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Daddee I once was a slug.
Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 2815 Location: Mesa, AZ
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Posted: 5/18/2008, 11:13 pm Post subject: 100 Must-read books: The Essential Man's Library |
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This is definitely an interesting list of "must read" books for men.
I don't agree with some of the choices, but I have to say that I'm rather awe-struck by the fact that I haven't read nearly 90% of the books listed - but I have heard of nearly all of them.
Guess I'm just not a "Classic Literature" kind of guy. However, I did note that the authors are certainly Teddy Roosevelt fans (which will garner hearty nods of approval from me), and they also seem to be partial to Fyodor Dostoevsky (one of the authors I've never read).
So - what would you add/take-away from this list - and why? _________________ "Only small minds want always to be right."
- Louis XIV
"...haven't you lived long enough to know that two men may honestly differ about a question and both be right?"
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beckett
Joined: 14 Feb 2005 Posts: 1066
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Posted: 5/19/2008, 2:30 am Post subject: |
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Very good list. I've read many of those books myself. Hatchet is even on my list of must reads for my older students. I was also glad to see the Bible on that list. I would add:
I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb
It's a great book about brothers
Linda Hall _________________ "A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."
-- Walter Winchell, American newspaper commentator |
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PageRob
Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 859 Location: Page, Az.
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Posted: 5/19/2008, 8:21 am Post subject: |
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Interesting list. I've read several, but by no means most of the books on the list. Glad to see that some good outdoors books are in there. _________________ Anywhere is within walking distance if you spend the time. |
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MikeInFHAZ
Joined: 15 Feb 2004 Posts: 1401 Location: location location
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Posted: 5/19/2008, 11:01 am Post subject: |
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thanks for the link Jared. I have read many of those great novels. Im especially fond to see titles like "Atlas Shrugged" make the cut. Of course it would. Looks like a good list for Women as well.
What I think was missing from the list were "Desert Solitaire" and the "Dark Tower" series. Specifically the "Wolves of the Calla". _________________ http://www.arizonahikers.com/board/albums/albwb18/BRIDGE.sized.jpg
bridge hammock, quilts and tarp (all DIY)
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ck1
Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 1331 Location: Mesa
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Posted: 5/19/2008, 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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OK, now that is an interesting list. I've read 36 of them, and was surprised by many on the list.
Jared, if you haven't read it, I would think that you'd enjoy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces....it was published by his mother after he died...an interesting story to say the least. _________________ -Colin
"The Journey is the Destination" |
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MikeInFHAZ
Joined: 15 Feb 2004 Posts: 1401 Location: location location
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Posted: 5/19/2008, 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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I left out "touching from a distance" by Deborah Curtis. A true look into the life of one of our generations best songwriters- Ian Curtis, of Joy Division. THis is the stuff every music fan should be reading. It is the written equivalent of Husker Du's "Zen Arcade".
Forget Walk the Line, Johnny Cash was boring. (is still one of my faves tho)
another good one, I think is Waldon by Thoreau. I cant believe its not in there. If it is, I must have overseen. _________________ http://www.arizonahikers.com/board/albums/albwb18/BRIDGE.sized.jpg
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evenstar
Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA
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Posted: 5/20/2008, 8:23 am Post subject: |
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How could "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest not make that list!" Also, "In cold blood"? _________________ John Richardson and Richie Rich, El Perro de Playero
http://members.tripod.com/~evenstar/index.html
http://www.arizonahikers.com
When the Man waked up he said, "What is Wild Dog doing here?" And the Woman said, "His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always. Take him with you when you go hunting."
--Rudyard Kipling, from Just So Stories, 1902 |
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threedogz
Joined: 06 May 2005 Posts: 668 Location: Chandler
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Posted: 5/21/2008, 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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I would think a Cook Book and a Rand McNally road map was sure to make the list... _________________ You can never eat too much candy... |
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IGO
Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 4144 Location: Las Vegas
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Posted: 5/23/2008, 5:57 am Post subject: |
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Oooo, that hurt. _________________ "Surely all God's people, however serious or savage, great or small, like to play. Whales and elephants, dancing, humming gnats, and invisibly small mischievous microbes - all are warm with divine radium and must have lots of fun in them." John Muir |
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Shawn I'll sell you map to Lost Dutchman mine!
Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 2592 Location: Ahwatukee, AZ
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Posted: 5/23/2008, 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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The Joy of Cooking is required in any kitchen, be it owned by a male or female. _________________ The bear went over the mountain to see what he could see. |
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