Books
List of Must-Read Books from My Readings
Submitted by tittleiota on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 20:58Tags:
- 1. Princess, by Jean P. Sasson
- 6. Tuesdays With Morrie, by Mitch Albom
- 18. Through The Narrow Gate, by Karen Armstrong
- 26. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
- 30. Buddha, by Karen Armstrong
- 32. The Crisis of Islam, by Bernard Lewis
- 33. The Patience Strong Gift Book, by Patience Strong
- 34. The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho
- 36. Muslim Woman in World Religions' Prespective, by Dr. Arifa Farid
- 37. The Life of the Last Prophet, by Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens)
- 41. Naughty Amelia Jane!, by Enid Blyton
- 46. Animal Farm, by George Orwell
- 47.
Read from 1001
Submitted by Redtulip on Wed, 09/30/2009 - 04:44- 25.Gulliver's Travels. Jonathan Swift
- 69.Sense and Sensibility . Jane Austen
- 70.Pride and Prejudice . Jane Austen
- 72.Emma. Jane Austen
- 85.Eugenie Grandet . Honore de Balzac
- 97.The Three Musketeers . Alexandre Dumas
- 101.Jane Eyre . Charlotte Bronte
- 103.Wuthering Heights . Emily Bronte
- 122.Great Expectations . Charles Dickens
- 129.Alice's Adventures in Wonderland . Lewis Carroll
- 130.Journey to the Center of the Earth . Jules Verne
- 136.The Idiot . Fyodor Dostoevsky
- 142.Alice Through the Looking Glass . Lewis Carroll
- 148.Around the World in Eighty Days . Jules Verne
- 168.Bel-Ami .
Books I've read in 2009
Submitted by Harvey on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 14:45Tags:
- Ebert on Scorsese by Roger Ebert
- The Great Movies by Roger Ebert
- The Great Movies II by Roger Ebert
- Veeps: Profiles in Insignificance by Bill Kelter and Wayne Shellabarger
- Alien Nation: The Day of the Descent by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
- Screenwriters On Screen-Writing by Joel Engel
- L.A. Confidential (BFI Film Classics) by Manohla Dargis
Best Quotations For All Occasions
Submitted by tittleiota on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 02:02Tags:
Ability
1. As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities - Froude
2. Behind an able man there are always other able men - Chinese Proverb
3. The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators - Gibbon
Achievement
1. When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honourable to reach the second or even the third rank - Cicero
Admiration
1. Admiration is our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves - Bierce
Adversity
Clone of Ultimate Reading List - Books I've read from the list
Submitted by markfer on Sun, 09/27/2009 - 17:13Tags:
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- 100 Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- 1001 Arabian Nights - Anon.
- 1916: A Novel of Irish Rebellion - Morgan Llewelyn
- 1984 - George Orwell
- 21 (21) - Patrick O'Brian
- 84 Charing Cross Road - Helene Hanff
Clone of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (a novel)
Submitted by markfer on Sun, 09/27/2009 - 16:56Tags:
- 2009 Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
- 2008 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
- 2007 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- 2006 March by Geraldine Brooks
- 2005 Gilead: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson
- 2004 The Known World by Edward P.
Clone of Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read: The Definitive List
Submitted by markfer on Sun, 09/27/2009 - 16:52- Comedy
- Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
- Money by Martin Amis
- The Information by Martin Amis
- The Bottle Factory Outing by Beryl Bainbridge
- According to Queeney by Beryl Bainbridge
- Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes
- A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters by Julian Barnes
- Augustus Carp, Esq.
Clone of 501 Must Read Books by Emma Beare (Editor)
Submitted by markfer on Sun, 09/27/2009 - 16:30Tags:
- 1. "Little Women," Louisa May Alcott
- 2. "Fairy Tales," Hans Christian Andersen
- 3. "Peter Pan," J.M. Barrie
- 4. "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," L. Frank Baum
- 5. "The Last Unicorn," Peter S. Beagle
- 6. "The Secret Garden," Frances Hodgson Burnett
- 7. "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," Lewis Carroll
- 8. "Pinocchio," Carlo Collodi
- 9. "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," Roald Dahl
- 10. "Sophie's World," Jostein Gaarder
- 11. "The Wierdstone of Brisingamen," Alan Garner
- 12. "The Wind in the Willows," Kenneth Grahame
- 13.
Clone of National Book Award for Fiction
Submitted by markfer on Sun, 09/27/2009 - 16:18Tags:
- 2008 Shadow Country: A New Rendering of the Watson Legend by Peter Matthiessen
- 2007 Tree of Smoke: A Novel by Denis Johnson
- 2006 The Echo Maker by Richard Powers
- 2005 Europe Central by William T.
Clone of The Blue Pyramid Book List (or: The 1,041 Best Books of All-Time)
Submitted by markfer on Sun, 09/27/2009 - 16:16Tags:
- To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
- Hamlet – William Shakespeare
- 1984 – George Orwell
- The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
- Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
- One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- The Fellowship of the Ring – J.R.R. Tolkien
- Catch-22 – Joseph Heller
- The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien
- Ender's Game – Orson Scott Card
- The Return of the King – J.R.R.
