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This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper.
The oldest book I own is a 1936 copy of C.H. Firth's 1901 book Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England.

I got quite a few books recently for my birthday, but I can't be assed to list them. The ones I'm reading at the moment, however, are:
- The Age of Turbulence (2/3rds through)
- The Wealth of Nations (nearly finished)
- FDR (1/3rd through)
- Also, Atlas Shrugged, but it's really fucking boring.

After that I'll be starting this lot (yes, simultaneously):
- House of Debt
- The Wealth of Nations: Books IV-V
- The Quest for Cosmic Justice
- Logic
- A Universe from Nothing
- Napoleon the Great

Amazon's down at the moment, so I'll have to post my wishlist later.


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This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper.
My amazon wishlist:

Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter.

The Antelope's Strategy: Living in Rwanda After the Genocide by Jean Hatzfeld.

Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction by A.C. Grayling.

The Great Stagnation by Tyler Cowen.

Average is Over by Tyler Cowen.

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Solider by Ishmael Beah.

Four Laws that Drive the Universe by Peter Atkins.

Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality by Max Tegmark.

Flatland by Edwin A. Abbot.

Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God by Paul Copan.

Terror and Liberalism by Paul Berman.

While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within by Bruce Bawer.

Moral Minds: How Nature Designed our Universal Sense of Right and Wrong by Marc Hauser.

The Psychopath: Emotion and the Brain by James Blair.

The God Argument: The Case Against Religion and For Humanism by A.C. Grayling.

The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution and the Twentieth Century by Peter Watson.

Greenmantle by John Buchan.

Cunt: A Declaration of Independence by Inga Muscio.

Anarchy, State and Utopia by Robert Nozick.

The Road to Serfdom by F.A. Hayek.

Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes.

The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven.

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, and the Natural History of Religion by David Hume.

The Norman Conquest by Marc Morris.

By Sword and Fire: Cruelty and Atrocity in Medieval Warfare by Sean McGlynn.

The Plantagenets by Dan Jones.

The Anglo-Saxons: At War 800-1066 by Paul Hill.

The Anglo-Saxon World by Nicholas Higham.

Russia Against Napoleon: The Battle for Europe, 1807 to 1814.

The Crusades: The War for the Holy Land by Thomas Asbridge.

Tombstone: The Untold History of Mao's Great Famine by Yang Jisheng.

China: A History by John Keay.

As you can tell, I have far too many interests.
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- Telling Lies - Paul Ekman
What is it about (pls no obvious answer like it's about why people lie and blablabla)?

Once you're done, can you share some of the cool knowledge on this site? I too am interested in the work of Paul Ekman, but I'm a poor student who can't afford a book right now... OH WAIT A MINUTE, I DON'T LIVE IN AMERICA!

I can afford the book, but I'm currently saving up for something else, namely the Ekman face suite.

For your thanks I'll give you some of my information, but I don't see a point in writing it down right now if you're not gonna post it... Yes I am aware of that I'd be raising my chances, but y'know, you might do it without the information because you don't think it will help you, and you like being helpful.

In conclusion: Please share what the book says about the signs such as a different blink rate and then presumed normal blink rate after the lie, a change in voice pitch, et cetera, et cetera.

If you want me to contribute to the thread, I will have to get an affirmation from you, and you requesting I do so.

I haven't read it yet heh, the reason being that I've already let three books jump the queue and interrupt a biography that I am reading. When I've finished this book on Churchill (60% complete) I'll be reading Telling Lies.

From what I understand, the book is a research paper in book format. It covers reasons why people lie, how they lie and how to spot them (and if ekman's other work is to be noted, when to remain quiet about a lie you have seen) However when I have finished reading it I'll happily share the information gleaned from it. His previous book Emotions Revealed was very informative and a useful precursor to his truth detection works <.<


 
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My amazon wishlist:
The Psychopath: Emotion and the Brain by James Blair.
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By Sword and Fire: Cruelty and Atrocity in Medieval Warfare by Sean McGlynn.
This sounds like a book I would thoroughly enjoy >_>


 
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I'm trying to start reading San Tzu Art of war
My books to get are:
Last Samurai
The book of 5 rings

Hoh, most honorubu.

I read Art of War a few years ago, the best bit is where he's demonstrating a point to the Emperor by killing off his concubines e.e
Ahhh yeah that was a good part what about the rest of the books? I actually got intrested on the last samurai while working at the library bored out of my mind I would walk to the book shelves where they wouldn't have seen me and checked some books but, I enjoyed the last samurai's biography very amazing and even has some knowledge bits that I took to heart
I have yet to read them <.<
I think my dad has a copy of 5 rings somewhere, but I haven't seen it in years so it might be lost <.<
And I've not heard of Last Samurai, is it the book that the film was based upon?


 
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I'm trying to start reading San Tzu Art of war
My books to get are:
Last Samurai
The book of 5 rings

Hoh, most honorubu.

I read Art of War a few years ago, the best bit is where he's demonstrating a point to the Emperor by killing off his concubines e.e
Ahhh yeah that was a good part what about the rest of the books? I actually got intrested on the last samurai while working at the library bored out of my mind I would walk to the book shelves where they wouldn't have seen me and checked some books but, I enjoyed the last samurai's biography very amazing and even has some knowledge bits that I took to heart
I have yet to read them <.<
I think my dad has a copy of 5 rings somewhere, but I haven't seen it in years so it might be lost <.<
And I've not heard of Last Samurai, is it the book that the film was based upon?
Ask your dad to mail it to me plox <.<
It's a biography on Miyamoto-san it's really good and thats how I learned of his baddasery
Mibbe >.>
5 rings is or the Samurai book? (Biography)


 
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By Sword and Fire: Cruelty and Atrocity in Medieval Warfare by Sean McGlynn.

This sounds like a book I would thoroughly enjoy >_>
Because you're not a decent human being.


 
 
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By Sword and Fire: Cruelty and Atrocity in Medieval Warfare by Sean McGlynn.

This sounds like a book I would thoroughly enjoy >_>
Because you're not a decent human being.

I am well aware of this, my faults are plain as day but they are what motivates me to do good <.<
So are they still evil? If by their existence they cause someone to make the world a better place >.>


 
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By Sword and Fire: Cruelty and Atrocity in Medieval Warfare by Sean McGlynn.

This sounds like a book I would thoroughly enjoy >_>
Because you're not a decent human being.

I am well aware of this, my faults are plain as day but they are what motivates me to do good <.<
So are they still evil? If by their existence they cause someone to make the world a better place >.>
Explain.


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By Sword and Fire: Cruelty and Atrocity in Medieval Warfare by Sean McGlynn.

This sounds like a book I would thoroughly enjoy >_>
Because you're not a decent human being.

I am well aware of this, my faults are plain as day but they are what motivates me to do good <.<
So are they still evil? If by their existence they cause someone to make the world a better place >.>
Explain.
I shall send it to you via PM so as not to derail the book thread <.<


 
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eff off zesty


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He is bad, and he knows it because society has set the standards, and he is aware as he's not blind.

You can call him colour blind in a world where colours are important, but I believe that he sees the colour very faintly.

He strives to make the world a more colorful place, even though he himself can't enjoy it as much as other people will.
Who is he? He is the Psycho logist.
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eff off zesty

Sent it, it took a little while to type up as I'm sure you'll see when you open the PM <_<


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I haven't gotten any books recently. I've been reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy again lately though.