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- Peer Gynt (36)
- A Dramatic Poem
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By Henrik Ibsen -
Reading since May 25, 2013
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- Outside In (7)
- The Power of Putting Customers at the Center of Your Business
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By Kerry Bodine, Harley Manning -
Reading since Nov 12, 2012
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- Velocity (8)
- The Seven New Laws for a World Gone Digital
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By Ajaz Ahmed, Stefan Olander -
Finished on May 25, 2013
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- Death of A Salesman (392)
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By Arthur H. Miller -
Finished on May 15, 2013 
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- Of Mice and Men (1162)
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By John Steinbeck -
Finished on May 14, 2013 
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- Kingdom of Fear (38)
- Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century
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By Hunter S. Thompson -
Finished on May 9, 2013
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- Thinking, Fast and Slow (376)
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By Daniel Kahneman -
Finished on Apr 26, 2013
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- Be the Worst You Can Be (6)
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By Saatchi Charles -
Finished on Mar 15, 2013
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- The $12 Million Stuffed Shark (3)
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By Don Thompson -
Finished on Mar 10, 2013
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- Point Counter Point (43)
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By Aldous Huxley -
Finished on Feb 24, 2013
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Written 85 years ago but incredibly contemporary. A truly fantastic book, a splendid picture of modern life and people's psychology, contradictions and ways of conducting life. Everything that happens is intrinsically like the man it happens to, says Spandrell. You can agree or disagree with it, as ... (
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- La vita autentica (712)
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By Vito Mancuso -
Finished on Jan 23, 2013
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- Sophie's World (1166)
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By Jostein Gaarder -
Finished on Jan 18, 2013
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- Fai bei sogni (8482)
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By Massimo Gramellini -
Finished on Dec 31, 2012
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- A Classical Education (4)
- The Stuff You Wish You'd Been Taught at School
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By Caroline Taggart -
Finished on Dec 11, 2012
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- Sua Santità (687)
- Le carte segrete di Benedetto XVI
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By Gianluigi Nuzzi -
Finished on Nov 28, 2012
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Be the Worst You Can Be
I was quite disappointed by the book, which is essentially a collection of aphorisms, some interesting and quirky, but most neither.
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Here are the bits I think are worth.
"Unlock yourself from the neurotic need to please. It erodes the soul"
"Life is more pleasant without ... (
I was quite disappointed by the book, which is essentially a collection of aphorisms, some interesting and quirky, but most neither.
Here are the bits I think are worth.
"Unlock yourself from the neurotic need to please. It erodes the soul"
"Life is more pleasant without asking too many questions of yourself, or seeking a higher purpose"
"Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted"
"Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm"
"Tenacity and staying resolute are simply being obstinate in a way we approve of"
"War doesn't determine who's right, war determines who's left"
Q: You seem to represent all I find unpleasant about the modern world. People like me, who don't court personal validation, believe in putting other people first. Today everything is about gratification of the self, and choosing our own happiness over anyone else's. Whatever happened to the values I adhere to, like duty, morality, righteousness, and the belief that goodness is its own reward?
A: You may sound like a very good person, but in fact you just suffer from the disease to please. And what's more you seem to want to be congratulated for it. Apparently, goodness is not its own reward.