I’ve been reading “An Unfinished Life” by Robert Dallek for at least a month now. It remains an unfinished book assignment though as I am still in the early 20% of the book.
It is a very interesting book to say the least, with lots of details about JFK’s early years never before published, including...
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This DVD and booklet set was one of my “lucky finds” in the book fair my xGF and I visited at the SMX in SM Mall of Asia sometime last year.
I recently just opened it on the insistence of Marielle, who was very eager to learn sign language. The DVD turned out to be...
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What’s with me lately that I seem to be drawn into reading depressing books? Within days from finishing a very disturbing book, “Speak You Also,” I found myself flipping the pages of “The Muted Cry: stories of working children.”
I must clarify that a disturbing or depressing book does not equate to bad book. On...
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Of course it’s the book’s subject matter that I find disturbing and not the book itself. It is a great book actually — a rare first-person account of the horrors of Auschwitz.
I find Paul Steinberg’s account of how he survived the concentration camps of the Nazis in Europe towards the end of World War...
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I read the book, The Little Prince, when I was in college. Or so I thought. But I couldn’t seem to recall anything from it, which is strange because I always retain something from books I read no matter how long ago I’ve read them.
Oh I did remember something from my first encounter with...
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This now completes my commitment — to readers of A Wonderful Blog as well as to myself — to transcribe and post all 125 Warren Buffett aphorisms from the book, The Tao of Warren Buffet. †This is the 2nd and last installment, the first one having been posted last January 7.
Again, I have posted...
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I finished reading, ìThe Tao of Warren Buffett,î shortly before Christmas.† I loved it.† I actually regret not having read it much earlier.† I take consolation in one of Buffettís more popular advice:† itís never too late to start.† I just hope I have the heart to get started in applying Buffettís investing wisdom...
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I just received “The Tao of Warren Buffet” book as a gift from my ex-girlfriend. †It is a collection of profound aphorisms from investment guru and mega-philanthropist, Warren Buffet. †I just started with it but I am already immensely loving it.
Here is a sampling of Buffet’s quick wit and wisdom from the book:
“Rule No....
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“The greatest truths are the simplest. †And so are the greatest men.” ~ Julius Charles Hare
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I’ve been experiencing bouts of what I call ONLINE FATIGUE this past few weeks. †Although I manage to tweet some and blog some, each attempt is a major struggle and a huge effort. †I’m just so sick and tired...
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When I was just starting with my blogging I used to write a lot about the books Iíve read or was reading at the time. †I used to read at least two books a month. †And then slowly Iíve been doing more blogging than reading.† And came my other blogging projects, and Facebook and...
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In the news the other night were stories about thousands of people trooping to Comelec offices to register.† On one hand are people telling about their hardships ñ some had to fall in line for nearly nine hours!† On the other are the Comelec officials lamenting about how Pinoyís tend to procrastinate until the...
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I REMEMBER having read some chapters of Noli me Tangere†and just the very first chapter of El†Filibusterismo in High School. And both were in Tagalog. †Unless you are a full-blooded Tagalog,†you will have to agree with me that†reading Tagalog manuscripts is quite “un-natural” and can be very challenging.
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Needless to say — but I’ll say...
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