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04-09-2008, 11:52 AM
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What's your favorite book ever?
I just read this article on what is America's favorite book poll. It seems that the Bible comes out first. But the second choices are different. Maybe I should have asked what is your first and second choices of favorite books ever?
Bible is America's favorite book: poll
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - When it comes to literary pursuits in the United States most people agree on at least one thing -- the most popular book is the Bible, according to a new survey.
It came in first in a Harris Poll of nearly 2,513 adults but the second choice in the survey was not as clear cut.
FULL STORY HERE: Bible is America's favorite book: poll - Yahoo! News
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04-12-2008, 09:22 AM
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Re: What's your favorite book ever?
My favorite book, well I can't decide between three because all three are equally amazing. Thoese three would be The Twilight Series. (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse. Can't wait for her next book to come out) written by Stephenie Meyer
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And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night...
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04-12-2008, 02:35 PM
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Re: What's your favorite book ever?
Can't say I have a favorite book. I do have a few fav magazines
Veterinary Technician
Veterinary Medicine
Veterinary Practice News
Carol
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05-18-2008, 12:39 PM
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The Discoverers by Daniel Boorstin (then Librarian of Congress)
The Discoverers by Daniel Boorstin (then Librarian of Congress)
Amazon.com: The Discoverers: Daniel J. Boorstin: Books
Here's the review from Amazon (and I don't feel like I'm stealing the whole paragraph because it is a great review and I'm linking to the site where I hope you'll buy it, and read it): Amazon.com
Perhaps the greatest book by one of our greatest historians, The Discoverers is a volume of sweeping range and majestic interpretation. To call it a history of science is an understatement; this is the story of how humankind has come to know the world, however incompletely ("the eternal mystery of the world," Einstein once said, "is its comprehensibility"). Daniel J. Boorstin first describes the liberating concept of time--"the first grand discovery"--and continues through the age of exploration and the advent of the natural and social sciences. The approach is idiosyncratic, with Boorstin lingering over particular figures and accomplishments rather than rushing on to the next set of names and dates. It's also primarily Western, although Boorstin does ask (and answer) several interesting questions: Why didn't the Chinese "discover" Europe and America? Why didn't the Arabs circumnavigate the planet? His thesis about discovery ultimately turns on what he calls "illusions of knowledge." If we think we know something, then we face an obstacle to innovation. The great discoverers, Boorstin shows, dispel the illusions and reveal something new about the world.
This book is engaging, meticulously foot-noted and fun to read.
Amazon.com: The Discoverers: Daniel J. Boorstin: Books
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06-29-2008, 02:52 PM
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Re: What's your favorite book ever?
The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs - This book has influenced my life in how and where I live and reinforced many of my beliefs.
Geography of Nowhere - James Howard Kunstler - He is so right on about suburban America.
Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell - Gives you great insight into social networks (b4 we called them that)
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09-14-2008, 10:57 PM
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Re: What's your favorite book ever?
I honestly haven't read a non-fiction book in years! As a kid even I read mainly history, biographies, etc (or science fiction).
The last fiction book I read was The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown.. and that was only because I'd already read Holy Blood, Holy Grail which is a non-fiction book that touches on the same theme.
(yay! Post 100!)
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