What did you like about it?
2007-08-23 09:18:05 · 41 answers · asked by Phantom 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Ghost Rider by Neil Peart
It's all about his trip by motorcycle after the deaths of his wife and daughter (within a short period of time). He writes very well. His experiences as well as him explaining his state of mind during this time in his life is very poignant. It's a great book even if the subject matter is sad.
2007-08-30 08:52:01 · answer #1 · answered by Ice Queen 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Man on the Moon, by Andrew Chaikin
The best telling of the entire Apollo project story. It covers all the missions and the build up to the project in addition to the behind the scenes stuff.
It has overviews of the various NASA, and contractor people involved in addition to the astronauts, where most books stop with the astronauts.
Chaikin goes into some detail about the missions but does not get overly technical. The book is a good read for anyone wanting to know about Apollo, and is not a book just for us Apollo geeks.
2007-08-23 09:27:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Papillon - Henri Charriere,
2. Forget You Had a Daughter : Doing Time in the 'Bangkok Hilton': Sandra Gregory's Story - Sandra Gregory,
3. Life and Death in Shanghai - Nien Cheng
4. Christiane F: Autobiography of a Girl of the Streets and Heroin Addict - Christiane F.
5. The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910-1913 (Explorers Club Classic) (Paperback) - Apsley Cherry-Garrard
2007-08-31 02:17:05 · answer #3 · answered by S c a l p e r 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Alive! and Into Thin Air
Two stories about a group of people who enter into near-impossible situations and survive.
Alive!: A Plane crashes in the Andes and the survivors have to resort to cannibalism in order to survive. A small group finally goes off to find help and get out, barely alive and the rest of the survivors are rescued, it's really touching.
Into Thin Air: A group of climbers go up Everest, however, there's a big storm and some of the climbers are killed or stranded. The narrator makes it to the top, but runs out of oxygen and has to try and get down as fast as possible. It's a really intense story about survival.
2007-08-23 09:27:42 · answer #4 · answered by bundinator 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I did like Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, a book about climbing Mount Everest. Actually, I didn't really like the book until I got well into it. It started out slowly, but became more interesting as the expedition went on. It was a fantastic story, but I wouldn't recommend it for the faint of heart.
2007-08-23 09:24:15 · answer #5 · answered by Oneofthesedays 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To Be Loved
the autobiography of Barry Gordy Jr.
An honest look at the life of Barry Gordy Jr. and the years of Motown. It is funny at times very sad. A beautiful historic view of so many stars, their hopes dreams victories and tragedies.
2007-08-23 09:24:45 · answer #6 · answered by Patrick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"On Writting" by Stephen King is both a recalling of his early life as the child of a working class mother (and how that influenced him as a working class writter later) and a summary of his knowledge in the craft of writting for a living. The advices for novice writters are invaluable, but the biographical sections are so sincere, so full of love, and nostalgia, and even anger that they are the ones which really make the book for me...
2007-08-23 09:27:36 · answer #7 · answered by X 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Confessions of a Video Vixen by Karren Stephan's. I like it because it talks about how ruthless the hip hop industry is and what money will do to you, it also a tell-all-book about a lot of hip hop Moguls in detail!
2007-08-23 09:23:14 · answer #8 · answered by ▒Bella▒ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bird Song - Sebastian Foulkes
2007-08-23 09:26:10 · answer #9 · answered by Magster 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Michael J Fox's autobiography. He told his story really well, and made me feel like I was right there with him.
To Optimistic.....I may not agree with you, but I don't think people should give you a thumbs down......And as I'm typing this, that song "Spirit in the sky" is on the radio lol
2007-08-23 09:25:20 · answer #10 · answered by Spicy!!!!! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋