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I made a trip to the library this afternoon.
Here's what I checked out to start:
The Hunchback of Notre Dame The Agony and the Ecstasy Pride and Prejudice Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There
Thanks to all who helped out with suggestions, advice, etc.!
I've got a complete list of the suggestions thus far going, so don't hesitate to keep giving me more ideas. It's a great list. Posts: 1635 | Registered: Aug 2002
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I would like to make a couple comments about Machiavelli's "The Prince"
It and "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu should be mandatory reading.
What makes "The Prince" good to read is not only the classic political advice, and the allusions to it you will find almost every day.
If you read it at work, you will scare the daylights out of everyone. Your co-workers will start noticing you. Your boss will start worrying about you, and treating you better. Your underlings will be more respectful (if they can read and understand what you are reading). Respect and fear will flow your way, just because you are reading that book.
It is so fun.
The book is too short. You will be finished with it before its full effect works its way up the corporate ladder. I suggest placing it on your desk after you finish it, not so much for your reference, but as a reminder to others.
ONE WARNING: If you are in school, and your school has any "Zero Tolerance" rules, do not bring the book to school. If it doesn't get you automatically suspended, it will put you on the watch list, and get your locker searched routinely.
On a more serious note, read "The Prince" and then take a good look at Israel's policies toward Palestine. Among the advice that "The Prince" gives is, "To conquer a state, do not leave a force of armed men. Never will you hold that state. Instead, colonize that state. Send in craftsmen, merchants, and most importantly, farmers to hold the land and make the people one with your people."
Can you say "Settlements"?
Another, more famous bit of advice, "It is better for your people to fear you than to love you. Love can be fickle. Fear lasts longer." This defines Sharon's approach to negotiations with Palestine
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