Read a good lately post about it in here with a brief description of what is was about and why you liked it. Just have some time to kill and looking for some good reading material. I generally don’t read fiction but if you liked it post up anyhow for other people.
you should get a kick out of this one…
i liked it because the bibliography was about 50 pages long with 5 point font. i love authors that back up there stuff. especially on a topic that’s so controversial.
Ordered thanks im curious to see what all i am familiar with as that is somewhat my line of work. :snky:
i read this one in one sitting… its about WW2 and his recollections from the concentration camps http://www.amazon.com/Night-Oprahs-Book-Club-Wiesel/dp/0374500010/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196873436&sr=8-1
Ive never read a self-help book maybe i need it. I have read a few how to manage type books but i would actually maybe for real like that book. Here is one that is almost right on with how i think. I loved this book
I had a guy the other day say he was reading his and how good it was. Ill have to steal um borrow it from him.
just watch…
Take a look, its in a book, its REAAADDDIINNNGG RAIINNNBOOOOWWW!!!
IIIIIIIIII CANNN DDOOO ANYYYTHING!!!
de de duh dum… something something… REAAAADDIINGNG RAIINNNBOOOWW!
Oh man that was awesome.
Anyhow, here’s what I’ve read in the last 6 months or so:
Man’s Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl: Nonfiction. Psychiatrist that got thrown in a Nazi camp recounts his experience in the first half. Second half gives an overview of the psychoanalysis theory he came up while he was learning to and watching others deal with the camp, which is Logotherapy. (The third school of Viennese psychoanalysis or some such shit, along with Freud and, ah, whats his name, Adler.)
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand: Fiction. Effing loooong. One of those books that will affect the way you see life and the world. It’s set in a fictional Socialist America and tells the story of its demise. It can be summarized by the line: “I swear by my life, and my love of it, that I will never work for the benefit of another man nor will I ever ask another man to work for my benefit.” Possibly my favorite book ever.
The Road: Gay. It sucked. A man and his son wandering through a post-apolyptic America, but it’s not nearly as cool as it sounds.
A Long Way Gone Memoirs of a Boy Soldier - Ishmael Beah: Really interesting. It’s the autobiography of a boy from (IIRC) Sierra Leone that got kidnapped into the Republican Army and was forced to fight the rebel army. He was brainwashed, drugged, high on brown brown (coke & gunpowder) all the time. Ultimately got rescued by UNICEF and struggled to adapt to society. He lives in the states now and actually spoke at UB a month ago.
Hannibal Rising: Hannibal Lecter’s childhood. Tells the story of what turned him. Good read.
Hot Zone - Richard Preston: Nonfiction, although the author takes a bit of poetic license (?) when telling the story. It’s about Ebola/Marburg. How it came into existence 30 years ago and about 15 years ago there was an outbreak at a Monkey lab in Virginia and threatened to burn through the USA. Also talks about virus theory, and how at some point there’s destined to be another plague that reduces the world population by some percentage. Good read.
The World is Flat: Non fiction. A journalist researches and comments on how within the last 10 years the world has become a level playing field for everyone, thanks especially to the internet. How China and India are bursting onto the scene, globalization, etc. Interesting subject, good knowledge to have, a bit dry though. Still entertaining.
I think that’s about it. If you’ve got the time I’d recommend Atlas Shrugged. If not then Hot Zone was really interesting and a quick read. A Long Way Gone is quick and interesting too. The World is Flat if you want to read someone’s take on the global marketplace.
Ive read The World Is Flat it was ok i guess, makes sense i wasnt to hot on some of the generalizations that went on but overall a good read. I will look into the others thanks for the tips.
Deception Point - Dan Brown
if you want to read something that will be guaranteed to keep your interest and not bore you then read anything by Tristan Egolf.
-Lord of the Barnyard; killing the fatted Calf and Arming the Aware in the Cornbelt-------one of my favorite books ever. i am currently writing a screenplay for it.
-skirt and the fiddle—great new-age american in europe novel
-kornwolf==takes place in my hometown(he graduated from my highschool) and is a truly entertaining tale of youthful heathens in the heart of central PA’s amish community. he did not complete this book before he shot himself. it was completed by through notes he left in suicide letter.
he is likened to John Kennedy Toole, william faulkner.
he is also considered the last true bohemian prose writer.
he died may13,2005 of self-inflicted gun shot wounds to the head/neck
That sound fucking metal as hell, in fo sho.
The Life of Pi
great read.
Pi practices Hinduism, Christianity and Islam, having seen merits in all three religions. He says “I just want to love God.”
Sounds interesting for sure.
I heard it’s really good. Buying it today:
I’ve never read a self help, but someone said this was phenomenal:
We can read them and have online discussions! :nohomo: