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Off Topic Books Recommended for Reading

Keystone said:
Seemingly appropriate timing to read this book, "The man without a country".
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Contact a community theater casting for "The Wizard of Oz". You would make a perfect scarecrow.
 
Went to the library yesterday.

I'm reading "And So it Goes - Kurt Vonnegut: A Life" by Charles J. Shields.

I picked out "Hitch hikers guide to the Galaxy" for my boy.

He was reading it before school this morning.
 
Keystone said:
Brudgers, if it pleases the excellence this is my offering, GET OVER IT...
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The owner of the forum has requested previously that political and religious discussions be taken somewhere else. I agree that they don't tend to benefit the community.
 
brudgers said:
The owner of the forum has requested previously that political and religious discussions be taken somewhere else. I agree that they don't tend to benefit the community.
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There was no discussion just a recomendation for a book

Which I wondered why you where so sarcastic about since it was required reading in junior high. Then I found out there is "A man without a country" the one I read in junior high and "The man without a country" that I never heard of.

Why did this one hit a nerve for you when some of the other "political and religious" recomendations did not?
 
brudgers said:
The owner of the forum has requested previously that political and religious discussions be taken somewhere else. I agree that they don't tend to benefit the community.
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And these have nothing to do with religion?

Brudgers:

"I read Armstrong's "A history of God" also "Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet."

Another interesting read on religion:

"Saving Paradise: How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Empire" by Rebbecca Ann Parker.

Of course as primary sources, the Koran, Bagavad Gita, Analects, and Tao Te Ching are also important for understanding religious thought."

If your going to kick God out of here please include kicking me out; and, the codes are all about politics.

Uncle Bob
 
Bob: No One is kicking God out! I open the Bible on a regular bases! It keeps me humble! This is a code forum. Political and Religious debates need not be a part of and the discussion. If someone posts on this thread a particular book that is or has been enjoyed by that individual lets leave it at that. This thread is merely to share what each has read and enjoyed and wants to share with others.Some of the books posted I have read there are many that have not been posted which I have read. To me it is of some interest just who likes a certain topic or book, writer etc.

Anyone read the green codes? IgCC!! Lots of ink on that subject.
 
I have no objection to posting a religious or political book that one enjoys. The issue I have is with a political or religious discussion. It can get too testy and has no place on a code forum.
 
Son of Hamas by Mosab Hassna Yousef

Great book! It gives a great perspective on the Israeli - Palestine conflict from a Palestinian who has converted to Christianity
 
RJJ,

I agree, it was Brudgers that had a problem with religions books; see his quote in my last post.
 
I'll have to think on that one. I will say that to date that is one of my all time favorites......and most eye opening and frightening. I am looking for more from that author.
 
Ok I read different stuff!

Rebels & Gentlemen/ by Carl Bridenbaugh

Anything on Franklin or Jefferson

The Revolt Of the Masses / By Gasset

The Last of the Mohicans / Ilistrated by N.C. Wyth
 
A vacation over the holiday, spent at the beach:

"And So it Goes: Kurt Vonnegut - a Life" by Charles Shields.

"Babel 17" by Samuel R. Delany [sci Fi].

"When the Thrill is Gone" by Walter Mosely [mystery]

"Plato Papers" by Peter Ackroyd [sci Fi - sorta]

"One Man's Initiation: 1917" by John Dos Passos.

Dos Passos I had tried before, unsuccessfully, but "One Man's Initiation: 1917" is more a novella than a full blown novel. I'll probably read some more later. His works are included in the American Library series of which my public library has many titles. Which reminds me that Jack London's works are also in the series. I read several a few years ago, including "Call of the Wild" "White Fang" and "The Road" which is about his time riding the rails as a hobo and consorting with Wobblies.
 
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