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Frieden-und Freudenland
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Founded: Jul 30, 2015
Left-wing Utopia

Recommend a Book to AN

Postby Frieden-und Freudenland » Thu Jan 10, 2019 5:50 am

It took me a long while to decide whether I should open this thread in Forum 7 or here - but it probably belongs here.

The idea is simple - you will look at the nation above you, try to gather information about this nation (as much as you have time for) and based on your impression of the person who must have created it, you recommend them a book that you think they would enjoy. It would be great if you said a few words about the book (without giving crucial spoilers) to explain why you think it is a good match for the AN. Shall we start?

Well, no one above me, so...
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Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)"
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Korean Proletarians
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Posts: 108
Founded: Mar 18, 2016
Iron Fist Consumerists

Postby Korean Proletarians » Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:51 am

Germany's Cold War: The Global Campaign To Isolate East Germany, 1949-1969
by William Glenn Gray

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Destructive Government Economic System
Minister
 
Posts: 3470
Founded: Jun 15, 2017
Corporate Police State

Postby Destructive Government Economic System » Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:21 pm

Title: Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

Author: Blaine Harden

Date of Publication: March 29, 2012
"All I wish is to see the world burn."
-The Great Uniter and Beast of the DGES
(By the way, the DGES is a servant to DEAREST LEADER of Psychotic Dictatorships.)
Just your typical guy who wants to have fun. Don't take this nation seriously,
ever.
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Keshiland literally wrote:I would give it a no. A country that lies about how free, or how great, or how humanitarian it is can never be developed. Example, NK lies and says they are democratic and are not, the US lies and says we are free yet we incarcerate millions for a medical plant. See we are basically a larger more populated North Korea.

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Stura
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Posts: 14
Founded: Jun 08, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby Stura » Thu Jan 24, 2019 5:34 pm

Title: The Book of the New Sun
Author: Gene Wolfe

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Hanafuridake
Negotiator
 
Posts: 5532
Founded: Sep 09, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby Hanafuridake » Sun Jan 27, 2019 2:14 am

Title: Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Author: Yuval Noah Harari
Published (in English): 8 September 2016
Nation name in proper language: 花降岳|पुष्पद्वीप
Theravada Buddhist
李贽 wrote:There is nothing difficult about becoming a sage, and nothing false about transcending the world of appearances.
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Silver Commonwealth
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Posts: 1834
Founded: Aug 16, 2018
Psychotic Dictatorship

Postby Silver Commonwealth » Mon Jan 28, 2019 3:20 pm

Title: Cloud of Sparrows
Author: Takashi Matsuoka
Published (in English): June 5, 2002
✥ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇᴡꜱ ✥
- ꜱɴɴ
- ᴀʀᴄʜɪᴠᴇ
✉ ʀᴀɴᴅᴏᴍ ✉
- ᴀᴅᴍɪɴɪꜱᴛʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ
- ꜱᴛᴏʀɪᴇꜱ
⚒ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ʀᴇᴘᴜʙʟɪᴄ ᴏꜰ ꜱɪʟᴠᴇʀ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴏɴᴡᴇᴀʟᴛʜ ⚒
|☐ʜᴏᴍᴇ☐|❖ꜱᴄ ɪɴ ʜᴏɪ4❖|★ꜱᴄ'ꜱ ʀᴀᴅɪᴏ&ʟᴏᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ★|❇ᴄᴏɴꜱᴛɪᴛᴜᴛɪᴏɴ❇|✧ᴍɪʟɪᴛᴀʀʏ✧|✝ᴍᴀᴘꜱ&ɪɴꜰᴏ✝|☢ʜɪꜱᴛᴏʀʏ☢|
⚖ ᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴅᴇʀᴀᴛᴇꜱ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ꜰᴇʟʟ,
ʀᴀᴅɪᴄᴀʟɪᴢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴄ'ꜱ ᴅᴇᴍᴏᴄʀᴀᴄʏ ꜱᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛᴇʀꜱ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴀ ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴀʟ ☠
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This nation doesn't represent my views

IRL views: not much different from 4 years ago (socdem)

Tom being a control freak + pathological distrust of private enterprises = this nation

''I thought that I was a conservative. Turns out, I was just sentimental at times''

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Hanafuridake
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Posts: 5532
Founded: Sep 09, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby Hanafuridake » Tue Jan 29, 2019 4:27 pm

Title: Futurism: An Anthology
Author: several
Published: (in English) April 2008
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Nation name in proper language: 花降岳|पुष्पद्वीप
Theravada Buddhist
李贽 wrote:There is nothing difficult about becoming a sage, and nothing false about transcending the world of appearances.
Suriyanakhon's alt, finally found my old account's password

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Skyhooked
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Posts: 4107
Founded: Mar 18, 2016
Ex-Nation

Postby Skyhooked » Tue Jan 29, 2019 4:33 pm

Title: War in Japan 1467-1615
Author: Stephen Turnbull
Release: August 19 2002

Japan themed, so the book gotta have the same vibe. For better inspiration.
Skyhooked is MT/PMT with a few FT elements. Military is factbook only. NS stats are mostly non canon.
If you wanna know more about this haven of sin: https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=418281&start=1

Our country offers: Alcohol, guns, cigars, weed, gambling, beaches and tons of souvenirs. And our current special: PL-74 Plasma rifle 25% discount!

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Skyhooked is at war with Octavia, still holding agaisnt endless hordes of robots, vampires and traitors of humanity!/Global Defense Council was formed to help Earth hold agaisnt invasion./Luckily, we survived long enough and forces of Mandate of Humanity have arrived. (https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=484352)

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Blazelander
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Posts: 53
Founded: Jul 30, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby Blazelander » Tue Jan 29, 2019 5:42 pm

When I was younger I was inspired by many books, I would like to share most of my favorite books, maybe someone here would like to read them.

-The Prince of Niccolo Machiavelli
-The art of war by Sun Tzu
-On the art of war by Machiavell
-The internacional jew by Henry Ford
-The book of 5 rings by Miyamoto Musashi
-The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
-Biography of Alexander the Great
-Biography of Julius Caesar
-Biography of Napoleon Bonaparte
-Mein Kamp by A.H
-Humility: The Forgotten Virtue by Wayne Mack
-The Emperor’s Handbook by Marcus Aurelius 
-On the Jews and Their Lies by Martin Luther
-The Enchiridion by Epicteto
-Summa Theological by Saint Thomas de Aquino
-The five points of Calvinism
-The Republic by Plato
-Critique of Pure Reason by Emmanuel Kant
-The Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
-The Analects by Confuscius
-Transcendent Theosophy by Mulla Sadra
-Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky
-You Gentiles by Maurice Samuel
-For My Legionaries by Corneliu Zelea
-A History of Central Banking and the Enslavement of Mankind by Stephen Mitford Goodson
-War and Peace by Tolstoy

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The Galactic Liberal Democracy
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Posts: 2518
Founded: Jun 13, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby The Galactic Liberal Democracy » Tue Jan 29, 2019 5:48 pm

Blazelander wrote:When I was younger I was inspired by many books, I would like to share most of my favorite books, maybe someone here would like to read them.

-Mein Kamp by A.H
-On the Jews and Their Lies by Martin Luther

I wouldn’t recommend Mein Kampf to anybody. Reading Hitler’s autobiography is the last thing I’d do. And the two ones put together look rather anti-Jew, not to mention other titles mentioning Jews in a negative way like the International Jew don’t look good either. Let’s read the OP and try not to make blatant attacks on Jews. /skip
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Valentine Z
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Founded: Nov 08, 2015
Scandinavian Liberal Paradise

Postby Valentine Z » Tue Jan 29, 2019 5:53 pm

Maybe I will consider The Art of War, by Sun Tzu. Mein Kampf........ ehh, I will read it for historical factor, not for anything else.

The Ghost, by Robert Harris.

It's not a horror story. It's a political thriller, with more of thriller, and not too much politics in the way.
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Blazelander
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Founded: Jul 30, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby Blazelander » Tue Jan 29, 2019 6:00 pm

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I wouldn’t recommend Mein Kampf to anybody. Reading Hitler’s autobiography is the last thing I’d do. And the two ones put together look rather anti-Jew, not to mention other titles mentioning Jews in a negative way like the International Jew don’t look good either. Let’s read the OP and try not to make blatant attacks on Jews. /skip[/quote]

Dear gentleman, I do not wish to offend anyone, I simply recommend books that I like and consider important for the education of any young person, if you do not like my liking for literature I respect your opinion :^) and you can share your favorite books too if you want.

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Silver Commonwealth
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Founded: Aug 16, 2018
Psychotic Dictatorship

Postby Silver Commonwealth » Wed Jan 30, 2019 12:29 am

Valentine Z wrote:Maybe I will consider The Art of War, by Sun Tzu. Mein Kampf........ ehh, I will read it for historical factor, not for anything else.

The Ghost, by Robert Harris.

It's not a horror story. It's a political thriller, with more of thriller, and not too much politics in the way.

Title: The Heart Of The Buddha’s Teaching
Author: Thich Nhat Hanh
Published (in English): 1998
✥ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇᴡꜱ ✥
- ꜱɴɴ
- ᴀʀᴄʜɪᴠᴇ
✉ ʀᴀɴᴅᴏᴍ ✉
- ᴀᴅᴍɪɴɪꜱᴛʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ
- ꜱᴛᴏʀɪᴇꜱ
⚒ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ʀᴇᴘᴜʙʟɪᴄ ᴏꜰ ꜱɪʟᴠᴇʀ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴏɴᴡᴇᴀʟᴛʜ ⚒
|☐ʜᴏᴍᴇ☐|❖ꜱᴄ ɪɴ ʜᴏɪ4❖|★ꜱᴄ'ꜱ ʀᴀᴅɪᴏ&ʟᴏᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ★|❇ᴄᴏɴꜱᴛɪᴛᴜᴛɪᴏɴ❇|✧ᴍɪʟɪᴛᴀʀʏ✧|✝ᴍᴀᴘꜱ&ɪɴꜰᴏ✝|☢ʜɪꜱᴛᴏʀʏ☢|
⚖ ᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴅᴇʀᴀᴛᴇꜱ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ꜰᴇʟʟ,
ʀᴀᴅɪᴄᴀʟɪᴢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴄ'ꜱ ᴅᴇᴍᴏᴄʀᴀᴄʏ ꜱᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛᴇʀꜱ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴀ ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴀʟ ☠
_[][][][][][][L'''][Σ][][~][][][]_
̿̿ ̿̿ ̿̿ ̿'̿'\̵͇̿̿\(▀_(▀_(▀_(▀_(▀_(▀_(▀_▀)_▀)_▀)_▀)_▀)_▀)_▀)/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿̿ ̿̿

This nation doesn't represent my views

IRL views: not much different from 4 years ago (socdem)

Tom being a control freak + pathological distrust of private enterprises = this nation

''I thought that I was a conservative. Turns out, I was just sentimental at times''

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Hanafuridake
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Posts: 5532
Founded: Sep 09, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby Hanafuridake » Wed Jan 30, 2019 9:42 am

Title: Anarchism and Syndicalism
Author: Édouard Berth
Date published (in English): (unsure)
Nation name in proper language: 花降岳|पुष्पद्वीप
Theravada Buddhist
李贽 wrote:There is nothing difficult about becoming a sage, and nothing false about transcending the world of appearances.
Suriyanakhon's alt, finally found my old account's password

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Forlania
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Posts: 118
Founded: Feb 13, 2013
Ex-Nation

Postby Forlania » Fri Feb 01, 2019 9:46 pm

Hanafuridake wrote:Title: Anarchism and Syndicalism
Author: Édouard Berth
Date published (in English): (unsure)

Trip: Psychedelics, alienation, and change by Tao Lin
Economic Left/Right: -4.0
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.38



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Silver Commonwealth
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Posts: 1834
Founded: Aug 16, 2018
Psychotic Dictatorship

Postby Silver Commonwealth » Mon Feb 04, 2019 4:22 am

Title: The Politics Book
Author: Multiple
Date published (in English): 2013
✥ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇᴡꜱ ✥
- ꜱɴɴ
- ᴀʀᴄʜɪᴠᴇ
✉ ʀᴀɴᴅᴏᴍ ✉
- ᴀᴅᴍɪɴɪꜱᴛʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ
- ꜱᴛᴏʀɪᴇꜱ
⚒ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ʀᴇᴘᴜʙʟɪᴄ ᴏꜰ ꜱɪʟᴠᴇʀ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴏɴᴡᴇᴀʟᴛʜ ⚒
|☐ʜᴏᴍᴇ☐|❖ꜱᴄ ɪɴ ʜᴏɪ4❖|★ꜱᴄ'ꜱ ʀᴀᴅɪᴏ&ʟᴏᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ★|❇ᴄᴏɴꜱᴛɪᴛᴜᴛɪᴏɴ❇|✧ᴍɪʟɪᴛᴀʀʏ✧|✝ᴍᴀᴘꜱ&ɪɴꜰᴏ✝|☢ʜɪꜱᴛᴏʀʏ☢|
⚖ ᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴅᴇʀᴀᴛᴇꜱ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ꜰᴇʟʟ,
ʀᴀᴅɪᴄᴀʟɪᴢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴄ'ꜱ ᴅᴇᴍᴏᴄʀᴀᴄʏ ꜱᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛᴇʀꜱ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴀ ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴀʟ ☠
_[][][][][][][L'''][Σ][][~][][][]_
̿̿ ̿̿ ̿̿ ̿'̿'\̵͇̿̿\(▀_(▀_(▀_(▀_(▀_(▀_(▀_▀)_▀)_▀)_▀)_▀)_▀)_▀)/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿̿ ̿̿

This nation doesn't represent my views

IRL views: not much different from 4 years ago (socdem)

Tom being a control freak + pathological distrust of private enterprises = this nation

''I thought that I was a conservative. Turns out, I was just sentimental at times''


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