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Old 12-12-2006, 11:34 AM   #31 (permalink)
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Archaeology books for an essay due on Friday. Mostly 'An Archaeology of Natural Places' by Richard Bradley at the moment (which is fairly intersting). Got to pick up Chris Tilley's big orange book on Phenomenology soon (I can't remember the title off the top of my head unfortunately).
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Old 12-18-2006, 01:40 PM   #32 (permalink)
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"Automatic Millionaire" by David Bach.

I love the 10% rule
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Old 12-18-2006, 06:18 PM   #33 (permalink)
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I just finished "Next" by Michael Crichton. Currently I am in "Freakonomics" (half way) and "Thanks for Smoking" (starting).

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Old 12-19-2006, 08:14 AM   #34 (permalink)
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What you think of Freakonomics?
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Old 12-19-2006, 06:50 PM   #35 (permalink)
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What you think of Freakonomics?
It was an interesting read. I found it to be the literary equivelant of James Burke's 'Connections' television series. I found some of the conclusions that the authors came to be highly questionable, which brings the rest of them into question as well.
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Old 12-20-2006, 07:28 AM   #36 (permalink)
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I've just finished the excellent The Path: A One-Mile Walk Through the Universe from Chet Raymo.



You don't have to wander far to be confronted with the mysteries and amazements of nature!
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Old 12-20-2006, 08:00 AM   #37 (permalink)
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A friend just handed me Mutant Message Down Under by Marlo Morgan. It has been around for a few years but it is still considered an underground classic.

There is chapter entitled Cordless Phone where she discusses how the Real People (an Australian aboriginal tribe) can communicate using telepathy which she believes anyone can do if they have nothing to hide.
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Old 12-21-2006, 02:14 AM   #38 (permalink)
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I spent an hour last night listening to an awesome webinar featuring Jeffrey Schwartz (author of The Mind and the Brain) and David Rock (author of Quiet Leadership) as they discuss the neuroscience of leadership at strategy-business.com. It covered some very interesting ideas and I highly recommend it. I have read "Quiet Leadership" and it made the point the most effective way to improve is to create new connections.
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Old 12-29-2006, 08:39 AM   #39 (permalink)
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I'm currently reading "Ask and it is given", but I find it not very easy to read. I mean, it's like i would read a chapter, but not really know a lot of what's in it, i just have a vague idea.
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Old 12-29-2006, 10:22 AM   #40 (permalink)
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^ It's a great book you are reading Cath

I'm currently alternating between The Science of Getting Rich and Laws of Success Vol 1 by Napoleon Hill.

SoGR is easy to read, while in LoS, there are lots of info to digest!
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Old 12-29-2006, 10:33 AM   #41 (permalink)
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I began The Count of Monte Cristo tonight; I'm on chapter 22. I am quite taken in, but I really ought to sleep.
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Old 12-29-2006, 09:20 PM   #42 (permalink)
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I'm reading a few books right now.

Dune by Frank Herbert
Media Control by Noam Chomsky
Profit Over People by Noam Chomsky
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Old 12-29-2006, 09:30 PM   #43 (permalink)
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I'm reading:

-Catch-22 (just started)
-The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

-The Memory Book by Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas
A great book for anybody, especially if you are still in college like me... some really great stuff in there, I can't wait to start employing the techniques.

As you can see these are all on Steve's recommended list
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Old 12-30-2006, 01:13 AM   #44 (permalink)
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im reading ask and it is given and opening to channel. im also reading various books on graphic design for my dissertation.
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Old 01-01-2007, 12:03 PM   #45 (permalink)
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I'm reading Bringers of the Dawn by Barbara Marciniak. It is a channeled book about enlighened beings who have come to Earth to help us evolve. It was published in 1992 and is certainly "out there" but it does have some great information that I think everyone could relate to.

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Old 01-01-2007, 06:00 PM   #46 (permalink)
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I'm almost finished with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick. Next up is the Robert Fagles translation of the Iliad.

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Old 01-03-2007, 12:23 PM   #47 (permalink)
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I'm reading:

Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension, by Michio Kaku

Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class, by Barbara Ehrenreich

And re-reading:

Creative Visualization, by Shakti Gawain
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Old 09-02-2007, 08:14 PM   #48 (permalink)
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The Illustrated Man - Ray Bradbury
Books about political science models (really half-boring)..
And maybe something more...

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Old 09-02-2007, 09:29 PM   #49 (permalink)
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The Man in the Iron Mask. Unabridged.

Also, Albion's Seed.
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Seven Deadly Wonders by Matt Reilly
Collapse by Jared Diamond

I don't think I'm going to finish either. Seven Deadly Wonders isn't very good and Collapse is really long.
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Old 09-05-2007, 10:56 AM   #51 (permalink)
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I am currently reading, "The Myth of Self-Esteem" by Albert Ellis. So far I like it.
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Old 09-07-2007, 12:43 AM   #52 (permalink)
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I just finished reading: Last of the Amazons by Steven Pressfield. It's a really really reallyyyyy good book but not for the beach
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I finished Dumas' work, and in the meantime read Outbound Flight, a Star Wars novel, yesterday and Privilege of the Sword, by Ellen Kushner, today.

I recommend the last most heartily. It'll be in my signature in a moment.

edit: or it won't be. Who changed the permitted length of signatures on me while I wasn't looking?
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Since i want to master my spanish (since my native language is portuguese, learning spanish is a bit easier than for native english speakers) and always want to learn more about business & investing, i found this website in spanish that has uncountable articles about business & investing to fit my need perfectly. I'm reading it far more than stevepavlina.com
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Forever Odd by Koontz. I really like his writing style.
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Im currently reading "The Way of the Superior Man" by David Deida

Excellent book.
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Right now I am reading The Power of now by Eckhart Tolle. A great book so far
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