What are you reading?

[Mos]

Re: What are you reading?

I'm reading this currently - a rather interesting read, recommend it:

[Siggie]

Re: What are you reading?

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Inside Scientology:
The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion
by Janet Reitman

Amazon link


I'm two-thirds of the way through the book and I'm enjoying this immensely. It's fantastically well-researched and well-written.

I rewatched that loony video of Tom Cruise babbling and it actually makes perfect sense this time around. Yay, I've learned the language of the CoS.

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[yerazhishda]

Re: What are you reading?

I think I found a reference to an earlier edition of the book...

Aved-Zakarian, Économie de la vie humaine, ou préceptes instructives pour tous les états de la vie, trad, en armén. de l'original chinois. Venise (St. Lazare) 1845. 24.

Federate, can you confirm this is correct?

Here's what I could read from the photos:

Տնտեսութիւն Մարդկային Կենաց - Խրատք Պիտանիք
Թարքմանեալ Ի Սինէացիոյ լեզուէ
Յանգղիական բարբառ
Գեւորք Աւետ Զաքարեան
Ջուղայեցի ի Պաթաւիա
Ի Վենետիկ
Ի Վանս Ղազարու
1843

"Economy of Human Life - Necessary Advices"
Translated from the Chinese Language
In the Common Dialect
Gevork Avet Zakarian, Jughayetsi of Padua (Patavia -> Patavium (Latin) = Padua)
Venice, Lazarus Monastery
1843

The book is in what we would consider "Classical Armenian", but with some modernisms introduced I think. I am not sure of the translation of the third line, the word is յԱնգղիական and in CA means "in Angliakan". I think the earlier etymology of the word անգղ is from անգեղ and could possibly mean "in the vulgar/common dialect".

[Ethnography]

Re: What are you reading?

I just started this one. I randomly got it from Borders when they were going out of business. Well, I think I'm going to head out to starbucks and read it there, just to clear my head.

The Gendarme by Mark T. Mustian.

Re: What are you reading?

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[Siggie]

Re: What are you reading?

I think I found a reference to an earlier edition of the book...

Aved-Zakarian, Économie de la vie humaine, ou préceptes instructives pour tous les états de la vie, trad, en armén. de l'original chinois. Venise (St. Lazare) 1845. 24.

Federate, can you confirm this is correct?

[manbato2004]

hey guys i took some better photos of the book

and here some more

[Siggie]

Re: What are you reading?

I don't know where my head was yesterday morning, but I could have sworn I saw "avedaran!" I assumed it had an author because it was some sort of commentary on it or a compilation of biblical stories or something. I did see the khratk. It is a terrible photo; perhaps manbato can use the macro setting on his camera and try again.

[Lucin]

Re: What are you reading?

Don't think it's a Bible either. Can't make up much of the words clearly other than the first one which is Տնտեսութիւն (economy). Book is either in Western Armenian or Eastern Armenian with traditional orthography.

For sure it is not a Bible. Bible's author is not some Gevork Zakarian... it is written in grapar: մարդկային կենաՑ- խրատք պիտանիք

[Federate]

Re: What are you reading?

Don't think it's a Bible either. Can't make up much of the words clearly other than the first one which is Տնտեսութիւն (economy). Book is either in Western Armenian or Eastern Armenian with traditional orthography.