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@akipponn/bouncing-back-from-a-down
I recently came across a book titled "Essentialism" on Twitter, and since I am a fan of its translator, Riko Takahashi (I became a fan through her translation of "Blockchain Revolution"), I immediately bought it and started reading. This book underscores the importance of focusing on what's important and courageously letting go of the rest.
In summer of 1627 Barbary corsairs in four ships landed on the coast of Iceland, and sailed away with close to 400 captives. The Barbary raiders weren't looking for gold, or treasure. They were looking for people who could be sold as merchandise. This was the purpose of the raid: to capture humans, men women, children--even infants, and carry them back to Africa for sale. The trade in humans conducted by Barbary raiders lasted for centuries.
@luisestaba23/responsible-for-many-readers-depression-esp-eng
Good morning to all Hive reader friends, I am back to bring you a book review, but unlike the previous one this one I read it from cover to cover and... Wow, it says very strong and deep things that could affect people with weak minds, but as the author of this book comes from the land of the rising sun and there is no such thing as being weak minded, this book got great fame and was translated into several languages, one of them Spanish. Today I will talk to you about... (sigh) "No Longer Human" by the Japanese author Osamu Dazai..
@jude.villarta/booksale-is-my-go-to-place-for-art-books
Truth be told every time we are in booksale, they'd race to look for art books while I casually go to the manga section 😆 HAHAHA! I wasn't that hype yet until our thesis subject in 4th year came along, that was the time I felt the importance of owning one and how convenient it is, thus I joined their art books hunting.
@the-bitcoin-dood/book-review-stephanie-meyer-twilight-life-and-death-what-a-gender-bender
There will be spoilers here, I suspect most people interested in Twilight have already read or seen the movies. If you don't want spoilers, stop now. You have been warned. I try not to divulge too many spoilers for "Life and Death" still there may be a few. Most of the spoilers are around the plot of the original Twilight series.As many of you know, I'm not a huge Stephenie Meyer fan. At first, I thought it was her writing style. She's obviously a much better writer than I'll ever be, but for whatever reason I just didn't appreciate her writing style. After reading Life and Death a spin on the Twilight series, that all changed. Surprisingly, I don't think it was her writing style at all, but more about how I related to her characters.
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