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Albert Silver
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Re: Amazon $50 gift card

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fern wrote:Man, forget fpr w while about chess..
Get "The sleepwalkers", a fantastic book about how IWW happened.
Just 14 buck in kindle regards
fern
Because there are so many books with that title, can you confirm this is the correct book?

The Sleepwalkers by Christopher Clark

I have and watched the legendary 22-part BBC documentary on WWI. It is ironic that it took me over 15 years to get rid of the trauma I had from high school against history after suffering so many bad teachers. Nowadays I love the subject and read quite a lot on history.

I will add it to my 'To Read' list, but need to warn you that my next few months will be dedicated to Brazilian literature. Right now I am about 1/4 through the works of Machado de Assis.
"Tactics are the bricks and sticks that make up a game, but positional play is the architectural blueprint."
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fern
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Re: Amazon $50 gift card

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Yes, that it is. Incredible reading, clarity, good prose, intelligence.
You begin the first line and cannot stop

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Re: Amazon $50 gift card

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fern wrote:Yes, that it is. Incredible reading, clarity, good prose, intelligence.
You begin the first line and cannot stop

Fern
Soldiers during first world war.
Wasn't it about soldiers sleeping in the mud with swollen feet and rats nibbling on their toes.
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