Mitch Albom: Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

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Monsieur mhf, as promised here is my last story:

http://www.2shared.com/document/fbSxs8ue/Town_in_a_desert.html

(parental control is advised due to strong violence)

Enjoy (if you can)!

Thanks panzer, looking good : I haven't finished it yet as I'm feeling a bit worse for wear - my hair hurts (french expression).

Happy New Year.

Happy New Year to you too.

Bennett: The Book of Virtues for Young People: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories

Bennett has compiled fables, stories, and poems that have served as inspiration since time immemorial. Courage, friendship, loyalty, honesty, self-discipline, compassion, responsibility, friendship, work, and faith are represented, with an introduction and commentary for each.

Keller: The Story of My Life

A remarkable account of overcoming the debilitating challenges of being both deaf and blind, has become an international classic, making Helen Keller one of the most well-known, inspirational figures in history.

Gothic fantasy :

Arthur Machen - The Hill of Dreams

and most of his other works - which are not recent but recognized to be the inspiration for such as Lovecraft. Good reading.

Campbell: The China Study

It examines the relationship between the consumption of animal products and illnesses such as cancers of the breast, prostate, and large bowel, diabetes, coronary heart disease, obesity, autoimmune disease, osteoporosis, degenerative brain disease, and macular degeneration.

Richard David Precht: Who Am I and If So How Many?: A Journey Through Your Mind

Author deftly elucidates the questions at the heart of human existence: What is truth? Does life have meaning? Why should I be good? and presents them in concise, witty, and engaging prose.

Three of my all-time favorites:

On the Eve of the Millennium
- The future of Democracy Through an Age of Unreason
Connor Cruise O'Brien

Language and Myth
Ernst Cassirer

Thinking on Paper
V.A. Howard & J.H. Barton

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Badulet: The last years of the Euro

A short book about how Germans were tricked by other Europeans to give up the Deutschmark for the Euro ...

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Apart from that 2 masterpieces from Vinge, I would also some day like to read Hothouse from Brian Aldiss (far future where plants rule the Earth), Of Men And Monsters from William Tenn (where huge aliens rule the Earth and humans are living like mice) and Midworld from Alan Dean Foster (all planet is covered by jungle).

They are not as known as today's sci-fi, but are much, much better.

Well, Hothouse was not as good as I expected, but Of men and monsters and Midworld certainly were.

Russell: Wasp (A human is dropped behind enemy lines on one of their planets and begins to sabotage the government so Earth could invade them.)



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Glukhovsky: Metro 2033

Post-apocalyptic novel about humans, living underground in Moscow.



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YAP

A Maggot by John Fowles

McDougall: Born to Run

Moers: The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear, Rumo & His Miraculous Adventures, The City of Dreaming Books, The Alchemaster’s Apprentice

Funny books about fantasyland Zamonia - great for kids (and adults). It's gona make them/you laugh.

Bucay: Dejame Que Te Cuente
http://www.amazon.com/Dejame-Que-Te-Cuente-Spanish/dp/847871376X

Nepo: The Book of Awakening



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