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Quence said:
Some of the best books are explorations of lived experiences, don’tcha know?
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that explains the Bible....not (damn good book, but lived experiences? come on)
or most of the great myths
Homeros probably wasn't real but man the stories.
 
After finishing your reading of a purchased book which is copyrighted past your expected natural demise, do you donate it to your local library?
 
minty said:
end of chapter 8:
"Rome, however, was a western power based in the mediterranean world and she could not impose her hegemony over the entire middle east in the face of an effective Iranian power, the Parthians. Any power with it's base outside the middle east faces the same challenge. Each succeeding western power has to come to terms with the regime in Iran."
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Yeah, turns out that any power on the Iranian plateau is ridiculously difficult to invade and/or hold because of the various mountain ranges that effectively cut off armies and supply routes. It does make it all the more impressive that Alexander the Great did it as he took logistics incredibly seriously. Even then, he still took 5 years fucking off to the far eastern portions of the empire chasing usurpers and former Greek remnants that were exiled there from past wars. The Romans learned early and fast that they were out of there elements even getting through Mesopotamia as Crassus got obliterated and Mark Anthony got humiliated. One of the main reasons that Alexander was successful is that he basically left the people who didn't resist in power in their local areas and pissed off his own army by adopting their culture.
 
I know magazines don't really classify as "books" but they are kind of like books so fuck it, anyway here a few issues of Zit (very obscure UK adult comic) I have scanned in over nearly the past year


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Zit - Issue 102 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

WARNING: contains material that is NSFW and NSFL, viewer discretion is advised.Issue 102 of Zit Comic from around late 1998, I do have more Issues lying around...
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Zit - Issue 110 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

WARNING: contains material that is NSFW and NSFL, viewer discretion is advised.This is Issue 110 of Zit Comic published back in JULY (I can estimate by the...
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Zit - Issue 117 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

WARNING: Contains images and illistrations of a (very) NSFW and NSFL nature, also contains some language, racial depictions and mentions/(photoshopped)...
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Zit - Issue 121 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

WARNING: Contains Images and Illistrations of a (very) NSFW and NSFL nature.Also contains Strong Language, Extreme Violence and (mosty satirical) Humor that...
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Zit - Issue 137 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

WARNING: Contains images and illistrations of a (very) NSFW and NSFL nature, also contains language and satirical humor that would be seen as problematic by...
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Zit - Issue 138 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

WARNING: Contains Images and Illistrations of a (again, very) NSFW and NSFL nature.Also contains strong language, very extreme violence, depiction of cocaine...
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I read a book for book club -- The Correspondent.

It's written through letters and emails, about some old lady circa 2012. Actually does a good job at reading like a boomer woman, was semi fun but overall meh. Have to read some book called Theo Golden or smth similar for the next time we meet.

I want to read more Vonnegut, but I don't really want to run out of books -- I only have three left, can read some short stories, but his novels are much much better imo. Might read all of his works chronologically, to see how he developed. There are a few nonfiction works and plays I can read, too.
 
starship troopers kiddo
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though the idea came from ancient Greece. people will often go "it wasn't a real democracy like ours, women, slaves and foreigners couldn't vote", which is wrong. it's the non-combatants who couldn't vote.

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yelps part had me :D
 
Heidi the girl said:
Yeah, turns out that any power on the Iranian plateau is ridiculously difficult to invade and/or hold because of the various mountain ranges that effectively cut off armies and supply routes. It does make it all the more impressive that Alexander the Great did it as he took logistics incredibly seriously. Even then, he still took 5 years fucking off to the far eastern portions of the empire chasing usurpers and former Greek remnants that were exiled there from past wars. The Romans learned early and fast that they were out of there elements even getting through Mesopotamia as Crassus got obliterated and Mark Anthony got humiliated. One of the main reasons that Alexander was successful is that he basically left the people who didn't resist in power in their local areas and pissed off his own army by adopting their culture.
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yeh ima be honest, when it comes to the other continent's empires tho n who invaded what n where, all that stuff is not my forte. i've learned plenty abt rome n greece n all that, like grad school level essay writing on it n shit, n forgotten it. ask me how parrot feathers from south america ended up in utah tho n it's like activating a sleeper cell
i was hoping for more mongol history in this book :(
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Tech Noir said:
starship troopers kiddo
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though the idea came from ancient Greece. people will often go "it wasn't a real democracy like ours, women, slaves and foreigners couldn't vote", which is wrong. it's the non-combatants who couldn't vote.

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yelps part had me :D
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oh absolutely, and even as america suburban sprawled out west, the women who came with and settled voted on stuff. the men knew they were out there risking indian raids n driving cattle in the desert n risking dysentery on the wagon trains, etc. women losing the right to vote came with statehood, in such cases.
as for the second part, yeh jefferson's early writing around the time of the revolution he wanted to abolish slavery entirely n then later math'ed it out n decided it was good for his plantation to have more workers n ended up fathering slave children... HE WAS SO KIND N GENEROUS THO HE LET BE FREE WHEN THEY CAME OF AGE :meow:

as an aside, altho murricans love to finger point at greece, our gov's also heavily on the iroquois confederacy
 
there was a sufficient amount of mongol, n i finished the book
n then started fantasyland by kurt andersen abt how the country has basically always been a haven for grifter retardation
 
Quence said:
I despise book clubs. People in them invariably choose some really awful books for everyone to read.
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In my experience this is true, but it's nice to be able to actually talk to a real person about a book for once, rather than rambling about it on here
 
Stony said:
In my experience this is true, but it's nice to be able to actually talk to a real person about a book for once, rather than rambling about it on here
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Yes, but if you’re jonesing for real human interaction there are better ways than being held hostage to the prattling of some doofus concerning a book that has far more intrinsic value as kindling for a campfire weenie roast.
 
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