1. 11-16-11 10:27 AM #106
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  2. 11-16-11 10:36 AM #107
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    Fiction: Game of Thrones, by George RR Martin

    Non Fiction: How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes, by Dr. Peter Schiff

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  3. 11-16-11 11:43 PM #108
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    "Illusions - The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah" by Richard Bach
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  4. 11-17-11 11:06 AM #109
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    Ender's Game (and Shadow, and Children of the Mind, etc etc.) Orson Scott Card is a great science fiction author.
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  5. 11-17-11 10:29 PM #110
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    Otherland by Ted Williams
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  6. 11-18-11 10:35 AM #111
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    Too many to name:
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    Liar's Poker

    Recent two Wall Street genre books:
    "All the Devils are Here" and "The Big Short"

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  7. 11-18-11 11:04 AM #112
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    Angels and Demons
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    Both of them are page turners and once you start, you won't stop till finishing. Easy reads and very thrilling and entertaining.
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  8. 11-18-11 11:04 AM #113
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    I also like Young Dumb and Full of *** but i am not sure if books from that genre count as real books.
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  9. 11-18-11 11:11 AM #114
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    Quote Originally Posted by Thunder Gulch View Post
    Too many to name:
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    Liar's Poker

    Recent two Wall Street genre books:
    "All the Devils are Here" and "The Big Short"
    Have you read Monkey Business by Rolfe and Troob? Anyone who dug Liar's Poker would dig this too.
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  11. 11-27-11 12:05 AM #116
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  12. 11-28-11 09:08 AM #117
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    I like alot of different categories: Currently reading "Everyone Loves You When You're Dead" by Neil Strauss {which is type of book you will have hard time putting down**.
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  13. 11-28-11 09:10 AM #118
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    I Just wish there were more good handicapping books, that actually reveal something useful.
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  14. 11-28-11 09:13 AM #119
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    i don't read books
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  15. 11-28-11 09:16 AM #120
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  16. 11-28-11 10:45 AM #121
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    I read a lot, but here are a few of the latest that I've really enjoyed.....

    The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History by Gregory Zuckerman

    Got What It Takes? by Bill Boggs

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  17. 11-28-11 11:02 AM #122
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    Quote Originally Posted by Thunders77 View Post
    I like alot of different categories: Currently reading "Everyone Loves You When You're Dead" by Neil Strauss {which is type of book you will have hard time putting down**.

    Strauss is cool
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  18. 11-28-11 11:02 AM #123
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    Quote Originally Posted by ncsubowen View Post
    Ender's Game (and Shadow, and Children of the Mind, etc etc.) Orson Scott Card is a great science fiction author.
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  19. 11-28-11 03:57 PM #124
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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnGalt2341 View Post
    I'll read just about anything. Give me some suggestions. I just picked up "In 50 years we'll all be chicks" by Adam Carolla at my local library today. It's pretty amusing so far. So... what's your favorite book? And why?
    Top Three without a doubt for me are:
    The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
    Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
    The Plague By Camus

    btw Who is John Galt? hehehe... best (ok and only) Ayn Rand book i managed to read

    and of course there's nothing like reading my daily Sports blog...Week 12 NFL Betting Recap & Scores with Geno
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  20. 11-28-11 04:00 PM #125
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  21. 11-28-11 05:45 PM #126
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    Quote Originally Posted by GenosPicks View Post
    btw Who is John Galt? hehehe... best (ok and only) Ayn Rand book i managed to read
    I highly recommend reading Anthem by Ayn Rand as well. It's just over 100 pages and was written in the late 1930's. It sort of has a similar theme as the books 1984, Fahrenheit 451, and The Giver(all great books btw). I always recommend people read Anthem before they take on the much larger books by Rand like The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged.
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  22. 11-28-11 06:52 PM #127
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    JohnGalt2341, do you happen to be the same JohnGalt23 who posts on HotAir.com? I noticed you both have the same posting handles and share very similar views.
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  23. 11-28-11 07:05 PM #128
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    "portrait of a monster" great book about natalie hollaway' i couldnt put it down
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  24. 11-28-11 07:26 PM #129
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  25. 11-28-11 07:50 PM #130
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    Quote Originally Posted by Iced View Post
    JohnGalt2341, do you happen to be the same JohnGalt23 who posts on HotAir.com? I noticed you both have the same posting handles and share very similar views.
    No. That's interesting though... do you have a link?
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  26. 11-28-11 08:09 PM #131
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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnGalt2341 View Post
    No. That's interesting though... do you have a link?
    https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C...com+JohnGalt23

    Here are the links to all the articles that JohnGalt23 has commented on on HotAir. There isn't any poster profile page or anything like that for profiles on HotAir though.
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  27. 11-29-11 08:17 AM #132
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    For Music Biographies: Keith Richards'-A Life should be mandatory (What a Life is an Understatement).
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  28. 11-29-11 11:34 AM #133
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    Memoirs Found in a Bathtub by Stanislav Lem

    Karamazof Brothers by Dostoyevski

    Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevski

    Secrets of the Kremlin by Igor Ligachev (Politic)

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  29. 11-29-11 12:28 PM #134
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sanka View Post
    Anything by Dan Brown
    Gomorra - Roberto Saviano
    Primal Fear - William Diehl


    I have one of his books at home (The Footprints of God), never got around to reading it yet. Was about to start Men Who Hate Women from Stieg Larsson's Millenium series, but might give this one a go first.
    yea if you could, read the spandau phoenix and black cross. it takes place during nazi germany but you will not want to put it down. makes you go and look up facts afterwards since it's so interesting. after you read those, you will want to read his other books which are pretty good also...
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  30. 11-29-11 07:30 PM #135
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    Quote Originally Posted by mw00 View Post
    yea if you could, read the spandau phoenix and black cross. it takes place during nazi germany but you will not want to put it down. makes you go and look up facts afterwards since it's so interesting. after you read those, you will want to read his other books which are pretty good also...
    I read those...enjoyable
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  31. 12-03-11 01:36 PM #136
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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnGalt2341 View Post
    I highly recommend reading Anthem by Ayn Rand as well. It's just over 100 pages and was written in the late 1930's. It sort of has a similar theme as the books 1984, Fahrenheit 451, and The Giver(all great books btw). I always recommend people read Anthem before they take on the much larger books by Rand like The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged.

    I WILL!!! thanks buddy... still trying to get through Doestoyevski's The Demons... ooofaa
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  32. 12-03-11 01:47 PM #137
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    the bachman books i liked the long walk
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  33. 12-03-11 01:49 PM #138
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    I really enjoyed A Prayer for Owen Meany. I also recently re-read Catch 22 which should be mandatory reading for everyone, IMHO.
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  34. 12-03-11 01:51 PM #139
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  35. 12-03-11 02:52 PM #140
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    Quote Originally Posted by dinaro7 View Post
    the bachman books i liked the long walk
    I love the Long Walk! I've always sort of wanted them to make it into a movie. I think it could be really good if done right.
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