Published by the Foreign Languages Publishing House in Pyongyang. A very good and informative book.Long live the DPRK!
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Leftist books, literature, analysis @lemmygrad.ml Makan @lemmygrad.ml I'm listening to The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien (read by Andy Serkis, but I'm also actively reading a PDF of the book while I listen to it)
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/5600161
Thoughts on this book?
Thoughts on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit?
I might watch The Rings of Power but I've heard mixed things on it. What do you all think of it?
Mostly though: I'm hoping that some people here can expand on what I'm reading so far.
'Cause honestly, I do like what I'm reading, I do, and that's because I genuinely like the mythological tone that the world-building takes. And Numenor as an "Atlantis" is a fine way to do things, but honestly, I doubt they'll be able to do much with it in whatever Amazon property they decide to make of it (which, I mean, is fine). I wonder if there are other shows or serials besides The Rings of Power that are coming out? Either way: I really like the beginning and how everything started with music and song.
Your thoughts?
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Leftist books, literature, analysis @lemmygrad.ml rainpizza @lemmygrad.ml “A Young Man's Memoirs on His Escape from South Korea,” by Kim Yong Son
Found this on in the subreddit r/MovingToNorthKorea. Thought it will be worth sharing here.
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Leftist books, literature, analysis @lemmygrad.ml Pluto [he/him, he/him] @hexbear.net A Dance with Dragons - Chapter 39 - Jon VIII
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2730183
Hey, all.
Start through this link here.
Read along with a copy from the library on the book you're on or through PDF or ePub.
Better if you read along to the narrator's words.
Discuss A Song of Ice and Fire below.
Cheers!
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Leftist books, literature, analysis @lemmygrad.ml Pluto [he/him, he/him] @hexbear.net A Dance with Dragons - Chapter 38 - The Watcher
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2722326
Hey, everyone.
You can start through this hyperlink here.
That's if you're just starting the A Song of Ice and Fire book series (which the TV show Game of Thrones is based off of).
Discussion question for today:
What are your favorite parts of Dorne?
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Leftist books, literature, analysis @lemmygrad.ml Pluto [he/him, he/him] @hexbear.net A Dance with Dragons - Chapter 35 - Jon VII
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2663734
Hello all.
Start through this hyperlink right here if you haven't started already.
The hyperlink starts with A Game of Thrones.
This book that I'm reading right now is the fifth book of the A Song of Ice and Fire series, A Dance with Dragons.
Get the first book or second book or whichever book you're starting with from your local library or from Z Library or Anna's archive (the last two provide free PDFs or ePub versions).
What are your favorite Jon Snow chapters throughout the series?
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Leftist books, literature, analysis @lemmygrad.ml Pluto [he/him, he/him] @hexbear.net A Dance with Dragons - Chapter 34 - Bran III
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2630276
Heya, all of you
You can start through this hyperlink right here and begin reading along with a book while you're listening to it.
Best way to enjoy it.
First book is A Game of Thrones.
Current (and fifth book) that I'm on is A Dance with Dragons.
How are you all enjoying your current read-through, if you are reading along with me?
This is for those currently reading.
Get the first, second, third, fourth, or fifth book from your local library near you. Or get the book PDF from Z Library or Anna's Archive, whichever book you're on or currently starting with.
Discussion question:
What's your favorite part in A Dance with Dragons?
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Leftist books, literature, analysis @lemmygrad.ml Pluto [he/him, he/him] @hexbear.net A Dance with Dragons - Chapter 33 - Tyrion VIII
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2621758
Hey all.
You can start right here through this link.
This is the fifth book of A Song of Ice and Fire.
That is, A Dance with Dragons.
A Game of Thrones is the first book.
What are your thoughts on the chapter?
Your thoughts on the fifth book in general?
It's my favorite book.
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Leftist books, literature, analysis @lemmygrad.ml Pluto [he/him, he/him] @hexbear.net A Dance with Dragons - Chapter 32 - Reek III
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2608650
Hey, y'all.
You can listen to the beginning from here onward.
Get a copy of the book from your local library (first book is A Game of Thrones and the one I'm currently reading is A Dance with Dragons). Or you can read through your PDF reader and get a PDF version from Z Library.
Here you go, Master Qui-Gon Juche.
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Leftist books, literature, analysis @lemmygrad.ml Pluto [he/him, he/him] @hexbear.net What books have you gotten recently and are reading recently? Post your recent book haul here!
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2492720
The five books from the image that I got are:
In the Shadow of Liberty: The Invisible History of Immigrant Detention in the United States by Ana Raquel Minian
Third Worlds Within: Multiethnic Movements and Transnational Solidarity by Daniel Widener, Vijay Prashad (Foreword)
The States of the Earth: An Ecological and Racial History of Secularization by Mohamed Amer Meziane, Jonathan Adjemian (Translator)
Ron Carey and the Teamsters: How a UPS Driver Became the Greatest Union Reformer of the 20th Century by Putting Members First by Ken Reiman
Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism by Robert Chapman
These five books sit atop by vinyl record-player or gramophone or whatever you call it nowadays (I think people just say record-player). The very last one is the one I want to read the most, Empire of Normality. The third one, The States of the Earth, seems very interesting to
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Leftist books, literature, analysis @lemmygrad.ml Pluto [he/him, he/him] @hexbear.net A Dance with Dragons - Chapter 23 - Daenerys IV
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2434023
Hiya.
Start right here.
Who is your favorite character in A Dance with Dragons? Which arc do you like best?
Get a copy of A Game of Thrones (from your local library or Z Library) and start reading along to the audiobook.
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Leftist books, literature, analysis @lemmygrad.ml Pluto [he/him, he/him] @hexbear.net A Dance with Dragons - Chapter 22 - Tyrion VI
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2433735
One of the best chapters in the entire series.
Listen to it.
Start through this link here.
Oh, and get a copy of the book you're on through your local library or get a PDF from Z Library or Anna's archive.
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Leftist books, literature, analysis @lemmygrad.ml Pluto [he/him, he/him] @hexbear.net A Dance with Dragons - Chapter 21 - Jon V
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2433316
Hey, everyone.
You can start listening here.
Good ole' Jon.
I prefer him in A Dance With Dragons.
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Leftist books, literature, analysis @lemmygrad.ml Pluto [he/him, he/him] @hexbear.net Suggest a book. Any book.
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2412579
Get this book here.
That, and Strategy for a Black Agenda by Gerald Horne.
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Leftist books, literature, analysis @lemmygrad.ml Pluto [he/him, he/him] @hexbear.net A Dance with Dragons - Chapter 18 - Tyrion V
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2388667
Start here.
And read a book PDF of the first book (A Game of Thrones) from Z Library or Anna's archive.
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Leftist books, literature, analysis @lemmygrad.ml Pluto [he/him, he/him] @hexbear.net A Dance with Dragons - Chapter 15 - Davos II (Pluto: listening again)
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2353838
Listen to this sometime. Start here.
Love Davos!
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Leftist books, literature, analysis @lemmygrad.ml Pluto [he/him, he/him] @hexbear.net A Dance with Dragons - Chapter 13 - Bran II
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2319326
The best audiobook version of A Song of Ice and Fire.
Better than Roy Dotrice's version, imho.
You can start here.
I suggest reading along with the actual book.
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Leftist books, literature, analysis @lemmygrad.ml afellowkid @lemmygrad.ml The United States "War Against Terrorism" (An expose by the DPRK)
archive.org THE UNITED STATES "WAR AGAINST TERRORISM" (An expose by the DPRK) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveDPRK, along with Iraq and Iran, was declared part of the "Axis of Evil" in 2002 by the US's George W. Bush administration. This 2008 book recounts and analyzes the "war on terror" and the U.S. bid for unipolar hegemony up to the time of its writing. It provides details about that time period, as well as other historical background information, delivered with DPRK's anti-imperialist perspective. Overall, I think it's an interesting and relatively quick read (81 pages) covering mainly the 1990s-mid 2000s and tracing the emergence of multipolarity and the US's attempt to stop that emergence around the world, with attention given specifically to its attempts to gain control over countries in which oil and natural gas pipelines run through in order to circumvent Russia and "seize the lifeline of the European economy."
Beginning with the fall of the Soviet Union and thus the ending of NATO's reason for existence, it follows the US's unpopular attempts during the 1990's to manufacture a new
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Leftist books, literature, analysis @lemmygrad.ml Capitalist Tears @lemmygrad.ml Book on history that isn't filled with colonial apologia.
My understanding of history is pretty pathetic, and I am trying to improve it. Looking for a book that isn’t revisionist, racist, or full of colonial apologia. Something that goes as far back as the 15th century would be perfect.
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Leftist books, literature, analysis @lemmygrad.ml Pluto [he/him, he/him] @hexbear.net Zeal, Wit, and Fury: The Queer Black Modernism of Claude McKay
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/612037
Claude McKay, I think, was apart of the CPUSA.