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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72118434
Chain of Evidence (Mass Market Paperback)
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http://www.goodreads.com/event/show/45954-goodreads-and-young-literati-book-swap
vinil
said "yes" to attending the event: Goodreads and Young Literati Book Swap.
date: July 16, 2009 08:15PM location: Mar Vista Branch Library , 12006 Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, The United States
description: Summer is the perfect time of year to dive into a good book!
Please bring books to the Mar Vista branch library that you'd like to share—and leave with some brand-new summer reading material. All remaining books will be donated to the library. Author Lisa See will also be at the event signing her new book, Shanghai Girls!
This swap is in partnership with Young Literati (a fund-raising organization for the Los Angeles Public Library - join the group). If you are intereste...moreSummer is the perfect time of year to dive into a good book!
Please bring books to the Mar Vista branch library that you'd like to share—and leave with some brand-new summer reading material. All remaining books will be donated to the library. Author Lisa See will also be at the event signing her new book, Shanghai Girls!
This swap is in partnership with Young Literati (a fund-raising organization for the Los Angeles Public Library - join the group). If you are interested, you can join this members-only group at the end of this event.
Space is limited, so please RSVP here on Goodreads AND shoot an e-mail to literati@lapl.org mentioning that you are a Goodreads member and you'd like to be put on the list!
* This just in! Young Literati has decided to open up 20 spaces for Goodreads members for a private reading with Lisa See at the library at 7 p.m., but you MUST email the director of Young Literati to reserve your space: lenter@lapl.org
*Authors: This swap is not designed to be a promotional event for authors, but if you would like to bring a few copies of your book, that's fine.
*To make sure that you receive all future invites to local events, please join the Goodreads Official Southern California Events group!
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http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/134975-chapter-3
vinil made a comment on Civilization and Its Discontents:
it appears to me, the chapter ends with the realization that civilization requires us to suppress our natural instincts. this suppression keeps us away from our 'natural' state.
to be a member of society, we must continually suppress certain basic human instincts, it is the price we must pay to take part in the civilized world, but there is a cost...and that cost is simply we must live in an altered artificial state, it is a tacit agreement we make with one another and ourselves. we have to accept the fact that we need to create a role for ourselves so that we can become a functioning member of society.
society and civilization offer technological advantages that are very appealing to us, climate control, shelter, shopping, communication, travel come to mind immediately, to say nothing of packaged food, and medicine.
to partake in all this goodness, we must sacrifice our more ancient and primal urges.
people who are fortunate enough to realize their artistic potential, have a way to circumnavigate this inherent dilemma, they can actually 'add value' to society through their creations. this makes them somewhat exempt from the 'norms' that all others must conform to in order to be functioning members of society...
vinil
said "yes" to attending the event: Goodreads and Young Literati Book Swap.