I picked up a copy and we're reading it together.
It will help you in everything that you do from a better understanding of Aristotle to Zen. Pick it up now, you're not even a week behind!
Catch-22; the phrase comes from the same titled book of Joseph Heller. Based on WWII military setting, the highlights follow :
Major Major Major is the name of one character.
Servicemen are promised to be sent home after a required number of missions, but the number keeps growing to prevent their return.
Servicemen find they can be dismissed on the grounds of insanity, but the 'catch-22' is that they are clearly sane enough to fly if they actually put in such a request.
Doc Daneeka is "killed off" in a paperwork error and is unable to convince anyone that he is still alive, including his wife who loves the monthly life insurance payouts.
Islam had a tremendous campaign across the mediterranean through 100 years that followed Muhammed's death in 632 a.d. and were stopped by the French.
The Cathedral of Notre Dame was inspired by the Westminster Abbey and is architected in Gothic design in 1185.
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