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Gary Patella
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in Brooklyn, The United States
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Diary of an Evil Genius
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1900
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I really enjoyed this book. The various characters were entertaining, and despite my aversion to religion, I was not put off by the sections about Jesus and Pontius Pilate. I would recommend it to those that like classic literature. The only issue I ...more |
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| This book showed various attacking themes based on the games of James Plaskett. I enjoyed the book and I felt like I saw more tactics in my own games after going over this book. However, the chapter on attacking with an isolated pawn did not really e ...more | |
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| This was a very interesting read, and I would recommend to anyone interested in scientific philosophy. Kuhn's essential position is that science does not progress piecemeal, but rather in spurts via a paradigm shift. He makes an excellent case, drawi ...more | |
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| This book was highly entertaining. It takes place in Florence in 1348 during the Bubonic Plague. 7 women and 3 men, plus their servants, flee the city to escape the plague. They then crown someone queen or king each day, and each person tells a story ...more | |
"A hauntingly beautiful read! Loved the way the stories intertwined- also, made me even more excited to go to Mexico City!
Witch lore is a fave and this took it to another level. Besides the mysticism, it deals in power and love.....and the misuse of b" Read more of this review » |
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"Wow! What a story! Totally creative and filled with interesting facts about Egyptology and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fiona Davis does her research and spins together a tale of suspense and intrigue that kept me riveted from begin to end."
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While this book is helpful in developing emotional intelligence (something which I severely lack), there are some downsides. I will start by saying I think this book is very good and should be read by anyone looking to increase his or her EQ. But, ther ...more |
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| This was an excellent book showing why scientific literacy is so important. The book is probably more relevant today than when it was written. It explains the usefulness of skepticism, as well as providing tools for the layman to detect hoaxes and sc ...more | |
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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“This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.”
― Hamlet
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.”
― Hamlet
“I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us. If the book we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading for? So that it will make us happy, as you write? Good Lord, we would be happy precisely if we had no books, and the kind of books that make us happy are the kind we could write ourselves if we had to. But we need books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us. That is my belief.”
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