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RE: Book Alphabet - 5/19/2010 7:16:04 PM

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Wow. that sounds like an amazing book! I'd love to read that. I'll have to look for it. I love those books about the connecting of two cultures and the resultant fallout.

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RE: Book Alphabet - 5/21/2010 2:34:26 AM

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Petals from the Sky - Mingmei Yip

...From the austere beauty of China's Buddhist temples to the whirlwind of Manhattan's social elite, and the brilliant bustle of Paris and Hong Kong, here is a novel of joy and heartbreak--and of the surprising paths that lead us where we most need to be.

... This was a totally awesome book. It has roused my curiosity in Buddhism.

Sadly, the bookstores here don't have it

Ahhh welll..... There's always amazon.com, right? !!!

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Q - The Quran, Muslim Holy Book

“The most beloved of you by me, and nearest to me in the next world, are those of good dispositions; ...the farthest from me are the ill-tempered.”
Wisdom, 119

I lived with Muslims for several years - the most peaceful people I'd met, so full of love... and then there was the lady who decided I didn't deserve to live. Yep. I moved out at that point. However, one of my closest friends is still one of the people from those years of living in that community.

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RE: Book Alphabet - 5/21/2010 7:21:08 AM

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Actually Sunny - I have a Sony Digital Reader - and I downloaded it onto my computer from their Reader Store. (for free I should mention although there is now a cost to it)

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RE: Book Alphabet - 5/22/2010 7:55:50 PM

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I have been getting books from readprint.com

Also, Paulo Coehlo has a blog that he puts short stories on, and I've been reading them.

R - the Ramona Quimby books by Beverly Cleary.... what little girl didn't read them?

http://www.beverlycleary.com/characters.aspx#Ramona

I loved her! She was so tough and strong... reminds me of Junie B Jones who is popular now!

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RE: Book Alphabet - 5/22/2010 9:12:55 PM

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S = "A Short History of A Small Place" by T. R. Pearson. This is the first in the Neely Trilogy, an astounding masterpiece of American Literature. The following two are "Off For the Sweet Hereafter" and "The Last of How It Was". Each novel concerns the doings of the denizens in and around the fictional town of Neely, North Carolina. Characters bizarre, eccentric, sleazy, just a little off, and downright unsavory parade across the pages, each more intriguing than the last, their situations variously laugh-out-loud hilarious in their weirdness or distasteful, lingering grossness. Although placed in the category of such company as Faulkner and Twain, there is really no author to which to compare the genius of this unique author. The style takes a little adjustment in pace to become acquainted and adjusted, but once in the thrall of Pearson, there is no way out of these addictive works. Enjoy !

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RE: Book Alphabet - 5/22/2010 10:51:14 PM

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Tuesdays with Morrie

Although it was made into a movie, the book is much better. It has a story that we can all relate to.

Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it.

For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago.

Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you, receive wisdom for your busy life today the way you once did when you were younger?

Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final "class": lessons in how to live.

Tuesdays with Morrie is a magical chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie's lasting gift with the world.

After four years on the New York Times bestseller list, Tuesdays with Morrie is at last available in paperback.

(from this website: http://www.randomhouse.com/features/morrie/

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RE: Book Alphabet - 5/23/2010 5:15:48 AM

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Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes. Another book that I think was much better than the movie.

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RE: Book Alphabet - 5/23/2010 7:16:42 AM

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Vegetarian Cooking for Dummies...

The title tells it all...

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RE: Book Alphabet - 5/24/2010 10:30:21 AM

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Washington Itself by E.J. Applewhite

This "informal" guide to the capital is filled with fascinating information about the city's architecture and interesting stories of life here.

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