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Posted: Tuesday May 31st, 2005 17:42 |
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Im going on a long holiday this summer and i have compiled a list of books i want to get through before the end.
- Destruction of the black civilisation
- Things fall apart
- Miseducation of the negro
- Think and grow rich
- How europe underdeveloped Africa
- Roots by Alex Haley
This is the list so far-------- im open to any recommendations as i need to narrow down the list to 4 books. Does anyone know of second hand bookstores in south london?
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Posted: Saturday June 4th, 2005 02:44 |
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Wow.  You are going for light reading this summer. Ha ha ha with the selections of books you have listed I will recommend a few particular books. The first King Leopolds Ghost by Adam Hochschild (incredible) It will give you an education, you will be compelled to read probably at a break neck pace, it is not dull or dogmatic by a long shot. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin (short read) (this man can write on levels that are just incredible...he is a writer that has not been given enough credit for his craft let alone his content). The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinski is also very excellent. and The Famished Road and Songs of Enchantment by Ben Okri. Just took me places I never read, The Famished Road is the book that precedes it (I read the second book first) If you read the first two pages...it is just incredible, If you are unaffected by the first two pages then put the book back and come to it another day...you have to be "ready" to read these two books. I enjoyed songs of enchantment more...but the opening two pages of Famished were...wow. The Prophet by Khalil Gibran (short and potent).
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Posted: Saturday June 4th, 2005 17:35 |
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| thanks ultron, its because im going away for 3 months i might as well make use of my time.
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Posted: Sunday June 5th, 2005 01:18 |
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| Are you going away to prison? Hahahha...I think you may want to pick up some easy, guilty pleasure reading as well, mix it in there somewhere. Especially if your on holiday. Otherwise you will come back ready to kill someone or bomb a building.
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Posted: Sunday June 5th, 2005 23:08 |
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lol im not going to prison
i just feel i need to keep myself busy this summer as im going to be a long way from home.
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Posted: Wednesday July 20th, 2005 21:45 |
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end of poverty by jaffery sachs(finished)
The constant Gardener-John Le Care(my favourite fiction author)
IOU-Noreena Hertz
Living to tell a tale-Gabriel Garcia Marcuez
Liberation day-Rage Ommar(The bbc black guy who reported fromBaghdad)
Windows and Fences -Naomi Klein
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Posted: Sunday July 24th, 2005 14:59 |
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| I'm in the middle of reading the Famished road, to be honest i've found it not that exciting. The open pages do having you going whoa.... and it makes you think about life and the spirtual world that may be around you. But I've found that the book seems to drag, although very descriptive, you do not feel like you are really get anywhere within the story. So i've put the book down, and picked up the destruction of the black civilisation, which i have been trying to read a good few times. I've finally made it past the first few chapters, and am not getting really interested in the book... and definately wanna vist Egypt and Ethiopia at my first opportunity.
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Posted: Monday July 25th, 2005 14:28 |
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| Well, Gadget Girl, that is alright...you tried. You might be better off reading the Second book first. Because you read about powerful people, and then when you read the first book you find out how these powerful people got started. But again, you have to be ready to read it, its that way with many books. You may want to try King Leopolds Ghost...well written, insightful, eye opening, and you will get an education. But it won't be boring.
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