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10 Dec 2005, 17:46
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What are you currently reading?
In one of the major norwegian newspapers, they have a article about what people have on the "nighttable", ie what people are reading. So like once a week they call up someone and ask them.
So, what are you book/books are you reading at the moment?
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10 Dec 2005, 17:48
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Re: What are you currently reading?
Peter Kolchin - Unfree Labour
Its a historical comparitive study between Russian serfs and South US slaves. I'm reading it for my dissertation, but its actually a pretty good book too.
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10 Dec 2005, 17:48
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Re: What are you currently reading?
Asimov's guide to the bible.
I've gone through the whole OT, and i've got up to John in the NT but have got a bit bored now.
Read two Louis de Bernieres books over the last couple of weekends which were brilliant, about to read the third one now.
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10 Dec 2005, 17:56
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Re: What are you currently reading?
Catch 22
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10 Dec 2005, 17:57
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Re: What are you currently reading?
I read a few books at the same time. I've been reading The Great War for Civilisation by Robert Fisk for the past six weeks or so and whatever random science fiction/historical/random novels I encounter in the meantime. Currently I'd be rating fisk at about nine out of ten so go and read it guys!
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10 Dec 2005, 17:59
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Re: What are you currently reading?
Field of Swords by Conn Iggulden
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10 Dec 2005, 18:00
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Re: What are you currently reading?
Rereading Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations for the countless time, along with various random things about brains and minds.
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10 Dec 2005, 18:00
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Re: What are you currently reading?
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Catch 22
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a great book
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10 Dec 2005, 18:12
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Re: What are you currently reading?
Donald Duck!
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10 Dec 2005, 18:32
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Re: What are you currently reading?
Im gonna start on three books atm
Dan Brown - Digital Fortress
The latest Wheel of time book
And the latest Jo Nesbø book(sum great norwegian writer)
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10 Dec 2005, 19:06
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Re: What are you currently reading?
Ok, on a more serious note. I'm reading Aage Sending's books "Introduction to corporate economy" and "Introduction to accounting". (And so is isildurx)
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10 Dec 2005, 19:12
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Re: What are you currently reading?
Conditions of the English working class by Engels.
Probably read trainspotting once I finish.
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10 Dec 2005, 19:27
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Re: What are you currently reading?
Communist Manifesto
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10 Dec 2005, 19:31
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Re: What are you currently reading?
this thread lollercakes.
also Neuromancer, The Forever War, Count Zero
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10 Dec 2005, 19:55
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Re: What are you currently reading?
Protein NMR spectroscopy: Principles and practice by Cavanagh
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10 Dec 2005, 20:02
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Re: What are you currently reading?
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Ok, on a more serious note. I'm reading Aage Sending's books "Introduction to corporate economy" and "Introduction to accounting". (And so is isildurx)
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The same guy who publicly said BI students were mostly crap
OMG, Communist Manifesto and Engels piece on the the english working class!
The revolution must be spreading
Im currently reading "On War" by Carl Von Clausewitz and "the history of Europe" vol. 1, by Karsten Alnæs.
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<Dreadnought>You cant whois on Eclipse server without a registered nic, which mr ****stirrer doesnt have.
<Almeida> well i like to grow fat myself too, and when i have enough ships then i can engage in big battles
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10 Dec 2005, 20:12
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Re: What are you currently reading?
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Originally Posted by JC
Protein NMR spectroscopy: Principles and practice by Cavanagh
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10 Dec 2005, 20:37
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Re: What are you currently reading?
Robert Heinlein - The Moon is a harsh Mistress
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10 Dec 2005, 20:42
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Re: What are you currently reading?
Trunk Music by Michael Connelly.
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10 Dec 2005, 21:28
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Re: What are you currently reading?
A Portrait of the Young Man as an Artist by James Joyce. A good book, though not as good as Ulysses or Finnegan's Wake in my mind.
Anyone recommend anything in the vein of Kafka?
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10 Dec 2005, 21:32
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Re: What are you currently reading?
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Finnegan's Wake
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dont believe youve read it, sorry
Also, The Trial is excellent and some of his short stories are available online (in particular, I like "The Judgement")
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10 Dec 2005, 22:13
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Re: What are you currently reading?
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Anyone recommend anything in the vein of Kafka?
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10 Dec 2005, 22:15
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Re: What are you currently reading?
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dont believe youve read it, sorry
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why
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10 Dec 2005, 22:16
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Re: What are you currently reading?
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A Portrait of the Young Man as an Artist by James Joyce. A good book, though not as good as Ulysses or Finnegan's Wake in my mind.
Anyone recommend anything in the vein of Kafka?
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Nobody has ever finished ulysses. It's one of those a priori truths I hear.
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10 Dec 2005, 22:19
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Re: What are you currently reading?
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10 Dec 2005, 22:19
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Re: What are you currently reading?
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Im gonna start on three books atm
Dan Brown - Digital Fortress
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Same as the other ones tbh
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The latest Wheel of time book
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as much happens in this one as since the cleansing of the source.
I'm not reading anything atm, but I've just been reading the series by George R R Martin (latest book A Feast for Crows), and ofc I read Thud! a couple of months ago.
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10 Dec 2005, 22:25
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Re: What are you currently reading?
'Foundations of Library and Information Science' in preparation for class. :0
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10 Dec 2005, 22:36
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Re: What are you currently reading?
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Field of Swords by Conn Iggulden
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I love that series, can't way for book 4 after Christmas.
Anyway I recently finished Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse.
Am now starting Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand, and am partway through A Game of Thrones - George Martin
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10 Dec 2005, 22:38
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Re: What are you currently reading?
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Yes. And then they downgraded him to NHH.
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10 Dec 2005, 22:41
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Re: What are you currently reading?
And Nadar i dont read those books tbh. Its worthless. Im just lookign at old exams writing in notes on my calculator
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10 Dec 2005, 22:49
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Re: What are you currently reading?
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And Nadar i dont read those books tbh. Its worthless. Im just lookign at old exams writing in notes on my calculator
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I know. I wont work more with the books, will rather solve past exams. The books are shit, Sending writes as he's the superior God on earth. Crappy written tbh. I've noticed one thing: Some of the formulas doesn't correspond with the in-book tasks/examples he wrote.
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10 Dec 2005, 22:55
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Re: What are you currently reading?
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I can't read it as it's not in any language I understand.
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What bidimetoloves sinduced by what tegotetab
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It's supposed to be one of the 100 greatest books ever written. I hate top ten lists.
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10 Dec 2005, 23:13
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Re: What are you currently reading?
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with various random things about brains and minds.
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Because you want one?
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11 Dec 2005, 00:18
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Re: What are you currently reading?
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I love that series, can't way for book 4 after Christmas.
Anyway I recently finished Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse.
Am now starting Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand, and am partway through A Game of Thrones - George Martin
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Going from Wodehouse to Rand I see.
Are you some kind of masochist?
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11 Dec 2005, 00:23
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Re: What are you currently reading?
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Going from Wodehouse to Rand I see.
Are you some kind of masochist?
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He is preparing himself to work for Deloitte.
Everyone who works at the big accounting firms must read Rand, in order to boost the morale of the employees and making it possible for them to extort maxmimum capital from the working people. Big capital doesnt want morals and ethics, it will damage profits.
(wink wink midge)
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<Hicks>Occassionally individuals do things without Executive consent
<Dreadnought>You cant whois on Eclipse server without a registered nic, which mr ****stirrer doesnt have.
<Almeida> well i like to grow fat myself too, and when i have enough ships then i can engage in big battles
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11 Dec 2005, 00:26
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Re: What are you currently reading?
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Yes. And then they downgraded him to NHH.
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Eh, didnt he get kicked from BI after those statements?
Whats the price of a case these days? Ive heard it is 2000 NOK.
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11 Dec 2005, 00:53
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Re: What are you currently reading?
I've just started reading Casino Royale by Ian Fleming.
I haven't read any of the other James Bond books so I don't know what to expect.
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11 Dec 2005, 01:13
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Re: What are you currently reading?
A Peace to End All Peace by David Fromkin (good intro on the origins of the modern middle east)
The March of Folly by Barbara Tuchman
A War Like No Other by Victor Davis Hanson
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11 Dec 2005, 01:28
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Re: What are you currently reading?
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Eh, didnt he get kicked from BI after those statements?
Whats the price of a case these days? Ive heard it is 2000 NOK.
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He got fired indeed. You should also note that BI is ranked higher on world and european basis than NHH.
I don't know what a case cost. I wrote my own A's and B's in the 3 cases we've had so far, so paying 2000 NOK for a case isn't something that fits my already "stripped" budget. Maybe I should start writing cases for others aswell? You know, nice way of starting business at business-school. Anyways, I'd rather learn the curriculum that involves the cases than fail the exams because I couldn't answer the questions involving the cases.
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11 Dec 2005, 03:11
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Re: What are you currently reading?
Wicked 406 pages
(Rereading) Watership Down 474 pages
and Stockton Police Department report #02-60321 1372 pages
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11 Dec 2005, 03:30
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Re: What are you currently reading?
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Wicked 406 pages
(Rereading) Watership Down 474 pages
and Stockton Police Department report #02-60321 1372 pages
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I love Watership Down, it's one of my all time favorite books. Bunnies & Politics. <3
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11 Dec 2005, 04:28
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Re: What are you currently reading?
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Originally Posted by G.K Zhukov
He is preparing himself to work for Deloitte.
Everyone who works at the big accounting firms must read Rand, in order to boost the morale of the employees and making it possible for them to extort maxmimum capital from the working people. Big capital doesnt want morals and ethics, it will damage profits.
(wink wink midge)
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If it helps I reread "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist" recently and it is probably still my favourite book of all time.
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11 Dec 2005, 10:08
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Re: What are you currently reading?
Roy Keane 'Keane'. Not that I am a fan of Man U or Roy Keane btw.
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Re: What are you currently reading?
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If it helps I reread "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist" recently and it is probably still my favourite book of all time.
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that's on my bookshelf to read.
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11 Dec 2005, 12:17
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Re: What are you currently reading?
What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School.
Ok, technically I started reading this in the summer and never finished it, and what I'm actually 'reading' now is "Audit & Assurance Study Guide".
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11 Dec 2005, 12:19
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Re: What are you currently reading?
The Prince, by Jerry Pournelle
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Re: What are you currently reading?
I tried reading The Idiot, but I got bored with it and I'm now reading a children's book on chimpanzees which I bought from the library in one of their sales.
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Re: What are you currently reading?
Mort by Terry Pratchett
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Re: What are you currently reading?
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I tried reading The Idiot, but I got bored with it and I'm now reading a children's book on chimpanzees which I bought from the library in one of their sales.
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I read that a couple of months ago and really really liked it.
The first part especially is absolutely top drawer.
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