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Michael’s 2024 Year in Books
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Michael David S. Sy’s Followers (89)
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Michael David S. Sy
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Cries and Whispers: The Philippine Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Pandemic: The Philippine Response to COVID-19
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The Lies that Sanitized a Dictatorship
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Albert Einstein transformed the topography of modern physics with his theories of relativity that deviated from the established notions of classical mechanics. These theories expanded the capabilities of physical science. It was such a landmark disco
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| I brought this book for my girlfriend, who is an aficionado of the Romanovs. I had never looked into them beyond the cartoon caricatures of yesteryear, as I focused more on 20th century Russian history, from the deposition of Nicholas II to the rise ...more | |
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| I had already intended to read this book when I saw a copy of it in a popular bookstore. However, I decided against purchasing the book as I felt it was simply too expensive for its self-help material. Fortunately, one of my friends sold it at a much ...more | |
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| This is another one of those speeches that shifted the responsibility from the executive branch onto the Filipino resilience that we're so tired of: "So we were resigned to it, in the Oriental way of bowing to the inevitable, to the plaques [sic] dic ...more | |
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"The old ways must go: the old politics, the old economics, the old social concepts - all of which have sustained the establishment and perpetuated the iniquities of the past." (p. 7) This was what Marcos was good at: lip service. He didn't bring fort ...more |
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| I bought this book before my flight, which was opportune because the flight was significantly delayed. I actually wanted Critical Thinking for Dummies more, but that was more expensive. I was always interested in the psychology of critical thinking a ...more | |
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| I've been reading all of Bukowski's novels and this is probably his most empathetic characterization of Chinaski, while Ham on Rye was his funniest. In contrast to his freewheeling, uncaring personality in Factotum, Chinaski was diligent, persistent, ...more | |
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| Recently, I slowed down on books and focused more on practicing video games and writing. I have to credit my girlfriend for finishing this book, which is rather inferior to Ham on Rye. Make no mistake - it's still great, but it has none of the narrat ...more | |
“...I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire...I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all of your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.”
― The Sound and the Fury
― The Sound and the Fury
“Perhaps they were right putting love into books. Perhaps it could not live anywhere else.”
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