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Holiday Reading 2009 (pg. 6)
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| Ravist |
dont be a tool, read and be cool
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| DeleteFromUsers |
| quote: | Originally posted by Endlesswave
I've heard interesting things about Dawkins but I get weary when anyone from either side of that kind of discussion can get all arrogant and believe they know more than another. (Not saying he is like that but he just comes across that way no?) |
Agreed! I think he's a nitwit but my father (staunch atheist) loves him. He's too agressive. |
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nick Cenik
Richard Dawkins - The God Delusion |
After I finish "god is not Great" by Christopher Kitchens this coming winter/spring, that's the next piece of atheist reading on my list. Looking forward to both reads very much.
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Actually, thank you very much, Nick, because you just gave me another great idea for a book to put on my Christmas list this year! :D |
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| zokissima |
| quote: | Originally posted by The Highroller
Just finished reading this one, and wow. This was a very multi-layered book, with each story having an equally satisfying or surprising ending. A really interesting look into the mind of a criminal, a story of an old friend trying to help another through a hard time, a love story, and a story about extreme poverty. Definitely one of the best books I've ever read.
Next, on to Marin Amis - Money (the 3rd time I've started reading it, lol) and Neil Gaiman - Good omens : the nice and accurate prophecies of Agnes Nutter, witch |
If you have not read Dostoyevskys Brothers Karamazov, I highly suggest it. Probably his top work.
As for myself, finishing Shogun - James clavell
Just got, but definitely not getting through it all:
The communist manifesto - marx
blindness - jose saramago
lovely bones - alice sebold
the grapes of wrath - john steinbeck
notes from underground - dostoyevsky |
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| Nick Cenik |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jem_hadar
Actually, thank you very much, Nick, because you just gave me another great idea for a book to put on my Christmas list this year! :D |
Awesome! :) |
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| Cuzo |
| quote: | Originally posted by shanny
Dude...
I have two Malcolm Gladwell books on my list, Outliers and Blink.
We'll have to discuss.
My other one is Andre Agassi's Autobiography - Open. |
and my book I bought you Zen & Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig |
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| Cuzo |
Origin of Species by Nino Ricci
Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden
Too Big To Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin
Slash's autobiography |
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| 1dawoman |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cuzo
Slash's autobiography |
This book is crazy....tons of shocking stories
:eek: |
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by shanny
My other one is Andre Agassi's Autobiography - Open. |
Just noticed this... and me too.
His book is actually on my Christmas list; really hope I get it. I'll be buying it this spring if not..
Agassi is/was my favourite men's tennis player... love him.
Cannot wait to read his autobiography! Considering all that he is now to the sport of tennis, and how rebelious he was in his tennis youth, i think his bio is going to be just facinating as hell! Promises to be a very interesting read im sure :D |
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| Cuzo |
| quote: | Originally posted by 1dawoman
This book is crazy....tons of shocking stories
:eek: |
His heart stopped once and his manager found him half in the elevator, half out, on the floor I heard. |
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| nadezhda |
| quote: | | [i][b]Neil Gaiman - Good omens : the nice and accurate prophecies of Agnes Nutter, witch [/color] |
halfway through this right now and loving it.
whether i'll actually have time to finish anything else remains to be seen. i hope so... |
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| Yohan |
I Hate Canadians by Will Ferguson
-tongue in cheek, sarcastic humour ridden opinions of a Canadian nationalist. I didn't agree with all of his points, but he got me think about what Canada is, and what is to be a Canadian from political, cultural and social context
Byzantium by Stephen Lawhead
-randomly picked up historical fiction. the back cover says something about Irish monk going to Byzantium during medieval times and killing bunch of things. sounds interesting
Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar by Eugene Lang and Janice Gross-Stein
-you want to know why Canada is in Afghanistan? these two poli sci profs tell a good story about how Canada ended up in that hell hole, with insights from key political and military POVs. pretty well written and mostly unbiased.
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
-always interesting quotes to get me thinking. being a bit of believer in stoicism, his words ring true to me, most of the time
The Qu'ran
-trying to understand Muslims require reading of their sacre text. more to understand how the Islamic fundamentalists are twisting Qu'ran for their own purposes
more to follow, as I go through more books |
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