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The Books You Should Read by deezoneclu: 5:20pm On Apr 06, 2011
Hello guys. We all know that books get published everyday and there are good books as well as bad ones. CS Lewis said it better to read more of old books than new one cos old ones have not been tested and proved.

So, here they are:

1. The Richest Man in Babylon - George Clason { if u're thinking of making money}

2. Talent is Never Enough - John C Maxwell { if u feel u got talents}

3. The Closing of the American Mind - Prof. Allan Bloom { know more about the mindless world we live in}

4. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley - {George Orwell's predictions are outdated. Check out for Aldous says}

5. 1999 Constitution CAP C20 LFN 2004
Re: The Books You Should Read by iice(f): 3:03am On Apr 12, 2011
Will prolly comatose reading those tongue
Re: The Books You Should Read by Ogaga4Luv(m): 2:07pm On Apr 12, 2011
[size=13pt]Well , i have read the number 5 book of the list . smiley smiley

In Brave New World, first published in 1932, Huxley paints the picture of a world that is willing to surrender true joy for a bland happiness free of suffering, that is willing to abandon truth for comfort, that is willing to eschew heights in order to avoid depths, and that is quick to surrender human ambition and individual personality for the sake of societal harmony grin.

It is a frightening presentation, precisely because it does not seem too improbable. Even in the United States, which is one of the freest societies, people have come to rely increasingly upon the state. "Only a large-scale popular movement toward decentralization and self-help can arrest the present tendency toward statism," writes Huxley in his foreword to Brave New World. "A really efficient totalitarian state," continues Huxley, "would be one in which the all-powerful executive of political bosses and their army of managers control a population of slaves who do not have to be coerced, because they love their servitude. To make them love it is the task assigned . . . to ministries of propaganda, newspaper editors, and schoolteachers." This is a picture that sounds all to familiar to the modern day libertarian. grin grin

Huxley's writing is not particularly impressive in and of itself; he has no special flowery gift when it comes to use of the English language, but he tells a mesmerizing story. Brave New World is a quick read, and it has a strong impact. wink wink wink
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deezoneclu:

Hello guys. We all know that books get published everyday and there are good books as well as bad ones. CS Lewis said it better to read more of old books than new one cos old ones have not been tested and proved.

So, here they are:

1. The Richest Man in Babylon - George Clason { if u're thinking of making money}

2. Talent is Never Enough - John C Maxwell { if u feel u got talents}

3. The Closing of the American Mind - Prof. Allan Bloom { know more about the mindless world we live in}

4. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley - {George Orwell's predictions are outdated. Check out for Aldous says}

5. 1999 Constitution CAP C20 LFN 2004
Re: The Books You Should Read by larablog: 7:00pm On Apr 24, 2011
just posted some must read books on my blog for free download
some of them include rich dad poor dad, think and grow rich, the warren buffet way and many more.
just check out http://9jabookmania..com
all you have to do is download
Re: The Books You Should Read by Ogaga4Luv(m): 6:05pm On Apr 27, 2011
[size=13pt]Thanks for sharing my dear. . . . kiss[/size]

larablog:

just posted some must read books on my blog for free download
some of them include rich dad poor dad, think and grow rich, the warren buffet way and many more.
just check out http://9jabookmania..com
all you have to do is download

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