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The American Civil War by John Keegan. Keegan is good but he could've used a good editor, this is very repetitive.
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I finished "Last Jedi" the other day. And I'm about to start "Scourge" which is also a Star Wars EU, it's the last EU on my list before I start on the Dresden Files.
10 years

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Michael Lewis-Flash Boys

A great book on stock market micro transaction rigging.
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Scourge is a pretty slow read, but I'm almost through it. I'll probably be starting the Dresden Files by the end of the week smiley
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I had started Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (I'm about 80 pages in and it still hasn't struck my fancy yet, still going to bear with it though), but now I've got the Dresden Files to work on so I'm switching for the time being.
9 years

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The Stranger's Child by Alan Hollinghurst.
9 years

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Just finished Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse fooking brilliant ! the Steppenwolf tract bit was a huge mind*** I highly recommend it.

Next up I'm going to read Sand and Foam by Khalil Gibran my favourite poet whose work I've never read (I suggest yall give any section of The Prophet a listen on YT)
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johnnycheeseburger wrote:
"How to Practice - The Way to a Meaningful Life" - His Holiness the Dalai Lama, translated and edited by Jeffrey Hopkins, Ph.D.

Is it any good ?
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Just began Battle Cry of Freedom by James McPherson.
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johnnycheeseburger wrote:
Fatticus Inch wrote:
johnnycheeseburger wrote:
"How to Practice - The Way to a Meaningful Life" - His Holiness the Dalai Lama, translated and edited by Jeffrey Hopkins, Ph.D.

Is it any good ?


Thanks for the question. I am sorry if my answer does not hit the mark of your question, though I must say that your question as it pertains to this book is vague and therefor deceptively difficult to answer. I appreciate the thought behind it though, and so I will just mention a few things about this book in detail, while also adding that yes, this is a fantastic read for anyone for a multitude of reasons.

First, as with all books (or speeches or whatever) that are translations, nothing is direct and there is always something lost in translation or misinterpreted. Therefor, I take it with a grain of salt that the message in the writings that I am reading has been either watered down or altered to reflect the translator's perspective of what the original author wrote. Since translation is as much an art as it is a science, let us not forget that what we are reading is in fact written just as much, if not more so, by Dr. Hopkins as it was by the Dalai Lama.

That being said, I find the work to be clear and to the point of many other teachings I have read about, listened to, and found central to what this incarnation of the Dalai Lama has spoken. Find the goodness within the moment. Let not the technology of the day become a distraction to the search for true enlightenment. Project the love that is within yourself outward to not only everyone you meet but everything you come in contact with.

One thing that moved me completely is a passage in this book where His Holiness spoke of a meditation he hoes every morning, presumably to this very day. I am not looking to offend anyone so I will not go into detail, however he speaks about meditation regarding drawing in the negative energy of the leaders from the countries who have caused him to be exiled, and trying to negate it within himself that I find just absolutely extraordinary.


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