2007-01-07 15:37:40 · 13 answers · asked by ypusti1@sbcglobal.net 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I learned a lot from Afghan culture by reading The Kite Runner. This has to be one of my favorite books.
2007-01-07 16:09:22 · answer #1 · answered by Gabriela Z 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
The Sparrow – Marie Nora Russell
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell – Susana Clarke
The Time-Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden
Year of Wonders – Geraldine Brooks
2007-01-08 11:48:48 · answer #2 · answered by loofahcat2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow! I dont know where to start.
This one should suffice for now.
It is a fasicanting read, a true story that reads like a Hollywood film: The Falcon and the Snowman by Robert Lindsey.
You won't regret it.
P.s. There is also a sequel to this book which is almost as good called The flight of the Falcon.
P.s. Check out anything and everything by Frank Mccourt.
2007-01-07 23:40:32 · answer #3 · answered by azarya_costelano_cohen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
on the historical fiction front, SHOGUN by James Calvell is fun, interesting and has a lot of real world info in it.
Factual : I recommend just about **anything** by
Bill Bryson
David Attenborough
Michael Palin (yes, the Monty Python guy - he's done a number of trips around the world for the BBC and the books based on his diaries are very good.)
2007-01-08 07:49:11 · answer #4 · answered by Andy the Oldie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom. It is a great insightful book. Makes you stop and think when you read the end. It is a quick & easy read.
2007-01-08 02:05:56 · answer #5 · answered by itsy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm reading "12 Books that Changed the World" by
Melvyn Bragg, I think you'd learn from those great books, how they changed the world and, more importantly, how each author got the idea and wrote his/her volume.
2007-01-08 00:42:54 · answer #6 · answered by Arigato ne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Life Of Pi
2007-01-07 23:56:09 · answer #7 · answered by Kathryn K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Conversations With God" by Neale Donald Walsch. Start with Book I.
I learned a great deal from this series.
2007-01-08 03:40:56 · answer #8 · answered by Carrie G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try "Good Morning Holy Spirit" by Benny Hinn
2007-01-07 23:48:36 · answer #9 · answered by Jamela 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The lovely bones -alice sebold, uniquely interesting... well until the end but definetly worth a read.
2007-01-08 04:23:35 · answer #10 · answered by colonel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋