+1GWG wrote:Not necessarily a classic but certainly worth it: Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage to the Antarctic.
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A Confederate Soldier From Big Sur by Richard Brautigan. Written in the late 60's - really cool read.
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toad857 wrote:+1GWG wrote:Not necessarily a classic but certainly worth it: Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage to the Antarctic.
Check out "South" by Sir Ernest Shackleton- his account of that disastrous attempt to cross the Antarctic Continent. Written in a humble typically English understated manner- considered to be a classic of the travel non fiction genre. One part- they attempt and succeed in an 800 mile crossing of the roaring 40's in winter in an open boat from Elephant Island to South Georgia Island--> off the scale rad. Still thought to be one of the greatest feats of navigation.
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I might also recommend The Hawkline Monster: A Gothic Western by the same author and timeframe.
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To Kill a Mockingbird ~ Harper Lee
How Green Was My Valley ~ Richard Llewellyn
A Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich ~ Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The Grapes Of Wrath ~ John Steinbeck
And I second A Confederacy of Dunces!
How Green Was My Valley ~ Richard Llewellyn
A Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich ~ Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The Grapes Of Wrath ~ John Steinbeck
And I second A Confederacy of Dunces!
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Sister Mary Elizabeth Lloyd, Runs marathons to raise money and awareness about children orphaned by AIDS
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DUNE Frank Herbert.
Best sci fi ever
Best sci fi ever
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Mack5 wrote:The Bible
hypro wrote:
Best sci fi ever
"It really is all good ! My thinking only occasionally calls it differently..."
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J O B A comedy of justice by Robert Heinlein
great story about a preacher that meets GOD a must read for the aetheist or whatever
great story about a preacher that meets GOD a must read for the aetheist or whatever
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