Luna 0 #26 April 23, 2004 No, Life of Pi is by Yann Martel (here). I haven't read it yet, but have heard nothing but raves about it. Recently I also read The DaVinci Code, and have to disagree with Michele on that one. I was totally blown away by the book, so much so that I've since read Angels & Demons, and am currently reading Digital Fortress, also by Dan Brown. If I could just recommend one book though, it would have to be Power Vs. Force, by Dr. David Hawkins (here). I'm walking a marathon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Click Here for more information! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallinWoman 1 #27 April 25, 2004 I second Kristen's vote for The Five People You Meet in Heaven. A different view of the after life. I have never given a book as a gift unless it was specifically requested. Til this one. I love it so much I have started giving it to people. ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #28 April 25, 2004 QuoteRichard Bach Out of curiosity, Bach talks in one of his books about occasionally making skydives. Just enough to keep his rating current. Anyone ever jump with him? Have to admit that he was a big part of my childhood dreams of flying.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #29 April 25, 2004 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix heheheheI swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #30 April 25, 2004 Deliver Us From Evil by William Shawcross. Excellent book. Basically a chronicle of the United Nations successive failures since the 1960's. It's also a great illustration of how inept the Clinton administration was. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheAnvil 0 #31 April 25, 2004 The First American by H.W. BrandsVinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheAnvil 0 #32 April 25, 2004 That WAS a good book! That William Hamlin character was a real sonofabitch. I thought Follet did a really good job with the book - and the opening-closing scenes brought the story full circle. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyhi 24 #33 April 25, 2004 Quotewow... that's a pretty scathing review. I'm about to take up Angels and Demons. Just finished it. Without giving away anything, the stuff that happens right before he jumps into the river makes you realize, Dan Brown doesn't have a clue about some aspects of what he writes. But it held my attention. I'm so easy.Shit happens. And it usually happens because of physics. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahC07 0 #34 April 25, 2004 I love Pillars... I take it with me on trips... I started reading "Tuesdays With Morrie" by Mitch Albom... I'm half way finished and I already love it.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #35 April 25, 2004 Ten Minutes From Normal by Karen Hughes Synopsis: Hughes shares her politically fascinating journey as a critically influential counselor to President George W. Bush for his first 18 months in the White House. It's an interesting and sometimes comical read. B2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloudseeker2001 0 #36 April 25, 2004 QuoteYep. Noam Chomsky's Hegemony or Survival....you know where. I was simply enraged. I saw Chomsky speak last year at UofH........He kinda walked out and started talking. He hit on a few points of interest but nothing too specific. I was not expecting a little old man! He did have a Q&A session that lasted about an hour. I could not believe some of the dumb things people were asking! "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloudseeker2001 0 #37 April 25, 2004 Current books: 1)American Dynasty-about the Bush family rise to power. 2)A book about dreams based on Jung concepts 3)The Little Prince-everyone should read this book! 4)A book of letters and short articals by Hunter S. Thompson. "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #38 April 25, 2004 Quote3)The Little Prince-everyone should read this book! That one.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,026 #39 April 25, 2004 Quote"The Pillars of The Earth" by: Ken Fowlett That's Ken Follett for anyone looking it up. It is a very good book. I'm reading "Principia" by Sir Isaac Newton. Really! It's cool - the first place Newton's Laws of Motion were written down, the first place the law of gravity was written down, the first place the orbits of the planets and Moon were ever explained, the first use of Calculus, the first description of vectors, and resolving vectors into their components (the word "vector" hadn't been invented yet)...... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #40 April 25, 2004 Quotethe first use of Calculus How could ANYONE miss that!?!?!?!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Romericus 0 #41 April 26, 2004 I know i'm breaking the rules, but in the past 5 years, I've read many books. There are two very different books that stand high above the rest: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, by Gregory Maguire. An incredible book that tells her side of the story... and Memoirs of a Geisha, by Arthur Golden. A beautiful story about a girl sold into womanhood. This one made me want to write an opera on the story (don't laugh, I'm a composer), but alas, I'm no good at writing poetry and have no libretto. If you like literary fiction, check these books out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #42 April 26, 2004 I wasn't too big on The Five People you Meet In Heaven, but I LOVED Prodigal Summer and Atonement. Those are my most recent 3.-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #43 April 26, 2004 Quotedon't laugh, I'm a composer OK....I wouldn't have but then you had to let that out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hooked 0 #44 April 26, 2004 ____________________________________ Memoirs of a Geisha, by Arthur Golden. A beautiful story about a girl sold into womanhood. _______________________________________ This is a good book, if it's the one I think it is, I read it quite some time ago and really enjoyed it! J -------------------------------------- Sometimes we're just being Humans.....But we're always Human Beings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
damion75 0 #45 April 26, 2004 QuoteI'm assuming "Life of Pi" is Fowlett as well? or no.. I'm trying to find another one of his books that I might like... I found one about WWII ... but I don't know if I'm up for it... Ken Follett (not Fowlett) has written loads of stuff - I think the one you are talking about is 'Blackbirds'? but try 'The Key to Rebecca'. My favourite one of his is set in Afghanistan but I forget the name. Amazon will have it.*************** Not one shred of evidence supports the theory that life is serious - look at the platypus. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
misskriss 0 #46 April 26, 2004 The Master and Margarita... It was a gift from someone special and what an incredible one it was.... amazing.. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679760806/qid=1082946998/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/102-0701259-8885737 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GravityAddicts 0 #47 April 26, 2004 DaVinci Code. Awesome!! <------------> Gravity Addict #3; Hispa #9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #48 April 26, 2004 QuoteMy favourite one of his is set in Afghanistan but I forget the name. Amazon will have it. Lie Down With Lions. It was clearly his best.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahC07 0 #49 April 26, 2004 Yeah, Sorry, Ken Follett... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The111 1 #50 April 26, 2004 Choke by Chuck Palahniuk, who also wrote Fight Club.www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
