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Catch-22: A Novel (Simon & Schuster Classics)
Joseph Heller
Simon & Schuster, 1999
Great great book
+ Fantastic, Humorous and Everlasting
+ Precursor of MASH and more
+ The soldier in white;
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The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003
Bees AIN'T a Bust!
+ Goes down easy, but it ain't exactly fluff
+ Bee's
I surveyed my class and 80% gave it two thumbs up: 5 stars. That's 28 out of 35 students. The rest of the class gave it an OK: 3 or 4 stars. So my giving it 5 stars has been backed by research into the general public's taste. ;=)
Now, I'm not much for spending time on fiction. I don't need ...
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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Jon Krakauer
Anchor, 2004
Religion Gone Too Far
+ Krakuer takes a different direction
+ Enlightening and a great read!
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
I read this book in shock and awe BEFORE the news of the raid on the YFZ ranch in Texas. At times it was tough reading because I found myself being heartsick and angry that such atrocities are condoned in the United States today.
Jon ...
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The Road (Oprah's Book Club)
Cormac McCarthy
Vintage Books, 2007
Simple, heartfelt and brilliant
+ The Road
+ Beautiful
+ "Where men cant live gods fare no better."
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Brave New World (P.S.)
Aldous Huxley
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006
Almost a Perfect World
+ Good Book
+ Satire at its best
This book was truly amazing at certain points i was so touched by what i was reading that i was forced to read out loud just to hear these words spoken, Huxley takes commend of the english langage as no other author and creates an almost perfect world if only the savages were included. If this is ...
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Nathaniel Philbrick
Viking Adult, 2000
Excellent and Enthralling Book from a most Perspicacious Author
+ I was cheering for the whales
+ in the heart of the sea
+ Well Done
+ Whaling Might Not be the Way to Go
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Brave New World (P.S.)
Aldous Huxley
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006
Almost a Perfect World
+ Good Book
+ Satire at its best
This book was truly amazing at certain points i was so touched by what i was reading that i was forced to read out loud just to hear these words spoken, Huxley takes commend of the english langage as no other author and creates an almost perfect world if only the savages were included. If this is ...
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The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003
Bees AIN'T a Bust!
+ Goes down easy, but it ain't exactly fluff
+ Bee's
I surveyed my class and 80% gave it two thumbs up: 5 stars. That's 28 out of 35 students. The rest of the class gave it an OK: 3 or 4 stars. So my giving it 5 stars has been backed by research into the general public's taste. ;=)
Now, I'm not much for spending time on fiction. I don't need ...
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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Jon Krakauer
Anchor, 2004
Religion Gone Too Far
+ Krakuer takes a different direction
+ Enlightening and a great read!
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
I read this book in shock and awe BEFORE the news of the raid on the YFZ ranch in Texas. At times it was tough reading because I found myself being heartsick and angry that such atrocities are condoned in the United States today.
Jon ...
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Nathaniel Philbrick
Viking Adult, 2000
Excellent and Enthralling Book from a most Perspicacious Author
+ I was cheering for the whales
+ in the heart of the sea
+ Well Done
+ Whaling Might Not be the Way to Go
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The Road (Oprah's Book Club)
Cormac McCarthy
Vintage Books, 2007
Simple, heartfelt and brilliant
+ The Road
+ Beautiful
+ "Where men cant live gods fare no better."
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Catch-22: A Novel (Simon & Schuster Classics)
Joseph Heller
Simon & Schuster, 1999
Great great book
+ Fantastic, Humorous and Everlasting
+ Precursor of MASH and more
+ The soldier in white;
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