I need book suggestions, please? - Democratic Underground

Jon_da_brockman

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Sat May-07-05 09:54 PM
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I need book suggestions, please?

I'm going back to school after a year off, and I wanna get my brain running again. Can anyone suggest any good novels to read? I am hoping for intellectual fare.

Thanks m8s!

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NMDemDist2

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Sat May-07-05 09:58 PM
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1. in the non political forums there are fiction and non fiction book

Edited on Sat May-07-05 10:00 PM by AZDemDist6

forums that discuss all kinds of books

you may get better feedback there

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Jon_da_brockman

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Sat May-07-05 10:00 PM
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3. hey thanks

I'll take a look, I must have missed it, sorry :D

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DeepGreen

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Sat May-07-05 09:58 PM
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2. Return of the Bird Tribes by Ken Carey

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hippywife

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Sat May-07-05 10:01 PM
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4. A couple of suggestions

For historical fiction, I recommend anything by Mitchener.
For historical non-fiction, Zinn's "A People's History: 1492 to Present" is a favorite! Should be required reading for all Americans.

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Just Me

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Sat May-07-05 10:04 PM
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5. "Confessions of an Economic Hitman"

Reads like a novel,...except it's real.

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nightfire

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Sat May-07-05 10:07 PM
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6. Like any 'book of lists" Harold Bloom's 'The Western Canon'

should be takn with many shakers of salt, especially by a DUer. Bloom is pretty conservative. Nevertheless, he points out a lot of literature that anyone who aspires to acquire a good education ought to be (or get) familiar with.

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applegrove

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Sat May-07-05 11:55 PM
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7. A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. What a lovely book. Guy is partially

Canadian too.

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Straight Shooter

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Sun May-08-05 12:03 AM
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8. If you like books with a legal background, "Personal Injuries"

by Scott Turow. Actually, just about anything by Scott Turow, starting with his earlier novels.

Grisham isn't worthy to touch Turow's typewriter.

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LSU_Subversive

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Sun May-08-05 12:10 AM
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9. i love book threads. some of the current campus favorites include:

guns, germs, and steele, jared diamond
a people's history, howard zinn
fast food nation, eric schlosser
mountains beyond mountains, tracy kidder

if you've only had one year off, though, then you've probably already read most of these.

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HEyHEY

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Sun May-08-05 12:14 AM
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10. Go for

Some Malachy McCourt...humour and some intelligent stuff..

WHere in Canada you from?

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