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Hom_Corleone wrote: I just saw it in the local supermarket for £3.80 and felt compelled.
I'll happily pass it on when finished.
Iz - You first? :lol:
If Iz declines, I'll be glad to be next in line ;D


Reading this one myself:

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Rather excellent!
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radiojamaica wrote:
Hom_Corleone wrote: I just saw it in the local supermarket for £3.80 and felt compelled.
I'll happily pass it on when finished.
Iz - You first? :lol:
If Iz declines, I'll be glad to be next in line ;D


Reading this one myself:

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Rather excellent!
I'll swap ya! ;D
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Hom_Corleone wrote: I'll swap ya! ;D
Sorry Hom, the book isn't mine to swap :(
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:lol:
I'll still send this on when I've finished - don't worry.

let me know how it is anyway - I've read the Deborah Curtis book and Hooky's, so I'd be interested to know how it compares. :wink:
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You are a true gentleman, Steve :wink: :notworthy:

So far the book is pretty impressive. I've been a fan for over 20 years and I tend to read everything about the band that comes in sight, but I'm at page 60 or so and I've learned quite a few things about Herr Curtis! You even get to know about his grandparents & all ;D

So yeah, it is a very nice addition to Debby's & Hooky's books!
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possibly thee most splendid and feel good book I've ever read
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Hom_Corleone wrote:Image

I just saw it in the local supermarket for £3.80 and felt compelled.
I'll happily pass it on when finished.
Iz - You first? :lol:
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I'm narcissistic and famous.
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I'm narcissistic and being sued.
Money, money they took my money.
I'm narcissistic and actually selling out venues.
I'm narcissistic and selling out bigger venues.
I'm narcissistic and selling out even bigger venues.
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Is there much about the Dolls in the Morrissey book?

I mean if you don't give a toss about Morrissey or The Smiths is it worth the effort for the Fan Club bit and / or the Re-Union?

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JansenClone wrote: I'm narcissistic and selling out even bigger venues.
I'm Jesus.
I'm no longer selling out venues
I'm no longer selling out smaller venues
My appeal has become more selective
It's not a big college town anyway
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Arrian (of Nicomedia)- The Anabasis of Alexander
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Bartek wrote:Arrian (of Nicomedia)- The Anabasis of Alexander
Very nice :) Most of what I know of Alexander comes from Plutarch. Does Arrian have much to say about Alexander's relationship to Aristotle?

I've been reading Grant Havers' paleo-conservative critique of Leo Strauss (which I am writing a review for) and Peter Minowitz's defense of Leo Strauss for the last two weeks while traveling. Next up is Harvey Mansfield's book on manliness - titled Manliness.
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Tolkien geek-out! I got this for Christmas:

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And this:

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And this:

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Lovely hardback collectors editions, nice sturdy paper, good for fondling and even just looking at. :D :notworthy:
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sultan2075 wrote:
Bartek wrote:Arrian (of Nicomedia)- The Anabasis of Alexander
Very nice :) Most of what I know of Alexander comes from Plutarch. Does Arrian have much to say about Alexander's relationship to Aristotle?

I've been reading Grant Havers' paleo-conservative critique of Leo Strauss (which I am writing a review for) and Peter Minowitz's defense of Leo Strauss for the last two weeks while traveling. Next up is Harvey Mansfield's book on manliness - titled Manliness.
I have Plutrach and i know that i shhould start reading from this book. but as i read in introduction, Plutrach wasn't enough cricitc toward Alexander. :wink:
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Bartek wrote:Arrian (of Nicomedia)- The Anabasis of Alexander
Very nice :) Most of what I know of Alexander comes from Plutarch. Does Arrian have much to say about Alexander's relationship to Aristotle?

I've been reading Grant Havers' paleo-conservative critique of Leo Strauss (which I am writing a review for) and Peter Minowitz's defense of Leo Strauss for the last two weeks while traveling. Next up is Harvey Mansfield's book on manliness - titled Manliness.
Other surviving classical histories of Alexander

- The Roman historian Quintus Curtius Rufus wrote Historiae Alexandri Magni. a biography of Alexander the Great in Latin in ten books of which the last eight survive.
- The Greek historian Diodorus Siculus wrote Bibliotheca Historia in forty books; of which book seventeen covers the life and conquests of Alexander.
- The Greek historian/biographer Plutarch of Chaeronea wrote the On the Fortune or the Virtue of Alexander the Great and "Life of Alexander" in his "Parallel Lives" series, paired with "Life of Julius Caesar"
- The Roman historian Justin wrote an epitome of the Historiae Philippicae written by Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus, in 44 books. Of these books 12 and 13 cover Alexander.


I suggest Diodoros (Diodorus) Sikeliotis (Siculus) book for Alexander.
And i can't understand why that damn wikis use the Latin Diodorus instead of the Greek Diodoros for a Greek historian
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Rather interesting archaeologically-accurate history of ritual in pre-Christian Britain.
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Bartek wrote: I have Plutrach and i know that i shhould start reading from this book. but as i read in introduction, Plutrach wasn't enough cricitc toward Alexander. :wink:
Oh, I'm not necessarily sure of that 8)

Off the top of my head, Alexander is the only one Plutarch engages with directly, isn't he (when Alexander complains about Aristotle publishing ideas that ought not be published, Plutarch interjects, saying - essentially - that Aristotle is so obscure that he is not giving anything away)? One of my teachers used to say that the true comparison in all of Plutrach's Lives was actually Socrates. It might be worthwhile to consider them that way.
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I have Plutarch's "Fortune or the Virtue of Alexander the Great", only this one, and i got it for free. Arrian cost me about $1,66 [sic!]. Both new. :wink:
and answering to your previous question: there's not a single word about Aristotle- Alexander relations. Book started from unifying/conquering Greece/Balkans and it's, as title says, about his conquers in Asia. I do like that Arrian tried to be objective, sometimes he failed on that, and there's a lot of descriptions about battles.
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I've just Rashoman. Not quite the book of the film, more the stories used in the film. Wonderful stuff, especially The Martyr.
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Funny, tragic and interesting read...
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A fine fine book.
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A fine fine book.
Hey, I'm reading that too!
Halfway through at the moment...
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