Five Books To Read This Summer
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In this episode of the podcast, I talk about my top 5 books to read this summer, and why you should read them. These are the 7 books that I think are the most important to read in the summer, so that you can get the most out of your summer.
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So, as you see in the title of the video, five books to read this summer. It's actually seven
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books. I will explain why that is. But first we have a message from our esteemed sponsor of this
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seven because of course first and foremost before any other book you have to read. Dauntless. Look
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how clean that is. Also available in French, German and Spanish. So if you are in any of those
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countries, order a few copies so you can distribute to friends and family. You also need to read
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Demigod Mentality. If you don't read these two books, first and foremost, you're not gonna make
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it. So yeah, those are the two first ones on the list. Now moving on to the first book on the list
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of five we have this fine tome of knowledge the cultured thug handbook by our esteemed mike maxwell
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the big boss of imperium press shout out much love to mike now i have made a podcast episode
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about this so if you search on here on youtube or if you're watching this on x then simply head over
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to my youtube channel and then you search for the cultured thug and i have a podcast episode open
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for everyone to listen to, where I talk about the teachings therein.
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So if that sounds interesting, then head over and listen.
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And yes, this is an absolutely recommended book for all men.
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You can also read if you're a woman and if you have a son or something like that,
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so you know, some good insights for men to have,
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so you can become a cultured thug, which is, of course, the ideal we strive towards.
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So first up on the list, The Cultured Thug by our esteemed Mike Maxwell.
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Moving on, we have two books, actually, but I count them as one book because this is the continuation.
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If you don't have the time, you can simply read the first one.
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I made three podcast episodes about the Normans in the South a while back, so if that sounds interesting, you can check that out as well.
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But even so, even if you listen to the podcast episodes, I still recommend that you read the books.
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So, of course, we all know about William the Conqueror and 1066, the Normans in Britain.
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For the record, to all of my English friends, I do root, I've always rooted for the Saxons in the Battle of Hastings.
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The Normans won, alas, but, you know, it's turned out okay anyway.
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You know, the Normans, they imbued the English with great energy so that you could achieve the glory of the Middle Ages and beyond.
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But anyway, the Normans in the south, they accomplished a lot also,
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So John Julius Norwich, he presents their story in a compelling way.
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So this is a very good history book and perfect read during the summer
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because when we think about the south of Italy and Sicily, perfect read in the heat.
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I will definitely reread it if I travel to the south of Italy at some stage.
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And then also, if you're hooked by it, you can read the follow-up there as well,
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So, yes, it's good to read them so you can unlock the inexhaustible energy of the Normans,
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So, listen to me now, all malicious entities, it doesn't matter what you throw at me.
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I have unlimited, inexhaustible energy because I've unlocked a magical energy source to the medieval Normans.
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Now, moving on to the third book, we have some good old philosophy, The Agony of Polemos.
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I have talked about this in podcast episodes as well.
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I've written a short article about the main teachings herein.
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So, this book, it elaborates on a profound quote by our esteemed good old Heraclitus
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And this we can interpret as competition is father of all.
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When something competes against something else, comes into war or conflict or whatever it might be,
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So, very interesting indeed, and, you know, quite fundamental cornerstone of philosophy,
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I would say, in my humble opinion, so I can definitely recommend that you read this,
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and meditate upon the teachings therein, and also on a self-improvement level,
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because, you know, we're not only speculating about philosophy, we're trying to live philosophy,
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that's why we're reading philosophy, to apply it to our own lives to become better men and women.
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I write in Dauntless as well that competition breeds excellence and that's something that you
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can keep in mind that if you want to truly sharpen yourself if you want to pursue excellence then
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find a competition and then you will probably get a sense of urgency and a sense of you know
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motivation and fire within you so yes anyway do read it great stuff indeed all right moving on to
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the fourth book this is a book i have recommended many times before so oh geez you will know will
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not come as a surprise but in case you're newer to the channel it might be the first time you hear
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of it perhaps perhaps also very important for you to read this book so you can follow along in my
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live streams because as i always say the the live streams no matter the topic we always end up
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talking a bit about the Horus Heresy and Warhammer at least. So Horus Rising, first book in the Horus
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Heresy series. So this I have read, I've reread and my recommendation, it still stands. It's just
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an excellent book. You don't need to read all of the Horus Heresy books, but I do recommend that
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you read this one at least. So very, very compelling book. I can't recommend it enough. So science
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fiction, and I am fairly certain that our esteemed Dan Abnett here, he has read his fair share of
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philosophy and esoteric books as well to, you know, create his metaphysics in the books. Now,
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he's not alone in writing the series, but he's one of the top guys at least, and yeah, super good
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book, so read it. All right, fifth and final book, we have The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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this was written back in 1891 but you can still read it with perfect clarity the language is still
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very much accessible even for um even reading it over 100 years later now the biggest difference
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i would say if you like me you've grown up with you know kingdom of heaven such films where you
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have this constant annoying cold filter. You have basically no color at all. It's
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just muddy and cold, brown and gray, everything. That is the depiction of the
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Middle Ages. But that's a modern thing because they want to portray the Middle
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Ages as super oppressive and bad and everything like that. This portrays the
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Middle Ages as something completely else. So this is the Middle Ages of my
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childhood, what I envisioned growing up as a boy, I envisioned the Middle Ages to be, you know, full
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of high adventure and more colorful, more vivid, more vibrant like that. So written before that
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anti-Middle Ages propaganda kicked in. So very nice to read, good book, entertaining, and you
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know, you get a glimpse of not only, you know, historical fiction set during the Hundred Years
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war between England and France, but you also get a glimpse of how the Middle Ages were perceived in
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the late 19th century. So, anyway, an overall enjoyable read that I can definitely recommend.
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So, those were the five books. I also have a list on my webpage, thegoldenone.se,
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an esoteric reading list. I will link it in the comment section below. And if you're an ex, you
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you can simply go to thegoldenone.se and search for esoteric reading list
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if you are interested in, yeah, such literature.
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Maybe I'll make a video on it or a podcast or a live stream or something like that.
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I hope you have a great summer of reading and learning
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and low cortisol and high thumos and a lot of joy and tranquility.
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