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Jabba:
--- Quote from: Buddabing on May 02, 2005, 08:14:13 pm ---I just finished Don Quixote - the Grossman translation. It was wonderful, the translation was so good you couldn't tell it was written four hundred years ago.
Many scholars claim that Don Quixote is the best novel ever written.
Link to a top 100 list
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Thanks Buddabing....That looks like a good list to pick books from. I am always looking for good lists to read from. I'll have to try a few of those out. I have not read Don Quixote yet. Sounds like the next book on my reading list...
namzep:
--- Quote from: Recycled-Past on January 21, 2005, 02:44:01 pm ---
The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged are both great by Ayn Rand but they are very long.
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See, I agree with the Fountainhead but for some reason have never been able to get into Atlas Shrugged. I may have to read it again sometime.
Some Books That I'd Recommend:
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Hitler: The Pathology of Evil by George Victor
and I'm currently reading What If? 2 which is a collection of essays on historical events that reimagines something being changed (Socrates dying in battle before his philosophy passed on, Pontius Pilate sparing the life of Christ, Martin Luther being sentenced to death by the Diet of Wurms, etc..). I found it at a Barnes and Noble store for like $5 (I dearly love their cheap displays up near the front).
shmokes:
I haven't read The Fountainhead. I thought Atlus Shrugged was really bad so I have a hard time convincing myself to give Fountainhead a chance. I'm sure I will eventually cos a good friend always pesters me to read it.
lokki:
I was never able to read Atlas Shrugged, tried a couple of times. Had no problems reading the fointainhead (I've actually read it a couple of times now).
GGKoul:
--- Quote from: namzep on May 02, 2005, 09:23:03 pm ---and I'm currently reading What If? 2 which is a collection of essays on historical events that reimagines something being changed (Socrates dying in battle before his philosophy passed on, Pontius Pilate sparing the life of Christ, Martin Luther being sentenced to death by the Diet of Wurms, etc..). I found it at a Barnes and Noble store for like $5 (I dearly love their cheap displays up near the front).
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Thanks for reminding me... I saw it at the airport bookstore a few weeks ago and I forgot to pick it up when I got home..