Comment by 🦂 akrabu
Re: "Lately I've been reading a lot of non-fiction books,…"
@Nexy Found an epub on the Internet Archive. Also found a PDF of the sequel!
— The Gentle Art of Verbal Self Defense
— More on The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense
2025-04-20 · 1 year ago
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🌻 Nexy [OP] · 2025-04-20 at 05:12:
Yes I found that one, but is a scan of the book and not an actual e-book for e-readers. Very nitpicking Ik lol. but read scans in a ereader is not a good experience.
🦂 akrabu · 2025-04-20 at 05:16:
@Nexy If you click the "epub" link under "download options" for the first one, it is indeed a bonafide epub
🌻 Nexy [OP] · 2025-04-20 at 05:20:
Oh you are right! not well preformated but readable, ty!
🚀 clseibold [🛂] · 2025-04-20 at 05:29:
@Nexy I have a lot of non-fiction books in my big list I posted by the way. I just wanted to add some fiction books, because I think they're oftentimes underrated or undervalued.
🦂 akrabu · 2025-04-20 at 05:43:
@Nexy I created a "kepub" version for my Kobo that might look cleaner for you
🚀 stack · 2025-04-20 at 10:47:
Verbal assault is used to assert authority and project apparent expertise, as well as dominate the space.
Our society often rewards such behaviour, calling it 'leadership skills' and sociopaths become really good at it.
@akrabu, thank you
🌻 Nexy [OP] · 2025-04-20 at 12:55:
@clseibold I also like fiction, and I don't think they are any less in any way. I've read some of the books on your list and i like them. I was just coming off a string of really good non-fiction books and wanted to talk about them in a more individual way.
@akrabu Thank you for taking the time to do that, I really appreciate it ✨
@stack Society rewards sociopaths in a multitude of ways in this system we live in.
Original Post
Lately I've been reading a lot of non-fiction books, especially self-help books, since I'd like to be a better person and lead a healthier life. well, I think it might be a good idea to share the books that helped me the most of all the ones I've read lately: "Stolen Focus" helped me a lot to understand how my attention was destroyed so much and how to interpret the signs that corrupt it, and then "The Courage to Be Disliked", I think this is the book that by itself helped me the most, this...