book recommendation thread

pictures of covers would probably be helpful








also there was a book recommendation about a guy who was really good at games, and he went to outer space or something along those lines but i couldn't find where i found the book mentioned.

Sir topham hat is always so proud of thomas.

highly recommend My awakening by David Duke; good old fashion fun.

epic space fire-motivation
BONUS LINK TO THE ABOVE: http://rapidshare.com/files/119208786...Alfred_-_The_Stars_My_Destination.pdf

Dean Koontz-From the Corner of His Eye
John Katzenbach - The Analyst
Stephen King - Under the Dome

Just a few off the top of my head, really good fiction, don't feel like posting covers :D

esp. good read with all the immigration discussion going on

On November 17 2010 23:46 dogmeat wrote:

Fuck Duke, go for the real deal!

also there was a book recommendation about a guy who was really good at games, and he went to outer space or something along those lines but i couldn't find where i found the book mentioned.

and BTW:

On November 18 2010 00:00 uiCk wrote:

really?

A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE SERIES

C'mon guys, don't make 'funny' posts, take the thread seriously as it has a lot of potential.
if you want to post about just bieber or 'happy birthday' just make that post in the rofl thread.

it really brought out my zen

nvm del

On November 18 2010 03:41 Sanai wrote: A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE SERIES

i just finished the series recently and i must say i really enjoyed it. hopefully ADWD comes out soon. looking forward to the series on HBO as well.

also fake funny posts are weak as fuck imo.

On November 18 2010 00:17 AfterLife wrote: + Show Spoiler +

Loved Stephen Hawking's book.

Also,

ANything u find by Wilbert Smith-The River God,The 7th Scroll,When the lion feeds

Anything u find by James Clavel- Shogun(def.1st place choice),Trade house,Tai-Pan,Gai-Jin


Anyhitng u find by Arthur Hailey- Bankers,Airport,Wheels

All are incredibly good books

good selections xervean/tapatapaz...

some more...

Oh man, siddharta by Herman Hesse is so good!

Why the fuck do Loco list some of my favorite books, I though he was a dirty hippie!?

The Master and Margaret and Steppenwolf are two of my favorites and I'd rank at least the first one as a top10 book all time, probably even top5.

reading this atm, seems good

I remember reading Steppenwolf when I was like 16 and not getting it at all =P
Read it again a few months ago and it was great. I don't blame 16 yo me though

On November 19 2010 08:53 DustySwedeDude wrote: Why the fuck do Loco list some of my favorite books, I though he was a dirty hippie!? The Master and Margaret and Steppenwolf are two of my favorites and I'd rank at least the first one as a top10 book all time, probably even top5.

the 'dirty hippie' part of my life was the same kind of adventure harry went on in steppenwolf with his anima (hermine). i made efforts to develop other sides of my personality and i mixed with the people who would allow it to happen. i needed to learn to laugh with the immortals. now i need to learn again because i've forgotten.

+1 to Kundera, Frankl, Jung, Fromm, Kafka, Campbell, and whoever wrote that Huge Penis book.
+infinity to Becker.

Here's a couple that haven't been listed yet that i enjoyed.
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& a lot of books by this author
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"The Ender's game" looks real cool im going to check that out, TY

Anyone have any suggestions similar to The Alchemist or some author similar to Paulo Coelho

On November 19 2010 07:50 Raidern wrote: Oh man, siddharta by Herman Hesse is so good!

Yes that is my number 1 favorite book!

to lazy to read all pages, Paul Cohello "the alchemist"

^ rofl

good choice stim, +1 for the Stand

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On November 19 2010 15:47 casinocasino wrote: "The Ender's game" looks real cool im going to check that out, TY

you're gonna love it

and thanks ronk for finding that book for me :D

The kite runner

Atlas shrugged

I'm talking about the whole Dark Tower saga, although it hits a decrease of quality throughout the 5th and 6th book.

I haven't read many books in my life, I read this book because of Psychology. Great read in my opinion.

currently reading the 1st book of the a song of ice and fire series
after that im going to read some spanish books (mario vargas llosa) and then the 2nd book of ASOIAF

This thread needs LOCO

On November 18 2010 02:52 Svenman87 wrote:

+1, life changing

On November 18 2010 03:41 Sanai wrote: A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE SERIES

I really enjoyed, no I loved these books.

Can anyone recommand something similar? (if this is even possible)

and of course...

Hard core sci-fi in a pretty gross world

Great read storywise as well as where content is concerned.

also everything by Philip K. Dick. This guy is like a win factory. Great style, language, know-how and VOLUME.

This guy wrote a shit-ton of stories (without a doubt rehashing this and that here and there), every one of 'm worth the read.

He invokes the funny, sincere, dire, happy, malevolent, weighted, etc, etc, in a singlepage story without breaking a sweat lol.

also don't let the SF "vibe" of his work turn you off, it would be a shame .

also SF combo

John Katzenbach

pretty good book

its focus is on U.S. early-highschool math classrooms and how they are different (and inferior) vs higher achieving countries

"Animal Farm"
should be able to read this simple and powerful book in one sitting

and

"Dune"
this very deep sci-fi series will take more than one sitting lol but it's well worth it


those are both infamous classics tho
here's the book I'm currently reading
US Money vs. Corporation Currency "Aldrich Plan"
http://www.archive.org/details/usmoneyvscorpor00crozgoog

written in 1912, I don't expect many of u to follow me down this journey - some of the illustrations so far are amazing pieces of history in themselves tho

this one's pretty amazing, read for south african literature class and got it me contemplate the complexicity of humans' relationships.

On November 18 2010 15:33 Stim_Abuser wrote: i just finished the series recently and i must say i really enjoyed it. hopefully ADWD comes out soon. looking forward to the series on HBO as well.

ADWD is out already, a couple of months ago.

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The movie is coming next year



Someone has read it?

^ Heard it's quite good, almost got it and read it based on a really strong recommendation, but for now, it's just on my list of things to read in the future.

Read The Hunger Games series and it was meh. The first one was good but the other two were utter shit and felt like it was written by a 7th grader.

Have this audiobook, halfway through



definitely recommend for poker and life alike, poker players are mentioned some in it too. And a lot of psychopathic traits that I'm personally lacking should hlp poker players tremendously.

Lemon do you have a readable version? I hate audiobooks :D

Yeah there is a book on amazon

"amazon" if you know what i mean

Yo recommend me some "my mind was blown " kind of book

P.S. Loco please no books about nutritions

"The republic"

>oh shit, while technology has been racing forward, actual thought has been pretty stagnant.

great read, great re-read, would recommend

Plato's the republic?

That's the one

also:

Nice page-turner, almost bought the game