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[Jewbert]

A Brief History Of Time - Stephen Hawking

Edit:
Had to fix my mistake in the title.................

Edited by brookuslicious, 10 February 2007 - 11:23 AM.

[Waser Lave]

Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond.

[Jeff]

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - JK Rowling

[Hawk]

Some good books Ive read recently:
The Runaway Jury <- (Reading right now)
Into Thin Air (One hell of a book I might add- Just finished)
The Testament <- (Favorite)
The Brethren
The Street Lawyer
The Partner <- (2nd Favorite)
The Client

A Brief History In Time - Stephen Hawking

Is Chris using Brook's computer?

I <3 John Grisham

[Jewbert]

Is Chris using Brook's computer?

Hahhaha! Nooooo! I actually came up with that....

[Jeff]

lol, no, im tired of HP iv read all the books so far XD (istarted reading them in 3rd grade xD)

I was kidding D:

But I dun really know any good books, I just read what my teachers give me. As of now, it's To Kill a Mockingbird.

[Hawk]

lol, no, im tired of HP iv read all the books so far XD (istarted reading them in 3rd grade xD)
are all of those john grisham?

No, Into Thin Air is by Jon Krakauer. It is about the 1996 Everest accident. One hell of a read.

[Jeff]

No, Into Thin Air is by Jon Krakauer. It is about the 1996 Everest accident. One hell of a read.

I like those kind of books. Maybe I'll look for it.

[Coolio]

A Brief History In Time - Stephen Hawking

great book! Weird Al must think so too! Saw that in his WHite and Nerdy video.

to be on-topic, Beyond Good And Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche.

[redlion]

Oil on the Brain - Lisa Margonelli
Freakonomics Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell
The Art of War - Sun Wu Tzu

All great stuff about politics, current events or philosophy. And one about social epidemics

[Warlord]

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, it has political undertones to it and you'll prolly have to read it in high school sooner or later so you may as well learn the material early

[Insanedragonz]

W;t (Metaphysic and Holy Sonnet by John Donne in this book are awesome)
Ender Game ( Favorite book of mine for first semester of Senior year)
Memoir of a Geisha (~Watch the movie after you finish the book )
Underground Notes (Dotoesky - Post modern)

Edited by insanedragonz, 09 February 2007 - 10:48 PM.

[Warlord]

read the grapes of wrath then, good book based on real stuff

[foogie]

hmm... things based on real events? those books are usually boring. lol

but one of my favorite books, The Diary of Murasaki Shikibu. it's not fiction.

[ArchAngel.]

To Kill A Mocking Bird
Amazing Book.
You'd find it everywhere.

[Warlord]

hmm... things based on real events? those books are usually boring. lol

but one of my favorite books, The Diary of Murasaki Shikibu. it's not fiction.

it was a good book, and its a classic

the family in grapes of wrath is fictional, but the hardships were real.

[nox]

Pikachu: I chose you! {Pokemon chapter books #1)

lol but seriously i'm surprised how many people here have such a interest in books, i tend to get bored and tired of the author's continuous style of writing and then drop the book. if you really want to escape reality and get involved with a story, why not watch a movie? i hardly ever read, but art of war as redlion said is a great read (the art of war).

To Kill A Mocking Bird
Amazing Book.
You'd find it everywhere.

i really don't understand the big hype about TKAMB. i've read the book, i saw the movie and i was unimpressed. there was truly no high point in the movie, it dragged on with the same shit throughout the whole thing. want to experience a story which tackles racism and stereotypes? watch american history x.

edit; fixed suxxy grammar

Edited by speaker, 10 February 2007 - 05:42 AM.

[Frizzle]

i really don't understand the big hype about TKAMB. i've read the book, i saw the shitty movie and i was unimpressed. there was truly no high point in the movie, it dragged on with the same shit throughout the whole movie. want to experience a story tackling racism and stereotypes? watch american history x.

QFE.

[Christopher Robin]

The Outcast Of Redwall.
Eragon.
Eldest.
ANY Redwall Series books.

[foogie]

it was a good book, and its a classic

the family in grapes of wrath is fictional, but the hardships were real.

I wasn't referring to the book you suggested, if I were, I would have quoted you.

I was speaking generally, on the terms of what I usually look for in books.

[Hawk]

i really don't understand the big hype about TKAMB. i've read the book, i saw the movie and i was unimpressed. there was truly no high point in the movie, it dragged on with the same shit throughout the whole thing. want to experience a story which tackles racism and stereotypes? watch american history x.

QFE. TKAMB failed to impress me at all.

[philywilly]

Life of Pi - Yann Martel. It's fiction, but actually contains quite a lot of facts and stuff... and what's wrong with fiction anyways? I always prefer to be entertained then read about facts, and with this book it's kind of both, with of course more of entertainment.

[jillian]

Brookus - A Brief History OF Time - not IN time.

I'm in a philosophy of science class right now, woo, try Hegel. He's pretty easy to read. Philosophy of Natural Science is good.

Also Popper's the Logic of Scientific Discovery.

If you want more of a challenge, maybe Aristotle's Posterior Analytics. I'm sure with something that intense your teacher would allow you to have excerpts.

And politics are boring. But Life of Pi's good! woot metaphysics and state of the philosophical and religious world, that's pretty political. Actually Life of Pi would be pretty killer for a philosophical AND political view, not so much philosophy of politics though.

[Random]

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - JK Rowling

I lold.


A Painted House-John Grisham (sp?)

[Frizzle]

1984 or Animal Farm.

Seriously, George Orwell is like God among men. Well probably like a Buddah rank or something. Still..