Book To Read

[Billthedrill]

The Civil War by Shelby Foote.

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

All good stuff. ;-)

[GovernmentShrinker]

The Illuminatus Trilogy

Really awesome classic, but so long and complex that it really needs to be read when you have a long stretch of time available. Which it sounds like you do.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illuminatus!_Trilogy

http://www.amazon.com/Illuminatus-Trilogy-Pyramid-Golden-Leviathan/dp/0440539811/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258088607&sr=8-1

Lengthy excerpts of it are available here: http://www.pauladaunt.com/books/Illuminatus/Wilson,%20Robert%20Anton%20&%20Shea,%20Robert%20-%20The%20Illuminatus!%20Tril.html#_RWTOC-16

[Intolerant in NJ]

Mao:The Unknown Story - Jung Chang and Jon Halliday
Our Culture: What's Left of It - Theodore Dalrymple

[JPG]

Pillars of the Earth..Ken Follett

[freedumb2003]

Thanks, I’ll take a look :)

[Kirkwood]

Do you like nonfiction?

River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey by Candice Millard.

1776 by David McCullough.

John Adams by David McCullough.

Washington’s Crossing by David Hackett Fischer.

Tears in the Darkness: The story of the Batann Death March and Its Aftermath by Michael and Elizabeth Norman.

[smokingfrog]

Here’s a free one.

http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=35734

[Liberty Valance]

[bt_dooftlook]

Definitely concur on Atlas Shrugged, Unintended Consequences, and Shattered Sword. If you like hardboiled detectives, Library of America's 2-volume set of Raymond Chandler's collected works (including short stories, novels, and screenplays) is a favorite to which I keep returning; the writing sizzles! If you are looking for something a tad lighter, try The Collected Works of Saki (HH Munro) - very British, very funny! PG Wodehouse is a great beach read (try "Leave It To Smith" and "The Heart Of A Goof" for starters)

These are just general reading suggestions, since I don't know where you are going and for what purpose; if you are venturing near Italy, try "THe Memoirs of Benvenuto Cellini", a landmark in the rise of human letters which details the life, work, and adventures of a true Renaissance man (and contemporary of Michelangelo and DaVinci, among others)

[Othniel]

April, 1865.

Band of Brothers.

Lord of the Rings and/or Narnia Series.

Anything by Ann Coulter.

The Amateur Magaician's Handbook by Henry Hay. BEST book on how to do tricks I've ever read.

The Bible.

[Daffynition]

"And finally I can define life to anyone that has the time to listen."

Read "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle

It would be an interesting exercise to see how your definition of life fits with was "Is."

[RoadGumby]

Bible ;^) Dune series, Lord of the Rings, Atlas Shrugged.

[paulycy]

For a great, long and exceptional novel you can’t beat Lonesome Dove. Incredible.

[Allen In Texas Hill Country]

Printed the suggestions and came up with this list to take to the book store.

Ender’s Game & Speaker For The Dead

I’ll probably buy just one of the following 3 books.
Unintended Consequences
Term Limits
5000 Year Leap

Wild Swans
August 1914

And what in the h-— is a Kindle?:<))) I’ll find out.

[scottdeus12]

Yup - great book!

[scottdeus12]

Anything by Joel Rosenberg...

The Last Jihad series is EXCELLENT

[Allen In Texas Hill Country]

Bought Ender’s Game, 5000 Year Leap and Wild Swans. Forgot to find out what a Kindle is.

[winstonwolf33]

'ey, don't laugh! This is a cool book to read! You learn stuff. 3^/

[winstonwolf33]

These ones below are also worth checking out. Nothing serious. Just great breezy reads.

[winstonwolf33]

And as soon as you're done burning through those, you can jump into these classics right here!