich disse...
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- Jun 14 2007, 9h40
Just received Niall Ferguson's "The War of the World" yesterday and started reading immediately. Bought it through ebay for a sweet 18 euros (postage incl.) ! Saw it in Fnac for 60 euros !!!
:-)))

Also bought his "Pity of War" book but haven't received it yet.

Ah, and i recommend Richard Evans' superb series on the Third Reich, currently reading the second part "The Third Reich in Power"

[quote][b][user]vladimirowich[/user][/b] disse: Just received Niall Ferguson's "The War of the World" yesterday and started reading immediately. Bought it through ebay for a sweet 18 euros (postage incl.) ! Saw it in Fnac for 60 euros !!! :-))) Also bought his "Pity of War" book but haven't received it yet. Ah, and i recommend Richard Evans' superb series on the Third Reich, currently reading the second part "The Third Reich in Power"[/quote]

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- the_mazzatello disse...
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- Mai 21 2008, 23h17
You really should get hold of Jacques Tardi's "Trench War". It has been voted Best Graphic Novel on a Dutch Comics site :

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/9489.html

And believe me, that's not overstating it, I have a copy at home, and it is really gripping.

The only drawback is : it is widely available in Dutch and French, but not in other languages as far as I know.

the_mazzatello

[quote][b][user]the_mazzatello[/user][/b] disse: You really should get hold of Jacques Tardi's "Trench War". It has been voted Best Graphic Novel on a Dutch Comics site : http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/9489.html And believe me, that's not overstating it, I have a copy at home, and it is really gripping. The only drawback is : it is widely available in Dutch and French, but not in other languages as far as I know. the_mazzatello [/quote]

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- vladimirowich disse...
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- Jun 10 2008, 22h31
the_mazzatello sagte:
You really should get hold of Jacques Tardi's "Trench War". It has been voted Best Graphic Novel on a Dutch Comics site :

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/9489.html

And believe me, that's not overstating it, I have a copy at home, and it is really gripping.

The only drawback is : it is widely available in Dutch and French, but not in other languages as far as I know.

the_mazzatello

I have it. Truly gripping stuff !!! He has another comic on the same topic called Soldat Varlot. It´s only a short story but it is certainly as good as Trench War.

[quote][b][user]vladimirowich[/user][/b] disse: [quote][b][user]the_mazzatello[/user][/b] sagte: You really should get hold of Jacques Tardi's "Trench War". It has been voted Best Graphic Novel on a Dutch Comics site : http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/9489.html And believe me, that's not overstating it, I have a copy at home, and it is really gripping. The only drawback is : it is widely available in Dutch and French, but not in other languages as far as I know. the_mazzatello [/quote] I have it. Truly gripping stuff !!! He has another comic on the same topic called Soldat Varlot. It´s only a short story but it is certainly as good as Trench War. [/quote]

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- flatliner42 disse...
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- Jun 11 2008, 12h00
You are so rigth about Tardi's book. It is one of my favorite Graphic artist.

It's a beautiful world for you, It's not for me : Devo - Beautiful world

[quote][b][user]flatliner42[/user][/b] disse: You are so rigth about Tardi's book. It is one of my favorite Graphic artist. [/quote]

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- Orionas9 disse...
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- Jul 10 2008, 12h56
ESTIGMAS

During World War II,German Scientists developed Futhark Five,a Substance that allowed human beings to reach superior status...Very good music themes by Puissance,Death in June,TMLHBAC,Der Blutharsch and Other Great Musicians!

[quote][b][user]Orionas9[/user][/b] disse: During World War II,German Scientists developed Futhark Five,a Substance that allowed human beings to reach superior status...Very good music themes by Puissance,Death in June,TMLHBAC,Der Blutharsch and Other Great Musicians![/quote]

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- vladimirowich disse...
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- Jul 13 2008, 9h03
yeah, just like they also developed the Hainebu and the Vrille, right ?

Spent the last two weeks in Normandy, France.
Saw some great museums and war-sites there.
Tip for all those who plan to visit that region some time in the future :
http://www.armourer.co.uk/maisybattery.htm

The owner is a neat guy called Gary Sterne. He's a passionate amateur-historean/archeologist and invested a great deal of his time/resources in the development of this site. Truly worth a visit !!!

[quote][b][user]vladimirowich[/user][/b] disse: yeah, just like they also developed the Hainebu and the Vrille, right ? Spent the last two weeks in Normandy, France. Saw some great museums and war-sites there. Tip for all those who plan to visit that region some time in the future : [url=http://www.armourer.co.uk/maisybattery.htm]http://www.armourer.co.uk/maisybattery.htm[/url] The owner is a neat guy called Gary Sterne. He's a passionate amateur-historean/archeologist and invested a great deal of his time/resources in the development of this site. Truly worth a visit !!![/quote]

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- vladimirowich disse...
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- Jul 13 2008, 9h03
yeah, just like they also developed the Hainebu and the Vrille, right ?

Spent the last two weeks in Normandy, France.
Saw some great museums and war-sites there.
Tip for all those who plan to visit that region some time in the future :
http://www.armourer.co.uk/maisybattery.htm

The owner is a neat guy called Gary Sterne. He's a passionate amateur-historean/archeologist and invested a great deal of his time/resources in the development of this site. Truly worth a visit !!!

[quote][b][user]vladimirowich[/user][/b] disse: yeah, just like they also developed the Hainebu and the Vrille, right ? Spent the last two weeks in Normandy, France. Saw some great museums and war-sites there. Tip for all those who plan to visit that region some time in the future : [url=http://www.armourer.co.uk/maisybattery.htm]http://www.armourer.co.uk/maisybattery.htm[/url] The owner is a neat guy called Gary Sterne. He's a passionate amateur-historean/archeologist and invested a great deal of his time/resources in the development of this site. Truly worth a visit !!![/quote]

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- pringle_boy disse...
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- Jul 24 2008, 17h46
Sajer Guy. The Forgotten Soldier
Interesting book about WWll
Have anybody read?

[quote][b][user]pringle_boy[/user][/b] disse: Sajer Guy. The Forgotten Soldier Interesting book about WWll Have anybody read?[/quote]

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- Jester-US disse...
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- Jul 25 2008, 4h12
Books Reading

I am finishing Jean-François Lyotard's The Postmodern Condition, am in the middle of Dorothy L Sayers' Translation of Dante's Purgatory, and just started Natsuo Kirino's new novel Real World, which is about some murders and the vulnerability that young girls feel living in modern Japan.

After that, I will read perhaps a new edition of a book on Swedish Metal.

Jesse

"A Labyrinth Nomad. I listen and the map continually..."

[quote][b][user]Jester-US[/user][/b] disse: I am finishing [url=http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/L/lyotard_postmoderncon.html]Jean-François Lyotard's The Postmodern Condition[/url], am in the middle of [url=http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780140440461,00.html]Dorothy L Sayers' Translation of Dante's Purgatory[/url], and just started [url=http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307267573]Natsuo Kirino's new novel Real World[/url], which is about some murders and the vulnerability that young girls feel living in modern Japan. After that, I will read perhaps a new edition of a book on Swedish Metal. Jesse[/quote]

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- vladimirowich disse...
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- Jul 26 2008, 2h59
Die Wohlgesinnten, written by Jonathan Lithell

[quote][b][user]vladimirowich[/user][/b] disse: Die Wohlgesinnten, written by Jonathan Lithell[/quote]

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- Jester-US disse...
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- Ago 13 2008, 17h07
DISTRACTED

I am now in the middle of Maggie Jackson's new book, DISTRACTED: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age. This fine sociologically centered scholarly work is non-explicitly-political and runs down the author's observations about fears of coming generations inability to think through complex ideas or make intelligent decisions because of the training of ourselves to jump from one image to the next word to the gadget. I do concede that there is a fear-of-the-future possibility in it but if even half of her fears are realized, then culture in the west will be dead and thought, or everything that we call thought, will be hindered.

I think this book is worth checking out.

Jesse.

"A Labyrinth Nomad. I listen and the map continually..."

[quote][b][user]Jester-US[/user][/b] disse: I am now in the middle of Maggie Jackson's new book, [url=http://www.prometheusbooks.com/catalog/book_2000.html]DISTRACTED: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age[/url]. This fine sociologically centered scholarly work is non-explicitly-political and runs down the author's observations about fears of coming generations inability to think through complex ideas or make intelligent decisions because of the training of ourselves to jump from one image to the next word to the gadget. I do concede that there is a fear-of-the-future possibility in it but if even half of her fears are realized, then culture in the west will be dead and thought, or everything that we call thought, will be hindered. I think this book is worth checking out. Jesse.[/quote]

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- Vred disse...
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- Ago 21 2008, 21h16
vladimirowich said:
Die Wohlgesinnten, written by Jonathan Lithell

How do you like it?

And we shall then disguise in order to reveal
And we shall swear tonight to never yield
To never give in, to never falter
To never yield or cry for quarter
~ ROME - The Consolation Of Man

[quote][b][user]Vred[/user][/b] disse: [quote][b][user]vladimirowich[/user][/b] said: Die Wohlgesinnten, written by Jonathan Lithell[/quote] How do you like it?[/quote]

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- Jester-US disse...
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- Ago 27 2008, 5h35
DISTRACTED and Anti-Intelllectualism.

I liked this book quite a bit. It is finished now and I am getting through a few other books, including Richard Hofstadter's
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life. DISTRACTED was a fine read. she tackled the need to focus on one thing, the impossibility of multi-tasking, and the choices a person must make in order to really learn something valuable over time. She also brings up the physical exhaustion that takes place if something is fully engaged upon and how the body itself is part of learning anything well and with nuances.

Hofstadter's book won the Pulitzer Prize, I think in 1965 or something, and is a great piece of intellectual history that explores traditions of the intellect in American political life and the ways in which other political groups created strong rhetoric against intellect going all the way back to America's starts.

Jesse

"A Labyrinth Nomad. I listen and the map continually..."

[quote][b][user]Jester-US[/user][/b] disse: I liked this book quite a bit. It is finished now and I am getting through a few other books, including Richard Hofstadter's [url=http://www.amazon.com/Anti-Intellectualism-American-Life-Richard-Hofstadter/dp/0394703170/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219814928&sr=8-1]Anti-Intellectualism in American Life[/url]. DISTRACTED was a fine read. she tackled the need to focus on one thing, the impossibility of multi-tasking, and the choices a person must make in order to really learn something valuable over time. She also brings up the physical exhaustion that takes place if something is fully engaged upon and how the body itself is part of learning anything well and with nuances. Hofstadter's book won the Pulitzer Prize, I think in 1965 or something, and is a great piece of intellectual history that explores traditions of the intellect in American political life and the ways in which other political groups created strong rhetoric against intellect going all the way back to America's starts. Jesse[/quote]

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