Tuesday 13 April 2010

Free E-books

I was googling for free ebooks as books have become expensive. And they are aplenty. One that I have read recently was "Son of Sparta". I guess not many of you might have heard of Sparta, but you would have heard of the Trojan Horse from which a computer malware derived its name.

Obviously, the book is not a bestseller, otherwise it would not have been available for free. But it was an interesting read for its sociological insight into the life of a spartan child given to military training since the age of 6. An unusual aspect of military training for young boys was the accepted practice of sodomy by the boy's mentor who would take him under his wings to prepare him for the life of a Spartiate (full fledged spartan soldier). Ancient Sparta enforces strict segregation between women and men; and a Spartan soldier is not to marry until he has reached the age of 30. Even after marriage, they spend most of their time in army camps away from the womenfolk. Many Spartiates having boy lovers for most of their military life have not been able to adapt to a normal heterosexual relationship.

A good place to start to look for free e-books is The Burgomeister's Books.

2 comments:

  1. Hello,

    Amnesty International is interested in getting in touch with you. Could you please contact us at amnestyintl.india@gmail.com.
    Thanks a lot.

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  2. People will have a chance to change you do bad things to people but karma will not give you a chance forever, you will suffer all your life because you have suffered a lot to people

    Now many people know in Kepong area about you doing evil, the last time you did something bad people don't care, when you do it with Buddhist monks, that your karma will always increase and you will suffer before you die

    What you are doing with the Buddhist Sangha are a very biggest sin in this life because Buddhist monks, they have practices in their journey(way) or teachings, we are ordinary people born in the world for a while and you are destroying Buddhist culture, Buddhist monks never do anything only to be you are angry but you are jealous of them(Buddhist Monks)

    This Datuk Yip Kum Fook and his security and spy (Simon Low Kok Meng (Taman Daya, Kepong) everyone needs to be careful because it is more dangerous in Kepong... Mr. Simon Low is the mastermind for Datuk Yip Kum Fook... both are large crocodiles

    Cheng from Taman Ehsan, Kepong

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