Favourite books
My favorites are
A Suitable Boy - Vikram Sheth
A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follet
Living To Tell The Tale - Gabriel Garcia Marques
The Genesis Code - John Case
Genome - Matt Ridley
and many many more :|
A Suitable Boy - Vikram Sheth
A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follet
Living To Tell The Tale - Gabriel Garcia Marques
The Genesis Code - John Case
Genome - Matt Ridley
and many many more :|
Life begins on the far side of despair.
Not many books that i can read again, if at all i would read only some paragraphs....definately not cover to cover
So I would rather carry 2/3 new books as rcommended or by my favourite authors..i keep taking recommendation, like i will like to take some from this posting
1. Tao of Physics or Uncommen wisdom : Fritjof Capra
2. Any of the Dilbert books : Scot Adams
3. The Gita (translated in English)
4. Any of Ruskin Bond/R.K.Naryan (one that i have not read, I can read anything that these two write..will sure read "India I love" as recommended by Shimla, Thanks.. Shimla)
5. The discovery of India : J.L. Nehru
Ashish
So I would rather carry 2/3 new books as rcommended or by my favourite authors..i keep taking recommendation, like i will like to take some from this posting
1. Tao of Physics or Uncommen wisdom : Fritjof Capra
2. Any of the Dilbert books : Scot Adams
3. The Gita (translated in English)
4. Any of Ruskin Bond/R.K.Naryan (one that i have not read, I can read anything that these two write..will sure read "India I love" as recommended by Shimla, Thanks.. Shimla)
5. The discovery of India : J.L. Nehru
Ashish
Hey Ashish,
Good to know that you too are a fan of Ruskin Bond ! You MUST read his "Landour Days" and "Rain in the mountains", if you haven't done so already.
Good to know that you too are a fan of Ruskin Bond ! You MUST read his "Landour Days" and "Rain in the mountains", if you haven't done so already.
Whoever said money can't buy happiness didn't know where to shop !
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Molvania travel guide, by Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner & Rob Sitch.
This book is a spoof travel guide to a fictitious east European country called Molvania.
Is is so funny, it's not the kind of book you could read on a bus when your alone, it is almost impossible to stop yourself from laughing loudly.
I opened the book in the shop at page 108 and started reading, two pages later and they could have charged me 3 times the cover price, I would have still thought it was worth the money.
The funniest book I've ever read.
http://www.molvania.com/
This book is a spoof travel guide to a fictitious east European country called Molvania.
Is is so funny, it's not the kind of book you could read on a bus when your alone, it is almost impossible to stop yourself from laughing loudly.
I opened the book in the shop at page 108 and started reading, two pages later and they could have charged me 3 times the cover price, I would have still thought it was worth the money.
The funniest book I've ever read.
http://www.molvania.com/
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SOS: Missing Person...
Please look at this thread, even if you are not in India.: Have you seen Jonathan Spollen?
He could be anywhere now: You might have met him, be able to help, or give information.
SOS: Missing Person...
Please look at this thread, even if you are not in India.: Have you seen Jonathan Spollen?
He could be anywhere now: You might have met him, be able to help, or give information.
The Outsider by Albert Camus
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
The Bhagavad Gita
Island by Aldous Huxley
The Tibetan Book of the Dead; in case I don’t make it off the Island
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
The Bhagavad Gita
Island by Aldous Huxley
The Tibetan Book of the Dead; in case I don’t make it off the Island
1. The Magus - John Fowles
2. An Atlas
3. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
4. The Diceman - Luke Rhinehardt or Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand (can't decide btwn the 2)
5. The fattest, most informative textbook i could find on historical/cognative linguistics
2. An Atlas
3. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
4. The Diceman - Luke Rhinehardt or Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand (can't decide btwn the 2)
5. The fattest, most informative textbook i could find on historical/cognative linguistics
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh), for the black humour, and the disgusting, yet appealing characters.
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey), my favourite film became my favourite book when I read this.
Cosa Nostra (John Dickie), a personal interest, I don't know why, but visited Sicily this year just to satisfy an obsession in the subject.
Fever Pitch (Nick Hornby), a book a lot of us could relate to about obsessions in our lives, in this case football, but valid in all walks of life.
A Short History Of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson), because I just started reading it, and I want to finish it. Also, the title says it all.
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey), my favourite film became my favourite book when I read this.
Cosa Nostra (John Dickie), a personal interest, I don't know why, but visited Sicily this year just to satisfy an obsession in the subject.
Fever Pitch (Nick Hornby), a book a lot of us could relate to about obsessions in our lives, in this case football, but valid in all walks of life.
A Short History Of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson), because I just started reading it, and I want to finish it. Also, the title says it all.
So many favourites, and it so depends on how I feel at the time...
But one book always floats to the top of my list: most loved, favouritest ever, bestest book in the world:
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
But one book always floats to the top of my list: most loved, favouritest ever, bestest book in the world:
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Wild Swans
The Little Prince
Third Class Ticket
Memoirs of a Geisha
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
The Little Prince
Third Class Ticket
Memoirs of a Geisha
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
My book: Chasing Rainbows in Chennai (Hacktreks, Vancouver)
www.zine5.com/chasingrainbows
Ghostwritten by David Mitchell (re-read)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being- Milan Kundera (re-read)
Labyrinths - Jorge Luis Borges (am reading it now, so must bring it)
The Windup Bird Chronicles - Hakuri Murakami
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - Micheal Chabon
The Unbearable Lightness of Being- Milan Kundera (re-read)
Labyrinths - Jorge Luis Borges (am reading it now, so must bring it)
The Windup Bird Chronicles - Hakuri Murakami
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - Micheal Chabon
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as already mentioned:
the alchemist-paul coelho ("when you follow your heart the universe conspires with you") - I've read this 3x thus far; about due to read it again.
siddharta - herman hesse - i've read this twice and often will read passages from it.
not sure what else, but i like the celestine prophecy too, which i've read 2x.
the alchemist-paul coelho ("when you follow your heart the universe conspires with you") - I've read this 3x thus far; about due to read it again.
siddharta - herman hesse - i've read this twice and often will read passages from it.
not sure what else, but i like the celestine prophecy too, which i've read 2x.
Not all who wander are lost
In no particular order
Trainspotting - For just the punch in the face it was to read this book in my own dialect and
Catch 22 - Again and again I lread this book and laugh out loud ...pure genius
Lord Of the Rings - The first book I read for pleasure ...Blew my mind
Number 9 Dream - Simply beautiful as is Ghost written ...David Mitchells first book
100 years Of Solitude - Magical inspiring incredible In fact anything by this Marquez
1984 - The only book to scare me. I was upset for days after I finished this book
Bryan
Trainspotting - For just the punch in the face it was to read this book in my own dialect and
Catch 22 - Again and again I lread this book and laugh out loud ...pure genius
Lord Of the Rings - The first book I read for pleasure ...Blew my mind
Number 9 Dream - Simply beautiful as is Ghost written ...David Mitchells first book
100 years Of Solitude - Magical inspiring incredible In fact anything by this Marquez
1984 - The only book to scare me. I was upset for days after I finished this book
Bryan
Then let us pray that come it may
(As come it will for a' that),
That Sense and Worth o'er a' the earth,
Shall bear the gree an a' that.
For a' that, an a' that,
It's coming yet for a' that,
That man to man, the world, o'er
Shall brithers be for a' that.
- Burns
(As come it will for a' that),
That Sense and Worth o'er a' the earth,
Shall bear the gree an a' that.
For a' that, an a' that,
It's coming yet for a' that,
That man to man, the world, o'er
Shall brithers be for a' that.
- Burns
Last edited by Bryan; Nov 1st, 2004 at 23:34..
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