Yes this East-roman empire is direct offshoot of Great Roman empire,when emperon Constantin the Great move capital from Rome to Constantinope.Its almost 1000 Empire with highs in many arts(look St.Sophia church) and great power in Europe at allA Short History of Byzantium by John Julius Norwich
It's a history book about the Byzantine Empire, an empire centered around the fortified city of Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) for over 1,000 years. I saw it at a used book store and picked it up on a whim.
Ostensibly the Byzantine Empire was a Christian theocracy, but in reality there was a ton of stuff of cloak-and-dagger power games going on, backstabbing, torture, murder, sleazy stuff, you name it pretty much. That's why I like reading about this time period honestly lol.
This guy's life serves as a good general example of some of the kind of stuff that was going on: banged everything that moved, took his own niece as a mistress, murdered a kid to become emperor, mutilated/killed tons of enemies and, at the end, was tortured for several days and ultimately torn limb-from-limb by angry mob. And he was the emperor lol!
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Ever read "In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio" by Phillipe Bourgois? I highly recommend it.Crack: Rock Cocaine, Street Capitalism, and the Decade of Greed
by David Farber
I finally got around to reading Vonnegut last summer. I read Breakfast of Champions, Slaughterhouse Five, and Cat's Cradle (the latter now being one of my favorite books of all time.) There's nothing quite like a book that simultaneously gets you to laugh your ass off and rethink the way that you live your life."Breakfast of Champions" by Kurt Vonnegut is a good one. I never really got into his stuff that much but I remember that book being in my parent's book collection when I was a kid, reading it and enjoying the book's sense of humor (and Vonnegut's attempts at illustration lol)
I read the first 100 or so pages of this years ago and never finished it. Everyone keeps recommending it to me, so I'll have to give it a full read soon.Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by patrick süskind
Tried to read "The Brothers of Karamazov",but could not finished it.Too.....heavy like style.must try"Crime and punishment"In the past couple weeks, two of my favorite reads have been Battle Royale by Koushun Takami and Choke by Chuck Palahniuk.
Battle Royale is a very easy read for a novel that's over 600 pages. I got through it in a couple days. It's the novel that the Hunger Games (poorly) ripped off and it has been cited as a huge inspiration by the creator of Squid Game.
I loved Choke so much that I got through it in one sitting. There's something about Palahniuk's writing that makes me simultaneously find it fascinating and hilarious. It's a good book, but if you don't like dark humor then I'd suggest steering clear of it.
As for right now, I'm currently reading Dostoevsky. I'm on Crime and Punishment, and next up is The Brothers Karazamarov. After that, I'll probably move on to some Tolstoy.
I finally got around to reading Vonnegut last summer. I read Breakfast of Champions, Slaughterhouse Five, and Cat's Cradle (the latter now being one of my favorite books of all time.) There's nothing quite like a book that simultaneously gets you to laugh your ass off and rethink the way that you live your life.
I read the first 100 or so pages of this years ago and never finished it. Everyone keeps recommending it to me, so I'll have to give it a full read soon.
I can understand that. I first started it many years ago while on vacation. Even though I liked it, I just never picked it back up once I got back. It's still sitting on my shelf to this day.Tried to read "The Brothers of Karamazov",but could not finished it.Too.....heavy like style.must try"Crime and punishment"