Books

Books I Plan To Buy

Submitted by catherine517 on Fri, 10/16/2009 - 14:15
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  • The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

  • ”A lost child...
  • On the eve of the first world war, a little girl is found abandoned on a ship to Australia. A mysterious woman called the Authoress had promised to look after her - but the Authoress has disappeared without a trace.
  • A terrible secret...
  • On the night of her twenty-first birthday, Nell O'Connor learns a secret that will change her life forever.

Clone of 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2nd edition, 2008)

Submitted by Sleepwalker on Tue, 10/13/2009 - 13:41
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  1. The Thousand and One Nights . Anonymous
  2. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter . Anonymous
  3. The Tale of Genji . Murasaki Shikibu
  4. Romance of the Three Kingdoms . Luó Guànzhong
  5. The Water Margin . Shi Nai'an & Luó Guànzhong
  6. The Golden Ass . Lucius Apuleius
  7. Tirant lo Blanc . Joanot Martorell
  8. La Celestina . Fernando de Rojas
  9. Amadis of Gaul . Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo
  10. The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes . Anonymous
  11. Gargantua and Pantagruel . François Rabelais
  12. The Lusiad . Luís Vaz de Camões
  13. Monkey: A Journey to the West . Wú Chéng'en
  14. Unfortunate Traveller .

BBC's Big Read - Top 100

Submitted by kasenka on Tue, 10/13/2009 - 12:05
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  • 1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
  • 2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
  • 3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
  • 4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
  • 5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
  • 6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
  • 7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
  • 8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
  • 9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
  • 10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
  • 11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
  • 12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
  • 13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
  • 14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
  • 15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
  • 16.

Novels (mainly fiction & romance books)

Submitted by chandni777 on Sun, 10/11/2009 - 12:15
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  1. Cecelia AHERN ~ Love, Rosie (ISBN: 0-7868-9076-2) qpb
  2. Cinnanmon BURKE ~ Lady Rogue (ISBN: 0-8439-3558-8) pb ~ futuristic romance
  3. Phoebe CONN ~ Captive Heart (ISBN: 0-8217-1569-0) pb ~ historical romance
  4. Saranne DAWSON ~ Awakenings (ISBN: 0-505-51921-6) pb ~ futuristic romance
  5. Marian KEYES ~ Anybody Out There (ISBN: 978-0-141-02988-7) pb
  6. Marian KEYES ~ This Charming Man (ISBN: 978-0-141-04060-8) pb
  7. Cassandra KING ~ The Same Sweet Girls (ISBN: 0-7868-9061-4) qpb
  8. Sophie KINSELLA ~ Remember Me?

Star Wars ~ miscellaneous books & etc (Sci-fi collection)

Submitted by chandni777 on Sun, 10/11/2009 - 11:12
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  1. David West REYNOLDS ~ The Visual Dictionary: The Ultimate Guide to Star Wars Characters and Creatures (ISBN: 0-7894-3481-4) hc
  2. David West REYNOLDS ~ The Visual Dictionary: Episode I (ISBN: 0-7894-4701-0) hc
  3. David West REYNOLDS ~ The Visual Dictionary: Attack of the Clones (ISBN: 0-7894-8588-5) hc
  4. James LUCENO ~ The Visual Dictionary: Revenge of the Sith (ISBN: 0-7566-1128-8) hc
  5. Karen MILLER ~ The Clone Wars: Wild Space (ISBN: 978-0-345-50901-7) tpb
  6. Ryder WINDHAM ~ The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi (ISBN: 0-545-08559-4) hc
  7. Ryder WINDHAM ~ The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader (ISBN: 0-

Star Wars (Sci-Fi book series)

Submitted by chandni777 on Sun, 10/11/2009 - 08:11
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  1. Drew KARPYSHYN ~ [1020 yrs] Darth Bane: Path of Destruction (ISBN: 978-0-345-47737-8)
  2. Michael PEAVES ~ [32.5 years] Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter (ISBN: 0-345-43541-5) pb
  3. Greg BEAR ~ [29 years] Rogue Planet (ISBN: 0-345-44540-0) pb
  4. Alan Dean FOSTER ~ [22.5 years] The Approaching Storm (ISBN: 0-345-44299-7) pb
  5. Matthew STOVER ~ [21.5 years] -A Clone Wars novel- Shatterpoint (ISBN: 978-0-345-45574-1) pb
  6. Steven BARNES ~ [21 yrs] -A Clone Wars novel- The Cestus Deception (ISBN: 0-345-45898-2) pb
  7. Michael REAVES & Steve PERRY (2-in-1 book) ~ [20 years] Medstar I: Battle Surgeons & Medst

To read.

Submitted by _Iva on Sun, 10/11/2009 - 05:38
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  • Beigbeder, Frederic - Praznici u komi
  • Beigbeder, Frederic - 129,90
  • Murakami, Haruki - Norveška šuma

Fantasy & Sci-Fi books

Submitted by chandni777 on Sun, 10/11/2009 - 03:48
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  1. Roger MacBride ALLEN ~ The Depths of Time (ISBN: 0-553-57497-3) pb
  2. Chris BUNCH ~ The Last Legion: The Last Legion (ISBN: 0-451-45686-6) pb
  3. Chris BUNCH ~ Book Two of The Last Legion: Firemask (ISBN: 0-451-45687-4) pb
  4. Chris BUNCH ~ Book Three of The Last Legion: Stormforce (ISBN: 0-451-45688-2) pb
  5. Chris BUNCH ~ Book Four of The Last Legion: Homefall (ISBN: 0-451-45841-9) pb
  6. Chris BUNCH ~ Star Risk, LTD.

Clone of Books you should read if you want to consider yourself well-read

Submitted by Lendoxia on Sat, 10/10/2009 - 15:08
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  1. Kit Carson - John Abbott
  2. The King of the Mountains - Edmond About
  3. Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
  4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
  5. Watership Down - Richard Adams
  6. Prometheus Bound - Aeschylus
  7. A Death in the Family - James Agee
  8. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
  9. The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri
  10. Fairy Tales and Stories - Hans Christian Anderson
  11. Beowulf - Anonymous
  12. Bible - Anonymous
  13. Davy Crockett - Anonymous
  14. The Epic of Gilgamesh - Anonymous
  15. Koran - Anonymous
  16. Mahabharata - Anonymous
  17. Njal's Saga - Anonymous
  18. Torah - Anonymous
  19. Kane and Abel - Jeffery Arch

Book's I've read.

Submitted by bvegas on Sat, 10/10/2009 - 09:50
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  • The Plot Against America - Phillip Roth
  • The Double - Jose Saramago
  • The Corrections – Jonathan Franzen
  • Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater
  • Odd Thomas - Dean Koontz
  • Heat - Bill Buford
  • When Things Start to Think - Neil Gershenfeld
  • Death of a Maid - M.C. Beaton
  • The Last Good Chance - Tom Barbash