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31.The Handmaid's Tale by: Margaret Atwood 2004-03
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It was very well written, with imagery so vivid that it was at times disturbing. However, the ending ruined the entire book for me. I had never read anything by Atwood before, and I never will again. What a letdown!

32.The Great Divorce by: C. S. Lewis November 25, 2003
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I found this book not only interesting but funny. Lewis knows how to convey serious reflections on human behavior in a humorous way which doesn't reduce their solemn significance. He weaves out of fiction an ultra-insightful analysis of the silly reasons why we are often hell-bent on NOT going to heaven. Recognizing those reasons and concentrating on overcoming some of them changed my life for the better. Über-recommended!!

33.Bell Jar by: Sylvia Plath August 05, 1998
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How did I go 34 years without picking up and reading this gem? I'll tell you...It is not included on any public school reading list that I have ever seen and every college literature course that I took (just for fun) never examined Sylvia Plath's writing. Instead I had the misfortune of several lit. courses that focused on less talented modern poets/writers. In 1963, this book would have been shocking. The main theme is mental disturbia, suicide, losing virginity, (an all out attack on the quiet suburban status quo.) As I read this book with the jaded perspective of a modern day American citizen, I couldn't shake the overwhelming feeling of innocence this 40 year old story emits. This book is like a three year old child attempting to shock her parents with ... Read More

34.How to Read a Book by: Mortimer Jerome Adler 1998-02
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We have recently made an exciting discovery--three years after writing the wonderfully expanded third edition of How to Read a Book, Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren made a series of thirteen 14-minute videos on the art of reading. The videos were produced by Encyclopaedia Britannica. For reasons unknown, sometime after their original publication, these videos were lost. When we discovered them and how intrinsically edifying they are, we negotiated an agreement with Encyclopaedia Britannica to be the exclusive worldwide agent to make them available. For those of you who teach, this is great for the classroom. I cannot over exaggerate how instructive these programs are--we are so sure that you will agree, if you are not completely satisfied, we will refund your donation. ... Read More

35.Invisible Man: A novel by: Ralph Ellison, Joe Morton June 01, 1999
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A MUST READ! This book is very deep; I read it twice. Read this book for it's deeper meaning.

36.On The Road by: Jack Kerouac October 03, 2000
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Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) was initially fascinated by the heavily ornate style of novelist Thomas Wolfe, a writer best known for LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL; at the same time, however, he led an outsider's life that placed him on the fringe of American society, drifting across the country with little more than the clothes on his back, drinking hard, using drugs, and occasionally involved--at least in a passive sense--with a series of criminal activies, most notably Lucien Carr's murder of David Kammerer. In 1951, however, Kerouac suddenly shed his infatuation with Wolfe and, in a three week spree fueled by drugs and alcohol, wrote ON THE ROAD. The book had tremendous difficulty finding a publisher, and did not reach the public until 1957, when it tapped into the rising undercurrent of society's rising dissatisfaction with ... Read More

37.The Old Man and The Sea (Annual Review of the Institute for Information Studies) by: Ernest Hemingway May 19, 1998
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Ernest Hemingway's Book "The Old Man and the Sea" is the story of an old man (as you can get from the title) and his experience through the sea and trying to catch the fish of his life. This book looks like a short read but, it takes a lot of will to get through this whole book. I think this is a great piece of literature but, I read it in my 8th grade class. In this class it was hard to really get into the book because, it is a book that is suppose to take only a few days and it was stretched out to two whole months. As we all know, when reading a 120 page book over two months could make anything terrible. I can see why this book is a classic piece of literature because of the simplicity but, I would not try to make children understand to read it because there are very subtle metaphors that are pretty hard to pick up. I myself did ... Read More

38.Siddhartha by: Hermann Hesse, Derek Jacobi 1988-05
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There are some books everyone talks about but nobody reads. And then, there are books everyone reads but nobody understands. "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse seems to be one of those. I didn't expect much from this book after reading about it on the web. I expected it to be a really bad hippie book about some libertine who callously abandons his wife and kid, and then expects to "learn from the river", or whatever. I definitely didn't expect it to be Buddhist. Actually reading the book was therefore a pleasant surprise. Apparently, force-feeding high school students with "Siddhartha" is a really bad idea, LOL. Hermann Hesse's novel, first published in 1922, is obviously based on a close study of different Hindu and Buddhist traditions. Perhaps the author also studied Tantrism. The book is very clever, and contains allusions to both the Bhagavad ... Read More

39.All Quiet on the Western Front by: Erich Maria Remarque 1987-12
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I read this in hight school, and yes it was an assignment,(fortunately my literature always made us think about the books we read instead of gripe about them in ignorance) but I loved it. Basically, it pulls no punches, sugarcoats nothing. The author is telling it like he knows it from being there - war is hell, no matter what it's fought for, no matter whose side you're on. Reading a book from the point of a German fighter and seeing how they were all just lost kids too brings it home. This is not Tolkien (no offense to a great author, of course); when we make war, we're fighting against other humans, not some scary enemy who has no feelings and is pure evil. Overall the writing was captivating and the story is still relevant. It really opens your mind if you let it. All leaders should read it before considering such a grave undertaking as war. ... Read More

40.Cry, the Beloved Country by: Paton, Alan May 01, 2008
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This is an excellent book. We are travelling to South Africa next year and this book gives an excellent view of the times.

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