02-25-2011, 02:19 PM | #46 |
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We've discussed this before, and if I recall correctly, universal availability isn't a necessary requirement, but in practice, it usually pretty well determines that it won't win, because too many people are cut out.
BOB, is my memory correct on this? |
02-25-2011, 02:31 PM | #47 |
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Must be available as a legal ebook...
Does not need to be available in every jurisdiction. If that were the case the choices would be greatly reduced... also, it would be hard to verify this is so. BOb |
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I nominate Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. I'm about 3/4 of the way through and this is a great book. I can hardly put it down.
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02-25-2011, 09:01 PM | #49 |
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there are some really wonderful sounding books nominated this month...nice!!
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02-25-2011, 10:26 PM | #50 |
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02-25-2011, 11:07 PM | #51 |
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Nominations are updated up to this post and a list can be found at post #23 in this thread.
Thank you lene1949 for checking on the availability of nominated ebooks. It seems that some nominated ebooks may not be available to all members. Last edited by dreams; 02-25-2011 at 11:20 PM. |
02-26-2011, 05:37 AM | #52 |
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Thanks for the clarification!
I quickly googled "buy into africa ebook" and went to the first couple of sites selling it (both smaller ones from the looks of it). Neither had any policy that I could find on which countries could buy it, and one even had a currency converter for other countries. There's a good possibility I'm missing something (maybe those sites won't let people from certain countries check out?), but if I'm not then that book and possibly others may be available in other countries on the smaller sites. |
02-26-2011, 10:05 AM | #53 |
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I dare to propose
Nobility of Spirit: A Forgotten Ideal [Kindle Edition] Rob Riemen Product Details * Format: Kindle Edition * Print Length: 160 pages * Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0300136900 * Publisher: Yale University Press (June 16, 2008) * Sold by: Amazon Digital Services * Language: English * ASIN: B001CXK1TY * Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars Editorial Reviews Review "Written with such elegance, erudition and skill, a singular reflection of fundamental problems, virtues and vices, of our time."-Ivan Klima (Ivan Klima 20081022) "Rob Riemen's essays spring from a deep and firm conviction-they are like water from artesian wells and this is, I think, the main reason why they are so important and refreshing."-Adam Zagajewski (Adam Zagajewski ) "The author's vast cultural knowledge, his firm commitment to liberal ideals and the agility of his pen make these essays an invaluable guide to orient us amid the great political and cultural problems-and the ideological confusions-of the world in which we live."-Mario Vargas Llosa (Mario Vargas Llosa ) "Rob Riemen has written a rare and much needed book, one which we appreciate not because we necessarily agree with its views, but for its commitment to ideas and its passion for imagination. It is a timely reminder of how imaginative knowledge can become a way of questioning, connecting to and changing the world as well as ourselves."-Azar Nafisi (Azar Nafisi ) "Mr. Riemen's Nobility of Spirit is intended as a meditation on the forces that threaten civilization and, no less important, on the forces that are desperately needed to sustain it."-Darrin M. McMahon, Wall Street Journal (Darrin M. McMahon Wall Street Journal ) "Agree or disagree with Riemen's profound, ambitious and high-minded plea, you will be thinking about his words for a long time. It's been ages since a work of non-fiction moved us this way. Read it."-The Elegant Variation (Blog) (The Elegant Variation (Blog) ) Product Description In the pages of this slim, powerful book Rob Riemen argues with passion that “nobility of spirit” is the quintessence of a civilized world. It is, as Thomas Mann believed, the sole corrective for human history. Without nobility of spirit, culture vanishes. Yet in the early twenty-first century, a time when human dignity and freedom are imperiled, the concept of nobility of spirit is scarcely considered. Riemen insists that if we hope to move beyond the war on terror and create a life-affirming culture, we must address timeless but neglected questions: What is a good society? Why art? Why culture? What is the responsibility of intellectuals? Why anti-Americanism? Why nihilism? Why the cult of death of fundamentalists? In a series of three essays, the author identifies nobility of spirit in the life and work of Baruch Spinoza and of Thomas Mann; explores the quest for the good society in our own time; and addresses the pursuit of truth and freedom that engaged figures as disparate as Socrates and Leone Ginzburg, a Jewish Italian intellectual murdered by Nazis. “The forces now aligned against humanistic values are manifold,” observes George Steiner in the foreword to the book. In this imaginative and compelling volume, Riemen addresses these forces and speaks to every reader who believes in the power of classical ideas to restore Western civilization’s highest values. (20080610) |
02-26-2011, 10:18 AM | #54 |
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02-26-2011, 10:19 AM | #55 |
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I'd like to nominate The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman.
http://www.inkmesh.com/ebooks/guns-o...ara+W.+Tuchman |
02-26-2011, 11:17 AM | #56 |
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I'll second that second nomination.
Nobility of Spirit: A Forgotten Ideal is also in EPUB & PDF. I rarely comment on books, but I'll make an exception for this book. |
02-26-2011, 11:17 AM | #57 |
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I nominate godless by Ann Coulter
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02-26-2011, 11:57 AM | #58 |
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I'd like to nominate
What Am I Doing Here? by Bruce Chatwin inkmesh Spoiler:
3.4 stars out of 5 Review from GoodReads Posted October 10, 2010 by James, Chicago, IL The author of one of my favorite short novels, Bruce Chatwin here demonstrates his story-telling ability amidst the realities of travel and the vast world of his extended friendships and acquaintances. The joy of reading his prose is surpassed only by the delight in knowing that opening the book to any page you will be engrossed by the words upon the page. A reader's delight that persuades you with its charm that you should return to one of his other books as soon as possible. |
02-26-2011, 03:34 PM | #60 |
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Isecond Progress and Poverty with my 3rd punch.
Actually I third it. |
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