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Shopping spree!!8!!

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With the (coming soon) end of the exams and the money I got for Xmas, I bought many books, all of them look great

- A roman, "Gomorra" (about the Italian mafia) by Roberto Saviano

- A book about Marco Polo and his travel in Asia (it's a kind of summary of Polo's books, with pictures and explanations)

- "1001 insolite historical facts" (did you know that when they discovered the mummy of Ramses, they placed it too long under the sun, the resin started to melt and the arms of the mummy started to move!!)

- "Berlusconneries", a book with all the funny quotes by Berlusconi (like "I'm condemned to win" or "only Napoleon has done more than me")

and 3 sociology books

- "La distinction" by Bourdieu (he explains that goal of the rich people is to show that they're different from the poor people, they do and buy things that the poors can't afford etc...)

- "Les héritiers" by Bourdieu (he explains how school eliminates the poor people, the reasons why only those from educated and rich families make it to university, even if there is a formal equality)

- "The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life" by Erving Goffman
[ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Presentation_of_Self_in_Everyday_Life]The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
 
Those books aren't my taste, but I'm excited that you had a shopping spree! Enjoy your pleasure reading, Bub. :)
 
StandUpChuck said:
Those books aren't my taste, but I'm excited that you had a shopping spree! Enjoy your pleasure reading, Bub. :)
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how can you not like Bourdieu!
 
I have no doubts you'll be Belgium Prime Minister one of these days, nerd boy. :2razz::cool:
 
bub said:
With the (coming soon) end of the exams and the money I got for Xmas, I bought many books, all of them look great

- A roman, "Gomorra" (about the Italian mafia) by Roberto Saviano

- A book about Marco Polo and his travel in Asia (it's a kind of summary of Polo's books, with pictures and explanations)

- "1001 insolite historical facts" (did you know that when they discovered the mummy of Ramses, they placed it too long under the sun, the resin started to melt and the arms of the mummy started to move!!)

- "Berlusconneries", a book with all the funny quotes by Berlusconi (like "I'm condemned to win" or "only Napoleon has done more than me")

and 3 sociology books

- "La distinction" by Bourdieu (he explains that goal of the rich people is to show that they're different from the poor people, they do and buy things that the poors can't afford etc...)

- "Les héritiers" by Bourdieu (he explains how school eliminates the poor people, the reasons why only those from educated and rich families make it to university, even if there is a formal equality)

- "The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life" by Erving Goffman
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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So far I've read

- Gomorra => great book! Sometimes there are too many details but overall it was very pleasant to read. Made me want to watch the movie again.

- "1001 insolite facts" => a bit disappointing, many of these facts are not so insolite

- "Berlusconneries" => very short but some of his quotes are really great

- "La Distinction" => difficult to read but many interesting facts

- "Les héritiers" => excellent book explaining quite clearly some of the sources of inequality at school

I've not started to read the other books yet, but instead I've read 5 of Noam Chomsky's books (failed states, what uncle sam really wants and three books with conferences)
 
The internet is my book :mrgreen:
 
bub said:
bah, there are informations that you don't find on internet!
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I hate reading, but I'm glad you like it. Do you have an eReader like the Kindle?
 
CrusaderRabbit08 said:
I hate reading, but I'm glad you like it. Do you have an eReader like the Kindle?
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Nope, I like real books, where you can highlight interesting ideas and fold the corners of some pages in order to find the best ones easily :2razz:
 
bub said:
Nope, I like real books, where you can highlight interesting ideas and fold the corners of some pages in order to find the best ones easily :2razz:
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That's cool. I have a bunch of the classics in leather binding in a bookcase. They're there for show; I never open them.

I like books, but only audio books.
 
CrusaderRabbit08 said:
That's cool. I have a bunch of the classics in leather binding in a bookcase. They're there for show; I never open them.

I like books, but only audio books.
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that surprises me, I didn't even know what an eReader was and I've never seen an audiobook neither!

But I also have books "for the show", like that huge history book in Dutch...I've read 6 pages of it but it's on the top of by bookshelf :mrgreen:
 
bub said:
that surprises me, I didn't even know what an eReader was and I've never seen an audiobook neither!

But I also have books "for the show", like that huge history book in Dutch...I've read 6 pages of it but it's on the top of by bookshelf :mrgreen:
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Check out these websites - they have free eBooks and audio books:

Internet Archive

LibriVox

Project Gutenberg

..just Google "free ebooks" for many more sites.
 
bub said:
Well I could agree if we were talking about Hermione, but Harry can go to hell
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According to the religious right he has already been to hell.

Emma Watson is quite attractive. I don't know about the fictional character, Hermione, but if it floats your belgium yacht.
 
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