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Here is our list of books, short stories and essays we recommend,
with brief summaries. There are also some valuable links to sites
with interesting information. Some of the short stories and
essays are available for online reading.
Holding a book in your hand and knowing it's yours is very
important however, so we provide links to purchase them.
Our links are for softbound, but hardbound
copies are usually available.
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Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky Inside the mind of a man who wants to test the limits of intelligence, ingenuity and laws for common men.
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On The Road - Jack Kerouac The beat author and his group of friends travel the road. A feel for the style of the beat generation and their ideas for freedom. more about it...
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A Clean Well-Lighted Place - Ernest Hemingway A gentleman frequents a bar late in the evening - what's his story? - and is it unique to only him? read it now
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Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka A man awakens in a strange state, and thinks it doesn't matter. A short story dealing with alienation, obligations, and observations.
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Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad Starts slow; how misleading - traveling into the heart of Africa, a man finds primitive ideas/rules are not just within the jungle. TNT did an amazing adaptation with Tim Roth and John Malkovich ...they didn't bastardize it like Coppola.
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Steppenwolf - Hermann Hesse more about it
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On The Beach - Nevil Shute It's the end of the world as we know it ... A look at a group of people facing the end of human existence
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The Stranger - Albert Camus Who amongst us hasn't been the stranger at one time?
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson No castle, no dragons, but this book is 'otherworldly' yet somehow it can strike the oddest chords in anyone
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The Portable Dorothy Parker - Dorothy Parker What fresh hell is this? No one can turn a phrase like Parker
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Snows of Kilimanjaro - Ernest Hemingway Reflecting on the good and bad times he has had, a man sees his life clearly as it comes to a close in the African wilderness.
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Grey Area - Will Self stories 'Between the Conceits' and 'Inclusion ®' If you don't find yourself using the term Inclusion ® alot, you aren't online enough check it out
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Vurt - Jeff Noon Not even gonna try....just read it or check it out
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Einstein's Dreams - Alan P. Lightman The theories of Einstein laid out in beautiful short stories anyone can enjoy.
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Girl, Interrupted - Susanna Kaysen The autobiography of a former mental patient. Soon to be a movie with Winona Ryder.
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Zod Wallop - William Browning Spencer An experiment with mental patients goes awry and the results are mind blowing
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Microserfs - Douglas Coupland An engaging look at the life of a programmer, his friends, and a $oftware company.
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The Wasp Factory - Iain M. Banks Vivid and surreal look at an unusual kids life.
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POLLEN- Jeff Noon A cloud of pollen is covering the city. Who, or what is behind it? The setting and characters are worth the read. about it...
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The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery The tales of a planet hopping little prince who's found some wisdom on his unusual travels.
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Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster Milo gets a strange package, a tollbooth, and travels through to interesting lands with strange, yet familiar, characters.
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Wrinkle in Time - L'engle A group of children travel the known and unknown universes - includes theoretical physics ideas and fantasy concepts.
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Pure Drivel - Steve Martin A book that's like listening to a really smart, madman think outloud
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The Right Time - Simon/Ferrell A short humour book with illustrations read more about it |
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The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury Deep down we all wished for life on Mars, enjoy some of the possibilities.
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Foundation - Isaac Asimov First book from his very inspiring Foundation series.
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Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury Ever wonder what the world would be like without the written word? - and you thought Big Brother was bad ...
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams Humorous and intriguing, and once you read it you'll get half the jokes you never realized you were missing - like why Mulder's apartment is 42.
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Hyperspace - Michio Kaku. A well written, easy to follow book with amusing explanations of new theories in Quantum Physics.
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Tiny Alice - An online essay on alternate universes by Victor Grauer
A Gallery of Interactive On-Line Geometry
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat - Oliver Sacks Clinical, yet entertaining stories of neurological misfunctions
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Shufflebrain - a site with good resources about the brain
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