Day 8:
(1/2
I guess, some of knew what was coming when I placed my comment on Day 7 regarding Day 6 (Pillars of the Earth). Well, here's the thing, I did like "La catedral del mar" (#CathedralOfTheSea) by #IldefonsoFalcones. It is about the uring the construction of a cathedral. But it is the lesser known Santa Maria del Mar, not the...
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Day 8
(2/3)
...#SagradaFamília of the Catalan #AntoniGaudí (to be completed in 2033.)
That wasn't the only disappointment. I had expected something like Pillars of the Earth, but architecture is pretty much absent and construction work is chiefly just a background story.
That said, as it was one of my first novels in...
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Day 8
Aaaaaaa
so good
I want to read that one...
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Day 9:
Let's start with the 1st digitized book.
I am sure you all agree that this book 📖, IF it had influenced all our lives decades earlier, the world 🌎 would be a better place.
Failed education. Humankind's calamity
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(2/2)
#Fahrenheit 451, however, it is but one of the #SciFi #dystopias that seem to be becoming reality in many countries. Here are some:
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I sometimes feel we also are heading to a bit of idiocracy too
"Sometimes" is a lovely euphemism in that context.
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Day 12:
(1/6)
I just realized that this master piece in captivating #biographies was my first book about politics. The 4-volume saga was also the heaviest, LOL, with a total of over 3,000 pages.
I picked up this book at a mountain hotel, left their by a tourist...
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Years_of_Lyndon_Johnson
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Day 12:
(2/n)
...and was utterly captivated by this book.
Lyndon B. Johnson, a #US president before my time, had initially seemed rather lackluster. Reading MASTER of the Senate,...
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Day 12:
(3/n)
...it became clear to me that he has been the political #SunTzu of the #US Senate. Initially not having the hard power for direly needed reform, #Johnson managed to transform the "upper chamber" representing the "states rights" into a masterpiece of...
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Day 12:
(4/n)
...knowledge and writing skills, I' love to write a book in the style of #AlternateHistory, where #LyndonBJohnson, a grandmaster of backroom deals and finding morning majorities, would clash with #HenryClay, #TheGreatCompromiser, and one...
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Day 12:
(5/n)
...of the "#GreatTriumvirate" or the "#ImmortalTrio" of [19th century #US] #congressional leaders, along with his colleagues #DanielWebster..." and #JonCCalhoun, the "cast-iron man" for his rigid defense of white #Southern...
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Day 12:
(6/6)
...beliefs and practices. His concept of republicanism emphasized proslavery thought..." 2)
That would be an epic battle! 🥰
Short of this, this book is also an excellent tutorial for anyone who plans to have a career in #politics. #MustRead
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PS:
I did mention that there were four books 📚 about #LyndonBJohnson, right? 😉
Book One: The Path to Power (1982)
Book Two: Means of Ascent (1990)
Book Three: Master of the Senate (2002)
Book Four: The Passage of Power (2012)
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I wish my reading was as exciting
Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell one of my faves )
A Brief History of Time ( Stephen Hawking)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (the trilogy of 5 books, not read the 6th yet) (Douglas Adams.)
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
The Communist Manifesto (
Karl Marx)
and
The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)
It IS as exciting!
Many of your books have already been highlighted by others on previous Days of #BooksThatInfluencedYou.
Welcome 🍺 🍺
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Being honest: I Have no idea of Lyndon B. Johnson, but what you write, seems like it's worth to look into these books.
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I didn't know much about LBJ apart from that he was #VEEP when #JFK was assassinated:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lyndon-B-Johnson
...and that he did get a lot of #CivilRights legislation passed.
I now agree with his biographer, #Caro, that his achievement in reforming the #Senate make him an exemplary figure in #US #history.
Key events in his life:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lyndon-B-Johnson
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Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th U.S. president, who championed civil rights and the ‘Great Society’ but unsuccessfully oversaw the Vietnam War. A moderate Democrat and vigorous leader in the Senate, he was elected vice president in 1960 and acceded to the presidency in 1963 upon the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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Day 13:
Today, I'm recommending another book by #JamesClavel, #TaiPan.
It is the second book in #Clavel's fantastic #AsianSaga.
It describes the rivalry of two English merchant families + their rise 2 power against the well-researched background of the #OpiumWars + #Hongkong's early colonial history.
It 1st got me interested in 🇨🇳.
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Day 14:
(1/n)
As promised, today the book that you should read before you watch the movie. Otherwise, you'll feel somewhat lost at times watching it.
I'm referring to #FrankHerbert's #SciFi masterpiece of epic dimensions, the #Dune saga.
The books are more relevant than ever because #GlobalWarming is...
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Day 14:
(2/n)
...is turning the regions around the equator into a #desert planet, and there is no lack of autocrats and religious zealots.
In my opinion, one of the best #SciFi sagas ever, equal to #Asimov's #Foundation trilogy, maybe even surpassing it regarding complexity of characters, philosophies,...
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Day 14:
(3/n)
...religion, technology, and ecology.
Must read for any #SciFi aficionado.
PS
#FrankHerbert died before the final volume of the saga*, "Chapterhouse: Dune" was finished. His son and a co-writer took on...
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Day 14: #Dune
(4/4)
...the task of finishing it in the original style, based on #FrankHerbert's extensive notes.
That went so well that they've written yet another 20 books, in particular the prequels. (Which I haven't read)*
*
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/g38012512/dune-books-in-order/
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I can only second your statement "Read first, watch later!"
This is possibly my favourite #SciFi saga.
Besides all the important topics, Herbert touches, this is a true novel (series of novels) in the sense that we embark into a voyage into unknown waters, together with the story's characters.
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Mina, what am I to say?
Mine, too, Mina,mine, too. #Dune is probably unsurpassed.🥰
"This is possibly my favourite #SciFi saga.
Besides all the important topics, Herbert touches, this is a true novel (series of novels) in the sense that we embark into a voyage into unknown waters, together with the story's characters."
YES!🤜🤛
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