Thread: Favorite Books

"A child called it" by Dave Pelzer. It is a non-fiction book and i have also read all of his other books. It is a great read.

From Amazon.com

David J. Pelzer's mother, Catherine Roerva, was, he writes in this ghastly, fascinating memoir, a devoted den mother to the Cub Scouts in her care, and somewhat nurturant to her children--but not to David, whom she referred to as "an It." This book is a brief, horrifying account of the bizarre tortures she inflicted on him, told from the point of view of the author as a young boy being starved, stabbed, smashed face-first into mirrors, forced to eat the contents of his sibling's diapers and a spoonful of ammonia, and burned over a gas stove by a maniacal, alcoholic mom. Sometimes she claimed he had violated some rule--no walking on the grass at school!--but mostly it was pure sadism. Inexplicably, his father didn't protect him; only an alert schoolteacher saved David. One wants to learn more about his ordeal and its aftermath, and now he's written a sequel, The Lost Boy, detailing his life in the foster-care system.

Wow, sounds intense.

Im reading "Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution" by Michael J. Behe

Amazon.com
Michael J. Behe, a biochemist at Lehigh University, presents here a scientific argument for the existence of God. Examining the evolutionary theory of the origins of life, he can go part of the way with Darwin--he accepts the idea that species have been differentiated by the mechanism of natural selection from a common ancestor. But he thinks that the essential randomness of this process can explain evolutionary development only at the macro level, not at the micro level of his expertise. Within the biochemistry of living cells, he argues, life is "irreducibly complex." This is the last black box to be opened, the end of the road for science. Faced with complexity at this level, Behe suggests that it can only be the product of "intelligent design."

Its a pretty interesting read.

Originally Posted by shiznit2169

"A child called it" by Dave Pelzer. It is a non-fiction book and i have also read all of his other books. It is a great read.

From Amazon.com

That is a hardcore book

The picture of Dorian Grey: Oscar Wilde

Catcher in the Rye: J.D. Salinger

1984: George Orwell

Tropic of Capricorn: Henry Miller

On The Road: Kerouac

That Wilde novel looks like it would be good. I think I'll check it.

Braham Stokers Dracula.

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins

""Cowgirls" was a favorite of the late 1970s anarchist hippie counterculture. Robbins writes short chapters filled with philosophical asides and quips (such as noting that because amoebas reproduce by binary fission, the first amoeba is still alive) and often speaking to the reader (chapter 88 begins with the narrator noting that the book now has as many chapters as a piano has keys). Informal but intricate, it's the model of a cult book.


Tom Robbins is a master of metaphors, one of the most influential writers for my own approach to writing and poetry.

Towards Understanding Islam by A. A. Maududi...

That is an excellent read, I think its a must read for every American, because the education we have about Islam is only from the media. This book explains the fundamentals of the Islamic beliefs.

Oh by the way, you can download the pdf to that book here: http://www.cricketnation.com/towardsUnderstanding.pdf

Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

"The Fountainhead examines the life of an idealistic young architect, Howard Roark, who prefers to struggle in obscurity rather than compromise his artistic and personal vision by pandering to the prevailing taste in building design."

Basically the dude refuses to be a sellout, it makes a damn good movie too.

wheres waldo

Autobiography of Malcolm X

Title says enough.

whers waldo in this pic?

The Outsider by Colin Wilson

"Through the works and lives of various artists - including H. G. Wells (Mind at the End of its Tether), Franz Kafka, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, T. S. Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, Harley Granville-Barker (The Secret Life), Herman Hesse, D. H. Lawrence, Vincent Van Gogh, Vaslav Nijinsky, George Bernard Shaw, William Blake, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Fyodor Dostoevsky - Wilson explores the psyche of the Outsider, his effect on society, and society's effect on him."

i found waldo

Originally Posted by kenwood

whers waldo in this pic?

He's about to mug the hippie in the green vest sweater.

lol

wheres waldo

Looks like some goodies there manic.

Steppenwolf: A Novel by Hermann Hesse

"Harry Haller is a sad and lonely figure, a reclusive intellectual for whom life holds no joy. He struggles to reconcile the wild primeval wolf and the rational man within himself without surrendering to the bourgeois values he despises. His life changes dramatically when he meets a woman who is his opposite, the carefree and elusive Hermine. The tale of the Steppenwolf culminates in the surreal Magic Theater—For Madmen Only!"

The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell by Aldous Huxley

"Sometimes a writer has to revisit the classics, and here we find that "gonzo journalism"--gutsy first-person accounts wherein the author is part of the story--didn't originate with Hunter S. Thompson or Tom Wolfe. Aldous Huxley took some mescaline and wrote about it some 10 or 12 years earlier than those others. The book he came up with is part bemused essay and part mystical treatise--"suchness" is everywhere to be found while under the influence. This is a good example of essay writing, journal keeping, and the value of controversy--always--in one's work. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. "

I never read books

1984 hands down.

Roald Dahl is my favorite children's writer, BFG will always be in my top 10.

And im reading the Valachi Papers right now, It's about that guy who came out w/ all the mafia secrets a few years ago, and it's good so far

few years = 30-40 I think

wuhts redding!

Originally Posted by maniclion

Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

"The Fountainhead examines the life of an idealistic young architect, Howard Roark, who prefers to struggle in obscurity rather than compromise his artistic and personal vision by pandering to the prevailing taste in building design."

Basically the dude refuses to be a sellout, it makes a damn good movie too.

I like this book as well, probably the only good book she wrote though.

The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson, well really all of his books I love but this.

Hunters attempt at being like his heros Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Just a guy getting caught up in the wild life with a friend as wild as Neal Cassady.

Dave Barry Does Japan

Hehe.