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lanvins

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Recommend me a good book to read
« on: November 14, 2008, 01:15:40 am »
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...any sugguestions?
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Re: Recommend me a good book to read
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2008, 01:21:57 am »
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Ayn Rand - Atlas Shrugged

Voted the 2nd most influential book (after the Bible).

Edit: Don't take the above for a fact, in case I remembered wrong. (Check on wikipedia if you want).
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Re: Recommend me a good book to read
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2008, 01:55:51 am »
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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
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« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2008, 02:04:18 am »
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           Roald Dahl - Collected Short Stories
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Re: Recommend me a good book to read
« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2008, 02:09:56 am »
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little red riding hood, its a classic


but seriously, catcher in the rye? is good
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Re: Recommend me a good book to read
« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2008, 02:16:33 am »
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http://lists.angusrobertson.com.au/top-100-list

Have a look through a list of some popular books.
(Though in my opinion, not all of them are -ridiculously- great ;D)
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« Reply #6 on: November 14, 2008, 02:19:20 am »
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  What do you like, lanvins? and are you looking for light or challenging reading?
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Re: Recommend me a good book to read
« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2008, 02:32:27 am »
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are you into good fantasy series?
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« Reply #8 on: November 14, 2008, 07:55:14 am »
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Jodi Picoult- My Sister's Keeper (saddest book in the whole world, everyone in my family read it and cried...even my dad) OR Nineteen Minutes.
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Re: Recommend me a good book to read
« Reply #9 on: November 14, 2008, 08:15:01 am »
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read 1984 if you didnt alreday this year
or spring awakening
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« Reply #10 on: November 14, 2008, 08:17:11 am »
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Option Strategies for Directionless Markets by Saliba, Johnson and Corona

http://www.ordering1.us/bloombergbooks/show_all.php?cid=1

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« Reply #11 on: November 14, 2008, 10:16:38 am »
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The Contortionist's Handbook by Craig Clevenger (best novel I read all year)
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« Reply #12 on: November 14, 2008, 10:53:00 am »
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kafka on the shore by haruki murakami.
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« Reply #13 on: November 14, 2008, 10:57:00 am »
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Quote from: Stefanos on November 14, 2008, 02:32:27 am
are you into good fantasy series?

Yes plz. Been looking for a good fantasy series for a while now.
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Re: Recommend me a good book to read
« Reply #14 on: November 14, 2008, 11:08:05 am »
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Quote from: Survivor on November 14, 2008, 10:57:00 am
Quote from: Stefanos on November 14, 2008, 02:32:27 am
are you into good fantasy series?

Yes plz. Been looking for a good fantasy series for a while now.

yeh same here!!
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