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Re: Gimme suggestions for....books
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
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I don't read enough and my friends don't read anything. So if you have any suggestions on any good books that I should check out, that would be helpful. [/ QUOTE ] George Orwell - 1984. The book is easy to read, has good suspense and everything. You think you know enough about all the "Big Brother" stuff to know the whole book -- but you don't. A worthy read that also grows your cultural literacy. |
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I don't read enough and my friends don't read anything. So if you have any suggestions on any good books that I should check out, that would be helpful. [/ QUOTE ] For humor with a bit of a world-travelogue and topics that make you think, try either: Parliament of Whores by PJ O'Rourke or Eat the Rich by PJ O'Rourke If I had to recommend only one of these, I would highly HIGHLY recommend "Eat the Rich." The chapters on Sweden and Albania are especially interesting and funny. The book can be read in standalone chapter-form, so you can read a chapter and come back to the book much later if you want. |
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Check out books by Jerzy Kosinski and Charles Bukowski
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Jerzy Kosinski [/ QUOTE ] Good call. T need to re-read The Painted Bird. It's been years. edit: over 20 years now that i think about it. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] |
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when genius failed, freakonomics, liars poker (not about poker).
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My Life as a Quant - Emanuel Derman
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-A brave new world -Aldous Huxley -Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card -Bringing down the House - Ben Mez..???(about card counting) I suggest -The Godfather by Mario Puzo (the book is very good) -The Last Don by Mario Puzo -The footprint of God (or God's footprint) recent fiction bestseller -The Davinci Code was good too |
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Poker: One of a Kind, the story about Stu Unger was a great read.
Other: Anything by Chuck Palahuik is good, though I suggest Fight Club first. If you like Satire than David Sederis is pretty hysterical. If you like classics The Grapes of Wrath is my favorite. Good, quick reads: Da Vinci and Angels and Demons |
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Kurt Vonnegut: "Slaughter House 5" "Breakfast of Champions"
J.D. Salinger: "Catcher in the Rye" |
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