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BookRecommendations 17 - 02 Jul 2012 - Main.SherieGertler
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| | I was going to email Eben to ask if he had any recommendations for books to read over the summer and I realized other people might be interested as well. Hopefully not only Eben, but we all, can post book recommendations here. | | | I have always felt that Blindness by José Saramago is a worthwhile read. I really enjoyed it the first time I read it and hope to re-read it this summer. It's since been made into a movie - most likely not a very good one - but I hope that doesn't dissuade anyone from checking it out.
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> | A few great books: Don DeLillo? 's White Noise, Ken Kesey's Sometimes A Great Notion (long but life-changing), and Jorge Luis Borges' short story collection, Labyrinths.
Also Better World Books is a great place to order used books from. They have lots of sales, their books are cheap, free shipping, and every book purchased contributes to their mission to promote literacy and opportunity worldwide.
-- SherieGertler - 2 Jul 2012 |
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BookRecommendations 15 - 22 Jun 2012 - Main.ElviraKras
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I wasn't looking for books about the law in particular; just books that would be useful for us to read in this stage of our lives (be they about law or not), books that as a teacher you think your students should read and know as part of their "education", books that impacted you and you want to share with others, or just books that are interesting- that are good stories. Basically, exactly what is happening in this thread.
-- ElviraKras - 22 Jun 2012
| | | Great topic! I don't know if it's the kind of book you're looking for, but the His Dark Materials series made me cry like a baby.
-- AgnesPetrucione - 23 May 2012 | | | Meagan, I love Michael Pollan. In Defense of Food is high up on my to-read list. And Agnes, the His Dark Materials books are the best! I think I read all of them in about three days.
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> | There are so many great suggestions here! I haven't read any of the books in this article, 15 Summer Reads Handpicked By Indie Booksellers, but it was forwarded to me and I thought I would share it.
My recommendations are In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway, Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris, and The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. (I also second The Master and Margarita.)
Olu (from my first paper) recommends The Art of War by Sun Tzu and The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi.
Alex- I have tried but never been able to get through Crime and Punishment or The Brothers Karamazov (or Anna Karenina for that matter) but I am going to try and give them another go this summer.
Arlene, if you liked Are You My Mother, I would recommend Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware
-- ElviraKras - 22 Jun 2012 |
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BookRecommendations 14 - 14 Jun 2012 - Main.PaulaKim
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| | I was going to email Eben to ask if he had any recommendations for books to read over the summer and I realized other people might be interested as well. Hopefully not only Eben, but we all, can post book recommendations here. | | | I'm getting back to basics. I started with the New York Times (I've neglected staying in touch with the outside world since Fall of 2011). I am also reading 20 under 40: Stories from The New Yorker. It's a terrific collection of short stories from writers that have been heralded as the next generation of great American writers.
-- AbiolaFasehun - 14 Jun 2012 | |
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> | I recommend The History of Love by Nicole Krauss and The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. I heard Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Supreme Court Justices by Noah Feldman is good, so I think I'm going to give that a go this summer.
Meagan, I love Michael Pollan. In Defense of Food is high up on my to-read list. And Agnes, the His Dark Materials books are the best! I think I read all of them in about three days.
-- PaulaKim - 13 Jun 2012 |
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BookRecommendations 13 - 14 Jun 2012 - Main.AbiolaFasehun
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| | I was going to email Eben to ask if he had any recommendations for books to read over the summer and I realized other people might be interested as well. Hopefully not only Eben, but we all, can post book recommendations here. | | | I was never a comic book kind of girl, but I began reading Are You My Mother? this week and it has refreshened my mental hygiene. Alison Bechdel writes a memoir about her relationship with her mother and psychotherapy all as a graphic novel. It is wonderful to take in information that is organized in a manner that is a lot more organic to the visually-inclined. And also somewhat-related to law, the Justice League of America.
-- ArleneOrtizLeytte - 04 Jun 2012 | |
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> | I'm getting back to basics. I started with the New York Times (I've neglected staying in touch with the outside world since Fall of 2011). I am also reading 20 under 40: Stories from The New Yorker. It's a terrific collection of short stories from writers that have been heralded as the next generation of great American writers.
-- AbiolaFasehun - 14 Jun 2012 |
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