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Catcher in the Rye is definitely how i did not expect it to be. It's written from the viewpoint of a young boy in the States who doesn't quite fit into his family or the social class of his family. Like Steinbeck, Salinger uses language/dialect to make it feel more real. I thought that it wasn't the best book i've read but it addressed some interesting issues for young people and it is a well-known text so i'd read it, it's tiny anyway. You'll finish it in 2 days.
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Islam and the Perennial Philosophy- Frithjof Schuon
Wow. Very intense book.
A Suitable Boy- Vikram Seth
Just started it. I heard it's good.
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07-17-2008, 09:15 AM
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I finished reading The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
A novel about a wealthy woman and her downtrodden servant, offers a revealing look at class and gender roles in modern day Bombay.
A great read!
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07-17-2008, 09:25 AM
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i forgot to post this in this thread
i finally read Does My Head Look Big in This? a couple of weeks ago.
cute book 
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“Why is it that we dislike death? Why is it we don't want to die?” Sulayman asked.
Abu Hazim replied, “Because you have built and established this world and you have destroyed your Aakhirah, so you hate to go from what you have established to what you have destroyed.”
يا نفس ويحك ما الذي يرضيك في دنيا العفن؟
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07-17-2008, 10:44 AM
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
"Boys, Laila came to see, treated friendship the way they treated the sun: its existence undisputed; its radiance best enjoyed, not beheld directly."
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The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama.
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- common wealth
- the second world
- the indispensable chomsky reader
- rebellions in the early modern world 
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so i need a brilliant list of summer reads..i love to read but i'm not that fond of randomly browsing my library's bookshelves.
I love mysteries, but have read so many they seem all the same to me
i loved the book 3 cups of tea by greg mortenson
i loved kabul beauty school
i love foriegn authors
i like nonfiction books but easily get bored with them because the style of writing is not entertaining
any suggestions for me???
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so i need a brilliant list of summer reads..i love to read but i'm not that fond of randomly browsing my library's bookshelves.
I love mysteries, but have read so many they seem all the same to me
i loved the book 3 cups of tea by greg mortenson
i loved kabul beauty school
i love foriegn authors
i like nonfiction books but easily get bored with them because the style of writing is not entertaining
any suggestions for me???
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Sherlock Holmes, and books written by P.G Wodehouse should get you through the summer.
Project Gutenberg is a project to distribute tons of bookes online so you can read them on your computer. Check em out (they also include Wodehouse's stories  ):
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Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns. It's just beautiful.
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Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
The Earnshaws are actually bonkers. Complete sociopaths.
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1491 by Charles C Mann
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Smart Girls Like Me by Diane Vadino
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07-23-2008, 08:45 PM
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Provisions for the Seekers
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too many threads/books, too lil time... 
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