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The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
The Temple of Gold by William Goldman The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson |
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
Gone To Texas - Forest Carter The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexander Dumas Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut Jitterbug Perfume - Tom Robbins The Lamb - Christopher Moore Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole Catch 22 - Joseph Heller The Hitchhikers Trilogy (all five books) - Douglas Adams Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury |
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Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls.
Was read to my 4th grade class by the teacher after lunch every day til the book was finished. Bought the book myself from the Scholastic Book Club. Reread it. Then added it to my small collection of books. Years later after grown and had my own child... he came to me knowing I had quite a few books and asked if I had that title as they were doing the 20 minutes a day reading program. My heart was full of pride that I was able to provide him the book.. and knowing that we were sharing a story that was still timeless many years later for another generation. It is the one book I have kept after many years of moving and downsizing my belongings. Such a simple story, with a message about the benefits of hard work, and a possible belief in a higher power. |
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To Kill A Mockingbird. Why? I think everyone should read it. a lovely story ,,,,,not all the details, but the underlying message |
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Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. Was read to my 4th grade class by the teacher after lunch every day til the book was finished. Bought the book myself from the Scholastic Book Club. Reread it. Then added it to my small collection of books. Years later after grown and had my own child... he came to me knowing I had quite a few books and asked if I had that title as they were doing the 20 minutes a day reading program. My heart was full of pride that I was able to provide him the book.. and knowing that we were sharing a story that was still timeless many years later for another generation. It is the one book I have kept after many years of moving and downsizing my belongings. Such a simple story, with a message about the benefits of hard work, and a possible belief in a higher power. One of my favorite books! |
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There's a lot of good reading in this thread. Redlace, thanks for that list, I saw several in there I need to read!
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'A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich' (or could be 'one day in the life of ivan denisovich)
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Maybe not a 'classic' yet.... should be required reading for 4th grade on up. The Four Agreements by DON Miguel Ruiz - everyone should read it, could actually improve your life. ditto (putting it on my list) 
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Farenheit 451!
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uuummmm.. The Cat in the Hat? before Green Eggs and Ham?????   As A Man Thinketh by James Allen published in 1902 Why? We become what we think about...that hasn't changed in all this time... I'm reading that now. Excellent book. |
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Edited by
Dancere
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Fri 08/13/10 06:33 AM
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Hmmmm ... TRAIN 'em up YOUNG!!!
Many great calls already ... I also would choose MANY ... and far more than just fiction!!! I've never defined Classics as Fiction in my realm ... Some of mine might repeat, I'll just fire away in no particular order, and prolly forget a great deal; forgive me all you who were neglected here ... Firstly, most importantly - I would that intensive Anatomy, Physiology, Aromatherapy, Herbology and Nutrition be taught that all have an owner's manual and ability to understand and care for their health! ALL the Myths To Kill a Mockingbird The Secret Life of Plants Power vs Force Vibrational Medicine The collected, or at least some of the works of, and some biographies concerning: Dr Seuss Shel Silverstein Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens Tolstoy Dostoyevsky Einstein Gandhi Mother Teresa St Francis of Assisi Rumi Kahlil Gibran Confucius Aristotle Socrates Martin Luther King, Jr. Gurdjieff Maya Angelou Nelson Mandela Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry David Thoreau Chekov Keats Yeats Benjamin Franklin Abraham Lincoln Oscar Wilde Edgar Allan Poe Aldous Huxley Brontë Elizabeth Barrett Browning Alcott Frost Blake Ayn Rand Steinbeck Rudyard Kipling Hesse Kurt Vonnegut Isaac Asimov Wilhelm Reich Carl Jung Aldous Huxley Tesla Descartes Archimedes Pythagoras Euclid Gauss Carl Sagan Gertrude Stein Joan Didion I'll stop ... I've undoubtedly forgotten many ... Series: Johnny Gruelle's Raggedy Anne and Andy Carlos Castenade's Don Juan Tolkien's Hobbit Robert Anton Wilson's Cosmic Trigger With all our contributions??? @-->--- ... I think we just consecrated the Mingle Home School ready and open for business!!! |
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Edited by
Dancere
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Fri 08/13/10 07:23 AM
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Disclaimer ... For ONCE someone proceeded me in excess ...
Feel so Green Lighted ... ;-D As Plastic_Pancakes commented of himself (paraphrased): Brevity is not necessarily my thang! Anyway ... I was thinking ... How's about: The Ancient Library of Alexandria's FULL Catalogue - Pre Fire The COMPLETE Vatican Archives and ... Perhaps, even ... The Dead Sea Scrolls ???????????????????????????????????????????????? Kewl question, Dragoness!!! *winks* |
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I have read and agree with most of the books posted so far...One constant in my life is "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck. Such a simple yet profound book.
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I have read and agree with most of the books posted so far...One constant in my life is "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck. Such a simple yet profound book. YES!!! ... I still remember my Mom reading this to me when I was a wee lass ... @-->----- LOVE this book! |
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I have read and agree with most of the books posted so far...One constant in my life is "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck. Such a simple yet profound book. YES!!! ... I still remember my Mom reading this to me when I was a wee lass ... @-->----- LOVE this book! Ive always kept a copy in my library. Living in Mex. books are hard to find. When I came across a copy I actually choked up. Its one I re-read every couple of years. I would also recomend the Arthurian legend series by Marion Zimmer Bradley, starting with " The mists of Avalon" |
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Brave New World, 1984, Fairenhieght 451.
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