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Serious question, how do you guys find books to read? The China Study or whatever? I've never heard of it. And half the other books you guys speak of.
I try to read more, but these are just works that I dunno where to even put myself in a position to hear of them. Let alone see or read them.
My friends don't read. I just realized that. Or....they don't tell me they do.
I try to read more, but these are just works that I dunno where to even put myself in a position to hear of them. Let alone see or read them.
My friends don't read. I just realized that. Or....they don't tell me they do.
Pretty sure medicine has nothing to do with leisure reading.
No shit I can go to a library and pick up a book. What I was wondering is how Funk stumbled upon 48 Laws and how Pittsey had heard about it to have read it even before Funk. It means it's a popular book, so I was essentially asking how they heard about this seemingly popular book.
War and Peace, I know, is a classic. I read about 100 pages into it in high school as leisure reading, but then I graduated and had to return it to the school library, never to be finished.
So do you guys look at NYT best sellers lists online or something, or do you really just walk into a library and peruse a section for hours trying to find a good book? Im willing to do both. Good thing the weekend is here, so I'll have time.
They probably heard about it like you just did. Heard someone talking about a book, maybe online, got curious, and picked it up. And if you type in nutrition at Amazon, the China Study is one of the first books to come up. If you get interested in a subject, type it in on Amazon, and the first books that come up are the first ones you should look into, the ones everyone heard of.
The first time I heard of the 48 Laws was when I was 15; I was watching a show called The Contender (boxing show) and one of the contenders was talking about it, comparing it to the likes of Prince and The Art of War. There are plenty of ways to here about good books; reading this forum for one (huge thread in Words of Wisdom); whenever I go to the mall I make a point of going into the bookstore and just browsing for 20 min. You don't need to spend an hour browsing. All you need to do is pick a few genres that interest you and scan titles until something catches your eye. Same thing goes with Amazon, pick a subject, say Astronomy for example, and then browse through the results.
Serious question, how do you guys find books to read? The China Study or whatever? I've never heard of it. And half the other books you guys speak of.
I try to read more, but these are just works that I dunno where to even put myself in a position to hear of them. Let alone see or read them.
My friends don't read. I just realized that. Or....they don't tell me they do.
I try to read more, but these are just works that I dunno where to even put myself in a position to hear of them. Let alone see or read them.
My friends don't read. I just realized that. Or....they don't tell me they do.
48 Laws of Power caught my attention when I saw Robert Greene interviewed on some political show. It might have been suggested to me on YouTube. It was a while ago, so rather foggy.
I also pop onto Amazon and have a look. I have also googled the 100 best works of literature to make sure that I have read a lot of them. But these are more common and tend to be studied in school.
A few people I work with read also. And usually leave the books at work when they have read them. Some are good. But some are works such as DCI Rebus and the girls were reading 50 Shades of Grey until I turned it into a monologue in the office and ridiculed it. But the majority are decent, but they are fiction rather than anything heavier. I prefer something I can learn from.
Coonie, you should join Goodreads. It's a social network for book readers. You list out 20 books you've read and you rate them, and it recommends books for you to read. You can also add people, see what they read, look at their lists, and also keep track of your progress. I don't use it much but I love the concept of it.
Me, I usually come across books spontaneously. I came across David Nutt's Drugs (Without the Hot Hair) and bought it on Amazon. I'm about 100 pages in and there's nothing particularly surprising yet, but I like confirming my beliefs lol.
Me, I usually come across books spontaneously. I came across David Nutt's Drugs (Without the Hot Hair) and bought it on Amazon. I'm about 100 pages in and there's nothing particularly surprising yet, but I like confirming my beliefs lol.
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