2006-10-25 16:56:01 · 18 answers · asked by sedzap123 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Some of my favorites are Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, and Sense and Sensibility. Each are by Jane Austen. They are each "love stories" but so much more as well.
2006-10-26 14:45:24 · answer #1 · answered by LM 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These are easy reads but great books. I love the author David Pelzer who writes about his horrible experiences as a child. I think it is great to be informed of what goes on in some children's homes especially when going into the teacher field. Once you start reading you won't be able to put it down. Check out A Child Called It and The Lost Boy they are both about the disgusting torture he received from his family, and how he overcomes.
2006-10-26 00:00:34 · answer #2 · answered by *Amanda* 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace. it's largely about entertainment, and what it means in our culture, but that's not going much farther than the book jacket, but there aren't really any descriptions less satisfying but more accurate than that. It's also 1000+ pages with footnotes that have footnotes.
Peace on Earth, by Stanislaw Lem. It's about an arms race that gets so out of hand that people move it up to the moon using self-programming robots, and to make sure that no country brings their weapons down as soon as they have an advantage, no one is allowed to know what's going on up there, which leaves the humans wondering if the robots have started planning against them.
2006-10-26 00:04:59 · answer #3 · answered by answersBeta2.1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I also enjoyed Yann Martel's Life of Pi.
My most favorite book is:
"The City of Joy" by Dominique LaPierre
It's about a Polish priest who comes to live in the slums of Calcutta. True story.
2006-10-26 00:35:33 · answer #4 · answered by Globetrotter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
" The Prelude to Glory " series by Ron Carter. There are nine books in the series of about 500 pages each. The series is about the Revolutionary and The War of 1812.
2006-10-26 00:10:12 · answer #5 · answered by sickand tired 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Life of Pi" by Yann Martel. Such a GREAT book! It's about a boy on his way to the States from India. His family owns a zoo in India, and they are transferring their animals on a ship. Basically, events lead to the boy being stuck on a lifeboat with a full-grown tiger. The book follows how they survive together in the middle of the ocean.
Read it!!
2006-10-26 00:01:58 · answer #6 · answered by Kipling 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of my favorites was 'With A Silent Companion' about an Irish girl who disguised herself as a man, went to university and became a doctor in 1806, then joined the British Army and spent her whole life in the army. No one found out she was a woman until she died. It's based on a true story.
2006-10-26 00:20:40 · answer #7 · answered by old lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think my favorite book would have to be "German Boy" by Wolfgang W.E. Samuel. It is an autobiography about his life growing up in Germany during and after world war II. It is great to see a young innocent german's viewpoint. he didnt understand about the Holocaust and all of the hatred.
and for the record, I am not saying all of the Germans during that time period were innocent. This book just shows an example of one in particular.
2006-10-26 00:07:57 · answer #8 · answered by nessa0505 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Good Omens", by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett: The apocolypse is upon us, but Crowley and Aziraphale, the demon and angel assigned to tutor and guide the antichrist, have misplaced him and he grows up in a normal british household.
"Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal", by Christopher Moore: All about Jesus' adventures between his birth and when the bible picks up his story in his 30's...as told by Biff, his sinful and muttonheaded pal and newest apostle.
"The Hero and the Crown", by Robin McKinley: The black sheep of the royal family fights a dragon, defeats a sorcerer, and saves the kingdom. Very girl-power kind of book.
2006-10-26 07:55:22 · answer #9 · answered by aerin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Prayer For Owen Meany - John Irving
About compassion.
2006-10-25 23:59:38 · answer #10 · answered by shannonfstewart 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋