Lets here it, what books are a must read in this life time? I will update this post throughout the day. Everyone can contribute two to the list, my two are "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu and "The Prince" by Niccolo Machiavelli.
list so far:
"The Art of War" - Sun Tzu
"The Prince" - Niccolo Machiavelli
"1984" - George Orwell
"The People's History of the United States" - Howard Zinn
"Bush at War" - Bob Woodward
"Lonesome Dove" - Larry McMurtry.
"The Lord of the Rings" - JRR Tolkien obviously
"The Name of the Rose" - Umberto Eco
The Savage Nation" - Michael Savage
"The Good Soldier Svejk" - Jaroslav Hasek
"Survival in Auschwitz" - Primo Levi
"Don Quijote de la Mancha" - Miguel de Cervantes
"Cien Años de Soledad" - GarcÃa Marquez
"The Once and Future King" - T.H. White
"Wild Swans" -Jung Chang
"A Beautiful Mind" -Slyvia Nascar.
"Catch 22" - Joseph Heller
"The Snow Leopard" - Peter Matthiessen
"The War of the Worlds" - H.G. Wells
"Gulliver's Travels" - Jonathan Swift
"The end of Eternity" - Isaac Asimov
"heroes of Israel" - Herzog
"in the combat zone" - robin neillands
"duty honor comany" - gil and john dorland
"islamic fundamentalism" - youssef m choueiri
"The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark" - Carl Sagan
Chairman Mao's Collection, the so-called "Mao Bible" - Chairman Mao
"The Capital" and "The Communist Manifesto" - Karl Marx
"Al Qu'ran" - I dunno who wrote it, if you do please share
"Animal Farm" - Orwell
"The Devil's Dictionary" - Ambrose Bierce
"The Damage Done" - Warren Fellows.
"Psychic Warrior" - David Morehouse.
"Homage to Catalonia" - George Orwell
"Path of Glory" - Humphrey Cobb
"The Short-timers" - Gustav Hasford
"Midshipman's Hope" - David Feintuch
"The Man in the High Castle" - Philip K ****
"Steel My Soldiers Hearts" - Colonel David H. Hackworth
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"Five Days in May" - Christopher D. Hartpence
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"Mein Kampf" - Adolf Hitler (A horrendous liar who somehow managed to convince people that what he said is fact, further support my previouse statement in another thread "No matter how wrong you are, you are always right")
"The Bible" written by psychotic fundamentalists over a few hundred years... translated and manipulated by Christian caretakers over a thousand years or written by a many people on too many shrooms, you decide.
"Kama Sutra" - written by a couple of guys in a bar as a joke, we now collectively refer to them as God. Many people speculate that it was Norm and that other guy from Cheers.
"THGTTG" (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) - Douglas Adams, a great man with an affinity for towels, may he rest in peace.
list so far:
"The Art of War" - Sun Tzu
"The Prince" - Niccolo Machiavelli
"1984" - George Orwell
"The People's History of the United States" - Howard Zinn
"Bush at War" - Bob Woodward
"Lonesome Dove" - Larry McMurtry.
"The Lord of the Rings" - JRR Tolkien obviously
"The Name of the Rose" - Umberto Eco
The Savage Nation" - Michael Savage
"The Good Soldier Svejk" - Jaroslav Hasek
"Survival in Auschwitz" - Primo Levi
"Don Quijote de la Mancha" - Miguel de Cervantes
"Cien Años de Soledad" - GarcÃa Marquez
"The Once and Future King" - T.H. White
"Wild Swans" -Jung Chang
"A Beautiful Mind" -Slyvia Nascar.
"Catch 22" - Joseph Heller
"The Snow Leopard" - Peter Matthiessen
"The War of the Worlds" - H.G. Wells
"Gulliver's Travels" - Jonathan Swift
"The end of Eternity" - Isaac Asimov
"heroes of Israel" - Herzog
"in the combat zone" - robin neillands
"duty honor comany" - gil and john dorland
"islamic fundamentalism" - youssef m choueiri
"The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark" - Carl Sagan
Chairman Mao's Collection, the so-called "Mao Bible" - Chairman Mao
"The Capital" and "The Communist Manifesto" - Karl Marx
"Al Qu'ran" - I dunno who wrote it, if you do please share
"Animal Farm" - Orwell
"The Devil's Dictionary" - Ambrose Bierce
"The Damage Done" - Warren Fellows.
"Psychic Warrior" - David Morehouse.
"Homage to Catalonia" - George Orwell
"Path of Glory" - Humphrey Cobb
"The Short-timers" - Gustav Hasford
"Midshipman's Hope" - David Feintuch
"The Man in the High Castle" - Philip K ****
"Steel My Soldiers Hearts" - Colonel David H. Hackworth
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"Five Days in May" - Christopher D. Hartpence
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"Mein Kampf" - Adolf Hitler (A horrendous liar who somehow managed to convince people that what he said is fact, further support my previouse statement in another thread "No matter how wrong you are, you are always right")
"The Bible" written by psychotic fundamentalists over a few hundred years... translated and manipulated by Christian caretakers over a thousand years or written by a many people on too many shrooms, you decide.
"Kama Sutra" - written by a couple of guys in a bar as a joke, we now collectively refer to them as God. Many people speculate that it was Norm and that other guy from Cheers.
"THGTTG" (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) - Douglas Adams, a great man with an affinity for towels, may he rest in peace.
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