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Love in the Time of Cholera (Vintage International)Love in the Time of Cholera (Vintage International) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.86
This books is great. My 2nd favorite Marquez novel after Cien Años de Soledad.
The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution (Penguin Classics)The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution (Penguin Classics) by Mariano Azuela
Buy new: $9.00 / Used from: $4.75
Great novel about the rebels in the Mexican Revolution. The characters are some of my favorites.
Rabbit Novels Vol. 1Rabbit Novels Vol. 1 by John Updike
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $4.08
SO far I've only read Rabbit, Run, but it was incredible. So sad. Loved it.
Conversations with the High Priest of CoosaConversations with the High Priest of Coosa by Charles M. Hudson
Buy new: $21.95 / Used from: $10.51
Had to read it for my Myths & Moundbuilders anthropology course this semester. Neat fictional account of a Catholic priest trying to learn the ways of the Coosa people way back in the day. It's quick and easy. I'd read it again.
The Starbucks Experience: 5 Principles for Turning Ordinary Into ExtraordinaryThe Starbucks Experience: 5 Principles for Turning Ordinary Into Extraordinary by Joseph Michelli
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $1.92
Why not?
The DhammapadaThe Dhammapada
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Interesting. Gotta keep an open mind.
The Seven Storey MountainThe Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $3.34
Merton's the man. Total G.
The Complete Odes and Epodes: with the Centennial Hymn (Penguin Classics)The Complete Odes and Epodes: with the Centennial Hymn (Penguin Classics) by Horace
Buy new: $12.00 / Used from: $0.74
Good stuff. Better than Ovid in my opinion. But what do I know?
Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996 by Seamus Heaney
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $3.93
Gotta love Heaney. His Beowulf translation is pretty great.
The Complete PoemsThe Complete Poems by Randall Jarrell
Buy new: $16.32 / Used from: $7.45
Might as well get'em all. I didn't regret it. I doubt anyone would.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $4.88
weak. didn't really like it. thought it kinda sucked. can't believe it got the pulitzer. the story is entertaining and the footnotes are pretty hilarious most of the time. i think what turned me off was Yunior, the narrator. He was lame.
Selected Tales and Sketches (The Best Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne)Selected Tales and Sketches (The Best Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne) by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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It's Hawthorne.
The Skystone (The Camulod Chronicles, Book 1)The Skystone (The Camulod Chronicles, Book 1) by Jack Whyte
Buy new: $16.23 / Used from: $4.92
the first in a series of bona fide bada** books. Caius and Publius are BMFs.
The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics)The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics) by Alexandre Dumas père
Buy new: $9.75 / Used from: $6.00
Speaking of BMFs, the Count of Monte Cristo was the baddest. He's the OG, I don't care what Snoop Dogg says.
Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition of The Mayan Book of The Dawn of Life and The Glories of Gods and KingsPopol Vuh: The Definitive Edition of The Mayan Book of The Dawn of Life and The Glories of Gods and Kings
Buy new: $11.52 / Used from: $4.51
Maya were awesome.
A History of the End of the World: How the Most Controversial Book in the Bible Changed the Course of Western CivilizationA History of the End of the World: How the Most Controversial Book in the Bible Changed the Course of Western Civilization by Jonathan Kirsch
Buy new: $11.66 / Used from: $3.79
Read for my Apocalypticism class. Interesting stuff. Kirsch tears up Revelation.
The HarperCollins Study Bible: Fully Revised & UpdatedThe HarperCollins Study Bible: Fully Revised & Updated by Harold W. Attridge
Buy new: $29.69 / Used from: $20.38
BEST. BIBLE. EVER.
The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)
Buy new: $9.32 / Used from: $7.00
Good to know about. It's interesting how much they mention the Virgin Mary.