Books 03 (Dec 09 - Dec 25)

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A good sign for the book industry… Barnes & Noble and Scholastic Corp touch fresh 52-week highs.

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"If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Ladybird Books to deal with hangovers and mid-life crises
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/cult ... rises.html

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Mark Ford's Book Recommendations for 2015

By Craig Ballantyne

Mark read a book per week last year and here are some of the books he recommended. So far I've only gotten through Novak's and Hamid's

Fiction
1. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
2. My Ántonia by Willa Cather
3. Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov
4. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid
5. One More Thing by B. J. Novak

Nonfiction
1. Why Does the World Exist? by Jim Holt
2. Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov
3. Rethinking Aging by Nortin M. Hadler, MD
4. Motivation in the Real World by Saul W. Gellerman

Source: ETR

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“Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.”

― Francis Bacon

[winston]

“Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.”

― Francis Bacon

[behappyalways]

紐約首代華人教父　竟成郡副執法官
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/internati ... 1469940583

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"The more that you read, the more things you will know.

The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."

– Dr. Seuss

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"The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read."

- Abraham Lincoln

[winston]

"The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read."

- Abraham Lincoln