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  • #71
    Re: What are you reading?

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    • #72
      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.

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      • #73
        Re: What are you reading?

        Originally posted by Siggie View Post
        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".
        Last edited by yerazhishda; 06-18-2011, 06:31 PM.

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        • #74
          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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          • #75
            Re: What are you reading?

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

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            Մեկ Ազգ, Մեկ Մշակույթ
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            "Western Assimilation is the greatest threat to the Armenian nation since the Armenian Genocide."

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            • #76
              Re: What are you reading?

              Originally posted by Mos View Post
              I'm reading this currently - a rather interesting read, recommend it:

              Looks cool. Hezbollah is a fascinating organisation. I hope Augustus Richard Norton takes an impartial stance in this book.
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              • #77
                Re: What are you reading?

                Originally posted by Federate View Post
                Looks cool. Hezbollah is a fascinating organisation. I hope Augustus Richard Norton takes an impartial stance in this book.
                So far it's rather impartial, he doesn't defend Israel or goes to label Hezbollah as "evil terrorists", he looks at everything in an academic manner, and I am surprised as the author was a former US army officer. His impartiality probably comes from the fact that he has conducting research in Lebanon for several decades. It is a fascinating organisation and its formation is rather interesting. Also reminds me again of how much Shia people have been oppressed throughout Middle East, and as Armenians I would say we are closer to Shias than Sunnis, given the fact that Iran is Shia, Turkey is Sunni, and you have all those anti-Armenian countries such as Saudi Arabia and Pakistan who are sunni.
                Մեկ Ազգ, Մեկ Մշակույթ
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                "Western Assimilation is the greatest threat to the Armenian nation since the Armenian Genocide."

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                • #78
                  Re: What are you reading?

                  I like reading a lot of autobiographies, I've had this one laying around for a while haven't read the whole thing so I started reading a little bit of it today

                  Jay Leno

                  Leading With My Chin
                  Positive vibes, positive taught

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                  • #79
                    Re: What are you reading?


                    Amazon.com Review

                    Amazon Best Books of the Month, April 2011: Tina Fey’s new book Bossypants is short, messy, and impossibly funny (an apt description of the comedian herself). From her humble roots growing up in Pennsylvania to her days doing amateur improv in Chicago to her early sketches on Saturday Night Live, Fey gives us a fascinating glimpse behind the curtain of modern comedy with equal doses of wit, candor, and self-deprecation. Some of the funniest chapters feature the differences between male and female comedy writers ("men urinate in cups"), her cruise ship honeymoon ("it’s very Poseidon Adventure"), and advice about breastfeeding ("I had an obligation to my child to pretend to try"). But the chaos of Fey’s life is best detailed when she’s dividing her efforts equally between rehearsing her Sarah Palin impression, trying to get Oprah to appear on 30 Rock, and planning her daughter’s Peter Pan-themed birthday. Bossypants gets to the heart of why Tina Fey remains universally adored: she embodies the hectic, too-many-things-to-juggle lifestyle we all have, but instead of complaining about it, she can just laugh it off. --Kevin Nguyen
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                    • #80
                      Re: What are you reading?

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