The Book Readers Thread

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[autophile]

The last book I read is The Alchemist. Loved it.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/865.The_Alchemist

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Last two months spent on these titles.

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my younger brother took it for reading. when he returns, you can borrow. but if you want to buy it its available online. and its not a very good book at all. its a translation and the quality of translation is horrible.

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I will try to find a much better book ( I had one but somebody took it and never returned). If I find it, I will present it you for your parents. This book was written by an English administrator before 1947 and is mostly about Baloch and Pathan tribes. If you are one, then it might interest you. I checked for its original form but its not available.

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Got them today in post. Sheikh sahib was a prominent civil servant some years ago and served with honesty and integrity. His memoirs are worth reading.

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Just received. 7-5-19 (1st Ramzan).

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I have read this book. Yes, not a bad read in general. Everyone prefers his good points in life and there must be hardly anybody with courage enough to write about his negative points. Please keep reading, its such a good thing.

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New and much awaited addition to my books. Dozakhnama is a dialogue between Manto and Ghalib and the second book is a novel.

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For eid holiday reading got these wonderful books. One is an autobiography by the legend Intezar Husain and the other is about introduction to philosophy by Jostein Gaarder. A modern classic in all respect.

The Urdu book is published by Sang e meel and is worth 900.00, the second book is a lousy local edition by some unknown printing house of Karachi.

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Epic Urdu literature. Great tradition in fiction writing. A book by legend writer, Abdullah Hussain.

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Got them today, on 5th of July 2019 courtesy a US navy friend from amrika.

[muhammad.irtiza]

I've been reading this book to get insights into stoic philosophy. One of the earlier stoic philosophers was Marcus Aurelius, a competent roman emperor. It's amazing to see how exactly similar people are today to those times when I read Marcus' meditations. This book is actually a collection from many stoic philosophers.
For people who are suffering, stoicism is an incredible source of relief. It teaches indifference and a 'passive' reaction to external events. In many respects, it bears a remarkable similarity to the ethical teaching of Siddhartha Gautama (c. 563 - 483 B.C.) and Buddhism, which is grounded in the four noble truths:
1) all life has suffering;
2) suffering is rooted in passion and desire;
3) happiness is freedom from the passions;
4) moral restraint and self-discipline is the means by which one becomes free from suffering.

[jaykookie51]

Wow I'll definitely add this to my to read list. I would also like to recommend Demian by Hermann Hesse. It's a really good book.

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