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This book contained so many great insights into how to deal with life's stresses and has been a revelation in my transformation of attitude.
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If you're interested in reading someone's books without paying for them, I propose there are several decent alternatives: 1. Do the legal thing and go down to the local library, even at some inconvenience to yourself. 2. Drop the smug sense of moral superiority. 3. Stick up for your moral superiority by making a sacrifice by depriving yourself of the pleasure. It doesn't make a whit of difference in the economy, but…
> 1. Do the legal thing and go down to the local library, even at some inconvenience to yourself. How the fuck is that any different than my torrenting the epub and reading it on my iPad? The exact same words, read by the exact same person, for the exact same amount of value transferred between the exact same people. Stop it with this meaningless worship of the fiction of intellectual property. PS: Downloading conten…
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I have one other friend (the only one of them all to actually read) and it was just as effective for him as it was me. I'm now trying to get my sister to read it. The hard part seems to be getting people to pick it up and stick it through.
Best of luck getting your sis to quit :-)
Android Internals: A Confectioner's Cookbook
Any idea where I can find a copy of this?
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse. I learned a lot from that novel
The Player of Games , by Iain M. Banks - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Player_of_Games
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There is also a good biography about Hitler from a historian called David Irving. He is the guy that studied the history of hitler and ww2 for decades. Although he is perceived as very controversial author, I think his books are the closest thing to the truth.
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/indi... How do you separate what is true from what is he biased about?