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tanklor1 · Joined: 13 Jun 2006

I recently discovered that I had a library about five minutes away from my apartment building and as a result I'm starting a thread to recomend books. New releases are welcome and don't be afraid to visit your local library you may surprised. I know I was.

- "The book of lost tales Vol.1" by J.R.R Tolkien

ChopChaeJoe · Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Location: Seoul

As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner. Anything by Kafka.

friendoken · Joined: 19 Jan 2008

Citizen Hughes by Richard Drosnin

Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer

Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

Frankly Mr Shankly · Joined: 13 Feb 2008

Nazarin by Benito P�rez Gald�s.

Africa, A Biography of a Continent by John Reader.

The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

tfunk · Joined: 12 Aug 2006 Location: Dublin, Ireland

Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, The Pearl. Anything by Steinback. I used to swear by Herman Hesse but I reread one of his stories recently and thought it was a little too sentimental for my liking.

Kikomom · Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:02 am Post subject:

Anything by James Clavell... great Asian stories from a historical and 'gai-jin' prospective.

King Rat (1962)
Tai Pan (1966)
Shogun (1975)
Noble House (1981)
Whirlwind (1986)
Gai-jin (1993)
Escape (1995)

Kikomom · Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:07 am Post subject:

Here's another one I really enjoyed, about ancient Eygpt:

River God (1993), by Wilbur Smith

(he actually describes enuchification. Surprised

)

tfunk · Joined: 12 Aug 2006 Location: Dublin, Ireland

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

Steinbeck's Tortilla Flat & Cannery Row. They are the best things I've read this summer.

Chamchiman · Joined: 24 Apr 2006 Location: Digging the Grave

The Power of Myth - Joseph Campbell

ceadem · Joined: 11 Dec 2007

Aldous Huxley. I've just finished Island, awesome read Cool

Kikomom · Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 2:32 pm Post subject:

The Power of One -- Bryce Courtenay

I think if you liked reading "7 Years in Tibet", and have a passion for changing the world... you'll like this book. Learn a lot of South African history and racial attitude too.

"First with the head, then with the heart."

nolegirl · Joined: 17 Apr 2008

Kikomom · Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 2:39 pm Post subject:

Rosamund Pilcher too, Nolie.

And please don't forget those oh-so-funny Maeve Binchey look-alikes. (Every book she writes has the same plot construction, but man, I've peed myself laughing)

For some serious fictional history, Colleen McCullough's Series on the Roman Republic. It's starts with The First Man of Rome and gets into wonderful explanations of roman life and culture of the day. The first two pages you learn two roman gods: Janus Openinius (ok, it's Patulcius) and Janus Cluvisius, who preside over doors.

For anyone who's ever loved the Low Country, The Prince of Tides. This book made me hate violence against women, but when she *beeps* with his head, I laughed till I cried.