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Old 08-14-2007, 12:44 AM
Rick Nebiolo Rick Nebiolo is offline
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Default Re: A lifetime of must reads

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"Gödel, Escher, Bach, an Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter"

He didn't ask for books that take a lifetime to read.

Seriously,

I am Charlotte Simmons Tom Wolfe
Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt
Germs, Guns, and Steel Jarrod Diamond
The God Delusion Richard Dawkins

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Wow, I've actually read three out of those four and hope to read Germs, Guns, and Steel.

I liked 'I am Charlotte Simmons" but if you want to read a better and more highly praised Tom Wolfe book read "Bonfire of the Vanities". It's the best book written about the eighties (and the worse movie adaptation).

~ Rick
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