world’s shortest books

[larvatus]

1. Let Us Honor Great Italian War Heroes;


2. Two Millennia of German Humanism;
3. A Manual of French Hygiene;


4. Recognizing British Heterosexuality;


5. A Field Guide to Great American Lovers;

Comments

[adja]

The Secrets of Iranian Diplomacy = Jewish Ways of Happiness :)

[larvatus]

Iranian diplomacy makes me happy every time.

[sensanome]

Funny, except I dislike the word Negroes.

[larvatus]

Goes with Yachting.

Cannot speak for some on the list...

[zapiens]

... but have to disagree on Germans (Heine, Kant, and, yes, Nietsche), Italians (from condotieri to Garibaldi to Teseo Tesei), Poles (Mickiewicz, Milocz).

Maybe add to the list of shortest books, Jokes that I (zapiens) Understand?

Re: Cannot speak for some on the list...

[larvatus]

Heine died in Paris 77 years before his erstwhile compatriots denounced him as an Untermensch and burned his books in Berlin’s Opernplatz. Kant was not far from them in spirit:The Palestinians living among us have, for the most part, earned a not unfounded reputation for being cheaters, because of their spirit of usury since their exile. Certainly, it seems strange to conceive of a nation of cheaters; but it is just as odd to think of a nation of merchants, the great majority of whom, bound by an ancient superstition that is recognized by the State they live in, seek no civil dignity and try to make up for this loss by the advantage of duping the people among whom they find refuge, and even one another. The situation could not be otherwise, given a whole nation of merchants, as non-productive members of society (for example, the Jews in Poland). So their constitution, which is sanctioned by ancient precepts and even by the people among whom they live (since we have certain sacred writings in common with them), cannot consistently be

Re: Cannot speak for some on the list...

[malkhos]

As far as German Humanism is concerned... I was thinking more along the lines of Reuchlin, Goethe, Momsen, Williamowitz-Moellendorf...

Wonderful

[robblin]

Hiya smiley!

Re: Wonderful

[larvatus]

Not to forget: Korean Vegetarian Treats.

[aregjan]

Let Us Honor Great Italian War Heroes;
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Didn't Italians rule most of Europe, Middle East and Northern Africa for, like, 300 years?

[larvatus]

Herewith the last man to make this argument:

It didn’t work too well for him. Why should it work any better for us?

[aregjan]

Actually, my Soviet-issued book of antique history did a similar argument, and so did my American-issued books...well after this man.

[larvatus]

That was the last man to infer modern Italian heroism from the glory that was Rome.
It didn’t go so well.