Thread: Books From All Around The Globe
Katharsis22
August 20th
From "Don Quixote", "The Little Prince" and "Crime and Punishment" to "Art of War" and "Arabian Nights"...
●What works of literature in your native or learned language would you recommend?
Heather225
August 29th
@Katharsis22
"The Giver" is a good one
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@Heather225
I think I heard of that one a lot in the past but never got into it. Thank you for the recommendation. (:
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Heather225
September 3rd
@Katharsis22
it's a fairly short but very easy read so not too big of a time investment!
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I see. I'll add it to my to-be read list.(:
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slowdecline48
September 19th
Nostromo by Joseph Conrad
slowdecline48
December 1st
Other recommendations in my native argot:
- Mao: the Unknown Story - Jung Chang, Jon Halliday
- In Defense of History - Richard J. Evans
- The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Edward Gibbon
- Earthly Powers - Michael Burleigh
- The Revolt of the Masses - José Ortega y Gasset
- The Road - Cormac McCarthy
- A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
- Gods and Generals - Jeff Shaara
- The Killer Angels - Michael Shaara
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slowdecline48
December 1st
(not every item is a "work of literature", but if you want to know more about why the world today is the way it is...read them all.)
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