2007-04-18 04:20:12 · 35 answers · asked by Riddick 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Gotta be the Bible!
2007-04-18 04:23:30 · answer #1 · answered by bbwbabe74 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Depends on what type of the books the person likes. If its their Book Collection then it should contain books that they like to read.
Then maybe the main religious book from the religion that the person is. Probably a dictionary. But such things can also be found for free on the internet.
Also, if its a Book Collection, aiming for some classics could be a good idea.
2007-04-18 04:27:59 · answer #2 · answered by Dark Shinigami 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
The Old Man And the Sea
The Catcher in the Rye
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Anything by Bill Bryson
An Atlas
Dictionary and Thesaurus
2007-04-18 04:37:15 · answer #3 · answered by dellla 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How To Enjoy Your Partner For The Rest Of Your Life.
Everything You Need To Know About Pandas.
How To Play Drums.
My Life As a Vampiric, Percussive, Psychic, Panda Operative.
Zing-Zing's Guide To Health and Happiness.
2007-04-18 04:30:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Robin Sharma's bestseller, 'The Monk who sold his ferrari' should be a book everyone should read. One of the exceptionally remarkable books I read, it truly inspires, teaches, makes one realize the true potential of the human mind and doesn't sound heavy, infact it makes you feel tremendously wonderful as you flick the pages. It's the powerful content in the book that can even bring about a positive change in a pessimist, and make him see the brighter things in life, and aim for the skies. I mean, I've always heard people tell me "Live everyday like it is your last!". But I truly never understood what it meant, in the sense, I didn't know what I should do to "like a day like it was my last". That was until I read the book. Robin Sharma, very brilliantly, says that one should live everyday as if it could be our last in this world. I immediately understood the meaning of that beautiful quote when Robin wrote "when you wake up each morning, ask yourself, 'what would I do today, if it was my last day?' " The answer came bang! I would obviously be the best person I can, be good to everyone I met, be it strangers or friends and acquaintances, I would certainly do important stuff, and not waste any time. It's a must-read book for every person. It's a tale that inspires one to reach out for our destiny and acquire it. Robin Sharma's "The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari" is one book I think everyone should have in their collection of all-time great books.
2007-04-18 04:57:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Bible
Starship troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
The following from William Shakespeare:
Hamlet
Othello
Macbeth
King Lear
2007-04-18 04:51:51 · answer #6 · answered by travis_a_duncan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
* The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (all 5 books) - Douglas Adams
* Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
* Calvin and Hobbes comics (they are books too :D ) - Bill Watterson
* Nikopol Trilogy (ooops, comics again) - Enki Bilal
* Pan - Knut Hamsun
* Roadside Picnic - Boris and Arkady Strugatsky
* We - Yevgeny Zamyatin
* The Neverending Story - Michael Ende
uh, I could go on like this for ever ... but you said A book ... impossible ... books don't like being alone .. they like to socialise with other books :P
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I just remembered one more ... this is an absolute MUST!
* Come viaggiare con un salmone (How to travel with a salmon ... I think ... didn't find English version, but there MUST be one, I'm sure) - Umberto Eco :D funny funny super smart and funny :D
2007-04-18 06:56:31 · answer #7 · answered by tricky 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with # 1. Harry Potter is a must. But anything by Cornelia Funke is good, Eragon and Eldest, Gone with the Wind, Emma, Pride and Prejudice. Treasure Island, Swiss Family Robinson, The Bible, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit, I could go on and on so I'd better stop now.
2007-04-18 04:25:33 · answer #8 · answered by Becky 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
A really good almanac. The New York Library publishes one that has tons of information in it and is easy to use.
I gave a younger brother an almanac when he first moved away from home. He barely glanced at it then, but he came back six years later and thanked me for it. It was well used.
2007-04-18 04:42:39 · answer #9 · answered by loryntoo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible for several reasons: Not only is it one of the most important religious books in the world, but it is also one of the most quoted books in the world. And it is alluded to quite frequently in canon literature. Not to mention the symbols that are garnered from it. Yes, I would definitely say that the Bible should be the one book that you should have in your collection.
2007-04-18 08:24:52 · answer #10 · answered by imagination_running 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Stephen King's, The Stand
2007-04-18 04:30:37 · answer #11 · answered by aeb 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋