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Frankenstein: (Original Edition)
M. W. ShelleyVisakan Veerasamy1. cool detail about Byron writing to Moore in support of Luddites 2. Shelley's Frankenstein as MODERN PROMETHEUS, the Luddite novel, Frankenstein's Monster as a "major literary Badass", and also an interesting point about the meme being strengthened when translated it to film https://t.co/wZA9Haue6J
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The Bell Jar
Sylvia PlathVisakan VeerasamyI've read the fig tree passage from Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar multiple times, but not the book itself, so today I am finding out for the first time that a page after Esther describes her despair, she sits down to eat, and realizes that, oh, uh... turns out she was hungry https://t.co/6DaPqZgumN
Paperback, 2005
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The Prose Edda
Snorri SturlusonVisakan VeerasamySnorri Sturluson (1179 – 1241), credited with consolidating the Prose Edda, had such a colorful life. Born to a wealthy clan, raised away from home, arranged marriage, 2 kids, had 5 more kids with 3 other women, was a poet, lawyer, king's spokesman, lawspeaker, chieftain... https://t.co/JdWdn0xuDX
Hardcover, 2023
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The Republic
PlatoVisakan Veerasamythis is kind of cheesy to say, but it's true: writing a book suddenly made nietzsche much more accessible to me. similar-ish: I couldn't get into plato's republic until I served in the military, then suddenly it was extremely compelling
Hardcover, 2023
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The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
Alan WattsVisakan VeerasamyAlan Watts – The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are (1966) https://t.co/EcnSNJIoX9
Paperback, 1989
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Essays
R. W. EmersonVisakan Veerasamy@danielcjonas have you read Emerson's essay On History? you'd enjoy it I think
Paperback, 2022
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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Chip HeathVisakan VeerasamyDan and Chip Heath's Made To Stick is one of my favorite books of all time, so I'm very excited to read their latest book, The Power Of Moments. Enjoying it so far, as expected https://t.co/IQPeZa2bQN
Hardcover, 2007
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The Power of Moments: Why Certain Moments Have Extraordinary Impact
Chip HeathVisakan VeerasamyDan and Chip Heath's Made To Stick is one of my favorite books of all time, so I'm very excited to read their latest book, The Power Of Moments. Enjoying it so far, as expected https://t.co/IQPeZa2bQN
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The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size
Tor NorretrandersVisakan Veerasamyprobably The User Illusion by Tor Norretranders. Or maybe Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas. Or Keay Davidson’s biography of Carl Sagan https://t.co/eXZ8GWxvsV
Paperback, 1999
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Meditations: With Selected Correspondence
Marcus AureliusVisakan Veerasamyif you like my tweets, I've written two ebooks that you might like too the 1st is called Friendly Ambitious Nerd (@FANswitchboard), published in 2020. Best description I've heard of it is "It's like Marcus Aurelius's Meditations but for Twitter addicts"
Paperback, 2011
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