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The last my book was "El Oraculo manual" by Baltasar Gracian.
Some wise counsels from here can change your comprehension and attitude to yourseft and outward things.

It has several english translations. For example, this one.

Vihtor: It's in spanish, right? Is the language difficult? I'm thinking of trying it in spanish(I'm learning it fifth year, it's foreign language too for me/like english/)

On the subject of Spanish literature, Don Quixote is one of my favorite novels I read it last summer and laughed so hard I cried. I was reading an english translation that was a couple hundred (edit) years old , and that added to the humor of it all i believe.
"I cannot abide myself to be praise,d for I am a sworn enemy of adulation, and although that was not such, not withstanding the like discourses do offend mine chaste ears." -Don Quixote

He's such a pimp, always being a hero and saving damsels and oppressed people.

About spanish it's quite easy if you already know a latin language like french, italian, romanian, portuguese etc. Otherwise i guess is as all other languages you wish to learn.
I havent read Don Quijote but i intend to after your comment tashi

Since interest in books has returned considering the replies in Got Books topic ive decided to ressurect this topic considering that people dont look on the second page ussually; considering to do the same with Nicknames...

I mostly read only what I am obligated to( school assignments) . I've read a few books out of curiousity and also i've read The DaVinci code :))

well i like reading nearly every kind of books, the only books i don't read are those love-things, who are only writtefor women, and these books about war, which describe the movement of the soldiers inch by inch, with facts and facts but nearly no history

and these books about war, which describe the movement of the soldiers inch by inch, with facts and facts but nearly no history

Which are those books?? For example Sven Hassel writes quite well a war story.
I agree with the love books, though some classics like Wuthering Heights are quite fun to read, sometimes...

I love epic/s fiction like Tolkien books, HP,
also like myths and legends (greek), Nordic mithology,Biblical stories...

Apart from the regular geekish montage, I like a lot of english literature (Donne is probably my favourite if I had to choose). G.K. Chesterson is great too.

I'm a pretty typical Geek.

Terry Pratchett, Terry Brooks, the Dune series (just starting Hunters) and the like. I also read Tom Clancy due to my military background.

due to my military background.

What is that suppose to mean?? i really am curious whats that background... Are you in a war zone or what???

Background probably means history in this instance.

And from the introduction forum :

nderdog wrote:I was a computer programmer in the Marines from '96 to '99, not too long before they cut the MOS. I was stationed at MCRD San Diego

Samppa wrote:Background probably means history in this instance.

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Yep, you've got it!

I stand corrected.