 | The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language by John Mcwhorter
Buy new: $10.07 / Used from: $4.87 This is my favorite linguist! He writes like your best friend would if he were trying to explain how a language worked.
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 | Harlot by the Side of the Road by Jonathan Kirsch
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $1.00 Incredible stories that were either mis-told to you or left out all together. I adore this book!
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 | The Epic of Gilgamesh: An English Verison with an Introduction (Penguin Classics) by Anonymous
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $0.75 The beginning of everything. Interesting parallels to modern christian ideas of creation...
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 | The Scarlet Letter (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Buy new: $5.95 / Used from: $0.01 Every high school english teacher wanted you to read it and you never did. When you do however, read into it and it will become more than what you ever expected.
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 | William Golding's Lord of the Flies (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations)
Buy new: $29.70 / Used from: $28.00 Again, when you read into it, it will unlock a lot of things about humanity. It is a great read and definitely underestimated!
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 | Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $4.00 Not really on any summer reading lists however it describes everything from nano technology, linguistics, Sumerian culture, avatars, ninja swords, and pizza delivery guys. A-W-E-S-O-M-E!
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 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Enriched Classics) by Jules Verne
Buy new: $5.95 / Used from: $1.00 If I can read this book in the 5th grade and enjoy it, I think you can read it now and love it too!
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 | Syntactic Structures (2nd Edition) by Noam Chomsky
Buy new: $24.09 / Used from: $25.00 Interesting theories and ideas. Every English professor will love you if you use this in any way in class. (Linguistics)
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 | Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Buy new: $10.37 / Used from: $6.86 You MUST read this one! Any discussion on modern thought and the government will probably be brought back to this book! READ IT!
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 | Atlas Shrugged: 35th Anniversary Edition by Ayn Rand
Buy used from: $2.70 ...I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't read this book. Who is John Gault? Find out for yourself!
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 | Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front (Bloom's Guides)
Buy new: $24.56 / Used from: $25.00 Probably the best book ever written on war... But then again I don't read too many of those. A good read anyway and definitely will help you in class.
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 | Candide (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Voltaire
Buy used from: $0.70 Can't go wrong here. Can't really tell you why I liked it so much but it was simple in its complex nature. A must read.
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 | The 12th Planet (The Earth Chronicles, Book 1) by Zecharia Sitchin
Buy used from: $5.99 Ummm... this one is a bit odd but he makes you think in a different way than you did before about traditional religion and our origins. Just remember, "It takes an educated mind to entertain a thought without accepting it."
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 | Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Buy new: $10.39 / Used from: $7.43 Amazing works.
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