What books are you reading? [porn inside]
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God is not great: Christopher Hitchens. Boring as fuck, but some valid points on religion and it's effects on society.
Misinformation: The Female-Perpetuated Myths About Men: Forget author's name. Dispells myths women use to shift why they don't have a "good man" onto men. Good read, funny, a little long. Someone posted it on Micheal Baisdon's site.
Misinformation: The Female-Perpetuated Myths About Men: Forget author's name. Dispells myths women use to shift why they don't have a "good man" onto men. Good read, funny, a little long. Someone posted it on Micheal Baisdon's site.
I didn't know about this one. Its a must read for me. BTW has been mislabeled as an uncle Tom for years. He was hollering learn a trade and own your own shit while DuBois wanted college. The 2 argued a lot and most blacks sided with DuBois. Had we gone BTW's way back then, shit would be better now.pantha266 said:
Make It Happen: The Hip-Hop Generation Guide to Success
By Kevin Lyles, former president of DefJam, now executive vice president of Warner Music Group ($$$) and BALTIMORE native...
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By Kevin Lyles, former president of DefJam, now executive vice president of Warner Music Group ($$$) and BALTIMORE native...
thanx for the porn...nice to see someone posting new zshares and not jus repostin the same one that have been recycled lik 50,054,985 times...thanx
Right now I'm reading
The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations
The title metaphor conveys the core concept: though a starfish and a spider have similar shapes, their internal structure is dramatically different—a decapitated spider inevitably dies, while a starfish can regenerate itself from a single amputated leg. In the same way, decentralized organizations, like the Internet, the Apache Indian tribe and Alcoholics Anonymous, are made up of many smaller units capable of operating, growing and multiplying independently of each other, making it very difficult for a rival force to control or defeat them. Despite familiar examples—eBay, Napster and the Toyota assembly line, for example—there are fresh insights, such as the authors' three techniques for combating a decentralized competitor (drive change in your competitors' ideology, force them to become centralized or decentralize yourself). The authors also analyze one of today's most worrisome "starfish" organizations—al-Qaeda—though that group undermines the authors' point that the power of leaderless groups helps to demonstrate the essential goodness and trustworthiness of human beings.
But I'll add a couple of top rated African Writers
Arrow of God
In this novel, Africa's best-known writer describes the conflict between old and new in its most poignant aspect: the personal struggle between father and son. Set in the Ibo heartland of eastern Nigeria, Arrow of God has as its central figure a merry yet dignified chief priest who epitomizes the spirituality and ceremony of village life. When faced with the disintegration of the old order under the impact of British colonial authority, he finds that his own authority and the allegiance of his son are at stake as well. The subsequent collision of opposing forces makes tragedy inevitable.
The Famished Road
You have never read a novel like this one. Winner of the 1991 Booker Prize for fiction, The Famished Road tells the story of Azaro, a spirit-child. Though spirit-children rarely stay long in the painful world of the living, when Azaro is born he chooses to fight death: "I wanted," he says, "to make happy the bruised face of the woman who would become my mother." Survival in his chaotic African village is a struggle, though. Azaro and his family must contend with hunger, disease, and violence, as well as the boy's spirit-companions, who are constantly trying to trick him back into their world. Okri fills his tale with unforgettable images and characters: the bereaved policeman and his wife, who try to adopt Azaro and dress him in their dead son's clothes; the photographer who documents life in the village and displays his pictures in a cabinet by the roadside; Madame Koto, "plump as a mighty fruit," who runs the local bar; the King of the Road, who gets hungrier the more he eats.
The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations
The title metaphor conveys the core concept: though a starfish and a spider have similar shapes, their internal structure is dramatically different—a decapitated spider inevitably dies, while a starfish can regenerate itself from a single amputated leg. In the same way, decentralized organizations, like the Internet, the Apache Indian tribe and Alcoholics Anonymous, are made up of many smaller units capable of operating, growing and multiplying independently of each other, making it very difficult for a rival force to control or defeat them. Despite familiar examples—eBay, Napster and the Toyota assembly line, for example—there are fresh insights, such as the authors' three techniques for combating a decentralized competitor (drive change in your competitors' ideology, force them to become centralized or decentralize yourself). The authors also analyze one of today's most worrisome "starfish" organizations—al-Qaeda—though that group undermines the authors' point that the power of leaderless groups helps to demonstrate the essential goodness and trustworthiness of human beings.
But I'll add a couple of top rated African Writers
Arrow of God
In this novel, Africa's best-known writer describes the conflict between old and new in its most poignant aspect: the personal struggle between father and son. Set in the Ibo heartland of eastern Nigeria, Arrow of God has as its central figure a merry yet dignified chief priest who epitomizes the spirituality and ceremony of village life. When faced with the disintegration of the old order under the impact of British colonial authority, he finds that his own authority and the allegiance of his son are at stake as well. The subsequent collision of opposing forces makes tragedy inevitable.
The Famished Road
You have never read a novel like this one. Winner of the 1991 Booker Prize for fiction, The Famished Road tells the story of Azaro, a spirit-child. Though spirit-children rarely stay long in the painful world of the living, when Azaro is born he chooses to fight death: "I wanted," he says, "to make happy the bruised face of the woman who would become my mother." Survival in his chaotic African village is a struggle, though. Azaro and his family must contend with hunger, disease, and violence, as well as the boy's spirit-companions, who are constantly trying to trick him back into their world. Okri fills his tale with unforgettable images and characters: the bereaved policeman and his wife, who try to adopt Azaro and dress him in their dead son's clothes; the photographer who documents life in the village and displays his pictures in a cabinet by the roadside; Madame Koto, "plump as a mighty fruit," who runs the local bar; the King of the Road, who gets hungrier the more he eats.
Bump!
Purchased the book yesterday read it today. Very good and well worth the read for people who want to be independent and want to make the own income without leaving there job but eventually quiting and having a mobile office. He also list about 5 other books that look like a good reads in regard to wealth and entrepreneurship.
I know everybody probably knows but half.com is the shit for books. They are all really half off but the downside is it usually takes about a week to receive.
Now reading - Who Is Lou Sciortino?: by Ottavio Cappellani
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0374289816/?tag=vp314-20
Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business
For anyone that wants to know what the music game is really about....
Frederic Dannen's book, Hit Men, will be fun for anyone interested in business or crime, or those who do not believe that much difference exists between the two at the best of times. The book concentrates on the seventies and eighties in the music industry, after a too-short introduction to place the events in an historical context. It focuses on certain individual and specific companies in its anecdotes as it traces their rise and fall. The author is not providing a history of the industry. Instead he is offering a freak show of its most colourful characters. The book pulls few punches as it explores this twisted business. Above all, it is a fun read for any reader, even those not interested in the music industry.
For anyone that wants to know what the music game is really about....
Frederic Dannen's book, Hit Men, will be fun for anyone interested in business or crime, or those who do not believe that much difference exists between the two at the best of times. The book concentrates on the seventies and eighties in the music industry, after a too-short introduction to place the events in an historical context. It focuses on certain individual and specific companies in its anecdotes as it traces their rise and fall. The author is not providing a history of the industry. Instead he is offering a freak show of its most colourful characters. The book pulls few punches as it explores this twisted business. Above all, it is a fun read for any reader, even those not interested in the music industry.