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Hit me with your favourite reads in 2022.

I was running out of passports, ones I could use. --Mr Nice, Howard Marks

There are not too many books I will reread, but I have some. Of course there are a couple of books of poetry, Mainly Galway Kinnell , Dorthey Parker, some in Portuguese. The books, A Hundred Years of Solitude, some old Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler books, are all I can think of now, but...

So I just found a copy of Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith in a box in my attic. It must be my dad's or something because I have no idea where it came from. I mean, I understand it's 230 years old and possibly dated but I know it's one of the fundamental works in classical economics. I really...

I've been doing a fair amount of travelling recently and reading a lot of ebooks. I've read and re-read a lot of stuff, mysteries, scifi and fantasy along with non-fiction and a lot of althist. So, as there don't seem to be any threads devoted to favourite and recommended mysteries I decided to...

Sooooo.....It looks like I'm finally getting some of the courses I've been wanting, but been denied for the last two years. Including, hopefully, a .NET webdeveloper microsoft certificate one and an app developer workshop. (as well as a couple of refreshers on Jquery and Javascript in general)...

So there are alot of junk books out there which have little or no value. Can someone recommend good non-fiction self help, business books based on science ? Textbooks are great too. Other subjects apart from self help are welcome too if they helped you in a certain way. Here are some I...

Apparently the Library of congress recently published a list of "88 Books that Shaped America" See the list in all its glory: 88 Books Um, yeah. Something will certainly be sparked by that list. So, what book would you prefer to see on the list? For me, it would be Ellicott's "Young...

Any opinions on audio vs. print as a way to experience literature? I do listen to audio books and have my own take on the subject but would like to hear from some others before I chime in but to get the ball rolling, having someone else, live or on mp3, read a book to you cannot substitute for...

Books only. No short stories, poems, or screenplays. I've got two in the works: The Faerie Preserve, a story about a man whose cat drags home an injured faerie; and Lazarus Flats, a story about an elderly scientist who develops a technique for transferring consciousness to another body, gets...

We had the thread Best Opening Lines for Novels and people participated quite a bit. I thought it might be interesting to try the inverse. I have tried to be more inclusive by calling this "Literature's best closing lines," because I think just limiting it to "novels" would be too restrictive...

I wasn't 100% sure where to put this, so if someone can think of a better place, just let me know. I kept track of the books, web sites, podcasts mentioned, and thought I'd post them for anyone curious. Here are the books: The art of cold reading by Robert A Nelson Publisher: Calgary : M...

Is it just me or the folks who make these "dummies" books going a bit too far?

Fine Books & Collections, a magazine for book collectors has a new article up on The Paris Olympia Press: An Annotated Bibliography. http://www.finebooksmagazine.com/issue/201007/olympia_press-1.phtml Books, even saucy banned literature, can be noble. People involved with books - publishers...

For the last few days I have been reading the >10,000 post thread ironically titled "Evidence for why we knew the authors of the NT were telling the truth"*. One of the posters (if you've read it, you know who) has what is commonly refered to as a "god shaped whole in his head" and I have found...

Since we seem to be on a book roll here, are there any authors who have written a few things you really like, but when you try their other works you don't like them? Some of mine are: Dodie Smith - loved I Capture the Castle, couldn't stand anything else she wrote E.F. Benson - love the Lucia...

Since it seems that a lot of books are being used as source material for films, I'm just wondering if anyone makes it a point to read a book, before they see the film it's made into? How about after you've seen the movie? Mainly I'm asking, because I've known people who've read Lord of the...

I'm looking for recommendations for books that teach critical thinking skills. Can anyone recommend any textbooks that teach critical thinking, as well? Thank you! Josh :)

My two favorite science books are Genesis:The Scientific Quest for Life's Origins by Robert Hazen This does an amazing job explaining various experiments scientists have done to try to figure out the origin of life. It explains how the knowledge is gained, not just the theories. It is...

Hi guys--looking for a couple of books teaching cold reading. Any suggestions?

Since the Politics and Literature forums have the recommended reading section I figured that Economics should have one too. My pick is The Prize by Daniel Yergin. It is all about oil and how it is controlled and its effects on the world. Some spots in the book are really dry reading but...

I came across this list of "10 books to read before you die" at the AOL shop. http://shopping.aol.com/books/best-sellers 1. Holy Bible 2. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 3. The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien 4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling 5. The Stand by...

Normally, what's the delay between the release of the hardcover and that of the paperback? I put on my amazon.com cart the new P. D. James book, just as a reminder, as I planned to wait for the paperback. Now I see it will be released on November 2009, whereas the paperback was available on...

I'm 62 and when I was a child I avidly read "David Copperfield, Silas marner, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, several books by Isaak Asimov and many many others. It has been so many years that if I read these works again it would probably be almost like the first time. Anyone else in here have...

Not sure if this is the right section, but I recently watched the Frost/Nixon film and was wondering if anbody could recommend a good biography? The one that seems to come top of Amazon etc. lists is by Conrad Black but the reviews don't seem particularly positive and, well, it's Conrad Black...

Hey all, I am looking for a book that gives a basic overview of the many sciences. I almost bought "The Canon" but the reviews scared me away. Is there anything out there that is like "The Canon", but isn't? Any recommendations? Thanks

I just bought a second hand copy of this book on e-bay. I paid $10.50. Has anyone else ever read this book? If you have was it good?

Of course, absolutely none of you are surprised that it's the bible, according to a new Harris poll. Rounding out the top ten list are J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings", Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Wind", J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, Stephen King's "The Stand", Harper...

Show us your books :) I did this using books.google.com, inspired by Geek Goddess's version. There are presumably other networking sites that facilitate something similar My library here. This is stuff I've bought and read over the last year or two (I have not read the reference books cover...

Hello there. Long time lurker here, but I've always enjoyed reading the debates here and greatly admire the posters here. Which is why I'm asking here for some suggested books on Philosophy. I've started a college course on Philosophy, and I'm greatly enjoying it, and would like to start...