What Others are Saying About Hermann:| Has anyone read Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse? | | Siddhartha a book by hermann hesse, is a book that many people can relate to. The book refers to a young boy named Siddhartha who grows into a very wise and knowledgeable man. Through the story, the little boy succeeds in his learnings of life tremendously. He looks for someone who can teach him how to understand life. He finds many wise teachers, but none of which can fulfill his thirst for knowledge. Through his travels, he becomes a monk, a businessman, a ferryman, and a father. He arrives to many conclusions, such as that life must be experienced first hand and wisdom cannot be spoken but must be derived from experience. When he has realized, this he understands that everything is equally important and only people can teach themselves about life. This book is a great book to relate readers' personal lives. Hesse does an excellent job with explaining the life of Siddhartha, which makes it easy to understand what he is going through and what he is thinking. Every lesson that is learned by Siddhartha makes him stronger and more understanding of people. Issues are faced everyday by Siddhartha, showing... | |
| | | Any book you loved when you were a teen? | | It seems to me that all of us can name stories we loved when we were little. And them for those that like to read, there are many books for adults that each one of us cherishes and rereads.
But when we reached our teen, it was not so easy to find a book. Some were too childish (and I read them but didn´t comment with my friends[em]lol[/em]), other´s were really books for adults and I took a lot of thinking to read them then.
I read the "Anne of Green Gables" books when I was starting my teens and loved them. But I prefered the first one: I did not like Anne to turn into a normal lady.
I reread several times the books the Laura Ingalls wrote. I confess that I still read them.
My first "adult" book was Demian by Hermann Hesse. After that I also read Sydharta. And about 16, I read some of the books that John Steinbeck wrote and fell in love with him.
What were your favorite books from, let´s say, 13 to 18? Why? Answering this post would also help a mylotter friend who has a teenages girl.
Take care![em]happy[/em][em]wink[/em] | |
| | what is the last book you have read? | | Frankly said i dont read toomuch - probbaly a few books per year. But when i have time i use it for reading and do it with pleasure. The last two books I have read are State of fear by Michael Crichton and Siddharta by Hermann Hesse. What about you? | |
| | If you eat you'll be affected by these laws! | | I hear a lot about government intrusion and I am not an advocate of the government taking so much control over our lives. But this law that is going through is horrifying! It would change all that we eat in our world and is dangerous to anyone wanting good clean food for themselves and their family. This was sent to me from a friend and I have been studying this for some time with growing apprehention. I urge everyone to look at this and then contact your political representatives on this subject!
Billions of People Expected to Die Under Current Codex Alimentarius GuidelinesBarbara Minton
Natural News
July 21, 2009Your right to eat healthy food and use supplements of your choice is rapidly vanishing, but every effort has been made to keep you in the dark about the coming nutricide. Codex Alimentarius is scheduled for full global implementation on December 31, 2009, and not a word has been spoken in main stream media about this threat to humanity. Yet, according to the projections of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a minimum of 3 billion people will die from the Codex mandated vitamin and mineral guideline alone. As... | |
| | Russian Spy in Nato may have passed US Missile Shield Secrets | | Hermann Simm has been arrested and charged with passing secrets to Russia about the US missile Shield systems and other countries military in Nato. From the reports it sounds like he worked for NATO in a high power position and had access to some of the countries in Nato secrets. The news said he had access to all top secret documents. How should be done with this man? What can we do to make sure this does not happen again? Should this change our relationship with Russia, not to mention all the rest of the nations in NATO? | |
| | What is so special at the Germans? | | You name it, they invented it!It is unbelievable how many things in our daily life was invented by Germans.let me only list a few things:Konrad Zuse - the first freely programmable ComputerFerdinand Graf von Zeppelin - rigid dirigible a lighter-than-air vehicle (Wellknown as Zeppelin)Werner von Siemens - first electric elevator Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen - the x-raysNikolaus August Otto - a Four-Stroke Internal-Combustion Engine, called the Otto Cycle Enginehermann oberth - a rocket scientiestWerner von Braun - the V1 and V2, the first rocketsPaul Nipkow - the first electromechanical television Karl von Linde - process of liquifying gas a part of the basic refrigeration technologyFelix Hoffmann - AspirinJohannes Gutenberg - printing maschineDaniel Gabriel Fahrenheit - alcohol thermometerRudolf Diesel - the Diesel EngineFreiherr von Drais - Draisine, the Bicycleand many many others.....What is so special at the German Nation? What makes them to the Nation of THinkers, Inventors?I don't know, and you? | |
| | What are the top five books... | | What are the top five books you feel everyone should read and why?My top five are:1: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse – A powerful story about the importance of life experiences as they relate to approaching an understanding of reality and attaining enlightenment. 2: 1984 by George Orwell – 1984 still holds chief significance nearly 60 years after it was written in 1949. It is widely acclaimed for its haunting vision of an all-knowing government which uses pervasive, 24/7 surveillance tactics to manipulate all citizens of the populace. 3: The Wisdom of the Desert by Thomas Merton – A collection of thoughts, meditations and reflections that give insight into what life is like to live simply and purely, dedicated to a greater power than ourselves. 4: Walden by Henry David Thoreau – Thoreau spent two years, two months and two days writing this book in a secluded cabin near the banks of Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. This is a story about being truly free from the pressures of society. The book can speak for itself: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to... | |
| | Manchester United won over Portsmouth | | TeamsManchester United
1 Edwin Van Der Sar, 2 Gary Neville (c) (6 Wes Brown, 67) 3 Patrice Evra, 5 Rio Ferdinand, 15 Nemanja Vidic, 24 Darren Fletcher, 18 Paul Scholes, 22 John O'Shea (16 Michael Carrick, 67) 17 Nani (Fraizer Campbell, 79) 11 Ryan Giggs, 32 Carlos TevezSubstitutes not used
29 Tomasz Kuszczak, 23 Jonny Evans, 21 Rafael Da Silva, 34 Rodrigo PossebonPortsmouth
1 David James, 23 Sol Campbell (c), 15 Sylvain Distin, 5 Glen Johnson, 6 Lassana Diarra, 19 Niko Kranjcar (17 John Utaka, 60), 30 Pedro Mendes (18 Arnold Mvuemba, 75) 8 Papa Boupa Diop, 7 Hermann Hreidarsson (4 Lauren, 79) 14 Jermain Defoe, 9 Peter CrouchSubstitutes not used
21 Jamie Ashdown, 26 Ben Sahar, 20 Martin Cranie, 32 Djimi Traore90+3Portsmouth to shoot first. Diarra skies the first penalty, Tevez strokes United ahead. Defoe gets Pompey off the mark with the second of their kicks, but Giggs keeps United ahead with a fine spot kick. It takes a turn for the worst for Pompey, as Arnold Mvuemba has his shot saved by van der Sar before Michael Carrick makes it 3-1. Glen Johnson steps up next and shoots over the bar to hand victory to Manchester United
90+3The full time... | |
| | Interesting facts 2 | | Well I didnt realize not all was copied into the first post lol. Ok now saying I like the very last one makes more sense lol.
Sir Winston Churchill rationed himself to 15 cigars a day.On 7 January 1904 the distress call 'CQD' was introduced. 'CQ' stood for 'Seek You' and 'D' for 'Danger'. This lasted only until 1906 when it was replaced with 'SOS'.Though it is forbidden by the Government, many Indians still adhere to the caste system which says that it is a defilement for even the shadow of a person from a lowly caste to fall on a Brahman ( a member of the highest priestly caste).In parts of Malaya, the women keep harems of men.The childrens' nursery rhyme 'Ring-a-Ring-a-Roses' actually refers to the Black Death which killed about 30 million people in the fourteenth-century.The word 'denim' comes from 'de Nimes', Nimes being the town the fabric was originally produced.During the reign of Elizabeth I, there was a tax put on men's beards.Idi Amin, one of the most ruthless tyrants in the world, before coming to power, served in the British Army.Some Eskimos have been known to use refrigerators to keep their food from freezing.It is illegal... | |
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