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I'm putting off novels for a while. I need to read screenplays so I could improve my screen playing writing. The one I wrote a few years ago was horribly amateurish.
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"To burn always with this hard gemlike flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life."
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Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
"To burn always with this hard gemlike flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life."
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How did you find it?Originally posted by DaZahroJaam. View Posti could care less for russian literature. i like the sarcastic and dramatic tone that foyder uses in his writing.
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It was a birthday gift. Probably some bookstore in Boston.
"To burn always with this hard gemlike flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life."
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Originally posted by DaZahroJaam. View Post
Didn't know you were a comedian as well.
I meant how was the books? as in good, bad, boring?Comment
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It's a collection of short stories that can be read in four or five minutes. Most of them are about life and death but being the genius that he was, he leads the reader to a state of and peace and contentedness with the harshest realities of life. One of my favourites from my shelf so yeah, I liked it.
"To burn always with this hard gemlike flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life."
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The Epic of Gilgamesh---
To advise others is an easy matter, the difficulty is accepting advice -- since it is bitter for those who follow their
own inclinations and desires.
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To advise others is an easy matter, the difficulty is accepting advice -- since it is bitter for those who follow their
own inclinations and desires.
-Imam al GhazaliComment
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I have never read that book, although its highly recommended.Originally posted by Haris View PostComment
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Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky
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I've been waiting for this baby to come to the library for a minute.Comment
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This is a study of an almost inaccessible area of the intricate linguistic fabric of Afghanistan - namely, its secret codes of communication. The text draws on a profound knowledge of Afghanistan and neighbouring regions, as well as the cultural and sociolinguistic processes at work across Eurasia. The author situates these sociolinguistic matters within the appropriate diachronic and comparative background, and traces the numerous threads which connect them to areas both close to and distant from Afghanistan. The book will be of great interest to scholars from a wide range of disciplines, including, but extending beyond, the realms of linguistics, cultural history, and sociology. It will also be of practical value in many areas, notably with regards to military and political issues, as well as humanitarian aid.دلته دم او قدم دواړه په حساب دي - پل په لاره غلط مه ږده بې حسابهComment
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Mantiq al-Tayyar (Conference of the Birds) - Fariduddin Attar
Just started reading this. I wish I could read classical Farsi, the english translation can not do justice this literary masterpiece.Last edited by badmash_khel; 11-10-2013, 03:42 PM.Comment
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