Thanks for the chance. This is a great thread. I'm an English teacher, and right now I'm blessed with a student who has magnetic homing power towards some of the most fascinating, funny, irreverent & joyous contemporary fiction out there. She drops books on me faster than I can keep up. The most recent of her picks for me was "Thumbsucker," a novel by Walter Kirn. Top drawer stuff.
My 8 year old was reading an abbreviated Macbeth, and since I have to ask her questions on her reading, I had to read it too. Not something I generally lean towards, but thats the last one. Thanks for the opportunity to win
I haven't read any good books in awhile.......work too much However, I did read all the current Harry Potter books and always have a special place in my heart for the "White Gold Wielder" series...
Geeeeez . . power went out halfway through the first time . . .
Ok . . . HS English teacher, 26 years, also spent 25 of those years in remedial/basic reading. Just assigned the Independent Novel Unit to my juniors . . . they get to select from a list of classical or contemporary.
My All-Time Top 8
8.) "Point of Impact" by Stephen Hunter (long-range marksmanship to the max) 7.) "Dark Rivers of the Heart" by Dean Koontz 6.) " Vixen 03" by Clive Cussler 5.) "Night Probe" by Clive Cussler 4.) "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee (still alive . . and only book she ever published!) 3.) "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand 2.) "Shibumi" by Trevanian (mysterious author rumored to have died Dec. 14, 2005)
and in a world of it's own for a pure pleasure read . . . pure jet fuel and forced upon me by a student after I said "Well, no you can't read Koontz for this assignment since he's just a cheap ripoff of Stephen King." . . . wow, did I ever learn!
1.) "Watchers" by Dean Koontz (read continuously from the moment it was handed to me by the student and finished at 3:30am in time to shower and go to school the next day . . . only the 2nd all-nighter of my then-40 year old life)
So this is not too OT . . . a good numismatic book, Wayne Miller's "Morgan & Peace Dollar Textbook".
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<< <i>Stranger in a Strange Land was a great book, by Heinlen was a great book. >>
Is this the same Heinlen that wrote "Job?" That book was soooo good. I read it about five times in a row. >>
Yes. All the Heinlein books (except "I Will Fear No Evil") are outstanding.
My entry is:
The Blind Watchmanker, by Richard Dawkins. Best book to understand the theory of evolution (although his Climbing Mount Improbable is very good too. )
Robert A. Heinlein
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Now listen boy, I'm tryin' to teach you sumthin' . . . . that ain't no optical illusion, it only looks like an optical illusion.
My mind reader refuses to charge me. . . . . . .
I'm still reading David Doty's, A Field Guide To Carnival Glass.
A very fun other hobby.
My grandchildren. The heirs to my collection! (Just not to soon I hope)
Funniest book Ive ever read!
Thanks for the chance!
K
For English class.
Good Book - Apollo 13
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However, I did read all the current Harry Potter books and always have a special place in my heart for the "White Gold Wielder" series...
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
The last good book I read was an oldie, Lonesome Dove.
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Ok . . . HS English teacher, 26 years, also spent 25 of those years in remedial/basic reading. Just assigned the Independent Novel Unit to my juniors . . . they get to select from a list of classical or contemporary.
My All-Time Top 8
8.) "Point of Impact" by Stephen Hunter (long-range marksmanship to the max)
7.) "Dark Rivers of the Heart" by Dean Koontz
6.) " Vixen 03" by Clive Cussler
5.) "Night Probe" by Clive Cussler
4.) "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee (still alive . . and only book she ever published!)
3.) "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand
2.) "Shibumi" by Trevanian (mysterious author rumored to have died Dec. 14, 2005)
and in a world of it's own for a pure pleasure read . . . pure jet fuel and forced upon me by a student after I said "Well, no you can't read Koontz for this assignment since he's just a cheap ripoff of Stephen King." . . . wow, did I ever learn!
1.) "Watchers" by Dean Koontz (read continuously from the moment it was handed to me by the student and finished at 3:30am in time to shower and go to school the next day . . . only the 2nd all-nighter of my then-40 year old life)
So this is not too OT . . . a good numismatic book, Wayne Miller's "Morgan & Peace Dollar Textbook".
Drunner
John Quincy Adams: A Public Life,a Private Life
by Paul C. Nagel
Thanks for the chance and congratulations on 500.
Oscar Wilde
Collect for the love of the hobby, the beauty of the coins, and enjoy the ride.
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
"Airframe" by Michael Crichton
and, (on topic) . . .
The Commemorative Book by Bowers
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Haven't read it yet, but it was recommended by a Forum Member
ill Take the Barber Half album with a caveat.
A YN needs it more than me.
Notlogical seems like a cool little guy,send it to him instead !
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