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Day 8:

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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

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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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So true...

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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

@Yorkshiregeek

"Sometimes" is a lovely euphemism in that context.

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Day 12:

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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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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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2)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Calhoun

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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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