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Anak
Anakoluth
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Posted : Mar 21, 2008 20:52
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Xolvexs
IsraTrance Senior Member
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Posted : Mar 26, 2008 15:42
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The Science of Leonardo- Fritjof Capra
  When death comes to your doorstep, make sure you are alive |
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onalways
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Posted : Apr 2, 2008 13:21
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wats the deal with fritj
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chapodelic
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Posted : Apr 27, 2008 18:04
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The Popol Vuh (K'iche' for "Council Book" or "Book of the Community"; Popol Wu'uj in modern spelling; IPA: [[Help:IPA|[popol wuχ]]]) is a book written in the Classical Quiché language containing mythological narratives and a genealogy of the rulers of the Post-Classic Quiché Maya kingdom of highland Guatemala.
The book contains a creation myth followed by mythological stories of two Hero Twins: Hunahpu (Modern K'iche': Junajpu) and Xbalanque (Modern K'iche': Xb‘alanke). The second part of the book deals with details of the foundation and history of the Quiché kingdom, tying in the royal family with the legendary gods in order to assert rule by divine right.
The book is written in the Latin alphabet, but it is thought to have been based on an original Maya codex in the Mayan hieroglyphic script. The original manuscript which was written around 1550 has been lost, but a copy of another handwritten copy made by the Friar Francisco Ximénez in the early 18th century exists today in the Newberry Library in Chicago.
The significance of the book is enormous since it is one of a small number of early Mesoamerican mythological texts — it is often considered the single most important piece of Mesoamerican literature. The mythology of the Quiché is believed to correspond quite closely to that of the Pre-Classic Maya, as depicted in the San Bartolo murals, and iconography from the Classic period often contains motifs that are interpretable as scenes from the Popol Vuh. |
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phonecardlinks
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Posted : Apr 29, 2008 17:33
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Angels Watching Over Me by Lurlein MacDaniels is a good read.
It is about a teenager who got sick and needed to stay in a hospital over Christmas. Her mother was away on a trip with her third husband. She got used to this set up after all.
She met a little girl with slightly odd family. They were called the Amish people. They wear old-fashioned clothes and are known to still live in a primitive way.
Then she became friends with the little girl's sister and brother whom she felt in loves with. The only problem is that Amish people actually do not mingle a lot with the English people.
It was a story of faith and love. |
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darkgnome
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Posted : May 14, 2008 23:39
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Anything by Brian Evenson...
Kimi-tachi wa keikoku sareta! |
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Tris
IsraTrance Junior Member
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Posted : May 18, 2008 16:10
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Among quite a few others, some autors and books I've read recently (or not so) and I would recommend if you are interested in any of these (various) subjects.
NEAL STEPHENSON
Snow Crash - SciFi/Cyberpunk/New Technologies/Virtual Realities/ Religion/Mind Control
Cryptonomicon - History (WW2)/New Technologies/Cryptography
The Baroque Cycle (QuickSilver + Confusion + The System of the World) - History (17th century)/Adventures/Sciences/Politics
JOE HALDEMAN
The Forever War - SciFi/Time Travel/Absurdity of war
JACK KEROUAC
On the Road - Adventures/Travel/Beat Generation - A classic !!!
RUSSEL BANKS
Rule of the Bone - Teenager/Adventures/Rastafarism
JARED DIAMOND
Collapse (How societies choose to fail or succeed) - History/Ecology/Human Societies
Guns, Germs and Steel - History/Civilizations/Biology/Ecology
DANIEL C. DENNET
Breaking the Spell (Religion as a Natural Phenomenon) - Religion/Human History/Philosophy
ROBERT SABBAG
Smoke Screen - Pot smuggling/History/Adventures/70's
MICHAEL C. RUPPERT
Crossing the Rubicon (The decline of the American Empire at the end of the age of oil) - 9-11/Peak Oil/History/Politics
KEM NUNN
Tapping the Source - Thriller/Surf
MARK BOWDEN
Doctor Dealer (The rise and fall of an all-american boy and his multimillion-dollar cocaine empire) - Cocaine trade/History
And I hope to tell you soon about "The Brotherhood of Eternal Love: From Flower Power to Hippie Mafia: the Story of the Lsd Counterculture", a "classic" that have been reprinted last year and I still have to order...
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smorphelia8
IsraTrance Junior Member
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Posted : May 21, 2008 13:18
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LSD - My Problem Child (Albert Hofmann)
The Politics of Consciousness - (Terrence Mckenna)
i have learned soooo much from these.. i recommend LSD- My Problem Child to anyone that wants to know more about the very beginnig of the drug with the biggest impact on our scene.
have a nice summer
ciao
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Ganapati
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Posted : Jun 5, 2008 18:39
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One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Ganapati
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Posted : Jun 5, 2008 19:48
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and of course the best book ever
Dante Alighieri - La divina commedia |
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sykidelicmind
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Posted : Jun 13, 2008 02:22
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Jitterbug Perfume - Tom Robbins...
nice book...
dont miss on this one....
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Dr. Boombastic
IsraTrance Junior Member
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Posted : Jul 1, 2008 06:59
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Irvine Welsh - Acid House, Trainspotting
all roads lead Om |
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anesket
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Posted : Jul 18, 2008 11:52
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Sincrodestiny - Deepack Chopra
very interesting
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juice
IsraTrance Full Member
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Posted : Jul 24, 2008 12:38
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an old stuff...."english august" by Upmanyu Chaterjee.
Studies indicate that listening to music is good for digestion. |
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Black Cat
IsraTrance Junior Member
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Posted : Jul 26, 2008 22:11
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Stephen King-The black tower
7 books all together!
Amazing!!!
Bom Bom
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