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12-28-2013, 05:09 PM
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It was a powerful movie, with a powerful soundtrack. Probably well worth a read, I may give it a go. I suspect it reads like The Blood Runs Like a River Through My Dreams by Nasdijj. I thought Nasdijj's story about a Navajo child dying from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome was a powerful story when I believed it to be non-fiction. Years later, I discovered the author had conned everybody, and his book was fiction.
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It is a simple read, but still quite intriguing. I hope you grab it !
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12-28-2013, 07:02 PM
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Artie Lange - Crash & Burn
a great read ...it's amazing to me how people who have everything going for them (fame, success, wealth), try their very best to fuck it all up with drugs & alcohol.
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01-03-2014, 03:03 PM
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Typo, it's One Hundred Years of Solitude
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I am a great fan of the modern Latin American writers. I love the works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. One Hundred Years of Solitude is a great look into futulity, nihilism, and a commentary on the social political situation in South America that demonstrates how the revolutionaries replacing the old guard basically become just like them. I guess this is not only true in South America but all over the world. As Plato stated in 'The Republic', Absolute power corrupts absolutely".
It is also interesting that Realism is replacing Magical Realism with a new crop of Latin American writers, i.e. The Traveler of the Century by Andres Neuman; The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes; Conversation at the Cathedral by Mario Vargas Llosa; Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges; Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel; The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende.
I also love pre-revolutionary Russian Literature, i.e.Anna Karenina, War and Peace, Dr Zhivago, Crime and Punishment, The Gift.
Not to mention the great American, British, and French writers.
I am particularly interested in the great philosophical writers i.e., Jean Paul Sartre.
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01-05-2014, 11:56 AM
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Nana - Emile Zola
The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot
Candide - Voltaire
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01-06-2014, 09:55 AM
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A quick search showed that Guns, Germs, and Steel and 1491 have been mentioned. Excellent books both. Along those lines I would recommend Connections--the companion book to the Connections TV series a while back.
In a different direction, I have always found more in Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment each time I read it.
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01-06-2014, 12:31 PM
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Thinking Fast and Slow - Kahneman
http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Kahne...+fast+and+slow
Influence - Cialdini
http://www.amazon.com/Influence-Psyc.../dp/006124189X
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Most of the time when I start a thread like this, I try to restrict it in some way.
I tried to do some research in the forums to see if a book thread had been posted, but I couldn't find any. Although I have seen some movie/tv show threads.
I want to keep this one as open as possible.
Just recommend a book.
I don't care if it's something you're reading right now, or it's something you regularly recommend to folks, or it's your favorite book as a kid, if it's a biography, relationship/sex book, sci fi, history, romance, detective, religious, western, what have you. I don't care if you give one, five, many. I don't care if you give a simple list, describe what you like, what you don't like, what have you.
I think what we choose to read, or what we've read in the past, can often tell as much about ourselves as anything else.
I would just like to sincerely hear what any of you would recommend to someone to read, if given the opportunity.
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01-07-2014, 02:14 PM
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
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duh dictionary.
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YOU FUCKING THIEF MAKING EXCUSE TO STEAL ... dont tell me you cant manage your expense and now result to STEALING ... SHAMELESS AREN'T YOU " let me know if it does not apply you if YOU DON'T THEN IT DOES
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01-22-2014, 02:58 AM
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Before I go to Sleep by SJ Watson
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01-22-2014, 04:01 PM
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Savage Continent by Keith Lowe
http://www.amazon.com/Savage-Contine...vage+continent
It is a eye opening look at what happens in the aftermath of total war. It is not a pretty picture of human nature.
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01-22-2014, 09:06 PM
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The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff
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01-22-2014, 10:49 PM
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The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Gives a purely feminine and spiritual aspect to the Arthurian times...Great read! My fav book.
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01-22-2014, 10:51 PM
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Nana - Emile Zola
The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot
Candide - Voltaire
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Great satire! Humorous.
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01-23-2014, 11:44 PM
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Bookz
1. A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
2. Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi & Curt Gentry
3. A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
4. Candide by Voltaire
5. Revelations (Bible)
*[U] all book titles
-Lisa Lyonz of Lafayette, LA
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02-05-2014, 09:33 AM
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I always love a good downward spiral memoir. Big Sur by Jack Kerouac is a good one, even if it's thinly veiled as "fiction."
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02-05-2014, 09:38 AM
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Hmm, I'm amateur at posting here. I'm into William Styron lately and for more lighthearted fare, I've recently enjoyed Wake Up, Sir! by Jonathan Ames, laugh out loud funny.
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