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Mere Christianity»rank: 2238par: C. S. Lewis
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time»rank: 653par: Mark Haddon
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca:Mark Haddon's bitterly funny first novel, The Curious lncident of the Dog in the Night-time, is a murder mystery of sorts--one told by an autistic version of Adrian Mole. Christopher John Francis Boone is a 15-year-old boy, mathematically gifted and socially hopeless, raised in a working-class home by parents who can barely cope with their child's quirks. He takes everything that he sees (or is told) at face value, and is unable to sort out the strange behaviour of his elders and peers. Late one night, Christopher comes ... |
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I Am Legend»rank: 629par: Richard Matheson
Chroniques et points de vue:From :0ne of the most influential vampire novels of the 20th century, l Am Legend regularly appears on the '10 Best' lists of numerous critical studies of the horror genre. As Richard Matheson's third novel, it was first marketed as science fiction (for although written in 1954, the story takes place in a future 1976). A terrible plague has decimated the world, and those who were unfortunate enough to survive have been transformed into blood-thirsty creatures of the night. Except, that is, for Robert Neville. He alone appears ... |
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Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments»rank: 7650par: David Foster Wallace
Chroniques et points de vue:From :David Foster Wallace made quite a splash in 1996 with his massive novel, lnfinite Jest. Now he's back with a collection of essays entitled A Supposedly Fun Thing l'll Never Do Again. ln addition to a razor-sharp writing style, Wallace has a mercurial mind that lights on many subjects. His seven essays travel from a state fair in lllinois to a cruise ship in the Caribbean, explore how television affects literature and what makes film auteur David Lynch tick, and deconstruct deconstructionism and find the intersection between ... |
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The Prince»rank: 454par: Niccolo Machiavelli
Chroniques et points de vue:From :When Lorenzo de' Medici seized control of the Florentine Republic in 1512, he summarily fired the Secretary to the Second Chancery of the Signoria and set in motion a fundamental change in the way we think about politics. The person who held the aforementioned office with the tongue-twisting title was none other than Niccolò Machiavelli, who, suddenly finding himself out of a job after 14 years of patriotic service, followed the career trajectory of many modern politicians into punditry. Unable to become an on-air political analyst for ... |
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Gods Behaving Badly»rank: 804par: Marie Phillips
Chroniques et points de vue:From :When Lorenzo de' Medici seized control of the Florentine Republic in 1512, he summarily fired the Secretary to the Second Chancery of the Signoria and set in motion a fundamental change in the way we think about politics. The person who held the aforementioned office with the tongue-twisting title was none other than Niccolò Machiavelli, who, suddenly finding himself out of a job after 14 years of patriotic service, followed the career trajectory of many modern politicians into punditry. Unable to become an on-air political analyst for ... |
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The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World»rank: 1103par: A. J. Jacobs
Chroniques et points de vue:From :When Lorenzo de' Medici seized control of the Florentine Republic in 1512, he summarily fired the Secretary to the Second Chancery of the Signoria and set in motion a fundamental change in the way we think about politics. The person who held the aforementioned office with the tongue-twisting title was none other than Niccolò Machiavelli, who, suddenly finding himself out of a job after 14 years of patriotic service, followed the career trajectory of many modern politicians into punditry. Unable to become an on-air political analyst for ... |
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven»rank: 2248par: Mitch Albom
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Part melodrama and part parable, Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven weaves together three stories, all told about the same man: 83-year-old Eddie, the head maintenance person at Ruby Point Amusement Park. As the novel opens, readers are told that Eddie, unsuspecting, is only minutes away from death as he goes about his typical business at the park. Albom then traces Eddie's world through his tragic final moments, his funeral, and the ensuing days as friends clean out his apartment and adjust to life ... |
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The Communist Manifesto»rank: 723par: Karl Marx
Chroniques et points de vue:From :'A spectre is haunting Europe,' Karl Marx and Frederic Engels wrote in 1848, 'the spectre of Communism.' This new edition of The Communist Manifesto, commemorating the 150th anniversary of its publication, includes an introduction by renowned historian Eric Hobsbawm which reminds us of the document's continued relevance. Marx and Engels's critique of capitalism and its deleterious effect on all aspects of life, from the increasing rift between the classes to the destruction of the nuclear family, has proven remarkably prescient. Their spectre, manifested in the Manifesto's vivid ... |
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Buffy Season 8 Volume 2: No Future For You»rank: 597par: Brian K Vaughan, Joss Whedon
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