name some good ones, I need new reading material
2007-03-26 13:39:33 · 7 answers · asked by sweet pea 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
If you want some controversial stuff, check these themes out:
Politics (Utopias/Dysutopias)-
1984 by George Orwell
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Does This School Have Capital Punishment by Nat Hentoff
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
Messenger by Lois Lowry
Censorship-
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Day They Came to Arrest the Book by Nat Hentoff
Memoirs of a Bookbat by Kathryn Lasky
Discrimination (Racism, Anti-semitism, etc.)-
The War Between the Classes by Gloria D. Miklowitz
The Wave by Todd Strasser
Prank by Kathryn Lasky
Pageant by Kathryn Lasky
Blood Secret by Kathryn Lasky (historical fiction)
Beyond the Burning Time by Kathryn Lasky (historical fiction)
The Witch of Cologne by Tobsha Learner (historical fiction)
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare (historical fiction)
2007-03-26 13:43:34 · answer #1 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Night" by Eil Weissel
"Hit And Run" (non-fiction) and I can't remember the authors. It is the fascinating biograpic account of these two men (one was Barbra Striestan's hairdresser) who became the heads of Columbia/Tri-Star studios and nearly ran it into the ground.
"Beer Blast" by Phillip Van Munching is an interesting look at the advertizing war in the beer brewing industry in the last quarter of the 20th Century. From "Tastes Great"/"Less Filling" to Spuds McKenzie and beyond.
2007-03-26 14:05:24 · answer #2 · answered by Kevin k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
State of Fear by Michael Crichton. It's a fictional story about the politics of global warming. It's meant to illustrate how politics can manipulate science for it's own evil agendas and I think it nails it.
2007-03-26 13:51:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Letter to a Christian Nation and The End of Faith by Sam Harris
2007-03-26 13:46:33 · answer #4 · answered by tchem75 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance'. Don't be fooled by the title. It's about a man who travels with his son around the country.
2007-03-26 13:49:54 · answer #5 · answered by S K 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Life of Pi" by Yann Martel or "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini. I have taught both of them to my college students, and they are excellent books for discussion.
2007-03-26 14:12:23 · answer #6 · answered by faeryjen44 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Life of PI.
2007-03-26 13:44:49 · answer #7 · answered by Emily R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋