What's your favourite Book?? (If you read much that is)

 
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 9:16 am    Post subject: What's your favourite Book?? (If you read much that is)

Personally I like autobiographies the most for me its,

"It's not about the bike" - Lance Armstrong
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 9:33 am    Post subject:

Clancy and Grisham's earlier works.

Ludlum, Demille...

Mostly political thrillers et al.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 9:48 am    Post subject:

1. Life of Howard Hughes

2. Killing Pablo (Pablo Escobar)

3. Showtime (Pat Riley)

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 11:41 am    Post subject:

To Kill A Mockingbird(a classic)

The Best Laid Plans -great Sidney Sheldon book

King Of Torts- John Grisham, enough said!

Shake Hands With The Devil
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 11:47 am    Post subject:

anything with Dr.Seuss
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 12:06 pm    Post subject:

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 12:51 pm    Post subject:

the catcher in the rye
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 1:17 pm    Post subject:

harry Potter rules
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 1:23 pm    Post subject:

ArrOhBee wrote:
the catcher in the rye


Yup.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 10:50 pm    Post subject:

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 11:26 pm    Post subject:

The Ultimate Hitchikers Guide.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:23 am    Post subject:

ArrOhBee wrote:
the catcher in the rye


As cliched as it is, this is my favourite book as well.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:59 am    Post subject:

1) i hope they serve beer in hell by tucker max. you will laugh your ass off

2) bringing down the house (MIT blackjack kids)
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:04 am    Post subject:

beastmaster wrote:
1) i hope they serve beer in hell by tucker max. you will laugh your ass off


that book is just WRONG. but very funny.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:33 am    Post subject:

Billy_Blanko wrote:
ArrOhBee wrote:
the catcher in the rye


As cliched as it is, this is my favourite book as well.


My second fav.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:12 am    Post subject:

My Top Five:
1. A Moveable Feast
2. Great Expectations
3. The Catcher In The Rye
4. Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
5. Victoria Secret Catalogue (any edition)
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:10 am    Post subject:

Streets of Laredo
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:41 am    Post subject:

The Halo trilogy. If you like the game, then the books are a must read. It adds so much more to the characters. Especially the first one which gives the reader a lot of background on Master Chief.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 12:45 pm    Post subject:

"The Beach" by Alex Garland
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 12:58 pm    Post subject:

Oh I forgot breafast of champions by vonnegut
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:23 pm    Post subject:

jurassic park
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:22 pm    Post subject:

The greatest novel ever written:

The Great Gatsby.

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:48 pm    Post subject:

TheRod wrote:
ArrOhBee wrote:
the catcher in the rye


Yup.

same here one of my fav maybe the best too...
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:07 pm    Post subject:

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:48 am    Post subject:

The Bible
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