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| Refinnej |
I am reading "The Gift of Fear:Survival Signals That Protect Us From Violence" by Gavin de Becker. Obviously it's about violence (mainly against women) and talks about how women need to learn to trust their intuition.
The author is an expert in predicting violent behaviour and says "True fear is a gift". The best chapter deals with a woman who was in her apartment building and a stranger who says he lives in the building too needs her help. He ends up raping her and she recounts to the author how she knew from the first time she saw this guy that he was going to rape her because he was so persistent but did it in a charming way.
Chapter 4: Survival Signals is great! It really gives you insight into people's motives and you soon realize you know more than a few people who fit the description. |
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| Durafei |
Anyone with any interest in science simply MUST read Bill Bryson - Short history of nearly everything.
The book covers a lot of ground from "How was the universe formed?", to "How was the mass of the earth first calculated". It tells the story of Einstein, Newton, and many other often unknown scientists who are responsible for the state of science today.
Usually science books are dull, and full of very low level explanations that require deep knowledge of the subject. Not this one ! If you like science, or interested in history - you will find difficult to put this book down until you finish reading it.
Incredible book ! |
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| bluE_Neon |
| Plato: The Republic |
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| fiasco |
good realistic fantsy books: American Gods by N.Gaiman and A Song of Ice and Fire series by GRR Martin
po polsku: Sapkowski - Narrenturm i Boży bojownicy |
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by Durafei
Anyone with any interest in science simply MUST read Bill Bryson - Short history of nearly everything.
The book covers a lot of ground from "How was the universe formed?", to "How was the mass of the earth first calculated". It tells the story of Einstein, Newton, and many other often unknown scientists who are responsible for the state of science today.
Usually science books are dull, and full of very low level explanations that require deep knowledge of the subject. Not this one ! If you like science, or interested in history - you will find difficult to put this book down until you finish reading it.
Incredible book ! |
Honestly, I'm thinking about buying this book now from the way you described it -- and what it appears to go into!
I'd love a read like that!
Thank Ilyia! Cheers - Jem. |
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| Pettiscool |
currently reading "shake hands with the devil"
written by the un force commmander on the UNAMIR mission in rawanda in 1993-1994 :nervous:......really sketchy stuff, tough read but cant put it down |
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| Moral Hazard |
| I'm reading Beyond Good and Evil by Nietzsche. I recommend it if you are in to heavy, wordy, books that are meant to confuse and inspire thought. |
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| feems |
| harry potter and the goblet of fire :happy2: |
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| *~LiSa-LoO~* |
bump...whatcha'll reading?/
I just started Nightmare in Wichita - The Hunt for the BTK Strangler by Robert Beattie.
It's good so far...very detailed about the case. |
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| SAGE2635 |
The Aeneid - Virgil
Metamorphoses - Ovid |
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| Nikitha |
Darwin: The Indelible Stamp; The Evolution of an Idea
Its a completel collection of 4 of Darwin's most popular works:
1)Voyage of the Beagle
2)The Origin of Species
3)The Decent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
4)The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
I've barely even cracked it yet.. but I'm already loving the hell out of it!
Nikki |
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