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cmo
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im taking a college reading class in school, which is basically a class where you read books of your choice for a whole semester, so i need to tell my teacher which books i am goign to be reading, thats where i need help. ok in looking for a good read i havnt come across any book threads that have helped me out so heres mine. Heres some of the books i have read and liked

Into Thin Air,
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Snowstruck: In the Grip of Avalanches

so basically i like books about skiing/mountains/environment so if anyone and i know there are a lot of you, can help me out that would be great thanks
Aug 10 2006 2:53PM
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cmo
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sorry about the title i dont know what happened
Aug 10 2006 2:53PM
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FuckThePolice
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Powder burn is a sweet book. kind short though


also try godless by ann coulter. its a gem
Aug 10 2006 2:55PM
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Schoening
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Read Into Thing Air

Really good book
Aug 10 2006 2:57PM
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Schoening
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woops i thought those were the options my bad haha.

in that case.......HARRY POTTER!
Aug 10 2006 2:57PM
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cmo
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word
Aug 10 2006 2:58PM
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cmo
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anyone read this? i might buy it

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0898866332/ref=pd_sim_b_2/103-5614699-9616618?ie=UTF8
Aug 10 2006 3:02PM
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cmo
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Aug 10 2006 3:03PM
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cmo
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Aug 10 2006 4:11PM
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SteveStepp
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Into the Wild  (same author as Into Thin Air)

Aug 10 2006 4:14PM
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hendrik.
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dunno if there is a certain criteria to be met but

catch-22 funny story about ww2 bombers
Lamb, or the Gospel according to Biff - hilarious satire of the gospel, hypothesizing about Jesus's life from birth to 30 which isnt covered in the bible
in dubious battle - good story of communist insurgencies in the apple orchards in california.

and thats all i can think of right now
Aug 10 2006 4:22PM
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.John.
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Try anything by Edward Abbey if you like natureish books. also "a walk in the woods", by Bill Bryson
Aug 10 2006 4:24PM
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cmo
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word thanks
Aug 10 2006 4:34PM
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Liam.
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tittle sounds interesting
Aug 10 2006 4:34PM
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Snubluck
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Definitely Catch-22
Aug 10 2006 4:37PM
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.John.
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if you like the grateful dead, try reading "searching for the sound" by Phil Lesh

also try "on the road" by Jon krakauer
Aug 10 2006 4:39PM
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cmo
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yea i do like the dead, im gonna read that for sure, but idk about reading it for the class if you knwo what i mean i was also considering fear and loathing but again its school
Aug 10 2006 4:49PM
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cmo
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bump
Aug 10 2006 7:05PM
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St.Steezy
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catcher in the rye
Aug 10 2006 7:08PM
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garrett.
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wat is this so called 'reading' you speak of
Aug 10 2006 7:08PM
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cmo
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haha i dont read, but this class is a joke
Aug 10 2006 7:09PM
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drewski00
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youll like into thin air, it was a very easy read that was hard to put down.
Aug 10 2006 9:54PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Meh, I read too much sci-fi for this thread. There's an amazing book by Steven Callahan, called Adrift. True story, he's hit by something in the middle of the night in his small sailboat while sailing solo. He makes it out with his survival gear, and has time to grab a few other things before the ship goes down. For the next 76 DAYS he is at the mercy of the currents before drifting all the way from the middle of the Atlantic to the Carribian Sea. Its a great "Survival" story, so go and read it!

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0618257322/702-9313433-2316811?v=glance&n=916520
Aug 10 2006 10:56PM
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Rajna
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^ tht looks really good
Aug 10 2006 11:07PM
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oakjewlery
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anything by chuck palahniuk
Aug 10 2006 11:46PM
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=Worf=
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the Rum diaries- Hunter s.
a pirate looks at 50- jimmy buffet
Guns, Germs and steel- Jared Diamond
The Prince- Macciaveli
Aug 11 2006 10:11AM
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strato144
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dude fear and loathing for sure.. i just read that book and fucking loved it.. you could twist it so it didnt have to be all about drugs.. talk about how he was trying to find the american dream and stuff like that. im reading the rum diary right now and plan on reading hells angels next. i love HSTs style of writing.
Aug 11 2006 10:29AM
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hobbes
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this thread gave me an idea.......THE NS BOOK CLUB

PM ME FOR INVITE
Aug 11 2006 12:37PM
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skifree919
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Yea that would be interesting.. if you were a king of an empire in 1500. For some reason I don't think anybody is on the website. Don't read that book, it isn't even a story. I mean yea, you get some good info on life, but it is not an easy read at all.

I suggest A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers. Really good, huge page turner.
Aug 11 2006 1:05PM
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=Worf=
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that is one of the most influential books in the history of man, it is not an easy read but gives great insight on life and how to be. i am sorry that you are so uneducated not to be able to apreiciate such a master piece of political insight.
Aug 11 2006 1:36PM
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d.spong
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this guys dad is in this book.
Aug 11 2006 1:37PM
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williams
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hahahahahahaha YES!
Aug 11 2006 1:43PM
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skifree919
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i do appreciate it, but it's boring. Thats why I'm saying don't read it
Aug 11 2006 3:27PM
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skifree919
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i do appreciate it, but it's boring. Thats why I'm saying don't read it
Aug 11 2006 3:27PM
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R-Bertsch
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ishmael
Aug 11 2006 3:44PM
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skifree919
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wow sorry for that double post, no idea how it happened
Aug 11 2006 4:08PM
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.John.
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oops, that's by Jack kerouac
Aug 11 2006 4:12PM
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Alexander_Keith
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Deception Point by Dan Brown is good for fiction
Aug 11 2006 4:24PM
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holyDINOSAURS
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Good Omens - Terry Pratchet/Neil Gaimen
anything by Douglas Coupland
Aug 11 2006 4:27PM
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willbski9
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Is his dad realy klev schoening?
Aug 11 2006 4:43PM
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JazzyJ
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heartbreaking work is really entertaining. Go for it!
Aug 11 2006 4:43PM
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evan25
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slaughter house IV or the childrens crusade
by Kurt Vonnegut

the book will have u laughing ur ass off while it also talks about true events and alien planets
Aug 11 2006 5:06PM
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cmo
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woah thatwoould be sick
Aug 11 2006 5:19PM
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Norred
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hatchet. it's a pretty tough read though.
Aug 11 2006 6:26PM
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Elijah.
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Anything by Dr. Seuss. He's like Dickens only harder.
Aug 11 2006 8:02PM
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Jackpot
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Anything by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Aug 11 2006 8:30PM
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MADr.
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if you like science fiction at all read dune by frank herbert
Aug 11 2006 11:03PM
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