Here's mine:
1. "People's History of the United States" - Howard Zinn
2. "The Exception to the Rulers" - Amy Goodman
3. "Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs" - Scott Cunningham
4. "Possible Side Effects" - Augusten Burroughs
5. "Me Talk Pretty One Day" - David Sedaris
2006-08-13 13:00:44 · 19 answers · asked by oaksterdamhippiechick 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
tuesdays with morrie, ferehient 451, chocolate war, death of a salesman, and the crucible
2006-08-13 16:32:40 · answer #1 · answered by aznbuddy 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dostoevsky, The Karamazov Brothers
Amos Funkenstein, Theology and the Scientific Imagination
Giovanni Sartori, A Theory of Democracy Revisited
Marcel Gauchet, Le Desenchantement du Monde. Une Histoire Politique de la Religion
Peter Burke, The European Renaissance. Centres and Peripheries
Jean Gimpel, The Industrial Revolution in the Middle Ages (I know, the book is not much, but I have to read it)
Roger Chartier, The Cultural Origins of the French Revolution
Roger Chartier, A History of Reading in the West
Michel Pastoureau, Blue. The History of a Colour
2006-08-13 13:58:10 · answer #2 · answered by Radu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Got Fangs?- Katie Maxwell
2. Irresistable Forces- Catherine Asaro
3. Last Hawk- Catherine Asaro
4. Analog Science Magazine April 1994
5. Dark Side of the Moon- Sherrilyn Kenyon
2006-08-13 13:53:25 · answer #3 · answered by nezzy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paulo Coelho: The Alchemist
Holy Blood, Holy Grail : M Baigent, R Leigh, H Lincoln
The Stone Raft : Jose Saramago
The Shadow of the Wind: Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Two Lives : Vikram Seth
2006-08-13 13:12:45 · answer #4 · answered by estee06 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First, finish both "The Fountainhead" and "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell".
My list is the following:
1)The History of Western Philosophy-Bertrand Russell
2)The Will to Power- Friedrich Nietzsche
3)Niebla- Miguel Unamuno
4)Lord Jim- Joseph Conrad
5)1984- George Orwell
2006-08-13 13:14:06 · answer #5 · answered by Said 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Georg Hegel: The Philosophy of History
Peter Hamilton: Pandora's Star
Hans Bloch: Feudal Society - Bk 1
Hans Bloch: Feudal Society - Bk 2
Arthur Schopenhauer: The World as Will and Representation I
Arthur Schopenhauer: The World as Will and Representation II
John Derbyshire: Unknown Quantity
I count the Bloch and Schopenhauer as one each :)
Oh, and I must add that a writer who doesn't read is like a composer who never listens to music or a chef who never eats. Makes no sense...
2006-08-13 13:24:03 · answer #6 · answered by LooneyDude 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1. The sailor who fell from grace with the sea; Mishima
2. Porno; Irvine Welsh
3. The Cement garden; Ian McEwan
4. The Bloody Chamber; Angela Carter
5. A Tongue In Yer Heid; James Robertson
2006-08-13 13:06:15 · answer #7 · answered by Mai 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i have two weeks to read the following-
1."Forgoten Fire"- Adam Bagdasarian
2."Still Life without Rice"-Helei Lee
3."Good Earth"- Pearl S. Buck
4."The Miricale Worker"- William Gibson
(summer reading list)
and then maybe 5."Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince"-J.K Rowling
2006-08-13 13:11:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stalin
The Stranger
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Fooled by Randomness
Carnage and Culture
2006-08-13 16:42:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. "Bibles Answers to Life's Big Questions"
2. "Knowing God" A Guide to Theology in Plain Language.
3. "Knowing the Bible" A Guide to Gods word in Plain Language
4. "Battlefield of the Mind"
5. " The Holy Bible"
#5 is a continung process, I try to read a little every day, so it's always on my list.
2006-08-13 13:11:07 · answer #10 · answered by creeklops 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. "Pompeii" - Robert Harris
2. "The Phantom of the Opera" - Gaston Leroux
3. "Memoirs of a Geisha" - Arthur Golden
4. "The Birth Order Book" - Dr. Kevin Leman
5. "The Rise of the Creative Class" - Robert Florida
2006-08-13 13:51:13 · answer #11 · answered by Strives to be Something 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋