2007-01-21 14:08:47 · 11 answers · asked by lostgirl 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The Bible, partly because it gives The Best advice!
The Bible--A Textbook for Living
- A Book That Gives Purpose
- Adding Stability to a Troubled Life
- Help in Overcoming Emotional Problems
- Practical Counsel of Family Life
- Counsel That Endures!
http://www.watchtower.org/e/20001201/article_02.htm
Finding the Most Beneficial Counsel Available to Mankind
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2004/8/15/article_02.htm
The Bible Can Help You Find True Joy
http://watchtower.org/library/w/2005/8/1/article_02.htm
2007-01-21 14:21:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dresden file book series by Jim Butcher.There are 8 books in the series beginning with stormfront.Each novel in the series is told from the fictional perspective of Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden (named by his father after Harry Houdini, Harry Blackstone, Sr., and David Copperfield). Dresden is the only professional wizard in modern-day Chicago (he is in the phone book, under "Wizards").In the world of The Dresden Files, magic is real, along with vampires, demons, spirits, faeries, werewolves, and more. The general public that Harry Dresden works to protect does not believe in magic or the large array of dark forces which regularly conspire against them. This makes it tough for Harry to get by as a working wizard and private eye.He is aided by Bob,a talking skull.Karrin Murphy-a police officer and Thomas-a white court vampire.
I like it because people like Dresden are really rare.Someone asks Dresden why he's courting death by saving all these people.He replies that 'someone has to.'
2007-01-22 05:05:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
e.l.dotorow's ragtime. the first time i ever heard to word "factional" writing. the mix of really people and events set in the 1900's with the fictional characters dotorow created. it made me want to double check my history.
frank herbert's dune. first read when i was 14yrs and now and then pick up to read when nothing else sound good. amazed on the detail herbert but into creating dune; a political system, a commerce system and religious/mythos belief system.
plus have dozen other books i enjoy and consider my favorite.
2007-01-21 14:35:01 · answer #3 · answered by irulan10191 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WAS, by Geoff Ryman. Tells three stories simultaneously: the life of L. Frank Baum and what lead him to write "The Wizard of Oz," the relationship between Judy Garland and her mother during the filming of the movie, and a contemporary tale of a young person dying. Extremely moving at times and very well written, although you might find parts of it disturbing.
2007-01-21 14:21:41 · answer #4 · answered by Tony 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My favourite book would have to be 'A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius' by Dave Eggers. I love Eggers artistic and adventurous style of writing, as well as his humour. This book shows how humans react to tragedy and how Eggers managed to prevail in the face of adversity. It explores the ideas of 'wasted youth' and contains themes about mortality, family and feeling nostalgic.
2007-01-21 14:35:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Things Fall Apart By Chinua Achebe.
Things Fall Apart, Achebe's first novel, was published in 1958 in the midst of the Nigerian renaissance. It tells the story of an Ibo village of the late 1800's and one of its great men, Okonkwo, who has achieved much in his life. He is a champion wrestler, a wealthy farmer, a husband to three wives, a title-holder among his people, and a mamber of the select egwugwu whose members impersonate ancestral spirits at tribal rituals. "The most impressive achievement of Things Fall Apart..." maintains David Carroll in his book Chinua Achebe, "is the vivid picture it provides of Ibo society at the end of the nineteenth century.
2007-01-21 14:30:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
one of my favorite books is Tuesdays With Morrie. its a book all about life... well i cant explain it but i had a teacher give us extra credit by having us read that book. and i turn out to be one of the best books i've ever read. you should try it!!!
2007-01-21 14:15:10 · answer #7 · answered by blonde_brownie526 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually my favourite book is the last one I've read.
Ruth Rendell - The Crocodile Bird
2007-01-22 04:53:15 · answer #8 · answered by Mirela 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
40 Days by Bob Simon (reporter who was kidnapped in Kuwait in the 1980's. I couldn't put down the book because of his recollection of his ordeal.
2007-01-21 14:12:41 · answer #9 · answered by j b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i like the books from the author david pelzer... his book tittle the child called it is very real and it speaks about a boy life story...
2007-01-21 14:15:36 · answer #10 · answered by nurnadiana_16 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋