elliot sperber Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus
Mary Shelley
Was Mary Shelley familiar with Kant’s description of Franklin as a “modern Prometheus” when she subtitled her novel Frankenstein, the modern Prometheus? https://t.co/t7Z215E31k
Paperback, 2015
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Warlord: The Rise
David Wind
No discussion of Michelangelo’s David is complete without adding that, w/the way things are going, the real David will wind up in the possession of some warlord in the next few decades, if it’s not destroyed in the general calamity.
Paperback, 2021
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Secret Reports on Nazi Germany: The Frankfurt School Contribution to the War Effort
Franz Neumann
Secret reports on Nazi Germany: the Frankfurt School contribution to the war effort. Franz Neumann, Herbert Marcuse, Otto Kirchheimer: European Review of History: Revue européenne d'histoire: Vol 21, No 3 https://t.co/EEdqqZ8J5p
Hardcover, 2013
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Brecht Collected Plays: 5: Life of Galileo; Mother Courage and Her Children
Bertolt Brecht
“Robbing a bank may be a crime, but founding one is more so,” writes Bertolt Brecht — through my Ouija board, when asked about this Silicon Valley Bank affair
Paperback, 2010
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95 Theses
Martin Luther
Remember when Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the church door and the first one said: Credit scores aren’t real, Just don’t pay your bills.
Paperback, 2014
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Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus
Mary Shelley
Was Mary Shelley familiar with Kant’s description of Franklin as a “modern Prometheus” when she subtitled her novel Frankenstein, the modern Prometheus? https://t.co/t7Z215E31k
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Personal Memoirs
Ulysses S. Grant
“It is preposterous to suppose that the people of one generation can lay down the best and only rules of government for all who are to come after them, and under unforeseen contingencies.” Ulysses S Grant, Personal Memoirs, Ch. XVI
Paperback, 1999
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Beautiful Boy: The Unauthorized Tribute to John Lennon
John Lennon
Just heard John Lennon’s song Beautiful Boy, and was surprised to hear that the ending was different. Darling Sean, at the end, was changed to Darling Julian. #weird
Paperback, 2014
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95: The Ideas That Birthed the Reformation
Martin Luther
Remember when Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the church door and the first one said: Credit scores aren’t real, Just don’t pay your bills.
Paperback, 2017
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Exterminator!
William S. Burroughs
@fleuristedumal I say: if you want an exterminator hire William Burroughs
Paperback, 1979
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