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Re: Favorite Books?
I generally read non fiction books, but I do enjoy some fantasy or historical fiction now and then.
Favorite Fiction:
The Little Prince
I have love this one since I was little, still makes me cry every time.
The Sword of Truth Series
A teacher told me to pick this up when I was in Jr. high school (a good 10 years ago), and it was one of the best suggestions I've ever been given. Sam Raimi, the producer of X files, Xena, the Spider Man movies etc., is making this into a television series which is scheduled to come out some time in the Fall. I can't wait.
The Prince of Nothing series
Scott Bakkar has a fairly nice way of weaving some interesting philisophical principals into this fantasy tail. If you want something dark and a bit more sophisticated out of your fantasy novels, you might want to check this series out.
Anything at all by Tom Robbins, the man is genius.
Favorite Nonfiction:
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat
Olivers Sacks is a brilliant Neurologist, and an amazing writer. In this and many of his other books he brings to life the stories of many of his more outlandish patients, describing not only a basic explanation of what was happening to them biologically, but engendering a goodly amount of empathy for the patients situation in his writing.
The Science of Good and Evil
An interesting theory on the evolutionary and biological underpinnings of human morality and behavior. Micheal Shermer's books are always a great source of amusing anecdotes, as well as thought provoking information.
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