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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: book lists #9146 10/31/00 02:36 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 347 Melbourne, Australia M Marty enthusiast Marty enthusiast M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 347 Melbourne, Australia Using Fishy's criterion "the best books are those that move you", I'd have to nominate: 1. Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls, and 2. E. Annie Proulx's The Shipping News (1) was the both the first book I cried over and the first book I read twice, and (2) gets my vote for imagery and sheer poetry of style. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted book lists xara 10/27/00 02:57 PM Re: book lists paulb 10/28/00 11:27 AM Re: book lists belMarduk 10/29/00 03:47 AM Re: book lists emanuela 10/29/00 11:11 AM Re: book lists tsuwm 10/29/00 02:44 PM Re: book lists jmh 10/29/00 08:42 AM Re: book lists jmh 10/29/00 10:03 AM Re: book lists jmh 10/29/00 10:13 AM Re: book lists Jazzoctopus 10/29/00 02:41 PM Re: book lists Jackie 10/29/00 05:31 PM Re: book lists AnnaStrophic 10/29/00 11:55 PM Re: book lists Jackie 10/29/00 05:09 PM Re: book lists RhubarbCommando 10/31/00 03:32 PM Re: book lists maverick 10/31/00 03:42 PM Re: book lists shanks 10/31/00 04:08 PM Re: book lists belMarduk 10/31/00 09:14 PM Re: book lists xara 11/01/00 12:41 AM Re: book lists RhubarbCommando 11/01/00 04:19 PM Re: book lists of troy 11/01/00 08:09 PM Tried and found wanting... shanks 10/30/00 09:24 AM Re: Tried and found wanting... wsieber 10/30/00 11:49 AM Re: Tried and found wanting... shanks 10/30/00 12:52 PM Re: Tried and found wanting... Max Quordlepleen 10/30/00 10:41 PM Re: Tried and found wanting... shanks 10/31/00 07:50 AM Re: Tried and found wanting... FishonaBike 10/31/00 09:25 PM Subjective FishonaBike 10/30/00 03:40 PM Re: Subjective shanks 10/30/00 04:02 PM Re: book lists xara 10/30/00 06:45 PM Re: book lists belMarduk 10/31/00 02:05 AM Re: book lists Marty 10/31/00 02:36 AM Re: book lists Marty 10/31/00 02:50 AM Re: book lists & Carroll Avy 11/01/00 12:19 AM Re: Subjective paulb 10/31/00 11:11 AM Re: Subjective FishonaBike 10/31/00 09:41 PM Re: Subjective Max Quordlepleen 10/31/00 09:49 PM I am weak. Weak! shanks 10/31/00 08:05 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,342 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (A C Bowden), 429 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 20 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,546 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,917 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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