Books...

[yelloledbetter]

Ok guys....I need your help. I am in dire need of some book recommendations. I want to read some inspiring books. I've already read Ishmael like 40 times, so not that one ok.
Thanks to you all.

yello

[bluecow]

catcher in the rye... i dont know if that's inspiring, but it's a good book. /images/smile.gif

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-ironic that they go for the eyes first..

[poetrywriter]

How about Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. Not literature, but "Song of Myself" is amazing to read.

[Highway23]

the Dark Tower series by Stephen King...it's a amazing...

Catcher in Rye is an amazing book...

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison...amazing

damn...i'm drawing a blank....


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[stardustering]

If you want to laugh, read "A Prayer for Owen Meanie"

Here's Johnny!!!!!

[RogueTrader]

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (the relationship and relevence of the individual to society - not the sort of thing you would normally see recommended here)
Atlas Sgrugged by Ayn Rand (the relationship and relevance of Capitalism to society - definateky not the sirt of thing that would normally be recommended here)
Any of the Matt Scudder Mysteroes by Lawrence Block (Block writes detective stories very well, but it's more about the character of Matt Scudder)
Leviathan by Paul Auster (One of the best American Novelists about. An easy read and not as preachy as Don Delilo)
Beyond Good and Evil by Frederich Neitsche (The concept of the Superman)
The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins (Dawkins picks up where Dawin left off)
London by Edward Rutherford (the history of this great city told as a Novel)
Anything by Carl Hiaasen (good for a laugh)
Glamorama by Bret Easton Elis (The best satirical writer of the 20th century, this book ripps apart the american obsession with beauty)

That should keep you going.

M

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25 in 30 Days, Makes this room feel like home

[_sysiphus_]

Read Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt if you haven't already. It's a great one.

"I thank you for helping me learn how to think, but I reserve the right to determine WHAT I think."

[anotherchild]

I just finished that in my English class, good book. We had to do a project, a colage (did I spell that right?) using phrases to describe the book/Holden. I put my PJ cds on repeat and started jotting stuff down. When I presented in class there was this kid who seriously NEVER talks and he was like "hey isn't that Pearl Jam?" hahaha!

[bluecow]

i just read that. definitely a good book. it's a lot like the movie.

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Jesus saves....

passes to Moses; he shoots he scores!

[rockrighter]

Charles de Lint: The Newford Collection
(Trilogy feat. short stories and novellas.)

1. Dreams Underfoot (1993)
2. The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
3. Moonlight and Vine (1999)

If I had to rate them, they'd rank as follows:

1. The Ivory and The Horn
2. Dreams Underfoot
3. Moonlight and Vine

I read them in the wrong order, so it doesn't matter which one you read first, really. I read them 2, 1, 3.

All the books combine celtic and Aboriginal mythology, and basic fantasy that has no 'label'. The characters are those on the outskirts of society, in general, including starving artists/musicians, the homeless, and then there are your 'regular types' who either deal with the type of aforementioned characters or just have somethings to deal with.. Almost all of the characters relate to each other in one way or another. It's mysticism mixed with reality, but it's not farfetched. It's hard to explain it.

I guess.. just find one of the books (I highly recommend The Ivory and The Horn) and read the jacket... /images/tongue.gif

[CRae]

read The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
it's an amazing book

[eddievedderrocks]

there is a great epic..called the earths children..
the first book is called the clan of the cave bear..all about people when they lived in caves and had to hunt for their food..its about a young girl who loses her parents in an earthquake..then she ends up with a clan of neanderthals...such a touching story..i couldnt put it down..
the next ones are
the valley of horses
the mammoth hunters
and the plains of passage
they are big books but soooooo worth it/images/smile.gif


"its..to feel y'know...not what to feel, but to feel something"