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Topic: Book suggestions
Posted By: pb125
Subject: Book suggestions
Date Posted: 30 January 2007 at 10:45pm
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Hello all- I need to pick out a book to read for english by friday, and being rather clueless, I am coming here for help. Make any suggestions, I'm open to read anything. Only rules are it must be +200 pages, and it can't be a book that has been made into a movie. Thanks! ------------- 
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 30 January 2007 at 10:50pm
| Scar Tissue or iWoz |
Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 30 January 2007 at 10:58pm
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For Whom The Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway. The Jungle - Upton Sinclair Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe. On The Road - Jack Kerouac Better Than Sex - Hunter Thompson Amerika - Franz Kafka Finding Manana - Mirta Ojito Adrift On The Nile - Naguib Mahfouz The Odyssey - Homer ------------- 
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Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 30 January 2007 at 11:05pm
| im reading the picture of dorian grey for english class now, about 250 pages |
Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 30 January 2007 at 11:05pm
| http://www.amazon.com/Survivor-A-Novel-Chuck-Palahniuk/dp/0385498721 - Survivor |
Posted By: Pariel
Date Posted: 30 January 2007 at 11:07pm
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My brain is fried, and I've spent the last few minutes trying to think of something, so here's the long and complicated answer.
Movie where Brad Pitt plays the guys second personality, and the main character shoots himself in the mouth at the end to get rid of him, after starting a huge cult. Pours acid on his own hand at some point too. I realize this movie is famous, but I'm drawing a blank, and I'm sure you'll come up with the movie sooner than I will. Anyway, so guy who wrote that book wrote another book called "Hostage", or some other "H" word, and it's great. Really interesting book, not too complicated, and if I remember correctly, about 300 pages long (I could be wrong). Anyway, check it out, it was good. |
Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 30 January 2007 at 11:08pm
*Sigh |
Pariel wrote:Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 30 January 2007 at 11:11pm
Only book Chuck Palahnuik wrote with an 'H' was Haunted, and it is not one of his best. -------------
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 30 January 2007 at 11:11pm
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anything by john grissham amazing stuff ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 30 January 2007 at 11:15pm
| Star Wars: Shatterpoint, Darth Bane, Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter or Outbound Flight. |
Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 30 January 2007 at 11:18pm
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Ok. The forum officially sucks at books. -------------
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Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 31 January 2007 at 12:10am
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Agreed. At least get something controversial in there. "Among the Dead Cities" by A.C. Grayling |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 31 January 2007 at 12:11am
| Into Thin Air |
Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 31 January 2007 at 12:13am
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I'm suprised we've made it 12 posts without someone saying "OMG read this Tom Clancey book, he roxors." |
Posted By: pb125
Date Posted: 31 January 2007 at 12:16am
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Also, if you could add maybe a line or two about the book, that would make this a lot easier for me. Thanks for all the help so far. -------------
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 31 January 2007 at 12:18am
Into Thin Air: Into Thin Air is a riveting first-hand account of a catastrophic expedition up Mount Everest. In March 1996, Outside magazine sent veteran journalist and seasoned climber Jon Krakauer on an expedition led by celebrated Everest guide Rob Hall. Despite the expertise of Hall and the other leaders, by the end of summit day eight people were dead. Krakauer's book is at once the story of the ill-fated adventure and an analysis of the factors leading up to its tragic end. Written within months of the events it chronicles, Into Thin Air clearly evokes the majestic Everest landscape. As the journey up the mountain progresses, Krakauer puts it in context by recalling the triumphs and perils of other Everest trips throughout history. The author's own anguish over what happened on the mountain is palpable as he leads readers to ponder timeless questions. |
Posted By: Dune
Date Posted: 31 January 2007 at 12:19am
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Good idea. "Among the Dead Cities" is a very serious book that looks at the moral responsibility that the United States and Great Britain had when they bombed civillian cities during WWII. It is not to say that what the government did was the same as Japan or Germany's tyranny. However, it does claim through exstensive research how the Atomic bombs were not necessary and that an apology is still owed. |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 31 January 2007 at 12:29am
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Heart of Darkness, By Joseph Conrad. Hysteria- was Outbound Flight any good? I 'outgrew' the SW novels before it came out, but I was always a fan of Zahn's work. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: Hella Cool
Date Posted: 31 January 2007 at 1:51am
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Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut Vonnegut is really easy to read, unlike Hemingway for example. Plus, he's a funny genius. |
Posted By: Squishey
Date Posted: 31 January 2007 at 2:24am
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Reffer Madness By order of the president Clive cussler if you like adventure. ------------- Canadians do it on top. 
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Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 31 January 2007 at 9:43am
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place. Aaron Ralston. Fantastic read. http://www.amazon.com/Between-Rock-Hard-Place-Ralston/dp/B000IFS0LI/sr=1-1/qid=1170254527/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-1480171-9971120?ie=UTF8&s=books - http://www.amazon.com/Between-Rock-Hard-Place-Ralston/dp/B00 0IFS0LI/sr=1-1/qid=1170254527/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-1480171-99711 20?ie=UTF8&s=books True account of the hiker who amputated his own arm. I started reading it, and didn't even think about putting it down until it was finished. Or, go for a classic. Pick through "Moby Dick." What a read that is. |
Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 31 January 2007 at 10:30am
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^That would hurt really bad. ------------- 
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Posted By: -ProDigY-
Date Posted: 31 January 2007 at 10:58am
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reading, as far as I'm concerned. It's a true(ish) account of the travels of Jack Kerouac (Sal Paradise) and Neal Cassady (Dean Moriarty) - the "spokesman" and the "embodiment", respectively, of the beat generation. Kerouac wrote the entire book (on a continuous scroll so that he never had to change paper), hopped up on bennys and coffee, in three weeks (though he and Neal had spent several years "on the road"). He was the pioneer of spontaneous prose and wrote in one continous thought. Read it. ------------- 
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Posted By: SandMan
Date Posted: 31 January 2007 at 11:12am
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Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
A truly classic story about a frenchman, Jean Valjean, and his struggle with tyranny and injustice. Sentenced to hard labor for stealing bread, Valjean is eventually parolled. But with criminal's papers, it's nearly impossible to find honest work. He begins to accept his society-given role of perpetual criminal, living by thievery, when a kindly priest shows him mercy and changes his life. He goes on to make a great man of himself, but not without extreme difficulty. A great tale of tragedy, honor, and deliverance written by a man who was there. (Though the story its self is fictional.) ------------- Real Men Love Cheeses |
Posted By: Cedric
Date Posted: 31 January 2007 at 3:08pm
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Kool-Aid_Acid_Test - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Kool-Aid_Acid_Test The Electric http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool-Aid" title="Kool-Aid - Kool-Aid Acid Test is a literary journalism novel written by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Wolfe" title="Tom Wolfe - Tom Wolfe early in his career in 1968. Using techniques from the genre of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysterical_realism" title="Hysterical realism - hysterical realism and pioneering http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_journalism" title="New journalism - new journalism , he tells the story of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Kesey" title="Ken Kesey - Ken Kesey and his band of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Pranksters" title="Merry Pranksters - Merry Pranksters as they drive across the country in a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacklight_paint" title="Blacklight paint - DayGlo painted school bus dubbed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furthur" title="Furthur - Furthur , reaching personal and collective revelations through use of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSD" title="LSD - LSD and other http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_drugs" title="Psychedelic drugs - psychedelic drugs . It covers their cross country road trip, as well as the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_test" title="Acid test - acid tests , early performances by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grateful_Dead" title="The Grateful Dead - The Grateful Dead , and Kesey's exile to Mexico. Wolfe is primarily concerned not with narrative, but with relating the Pranksters' intellectual and quasi-religious breakthroughs. ------------- 
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 31 January 2007 at 3:21pm
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Citizen Soldiers: Stephen E. Ambrose
Gulag: Anne Applebaum Voices from Chernobyl A Song of Ice and Fire Saga: George RR Martin I second Slaughterhouse five, The Jungle, and Heart of Darkness. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: Cedric
Date Posted: 31 January 2007 at 11:23pm
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I just got done reading The Jungle. It's a horribly depressing book. Makes you feel really awful knowing how bad life could be.
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