2006-11-09 10:05:52 · 9 answers · asked by sheekaleek2 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
A Brief History of Time- Stephen Hawking
2006-11-10 03:29:11 · answer #1 · answered by Professor Sheed 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Hero with a Thousand Faces, by Joseph Campbell
In addition to detailing a revolutionary framework for the interpretation of stories--including every religious book in existence--meaning it gives you a new sense of the meaning of Christianity and Judaism and Buddhism and Hinduism, it's also just really well-written. Joseph Campbell forms pictures with his words in a way that's so clear, it's like having a person there in front of you guiding you through a Power Point presentation. For each point he makes, he offers several examples, and those stories are also really well-written. It's probably the best collection of fairy tales and prose poetry I've ever read--just removing the examples from their context and enjoying them as stories.
Don't get this book from the library. Buy a copy so you can underline passages and write notes in the margins. This is a book you'll want to refer back to many times for years after reading it.
2006-11-10 05:05:58 · answer #2 · answered by Sabrina H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alexander the Great by Robin Lane Fox and the three volume History of Byzantium by John Julius Norwich. Possibly the history of the British Empire by Jan/James Morris.
All scholarly, authoritative and immensely readable.
2006-11-09 19:38:36 · answer #3 · answered by iansand 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nathaniel Philbrick's In the Heart of the Sea: The True Story of the Whale Ship Essex. A wrenching story about whalers whose ship was stove and sunk by a whale (the incident inspired Melville's Moby Dick) and how the survivors spent weeks adrift in lifeboats. Excellent book and Mr. Philbrick is very nice, I met him at a signing.
2006-11-09 19:28:17 · answer #4 · answered by Lady Macbeth 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The City of Joy" by Dominique LaPierre
"The book shows the life of its main character, a Polish priest who settles down in the slums of Calcutta to help its people and serve the society. Also displayed is the life of a rich American doctor, who joins the main protagonist and helps him. The book is touching and shows the life of the poorest of the poorest."
quote from: don jacob thomas
2006-11-09 22:14:28 · answer #5 · answered by Globetrotter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer
2006-11-09 18:08:36 · answer #6 · answered by I'm Trying 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mao's Last Dancer - absolutely fantastic! By far the best autobiography I've ever read. Give it a go.
2006-11-09 18:11:03 · answer #7 · answered by Amy D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Terry Fox story about his trying running actross Canada with one leg.
2006-11-09 18:09:35 · answer #8 · answered by pilgrimofspace 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THE BIBLE !
2006-11-09 18:08:17 · answer #9 · answered by farmersb 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋