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- What the Dog Saw (4)
- and other adventures
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- The Black Swan (35)
- The Impact of the Highly Improbable
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- The Art of Fiction (1)
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- Common Nonsense (2)
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- Chance (1)
- A Guide to Gambling, Love, the Stock Market, and Just About Everything Else
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Provoking -
Everything remains the same, countries, cities, buildings, offices and homes...just without human being...
What would happen in a 'No-Man-World'?
First come to my head is cockcoaches.
And very many of them.
They are crawling, jumping and flying everywhere.
Very likely t ... (continue) - — Oct 25, 2007 | Add your feedback
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- The Form of Things
- Essays of Life, Ideas and Liberty in the 21st Century
- By A. C. Grayling
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- The Intellectual Devotional (5)
- Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Cultured Class(Rough Cut)
- By Kidder, Noah D., David S./ Oppenheim, …
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Mind Builder -
Monday - History
Tuesday - Literature
Wednesday - Visual Arts
Thursday - Science
Friday - Music
Saturday - Philosophy
Sunday - ReligionEveryday provide us with different kind of knowledges to let us build a stronger mind.
If you have the habit of going to g ... (continue)
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- Advice to Writers
- A Compendium of Quotes, Anecdotes, and Writerly Wisdom from a Dazzling Array of Literary Lights
- By Jon Winokur
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- Paradoxes from A to Z (1)
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- The Wisdom of Crowds (19)
- By James Surowiecki
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- The Odd Body
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Changing is the nature of Nature. It not only happens all the time but also always in a sudden. </p><p>So 'surprise' should be the ways things are.</p><p>Are you always shocked by things that turned out unexpectedly? </p><p>Get used to it.</p><p>But re ... (continue)
Changing is the nature of Nature. It not only happens all the time but also always in a sudden. </p><p>So 'surprise' should be the ways things are.</p><p>Are you always shocked by things that turned out unexpectedly? </p><p>Get used to it.</p><p>But remember, you can't predict what will be happening.</p><p>And yet we should bear in mind that there are many things we do not know rather than we think we know. </p><p>No, you won't face the reality more easily after read this book. But I still think we should read it to keep ourselves wise and humble.
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