Posted on 12/16/2004 11:42:15 PM PST by kattracks
Thanks for posting. I'm going to use this suggestion list from one of my favorite writers to buy some books as gifts.
Great book. Unfairly derided by some as high brow chick lit. Anyway, my pick: "Soldier of the Great War" by Mark Helprin.
I've always wanted to get around to reading some of his novels, but have been daunted by the size.
Maybe next year.
I can vouch for Sowell on the Lewis recommendations though, his two most recent volumes are essential reading about the precipitous decline of Islamic civilization.
Don't be discouraged by the size! He's the best. But "Soldier" is better than "Memoir in an Antproof Case." And "Memoir" is better than "A Winter's Tale." His new book of short stories is so-so. I wouldn't start there, I'd start with "Soldier." And google his West Point commencement speech from the Clinton years. AWESOME! As is the speech he wrote for Bob Dole in '96 when Dole quit the US Senate (". . . just a man. A Kansan. An American."). Dole even got choked up. If you can breathe life into Old Bob Dole, you're truly gifted!
MAX LUCADO on CD ROM with all his books plus lots more was available at SAM's today for `$20.00.
I also like HEAVENLY MAN by Pastor Yun.
Maya Angelou's I WOULDN'T TAKE NOTHIN FOR MY JOURNEY YET is full of rather conservative values in short pithy chapters.
ATTACHMENT by Dr's Clinton and Sibcy is excellent for those who didn't have good parent bonding in the early years in that it gives great information about the results but more importantly about how to overcome the results step by step.
THE ANGER WORKBOOK is also good.
YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHECY is great for those interested in that topic . . . by Gentile.
I like most things by Joyce Meyer.
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Another great writer who made the transition into the literary field is Christopher Buckley.
His best novels-in my opinion-are "Little Green Men" and "Thank You For Smoking."
Though, "Wet Work", which I believe is out of circulation, is also a riveting work of fiction.
Conservative scholars recommend their favorite books:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1303224/posts?page=29
I think Mel Gibson bought the rights to "Thank You for Smoking." Would love to see it get made!
...if the right casting decisions are made, of course.
Can anyone help me pick out a good book for a 15 year old?
Something not difficult or too heavy to read, that might open a mind up to conservatism and/or Christianity a bit.
Wonderful information! Thanks!
"Sergeant York and the Great War"
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Has he read C.S. Lewis' space trilogy?
. . . Perelandria sp? Hideous Strength. Forget the other title.
I was thinking CS Lewis already, good idea.
The problem is, I don't know which of his books to get!
Perhaps a "mere Christian" is too heavy reading, so something else would be better.
I believe the SPACE TRILOGY would be best for C.S. Lewis and a 15 year old male.
Chronicles would be seen as too childish. The other stuff too heavy an intellectual tome.
OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET
PERELANDRIA SP?
THAT HIDEOUS STRENGTH
That may be the three titles in the SPACE trilogy by C.S. Lewis. That's what I'd suggest.
THX.
THank you quix. I hope you don't mind one more question.
Would Chronicles of Narnia be good for a 13 year old female? :)
Or would you suggest something else?
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