recommendations

[thatguy]

i need some good books to read, please give some lists of books and a brief summary of what the book is about.

im reading the 48 laws of power now, i need to read art of war, i see mentions of 1984, which i havent heard of, just give me some ideas

also, on a side note, why is gom so dead lately, i used to love debating in here, we need to get this section going again

 

[ColdBlooded]

look in the vital thread at the top of the page

 

[Stealth]

Try to find "A Brief History of the Human Race". Good book.

 

[iaoish]

Cosa Nostra a history of the Sicilian maffia

 

[RedStorm]

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. It's about European ivory dealers in colonial Africa (Congo), the European mentality and a man's interaction with the locals and his reflection on the whole thing. It's not about colonialism though, it's more about mortality and immortality. It's short (100 pages or less) and an extremely difficult read, but one of the best books ever written.

"I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. It takes place in an impalpable greyness, with nothing underfoot, with nothing around, without spectators, without clamour, without glory, without the great desire of victory, without the great fear of defeat, in a sickly atmosphere of tepid scepticism, without much belief in your own right, and still less in that of your adversary. If such is the ultimate form of wisdom, then life is a greater riddle than some of us think it to be."

 

[thatguy]

look in the vital thread at the top of the page

most of those links are down at least in the first 5 pages, so lets start a new one