I’m really excited for next month to roll around. Feel free to vote on more than one book! Between the parentheses is my estimate of each book’s length.
Against the Grain by Phil M. Williams (300)
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (300)
Bronze Dragon by Eileen Mueller (100)
Economic Policy by Ludwig von Mises (100)
I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid (200)
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (250)
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (200)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (200)
The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli (100)
Vanished by Clara Lewis (100)
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The poll is closed! We have a tie between Murder on the Orient Express and The Prince. Since the former is under copyright, let’s read The Prince. Easiest decision of my life!
You can download the book by clicking on the following link: The Prince
“As a general rule, for works created after January 1, 1978, copyright protection lasts for the life of the author plus an additional 70 years.” https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/
I know pirating movies and books is detrimental to everyone involved in creating them, but if we expect everyone to buy these books to participate in the monthly book club discussions, then… I don’t we’ll have participants.
We have a tie between Murder on the Orient Express and The Prince. Let’s read The Prince, it shouldn’t be under copyright now, right?
I finally stumbled on one of Machiavelli’s famous quotes: “… men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be of such a kind that one does not stand in fear of revenge.”
Another cool quote: “… it cannot be called talent to slay fellow-citizens, to deceive friends, to be without faith, without mercy, without religion; such methods may gain empire, but not glory.”
“For injuries ought to be done all at one time, so that, being tasted less, they offend less; benefits ought to be given little by little, so that the flavour of them may last longer.”
Between the parentheses is my estimate of each book’s length.