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The Trial
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Franz Kafka
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, October 14, 2013
The Trial reveals how we are the ultimate creators of our realities. Both consciously and unconsciously, our deemed realities are based off of delusions and phantasy. "Reality" is that which we choose to perceive. There's a tendency to blame tangible, external occurrences for our condition when, in truth, the crimes and punishments reside within ourselves. We are the prosecutors, the judges, the jury, the criminals, the victims, etc. This is a vivid portrayal of the agonizing sufferings one experiences when all they strive for is to get away from the terror that surrounds them, only to realize that this terror 'is' them. Protagonist and antagonist become one in a battle of self-conflicts.
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Library At Night
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Alberto Manguel
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, October 14, 2013
Impacted with the most delightful of thoughts and information, every time I'd thought that I'd read the best of it, Manguel would surprise me with something even better. His passion for books is inarguable. His unique, insightful views are perfectly interwoven with intriguing historical references. With each element strengthening the last, I couldn't help but smile as I read this.
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How It Is
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Samuel Beckett
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, October 14, 2013
This book was hard to put down. Makes me think of something John Hollander said in an interview: "A poem that doesn’t get out of hand isn’t a poem." According to that statement, this book was a fine example of true poetry.
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Information A History a Theory a Flood
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James Gleick
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, October 14, 2013
If you like the idea of relating information to thermodynamics - more specifically, the second law of entropy, you will whiz through this book in one sitting despite its length. In any transformation, a dissipation occurs. Loss in one form of energy is inevitable; in our futile attempts to avoid this loss, we inadvertently gain energy in other forms. Information can be viewed similarly. As it travels through books, mouths, films, etc., it loses something each time. This loss creates room for the unintended gains. I probably slaughtered the description with my futile attempts at explaining this. Suppose we can call this lesson #1.
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Art of War
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Sun Tzu
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, October 14, 2013
Classic and brilliant techniques put so simply. Reading this as a modern day civilian, I couldn't help but apply it to my modern day battles such as in business, relationships, Los Angeles traffic...the typical. As a naturally paranoid person, I feel it may have done me more harm than good. I prefer to (perhaps ignorantly) avoid seeing things as if they are wars. However, some things will never change seeing as I will always act shy and giggle right before I slaughter my enemy.
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