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I have been reading alot of books lately

I recently finished the "Communist Manifesto" by Karl Marx

Also a book called "Breaking the chains of psychological slavery" by Dr. Na'im Akbar

Also a book called "Slapboxing with Jesus" by Victor De Lavelle.

So what are people in Dubai(Canada ) reading?

I am reading the TV Guide

Actually reading up on books related to MS-Project and Accounting for Excel... My two areas of specialty...

I wish I could read more, but I work long hours, and then my free time is divided between the gym and my significant other so I have little time for pleasure reading...

I used to love reading Sci-Fi books (like Star Trek) and also political strategy thrillers....

a vast array of 'erotica'

just finished the vinci code...now reading Tao of Physics

'the little button elves' - enid blyton *giggles*

cadmus wrote:just finished the vinci code...now reading Tao of Physics

Tao of Physics, that sounds interesting.


I am now reading a book about Elderidge Clever, a pivotal figure in the black power movement in the 60's

Yep, its a nice book. Finding the commonalities between eastern religions and modern physics.....

I saw a new book by the Dhali Lama that is supposed to be about eastern religions and science and what-have-you. I think I might pick that up.

I plan on reading some books about Tim Leary, who was a Dr. in the 60's that went around selling "mind expansion" through LSD.

i guess its dalai lama not dhali lama

Da Vinchi Code & Angles and Demons by Dan Brown

sobani wrote:Da Vinchi Code & Angles and Demons by Dan Brown

did u like it?

"Catch 22" by Joseph Heller
"Point Counter Point" & "The Gioconda Smile" by Aldus Huxley
"The Stranger" by Albert Camus
"Cosmopolis" by Don Delillo
"Blueprint for Action" by Thomas P.M. Barnett
"The Actual" by Saul Bellow
and now "Amsterdam" by Ian McEwan

Check out Barnett at his blog www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/ and read an American who does not think the whole of the ME is full of terrorists and needs to be bombed.

Lots of reading since I got here in January. That is what you get for being a tutor and having free time... I am always in the market for books if people have favorites!

1) The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
2) The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
3) Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
4) Will They Ever Trust Us Again by Michael Moore
5) Still reading "Atlas Shrugged" also by Ayn Rand

i just finished angels and deamons -> the story is awsome

Last one I read was Da Vince Code, but long time ago...

BobbieMasoner wrote:a vast array of 'erotica'

Since when do those books have words?

lovely bones by Alice Sebold

before that
city of god by st. augustine
communist manifesto karl marx
satanic verses salman rushdie
hitchhikers guide to the galaxy by douglas adams
war and peace leo tolstoy
a day in the life of ivan ? by solchenistzen (sp)

I just finished "The World is flat" ( a must read for an insight into the economics of the future) and Freakonomics( a very different point of view to logic). Now i want to read a novel. Also want to read The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini. Can anybody lend me that book??!!

I just finished reading "The Dilbert Principle" by Scott Adams, a very good book and more of a self-help guide for anyone that has ever worked in a dysfunctional organisation. (Most of us!)

It's a relaxing read and explains a lot about the world of complex organisations and why some people make the decisions they do. (Hint: It is because they're idiots).

twilight of the idols-friedrich nietzsche

Eros wrote:. Also want to read The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini. Can anybody lend me that book??!!

that is a great book, i really enjoyed reading it last summer.

right now i'm reading
On Beauty by Zadie Smith which i'm liking,
and snow flower of the secret fan which sort reaminds me of teh chinese princess which i totally hated.
i finished The constant Princess by Phlippa Greogrywhich i tottaly liked, but when reached the end was disappointed it has the same ending as The other Boleyn girl, is it possible for a writer to chose one ending for 2 novels!