please comprehensive answer
2006-12-07 09:47:32 · 7 answers · asked by Wizard 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
the first and last freedom by j krishnamurti
here was a man who knew exactly what the causes of being of being a ****** up human being are.
2006-12-07 09:52:50 · answer #1 · answered by catweazle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The book title was 'Last Train to Alcatraz' autobiography written by Leon (Whitey) Thompson who was an inmate at Alcatraz for 5 years. Thompson started his criminal career as a troubled runaway teenager and ended up in Alcatraz. I was lucky enough to get the book autographed by him as he was there on the day that I visited. He was given parole when Alcatraz shut down. One of his parole conditions was that he visit Alcatraz once a year. He also visits boys clubs throughout America and shows, by example, what can happen to you when you get on the wrong side of the law. I had a long conversation with him. I asked him whether or not he thought the three convicts who escaped and were never caught, actually made it to freedom. He didn't think so as he said they would have been undernourished and not in a position to handle the strong currents and freezing water conditions. It was also his opinion, that if they had survived they would have sold their story and made millions. He was a very interesting person to talk to and it all seemed very surreal. For me, the actual meeting him made the book all the more interesting.
2006-12-08 11:35:02 · answer #2 · answered by JillPinky 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm reading "The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov (translated by Michael Glenny) and it's started impressing me since the Russian author portrayed such unique plots, great narratives and wonderful characters that keeps readers with literary ecstasy regarding the then suppressed ruling regime during the Cold War in the USSR, it's a good political satire since his former oeuvre was forbidden to the public in his life time.. This novel was published some 25 years after his death, then it came to Germany, the UK and it's been famous since then
2006-12-07 20:55:47 · answer #3 · answered by Arigato ne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
eragon, by christopher paolini, didnt think that it would be that serious for a young adult book, but the vocabulary and characterization was really in depth. it really did impress me. i normally read 10 pages of a book then put it down, but this book kept me reading for about 200 pages a day, finishing it in 3 days. highly recommendable book
2006-12-07 17:53:03 · answer #4 · answered by kage_ronin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 1611 King James Version Bible.
Why? Tells us the Truth.
2006-12-07 17:51:16 · answer #5 · answered by whirlwind 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
King Fortis the Brave!
Just a fun book full of action and humor. Couldn't put it down!
2006-12-09 09:23:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in my opinion the hobbit because tolkiens other books are kind of slow reads and i read the hobbit in a few days
2006-12-07 18:01:17 · answer #7 · answered by Exodus145 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋