Interesting fellow, didn't know about him.FEOS wrote:
Tsubodai
one of history's greatest military minds.Shocking wrote:
Interesting fellow, didn't know about him.FEOS wrote:
Tsubodai
Don't want to give too much away, but the first defeat suffered by Genghis was at the hand of the Shah of Khwarezm's son. The Shah was a bit of a self-absorbed prick, but he had a massive army...and a very smart son (Jelaudin aka Jalal ad-Din).Shocking wrote:
It did? I just briefly read over everything but from my understanding the khwarezmian Sultan was a bloody idiot, both politically and militarily.
Imagine if they just started to trade like the Mongols wanted, they may have never left Mongolia/Asia.
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Started it this evening .unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Crap, now I'm interested.
I used to work with a linguist. I'll check with him and get back to you.Macbeth wrote:
After I finish Infinite Jest (yes, I'm still reading it. It's long and I have barely anytime), I want to read a few books on language development. I've always been fascinated by the effect languages have on each other once two groups of people interact. The stories behind the interactions (like the influences Spanish and Arabic have on each other as the result of Muslim expansion) are always really interesting.
Can anyone recommend some books that are around that subject?
Just finished this. Seriously fantastic. I ripped through it in record time. He writes just like he talks.Jay wrote:
Reading "Kitchen Confidential" by Anthony Bourdain.
He's the guy that you might've seen hosting the show "No Reservations" on the travel channel where he travels the world eating exotic food. This is the book that made him famous and landed that job. I'm about halfway into it right now and it's one of the most entertaining books that I've read in a long while. Starting from his childhood summering in France with his family up through his drug addled years working as a line cook in Manhattan up to the point where he turns his life around and actually turns himself into a quality chef, the book gives you a look at what it's really like to work the line and run a kitchen in a restaurant. It's not all glitz and glammer like we've come to see it through the lens of the celebrity chefs on tv. It's hard work.
If you care at all about food, it is a wondrous book to read. If you don't, it will probably bore the pants off of you. I give it a 4 star rating.
i bought it from google books, read 30 pages before bed last night.Jay wrote:
Just finished this. Seriously fantastic. I ripped through it in record time. He writes just like he talks.
Can not praise this highly enough.
Whats interesting is how language affects psychology.FEOS wrote:
I used to work with a linguist. I'll check with him and get back to you.Macbeth wrote:
After I finish Infinite Jest (yes, I'm still reading it. It's long and I have barely anytime), I want to read a few books on language development. I've always been fascinated by the effect languages have on each other once two groups of people interact. The stories behind the interactions (like the influences Spanish and Arabic have on each other as the result of Muslim expansion) are always really interesting.
Can anyone recommend some books that are around that subject?
Syntatic StructuresMacbeth wrote:
After I finish Infinite Jest (yes, I'm still reading it. It's long and I have barely anytime), I want to read a few books on language development. I've always been fascinated by the effect languages have on each other once two groups of people interact. The stories behind the interactions (like the influences Spanish and Arabic have on each other as the result of Muslim expansion) are always really interesting.
Can anyone recommend some books that are around that subject?
since i got my tablet, i finished one paper book i was in the middle of (The Kite Runner) and promptly d/l half a dozen ebooks.Uzique wrote:
i suggest more people sign up for it and remain active... it can have a real use and purpose, i think.
if i were to start d/l that one, it'd take all the bandwidth in the building!M.O.A.B wrote:
Just started reading Tai Pan.
