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Recommend a few books... Want to start reading more again. Post a brief synopsis if you can, too.

I haven't read it but it has been recomended to me if your interested in philosphy "Sophies World".........understandably about philosphy.....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1857992911/202-0237928-0176621

Tightest book i've read so far in my entire life --> confessions of an economic hitman

and that's some REAL shit

^ Whats it about? Seems like a good read based on the title.


I'd recommend

Khaled Hosseini - The Kite Runner

Amazon.com
In his debut novel, The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini accomplishes what very few contemporary novelists are able to do. He manages to provide an educational and eye-opening account of a country's political turmoil--in this case, Afghanistan--while also developing characters whose heartbreaking struggles and emotional triumphs resonate with readers long after the last page has been turned over. And he does this on his first try.

The Kite Runner follows the story of Amir, the privileged son of a wealthy businessman in Kabul, and Hassan, the son of Amir's father's servant. As children in the relatively stable Afghanistan of the early 1970s, the boys are inseparable. They spend idyllic days running kites and telling stories of mystical places and powerful warriors until an unspeakable event changes the nature of their relationship forever, and eventually cements their bond in ways neither boy could have ever predicted. Even after Amir and his father flee to America, Amir remains haunted by his cowardly actions and disloyalty. In part, it is these demons and the sometimes impossible quest for forgiveness that bring him back to his war-torn native land after it comes under Taliban rule. ("...I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded, not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.")

Some of the plot's turns and twists may be somewhat implausible, but Hosseini has created characters that seem so real that one almost forgets that The Kite Runner is a novel and not a memoir. At a time when Afghanistan has been thrust into the forefront of America's collective consciousness ("people sipping lattes at Starbucks were talking about the battle for Kunduz"), Hosseini offers an honest, sometimes tragic, sometimes funny, but always heartfelt view of a fascinating land. Perhaps the only true flaw in this extraordinary novel is that it ends all too soon.

Ite u want the down low let me get the book for you ill type the synopsis on back

The inside story of how America turned from a respected empire into a feared empire

"Economic hit men," John Perkins writes, "are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. Their tools include fradulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex, and murder"

John Perkins should know - he was an economic hit man. His job was to convince countries that are strategically important to the U.S.-from Indonesia to Panama-to aceept enormous loans for infrastructure development, and to make sure that the lucrative projects were contracted to U.S. corporations. Saddled with huge debts, these countries came under the control of the United States government, World Bank, and other U.S.-dominated aid agencies that acted like loan sharks-dictating repayment terms and bullying foriegn governments into submission.
This extrodianary real-life tale exposes international intrigue, corruption, and little-known government and corporate activities that have dire consequences for American democracy and the world


^^^ check this shit out, it's a real good read with some crumpets n tea

Seems dope, thanks... I'll check it out.

^^^ check this shit out, it's a real good read with some crumpets n tea

^lmfao

Dan Brown's "Angel's & Demons." Illustrated version is best, it helps with the mental picturing and shit.

Tom Clancey provides good books. "Rainbow 6" was brilliant.

The Silmarillion
Julius Caesar
All Played Out (about England in World Cup 90')
Of Mice And Men
Dune

anything by Piers Anthony... it's fantasy stuff... and a lot of puns... but really fun to read. "Demons Dont Dream" and "Faun and Games" were probably my favorites.

Humorous Books:

A Semester In The Life of A Garbage Bag by Gordon Korman
Joe's Place by Gordon Korman
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Collection by Adam Douglas

Horror/Fantasy Books:

Queen Of The Damned by Anne Rice
Nightmares and Dreamscapes by Stephen King
The Last Vampire 1-6 by Christopher Pike

Drama:

The Perfect Spy by Jean Le Carre (Really confusing, be careful with this one)

Science Fiction:

2001: Space Oddysey Trilogy
Star Wars: New Jedi Order Series

Ethnic (Don't knock these because they're "girl" books. Good reads:

Just Say No by Omar Tyree
Drive Me Crazy by Eric Jerome Dickey
Thieves' Paradise by EJD

Hit me back when you need some more. What can I say? I'm a bookworm.

[QUOTE=God.]Dan Brown's "Angel's & Demons." [QUOTE]

Word that shit was tight . prolly in my top 5 favorite books ever

the da vinci code by dan brown is dope as well, it's sort of a sequel to angels & demons, the character, robert langdon is the same

a million little pieces is good, about a drug addict and his memoirs

yeh, dan brown books are good reads, and i would second nox and advise of mice and men, that was a pretty good read

Harry Potter, bitch.

Tom Clancy's Books

Harry Potter, bitch.

ROFL!

^Wtf, this nigga crazy!...

oh, you're only 14

i thought you were 16 or older

my bad

davinci code was weakly written dawg...it wasn't even that good and the "controversial" religious themes he brought in were bogus and unrealistic...The prequel (angles + demons) was a much better, fascinating read

LoL at Harry Potter. And yea, Angles and Demons is dope... better than Da Vinci Code in my opinion... Of Mice and Men is dope - American classic right there. Steinbeck killed it with that and Grapes of Wrath.


Iight... my recommendations

The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
The Lord of The Rings - Tolkein
To Kill A Mocking Bird - Harper Lee
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
A Tale of Two Cities - Dickens
Crime and Punishment - Fydor Dostoevski


*Self confessed book-worm*

i cried when lenny died :(

(^hey that rhymes)

you inspired me to start reading again

tommorow i'll prolly borrow a tom clancy book

I've read lord of the rings 4 times and im gonna read it again..Harry Potter is a no no

you inspired me to start reading again

tommorow i'll prolly borrow a tom clancy book

Thats good to hear, lol...


And LoL at Nox reading LOTR 4 times. I read them first about 2 years ago and again end of last year. I think I'll give it a break now... read them in a few years.

I've read lord of the rings 4 times and im gonna read it again..Harry Potter is a no no

Yeah plus you got mad lord of the rings avatars and your sig quotes are lord of the rings? You faggot ass motha fucka.

^Fuck outta here.

It's Fab-o-losa. Bitch.

Harry Potter is cold. No Joke.

After my nigga dumbledore died I was about to fly to the UK and str8 freestyle diss that hoe that wrote that shit in her face...then pimp smack her

After my nigga dumbledore died I was about to fly to the UK and str8 freestyle diss that hoe that wrote that shit in her face...then pimp smack her
Straight up, homie. That was some off-the-wall shit. She was on CNN the other day talking bout she wants to kill off Harry Potter too so she can get on with her life. THIS SHIT IS MORE THAN JUST ABOUT YOU, BITCH!! You can't go killing off all the good characters and shit.

She was on CNN the other day talking bout she wants to kill off Harry Potter too so she can get on with her life.

If that fuckin ho does that ima create a large nuclear missile and destroy the entire united kingdom. And thas some real shit.

Lmfao, Americans.

Tuesdays With Morrie - Mitch Albom
Running With Scissors - Augusten Burroughs
Dry - Augusten Burroughs
A Child Called It - Dave Pelzer
Naked - David Sedaris
Omerta - Mario Puzo
Bully - Jim Schutze

A Child Called It - Dave Pelzer
Omerta - Mario Puzo


Word. Both of these books are good, the first being real dramatic and shit. True Story too

I heard about that..is it about the abusive mother?...damn if that's true, but i can't find the book anywhere

I heard about that..is it about the abusive mother?...damn if that's true, but i can't find the book anywhere

Yeah, It's Real Fucked Up... Deffinately A Good Read.. Makes Ya Think How Many Parents Are Like That.

yeah his momma stabbed him, burned him on the stove, created a gas chamber in the bathroom using bleach and ammonia to create a poisonus gas and using that to torture him, making him sleep in the basement or something, making him eat his brother's diaper, and calling him It and THe Boy.

Still not as bad as my mother...she's trying to find me a job as a table waiter!!

*faints*

Damn... A Child Called It is like incredible. It isn't he best written book by any means by what is described and what "it" went through is sick. The narrative from a first person perspective, the "it" as it were, is better and more vivid than what it would have been from a third person narrative. Awesome book - but a very depressing one too.

Nox, you should be able to find this easily. Try Ottakers and WH Smiths in Wakey and if not (which I doubt), try the 2 or 3 Waterstones or the Border in Leeds.

Or just go to Barnes and Noble. But ya'll don't know nothing about that, fucking brits.

^ True... but it was still marvellously written... even if it's many of it's 'facts' are untrue or misguided... I still enjoyed it, therefore I recommend it to read...

So:

The da Vinci Code
Angels & Demons

Both are great Dan Brown novels, but my favourite Dan Brown book has to be "Deception Point" the first book of his I read... soooo much information went into that book... it's fucking ace.

Another book I advise it "A Boy Called It" by Dave Pelzer... a true story about America's 3rd worst abused child... it's horrific... but nonetheless a great book... check 'em out.

Angels+demons > deception point

deception point > davinci code

davinci code > that other peice of trash he wrote about that supercomputer...forget the name, but it was str8 TRASH

To be truthful I'm still reading Angels & Demons... I'm up to the part where they gained access to the Secret Vatican Archive... so I'm guessing there's still alot of twists and turns yet... so yes, this may well be better then Decpetion Point... up to now A&D already shits on TDVC and I'm only half way through...

And as for the Digital Fortress, I've still not read it yet, somebody keeps renewing it at my college library so I'll be reading it when they return it...

The Planet Of Junior Brown by Virginia Hamilton, the first 100 pages are complete crap, but in the end you gon be like "dammmmmmmmmmm, that whats goin on". Its one of those, we had to read it in English before break, and I never read, but that shit was good.

To be truthful I'm still reading Angels & Demons... I'm up to the part where they gained access to the Secret Vatican Archive... so I'm guessing there's still alot of twists and turns yet... so yes, this may well be better then Decpetion Point... up to now A&D already shits on TDVC and I'm only half way through...

And as for the Digital Fortress, I've still not read it yet, somebody keeps renewing it at my college library so I'll be reading it when they return it...

I'm halfway throught TDVC, and A+D definately shits all over it. I found the illustrated version of A+D much better, as it hella helps with getting your mental picture of what's going on accurate.

^ I look for images on the internet while I'm reading it like pictures of the chapels and the statues... that gives me a good mental picture...

I got Digital Fortress from college library today... hope it isn't as bad as Spit says it is...

digital fortress is kinder average

Angel's & demons>Di vinci code>Deception point>Digital Fortress

thats my opinion anyway.......robert langdon rocked

Robert Landon = The man!

One book I wanted to get was "Rakim Told Me: Wax Facts Straight from the Original Artists--The '80s." but the fuckers at Barnes & Nobles, and Borders didn't have it. It's a collection of reviews interviews from the 80s.

Harry potter book's are awesome!!
Anyway, I jus finished Frank Herbert's Dune....awesome book....
about to read Dune Messiah and Children of Dune....
Robert Ludlum - The Prometheus Deception is pretty wikid....

"When Nothing Else Matters"- Michael Leahy

This is about Michael Jordan the man and not the idol.... It's one of the rare books that doesn't praise Michael Jordan but expresses him from a more psychological perspective.. It's interesting, somewhat controversial. It'll be a good read for individuals who are sports fans but is more directed to an abstract audience.

The Hungry Catepillar

You know im still learning to read, so for right now this book is fire

Soul on Ice- Eldridge Cleaver
Back in the day-Darrin Keith Bastfield (bio on Tupac)
Revolutionary Suicide- Huey P. Newton
Secret Life of Bees- Sue Monk Kidd (mostly a girl book)

Umm,, I dunno.

The Hungry Catepillar

You know im still learning to read, so for right now this book is fire


....you ass..... BUT that did bring back childhood memories. :)

Dunno if you're into Shakespeare.... But OTHELLO is a reaaaally good read if ya haven't read it already... and even if you have... just a great twisted plot.

Night Or Mein Kampf

I'm reading "Pet Semetary" at the moment..and i think its great:D

....you ass..... BUT that did bring back childhood memories. :)

Dunno if you're into Shakespeare.... But OTHELLO is a reaaaally good read if ya haven't read it already... and even if you have... just a great twisted plot.

Yea, Othello is William's greatest play in my opinion. Iago is also one of the most original characters ever - most evil characters act/speak like how Iago did. Great read.

the malcolm x autobiography... one of my favs

the da vinci code by dan brown

NAH NAH NAH, YALL BOOKS SUCKS, HERES THE KEY BOOK OF THE WORLD.


MONSTER Autobiography of an LA Gangs Member. Written by Kody Scott/Sanyika Shakur himself AKA: Monsta

READ IT.

the malcolm x autobiography... one of my favs
Yeah, it's a good read, I'm reading it right now.

Oliver Twist is alright and OF MICE AND MEN is dope, and anyone read che guevara - The Bolivian Diary?

gargoyles, and the unnatural by alan nayles somethin like that

same author, it's kind of like science fiction...but the real message that author wants to get across is the danger of science technology... how accidents happen, like in the unnatural, there's somethin called cryptology, where human beings are being frozen, so in the future, their bodies can be revived in the future

anything by steven king or andy mcnab..

The Heaven Shop is pretty good!

Da Vinci Code (Surely you've heard of it)

Angels & Demons (By same author as DV-Code, the plot is literally 90% the same but based around Illuminati rather than the Holy Grail.)

Freakonomics (very interesting look on economics, good read)

The Da Vinci Code is a great read. If you like that type of thing try reading a book called The Labyrinth.

Reviews:

Mosse's page-turner takes readers on another quest for the Holy Grail, this time with two closely linked female protagonists born 800 years apart. In 2005, Alice Tanner stumbles into a hidden cave while on an archeological dig in southwest France. Her discovery—two skeletons and a labyrinth pattern engraved on the wall and on a ring—triggers visions of the past and propels her into a dangerous race against those who want the mystery of the cave for themselves. Alaïs, in the year 1209, is a plucky 17-year-old living in the French city of Carcassone, an outpost of the tolerant Cathar Christian sect that has been declared heretical by the Catholic Church. As Carcassonne comes under siege by the Crusaders, Alaïs's father, Bertrand Pelletier,entrusts her with a book that is part of a sacred trilogy connected to the Holy Grail. Guardians of the trilogy are operating against evil forces—including Alaïs's sister, Oriane, a traitorous, sexed-up villainess who wants the books for her own purposes. Sitting securely in the historical religious quest genre, Mosse's fluently written third novel (after Crucifix Lane) may tantalize (if not satisfy) the legions of Da VinciCode devotees with its promise of revelation about Christianity's truths.

Mosse's epic adventure weaves together the present and the past in an entertaining Grail-quest tale. In the present, Alice Tanner, a volunteer at a French archaeological excavation, stumbles across the skeletal remains of two people in a cave, as well as a ring with an intricate labyrinth engraved on it. Her discovery attracts the attention of two unsavory figures: Paul Authie, a sinister police inspector, and Marie-Ceile de l'Oradore, a wealthy, powerful woman. When the ring that Alice discovered and the friend that invited her out on the dig both disappear, Alice begins to fear for her safety. Interlinked with Alice's story is that of 17-year-old Alais, newly married to a handsome chevalier and living in thirteenth-century Carcassonne. The threat of French invasion grows every day, but Alais and her father are more concerned with protecting three sacred books that reveal the secret of the Grail. The Crusaders want the books, but two people much closer to home are working against Alais and her father, desirous of the promise of eternal life that the Grail offers. Although the novel contains lulls in places, the medieval story is exciting. Expect demand.