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32 People Reveal The One Book That Blew Their Minds
There are probably a handful of books out there that have changed the way you see everything — fiction and non-fiction. Some of them you read in high school or earlier, and others you discovered or rediscovered in your adult life. I went to AskReddit to learn what books have changed people’s lives. 1. Thinking Fast and slow by Daniel Kahneman 2. Flowers for Algernon absolutely hit me hard.It really made me think about intelligence and knowledge as a blessing and a curse. 3. The Psychopath Test. 4. If you give a mouse a cookie Basically taught me appeasement before first grade. 5. 100 years of solitude. 6. “A brief history of time” time dilation made me put the book down and consider it for a week until my peasant brain accepted/understood it. 7. “Cryptonomicon”Where fiction becomes reality: Describes cryptocurrency, 7 years before BitCoin was created. 8. Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami or any of his works, for that matter. 9. 10. Not a book, but a short story. 11. 13. 15. The Giver.
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The Classics Browse works by Mark Twain, Joseph Conrad and other famous authors here. Classic Bookshelf: This site has put classic novels online, from Charles Dickens to Charlotte Bronte.The Online Books Page: The University of Pennsylvania hosts this book search and database.Project Gutenberg: This famous site has over 27,000 free books online.Page by Page Books: Find books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and H.G. Wells, as well as speeches from George W. Bush on this site.Classic Book Library: Genres here include historical fiction, history, science fiction, mystery, romance and children’s literature, but they’re all classics.Classic Reader: Here you can read Shakespeare, young adult fiction and more.Read Print: From George Orwell to Alexandre Dumas to George Eliot to Charles Darwin, this online library is stocked with the best classics.Planet eBook: Download free classic literature titles here, from Dostoevsky to D.H. Textbooks Math and Science Children’s Books Philosophy and Religion Plays
10 Epic Books Every Man Must Read
What are the Top Must Read Books For Men? There are books that you read, and there are books that change your life. The list compiled below is an indication of some of the best books to read. So Gentlemen, here is the Top 10 List Of Books To Read For Every Man: 1. The epic adventure of Edmond Dantès and how he spent 14 years in a dungeon for a crime he didn’t commit, will keep you hooked to the point where your friends and family will be concerned for your well-being. 2. The Screwtape Letters is an utterly original book by C. 3. A great book about the dangers of holding on to vanity and pride, The Picture of Dorian Grey is a remarkable book filled with moments of great self-reflection, we see Dorian Grey go on a sensual quest and the outcome of that is the final twist in the book. 4. One of his most autobiographical books, Ernest Hemingway tells the story of the lost generation after World War I. 5. We Recommend the Amazon Kindle as the best e-book reader 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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Questo sabato i 100 punti toccano alla bambina di Zusak «ladra di libri», con un valore in copie vendute in leggero rialzo, sopra le 7000: continua il viavai al vertice in attesa di un bestseller duraturo. Entra Socci con le sue vite che han visto la morte, ritorna Recalcati, sale finalmente Donna Tartt: per spingerla tra i 10 più venduti non erano bastate le recensioni, al 99% elogiative per non dire entusiaste, ora ha giovato il rilancio mediatico del Pulitzer, vedremo se scatterà il passaparola dei lettori per il cuore a precipizio dell’orfano Theo e le peripezie del «suo» quadro, Il cardellino di Fabritius «anello di congiunzione» tra Rembrandt e Vermeer. C’è poi un segno della messa solenne tra carta e Rete per l’addio a García Márquez, con Cent’anni di solitudine nei tascabili. 1 Zusak Storia di una ladra di libri, Frassinelli 2 Brown Inferno, Mondadori 3 Severgnini La vita è un viaggio, Rizzoli 4 Roth Divergent, De Agostini 5 Wu Ming L’armata dei sonnambuli, Einaudi 6 Camilleri 7 Tartt
55 great books under 200 pages
Having no time doesn’t mean you have to stop reading. Just pick up the shorter book. Half Price Books, one of America’s favorite independent booksellers, asked their customers to recommend books under 200 pages that would be a perfect companion of a book lover. The image below displays top 55 recommendations. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is accompanied by Neil Gaiman’s new book The Ocean at the End of the Lane, or The Girl on the Fridge by Etgar Keret. Check out the original post at Half Price Books Blog for the entire list. What book under 200 pages would you add to your reading list? Click or tap on the image below to see it in full resolution. Top article Best short books you can read in less than three hours. More infographics to check out: About Ola Kowalczyk Collecting bits and pieces about books and libraries in digital age.
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