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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 09:37 AM Original message |
Berkeley required reading lists (and a high school too) |
Edited on Sun Jul-22-07 09:38 AM by SoCalDem
Just in case people are sad that the Potter series is done.. Here are some books you may want to read or re-read.. probably no magic wands, but these are probably available free at libraries or "on sale" at Amazon :)
Link to other years' lists http://reading.berkeley.edu/ 1985 Selected by Distinguished Teaching Award recipients The Bone People: A Novel Keri Hulme, 1983 "Fiction. Set in New Zealand. Brilliant first novel--Maori aspects, psychological, mystical, introspective, violent, exciting, humane." J.D. Jackson, Physics Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Dee Alexander Brown, 1970 "This book examines in detail one of the last great battles of the wars between the whites and Native American--the battle at Wounded Knee. When the book first appeared, it was shocking and horrifying as it exposed the 'heart of darkness' of the government's treatment of Indians. It remains shocking and horrifying today." Steve Tollefson, Subject A The Call of the Wild Jack London, 1903 "The strength of 'Buck' will give any incoming freshman courage to face student days at Berkeley." Marian C. Diamond, Physiology-Anatomy Clear Light of Day Anita Desai, 1980 "A wonderful written novel about an Indian family in New Delhi (contemporary). A fine example of the use of literacy fiction as a window into how people of other countries live; the meaning of home to them; daily life in a complex society. Excellent preparation for architectural studies." Raymond Lifchez, Architecture The Death of Woman Wang Jonathan Spence, 1978 "History from the macro- and the micro-perspectives; takes an obscure set of events in an obscure corner of China and makes them riveting." David Kirp, Public Policy Deep Blues Robert Palmer, 1981 "Few have written with greater clarity and understanding on the origins and evolution of the Mississippi Delta Blues. It is a book about music and American history." Leon F. Litwack, History Dispatches Michael Herr, 1977 "This is a personal and hallucinatory account on the Vietnam war as seen by the American soldiers who fought it. To tell the truth about a new (and horrible) kind of reality, Herr created a new (and captivating); kind of prose. Beautiful, gripping, convincing." David Littlejohn, Journalism The Existential Pleasures of Engineering Samuel C. Florman, 1976 "A discussion of the pleasure of creating outstanding structures." C.A. Desoer, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences The Exploration of the Colorado River and its Canyons John Wesley Powell, 1875 "John Wesley Powell's expedition through the last great unwrapped and unknown part of the Continental U.S. in 1869." J. K. Mitchell, Civil Engineering The Genealogy of Morals Fredrich Nietzsche, 1887 ”A book that turned the world upside down for me when I was a freshman, deeply disturbing and exhilarating." Stephen Greenblarr, English A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals Spiro Kostof, 1985 "Terrific book not just of the historical information, but on how social and political context influences building." Sam Davis, Architecture How to Lie with Statistics Darrell Huff, 1954 "Fun book on elementary statistics." Steve Selvin, Biomedical and Environmental Health Sciences (Biostatistics) The Human Condition Hannah Arendt, 1958 "Basic reading in political and social science of Western Europe, Rome to modern age." Anne Middleton, English Invisible Man Ralph Ellison, 1952 "This novel captures in all of its terror, tension, and beauty the Afro-American odyssey--the paradox of black life in America, the racial rites of passage, the mechanisms of white supremacy." Leon F. Litwack, History The Life of Plants E.J.H. Corner, 1964 "A beautifully written general essay on the biology of plants. Some B.S.--but very stimulating." Donald R. Kaplan, Botany Magister Ludi (The Glass Bead Game) Herman Hesse, 1943 "Inspirational. So are a number of other Hesse books, e.g. Siddhartha." Manuel Blum, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences. Modern Time: The World From the Twenties to the Eighties Paul Johnson, 1983 "A provocative, at times appalling history of the twentieth century from a committed moral point of view." Frederick Crew, English Mr. Tompkins in Paperback George Gamow, 1967 "Short scientifically fantastic stories (not science fiction) explaining modern physics ideas by exaggerating actually exiting phenomena in relativity, curved space, quantum physics, etc." Sumner Davis, Physics The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt, 1911 "Praised by Charles Darwin as the best natural history book he had ever read." Herbert G. Baker, Botany One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, 1970 "If you're going to write fiction, why not go all the way and invent a totally new world? This book made almost all other novels since Faulkner's seem trivial and under-imagined: It's unforgettable. (Rivals: Jorge-Luis Borges, Italo Calvino.)" David Littlejohn, Journalism Patterns of Intention: On the Historical Explanation of Pictures Michael Baxandall, 1985 "Bazandall's book is the best methodological investigation yet written, I think, of the ways which works of art can validly be related to outside circumstance. After a general introduction ("Language and Explanation") he devotes four chapters to test cases, which exemplify his arguments about right and wrong ways to write about works of art." James Cahill, Art History Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black American's Struggle for Equality. Richard Kluger, 1975 "A study of the evolution of Brown v. Board of Education and how the Supreme Court declared racial segregation in the the public schools unconstitutional." William Muir, Political Science Snow Country Yasunari Kawabata, 1956 "Kawabata, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968, opens up a whole new world, especially for readers steeped in western traditions. The writing is different, even in translation; it's precise, languid, almost hypnotic. And the story itself reveals much about Japanese character and attitudes, not in the technological-Pacific Rim-business context that most Americans have become accustomed to, but in a way that is quite personal." Steve Tollefson, Subject A The White Nile Alan Moorehead, 1960 "The exploration of central Africa in the nineteenth century. A book I literally could not put down." Donald Hanson, Chemical Engineering The World Rushed In: The California Gold Rush Experience J.S. Holliday, 1981 "This book opened my eyes to the settlement of California by the forty-niners in a manner not provided by any other book I have read on this mass migration. It is essential reading for anyone interested in California history." W.M. Laetsch, Botany The Zero-Sum Solution Lester Thurow, 1985 "A book that focuses on the U.S. and Japanese economies in ways that are provocative and accessible to a popular audience. Addresses themes that should be important to many undergraduates." Laura Tyson, Economics ........................................................... 2002....Banned Books Song of Solomon Toni Morrison New York: Dutton/Plume, 1987, ©1977 I read this book on the recommendation of a friend I hardly knew while I was sojourning in Brooklyn one year; the friend was a literatus and book reviewer himself, so I thought he'd know a great book when he read one. I plowed through the book quickly, enjoying it a great deal myself. A few years later I found the book on the reading list of a course at San Jose State, "Literature and Personality," along with books by Dostoyevsky and Cather, among other great writers. Reading this book with a teacher to help me (with Biblical and other social/racial references I had missed) showed me that this book is indeed a piece of great literature; Morrison has constructed not only a wonderful narrative with ties to the social injustices suffered by African Americans, but a story of a young person's search for himself within history-as well as giving the book a beautiful, and very ambiguous, ending. I read this book last in 1984; I remember it with awe and love. Kirsten Schwartz Lecturer College Writing Programs The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain New York: Viking/Penguin, 1986, ©1885 This book has been celebrated since it was first published in 1885, and it has been in trouble, with one early critic calling it "a pitiable exhibition of irreverence and vulgarity." More recently, it has been challenged by readers offended by Mark Twain's characters' realistic use of the language of racism. The story is told in the first person by Huck Finn, the most famous runaway in American literature-a boy, according to Mark Twain, with a good heart but an ill-trained conscience. Huck talks his story as he journeys down the Mississippi River with his friend Jim, who has escaped from slavery. Much of what the reader discovers the narrator does not seem to understand. The technique and the language of the book gave rise to a strain in American literature that is still so comfortable and familiar for the modern reader, it is hard to realize just how innovative it once was. Some of Huck's talk is lulling, some hilarious, and some deeply unsettling as the reader recognizes all-too familiar issues of class and culture and racism that are still a part of American life. But most of all, it is a treat to read this book just for the pleasure of it. Victor Fischer Associate Editor Mark Twain Project The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain New York: Bantam Books, 1986, ©1876 Tom Sawyer gives the reader a graphic portrait of early 19th century life in a small Mississippi River town through the escapades of a young, mischievous boy and his best friend, Huck Finn. Lazy, hazy days of summer; the lure of the River and its potential for adventures free of adult supervision; a cave; a girlfriend. And best of all the whitewashed fence, surely the best account in American literature of conning someone else into doing your work for you. Rebecca G. Lhermitte Government Documents Librarian Doe/Moffitt Reference The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood New York: Bantam, 1998, ©1985 This dystopian novel is set in a not-so-distant future. A poisoned environment has led to sharply reduced fertility rates, and extreme right-wing Christians have taken over the country and transformed it into a religious state following a literal interpretation of the Bible. With religious extremism growing around the globe, this is a timely and important book to read. Gail Offen-Brown Lecturer College Writing Programs The Color Purple Alice Walker New York: Pocket Books, 1990, ©1982 Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning prose explores the possibilities that life can offer. The protagonist, Celie, is a young woman broken down by tough circumstances. Yet when she meets a blues singer, Celie begins to recognize the value that she has, despite the numerous oppressions she faces. Celie comes to redefine and discover her own version of family, sexuality, and economy. This novel is an engaging and inspiring story. Walker's poetic language flows like a song through the pages of this novel; the tune of which stays with you long afterwards. Megan Keane Library Assistant Library Technical Services To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999, ©1960 I read this book during the summer before college, and the characters of Scout, Boo Radley, and Atticus are as vivid in my mind as they were almost 40 years ago. I ended up going to graduate school and doing research in the South for a while, and that book was the best preparation a kid from New York could have had. This was Harper Lee's only novel; but how could she ever top this one? The movie version is fantastic as well, and presents a wonderful comparison between what the two media do best. Vince Resh Professor Environmental Science, Policy, and Management back to top Beloved Toni Morrison New York: Dutton/Plume, 1987 Forget anything you thought you knew about slavery. This book will open your eyes. Toni Morrison won the Nobel and Pulitzer prizes when she wrote this novel, because she made something so beautiful, so terrifying, and so true. You have to give yourself over to it, not to expect to understand everything right away. This is a mystery, a ghost story, a love story, and a story of the fundamental events of American life. How can a person heal from the unimaginable? Toni Morrison takes us into the country of real-life nightmare, and then, brilliantly, she brings us back out again. Sarah Stone Lecturer College Writing Programs The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger Boston: Little, Brown, 1991, ©1951 Written over fifty years ago, The Catcher in the Rye introduced readers to the musings and misadventures of Holden Caulfield, an affluent, white, sixteen-year-old recently expelled from his third prep school, stumbling through a long, lost weekend in Manhattan. As a product of a specific time and place-post World War II America and upper-class values - Holden Caulfield is a bright, sensitive soul searching for idealism, sincerity, and decency in an imperfect world. This novel will resonate with all who have survived, or are attempting to survive, adolescence, although it is a richly rewarding read at any time in life. The Catcher in the Rye is deep and edgy, thrilling and sad, all at once. Phoebe Janes History Librarian Doe Library The House of the Spirits Isabel Allende New York: Bantam Books, 1986, ©1985 "Emotion and memory are living things," someone once told me, and Chilean exile Isabel Allende's first novel powerfully creates a world where past, present, and future exist together as three generations of women try to live with integrity amid unchecked power and sudden violence. We gradually learn that the narrator, Alba (Dawn), is telling her family's stories to come to terms with the terror she's endured, and in doing so she finds remarkable healing and forgiveness. Allende understands the complex causes of the tragedies that befall her characters in their country's "unending tale of sorrow, blood, and love" and allows them to move to reconciliation with the past and with each other. Jean Barker Administrative Analyst Undergraduate Education Brave New World Aldous Huxley New York: Harper, 1998, ©1932 When Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World in 1932, he lived in a world where there was no pervasive culture of advertising, no widespread use of antidepressants, not a hint of cloning, or a whisper of genetic manipulation. Somehow Aldous Huxley foresaw that the future of humanity would lie down the path of technology and media. His guesses proved to be chillingly accurate. What was the most outrageous science fiction in 1934 remains a compelling examination of issues that fill the pages of our news magazines. To make this book all the more amazing, Huxley was a serious and gifted author. It is as if a contemporary literary giant like Saul Bellow had written a work of over-the-top science fiction. The beauty of Huxley's words still shines through. The questions of government control, media manipulation, and status remain unresolved. Do we have Alphas and Epsilons in our society? Have we found a drug like soma to help us avoid negative thinking? Have our governments figured out ways to keep us passive? Brave New World takes a bold, disturbing look at what it means to be human in a world gripped by technological change and the manipulation of the media. It is one of the most potent combinations of a good read and a disturbing, thought provoking statement that I know. Robert C. Berring Professor of Law and Law Librarian School of Law (Boalt Hall) Lord of the Flies William Golding New York: Penguin Books, 1982, ©1954 Lord of the Flies is a remarkable work of art. As with all good fiction, it transports the reader into a separate reality: it is a story that is lived, so to speak, as it is read, giving the reader the sensation that something is happening to him/her in the process; the feeling of being changed while reading. The story has to do with a group of adolescent boys who find themselves stranded on a desert island, and the turns in plot and interaction between characters make a kind of allegory, reflecting the author's rather grim view of human nature, perhaps. Or perhaps Golding is making the point that civilization is but a thin and fragile veneer laid over a fundamentally primitive and backward species-humankind. Or is it the writer's jaundiced view of children we are seeing as we read? Or something else altogether? I read this work only once, as a high school student, and many of its scenes are as vivid, compelling, and thought-provoking to me today as they were then, so it seems to me a literary experience that is not to be missed. An excellent motion picture based on this novel was made but, as always, the book is better. Charles Stewart Senior Photographer Library Photographic Service Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut New York: Dell, 1991, ©1969 Perhaps the most personal novel written by Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five is an antiwar story published in 1969, a year which saw escalating anti-Vietnam war protests sweep across America. The novel was daring in its condemnation of an event from the "good war" (WWII), the 1945 British and American fire-bombing of Dresden which killed 135,000 people. Vonnegut, a POW in Dresden at the time of the bombing, survived and went on to write what many consider to be one of THE finest antiwar novels ever written. Told in typical dark satiric Vonnegut style, the novel follows optometrist Billy Pilgrim as he becomes "unstuck" in time. Whether revisiting the safety of his mother's womb or witnessing the atrocity of Dresden or finding himself kidnapped by the extraterrestrial Tralfamadorians, Billy takes the reader on a disjointed journey through his life, where chronological time has no meaning. Billy's benign acceptance of everything which happens to him has led some to condemn what they see as Vonnegut's acceptance of the injustice of war. Yet, throughout the novel, the phrase "so it goes" appears whenever someone dies. By the end of the novel, "so it goes" has become the author's maddening rallying cry against Billy's (and the reader's) benign acceptance of the status quo. Jean Smith Assistant to the Assistant Vice Chancellor Public Affairs ............................................................. Required Reading List for White Station High School 2006-2007 Call # Author Title FIC HUN Hunt Across Five Aprils FIC TWA Twain The Adventures of Huckleberry FIC WHA Wharton Age of Innocence 92 HER Herriot All Creatures Great and Small FIC REM Remarque All Quiet on the Western Front 812 BAL Baldwin The Amen Corner SC AME Raffel American Short Stories FIC MIS Mistry A Fine Balance 873 VIR Virgil The Aeneid FIC ORW Orwell Animal Farm FIC TOL Tolstoy Anna Karenina 92 FRA Frank The Diary of Anne Frank FIC RAN Rand Anthem 822.3 SHA Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra 882 SOP Sophocles Antigone, Oedipus, Electra 812.52 KES Kesselring Arsenic and Old Lace FIC FAU Faulkner As I Lay Dying 92 FRA Franklin Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 301.451 JOH Johnson Autobiography of an ExColored Man SC or FIC CHO Chopin The Awakening and Selected Short Stories FIC LEW Lewis Babbit 813.54 MEY Meyers Bad Boy: A Memoir FIC KIN Kingsolver The Bean Trees FIC PLA Plath The Bell Jar 829 BEO Beowulf SC MEL Melville Billy Bud, Sailor, and Other Short Stories 92 WRI Wright Black Boy: A Record of Child Hood and Youth 301.45 GRI Griffin Black Like Me FIC SWA Swarthout Bless the Beasts and Children 812.52 BLI Blinn Brian’s Song FIC WIL Wilder The Bridge of San Luis Rey 822.912 SHA Shaw Caesar and Cleopatra FIC LON London The Call of the Wild 843 VOL Voltaire Candide 821 CHA Chaucer The Canterbury Tales FIC HEL Heller Catch22 FIC POT Potok The Chosen FIC WAL Walker The Color Purple FIC SAL Salinger The Catcher in the Rye 92 MOO Moody Coming of Age in Mississippi FIC DUM Dumas The Count of Monte Cristo FIC DOS Dostoevsky Crime and Punishment PAGE 2 Page 2 2 Call # Author Title 812 MIL Miller The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts FIC PAT Paton Cry, the Beloved Country 842.8 ROS Rostand Cyrano de Bergerac: A Heroic Comedy in Five Acts FIC BRA Bradbury Dandelion Vine 822 MAR Marlowe Doctor Faustus FIC STE Stevenson Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde FIC STO Stoker Dracula 812 MIL Miller Death of a Salesman 92 GUN Gunther Death Be Not Proud FIC ZIN Zindel The Effect of Gamma Rays on ManInTheMoon 811.3 LON Longfellow Evangeline FIC WHA Wharton Ethan Frome 822 EVE Everyman and other Miracle and Morality Play SC POE Poe 18 Best Stories by Edgar Allan Poe SC POE Poe Great Tales and Poems FIC BRA Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 FIC MCD McDonald Fall On Your Knees FIC HEM Hemingway A Farewell To Arms FIC TOL Tolkien The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First 305.896 BAL Baldwin The Fire Next Time FIC KEY Keyes Flowers of Algernon FIC RAN Rand The Fountain Head FIC HEM Hemingway For Whom the Bell Tolls 822.3 SHA Shakespeare Four Great Tragedies 822.3 SHA Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing FIC SHE Shelley Frankenstein 92 CAR Carson Gifted Hands FIC LOW Lowry The Giver FIC BAL Baldwin Going to Meet the Man FIC MIT Mitchell Gone With the Wind FIC BUC Buck The Good Earth FIC STE Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath SC GRE Great American Stories SC GRE Great British Stories FIC DIC Dickens Great Expectations FIC FIT Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby FIC GAR Gardner Grendel 812.54 WIL Williams The Glass Menagerie FIC BAK Baker Growing Up FIC SWI Swift Gulliver’s Travels and Other Writings 822.33 SHA Shakespeare Tragedy of Hamlet 92 DEL Delany Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters First 10 822.912 SHA Shaw Heartbreak House FIC MCC McCullers The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter PAGE 3 Call # Author Title FIC CON Conrad Heart of Darkness and the Secret Sharer Page 3 3 FIC HER Hersey Hiroshima 823 JOH Johnson The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia FIC TOL Tolkien The Hobbit FIC HAM Hamilton The House of Dies Drear FIC CIS Cisneros The House on Mango Street FIC LET Letts The Honk and Holler Opening Soon FIC HUG Hugo The Hunchback of Notre Dame 92 ANG Angelou I Know Why The Cadged Bird Sings 821 TEN Tennyson Idylls of the King FIC BEA Baldwin If Beale Street Could Talk FIC AND Andrews If There Be Thorns 883 HOM Homer The Iliad FIC BRA Bradbury The Illustrated Man 822.8 WIL Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest FIC ZIN Zindel I Never Lover Your Mind 851.1 DAN Dante The Inferno FIC LAW Lawrence and Lee Inherit The Wind FIC ELL Ellison Invisible Man FIC WEL Wells The Invisible Man FIC BRO Bronte Jane Eyre FIC BUN Bunyan The Pilgrims Progress 822.3 SHA Shakespeare Julius Caesar FIC GOR Gordimer July’s People FIC SIN Sinclair The Jungle FIC LEE Lee To Kill A Mockingbird 822.3 SHA Shakespeare King Lear FIC STE Stevenson Kidnapped FIC MAR Martel Life of Pi FIC GOL Golding Lord of the Flies FIC SEG Segal Love Story FIC FLA Flaubert Madame Bovary 812.54 BLI Blinn Brian’s Song 822.33 SHA Shakespeare Tragedy of Macbeth, Prince of Denmark 812.08 BOL Bolt A Man of All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts FIC DUM Dumas The Man in the Iron Mask FIC KAF Kafka The Metamorphosis 822.33 SHA Shakespeare A Midsummer Night’s Dream 812 GIB Gibson The Miracle Worker 398.2 MAL Malory Le Morte D’ Arthur FIC HAM Hamilton A Map of the World FIC HAR Hardy The Mayor of Casterbridge 822.2 SHA Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice FIC CHR Christie Murder on the Orient Express PAGE 4 Call # Author Title 812 ELI Eliot Murder in the Cathedral FIC CAT Cather My Antonia Page 4 4 FIC ZIN Zindel My Darling My Hamburger 92 THU Thurber My Life and Hard Times 292 HAM Hamilton Mythology 973.7092 DOU Douglass Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass FIC WRI Wright Native Son 599.773 MOW Mowat Never Cry Wolf 940.5318 WEI Wiesel Night FIC KIN King Night Shift FIC LAW Lawrence The Night Thoreau Went to Jail FIC ORW Orwell 1984 FIC AUS Austen Northanger Abbey FIC HOM Homer The Odyssey FIC STE Steinbeck Of Mice and Men 974.4 BRA Bradford Of Plymouth Plantation FIC HEM Hemingway The Old Man and the Sea FIC DIC Dickens Oliver Twist FIC WHI White The Once and Future King FIC WOL Solzhenitsyn One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 822.3 SHA Shakespeare Othello 812.52 WIL Wilder Our Town FIC HIN Hinton The Outsiders FIC CLA Clark The OxBox Incident FIC ZIN Zindel Pardon Me You’re Stepping On My Eyeball FIC STE Steinbeck The Pearl FIC WIL Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray FIC ZIN Zindel The Pigman FIC AUS Austen Pride and Prejudice 822 SHA Shaw Pygmalion 812 .54 HAN Hansberry A Raisin in the Sun 808.8 REA Readings in World Literature FIC CRA Crane The Red Badge of Courage FIC STE Steinbeck The Red Pony FIC HAR Hardy The Return of the Native FIC TAY Taylor The Road to Memphis 822.3 SHA Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet West Side Story 822 STO Stoppard Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead FIC SMU Smucker Runaway to Freedom 822 SHA Shaw Saint Joan FIC HAW Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter FIC ORE Orczy The Scarlet Pimpernel FIC SHE Sheridan The School of Scandal PAGE 5 Call # Author Title FIC CON Conrad The Secret Sharer Page 5 5 FIC AUS Austen Sense and Sensibility FIC KNO Knowles A Separate Peace FIC HES Hesse Siddhartha FIC VON Vonnegut Slaughter House Five FIC ELL Elliot Silas Marner 808.2 SIX Six Great Modern Plays FIC GUR Guterson Snow Falling on Cedars FIC BRA Bradbury Something Wicked This Way Comes FIC HEM Hemingway The Sun Also Rises FIC MOR Morison The Bluest Eye FIC MOR Morrison Song of Solomon 92 CLE Cleaver Soul on Ice FIC FAU Faulkner The Sound and the Fury FIC GRE Greenlee The Spook Who Sat by the Door 973.738 CAT Catton Stillness at Appomattox 812 WIL Williams A Streetcar Named Desire FIC MOR Morrison Sula FIC GRE Greene Summer of My German Soldier FIC DIC Dickens A Tale Of Two Cities 822.33 SHA Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew FIC FIT Fitzgerald Fender is the Night FIC HIN Hinton That Was Then This is Now FIC HUR Hurston Their Eyes Were Watching God FIC STU Stuart The Thread That Runes So True FIC ACH Achebe Things Fall Apart FIC WEL Wells The Time Machine 92 WAS Woolf To The Lighthouse SC POE Poe Great Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe FIC JAM James The Turn of the Screw and other Short Fiction 92 WAS Washington Up From Slavery FIC GOR Gordon Waiting for the Rain 814 WAL Walden Walden and Civil Disobedience FIC WEL Wells The War of the Worlds FIC CON Conroy The Water is Wide 812 BAU Bernstein West Side Story FIC BAU Baum The Wizard of Oz FIC BRO Bronte Wuthering Heights 808.82 WOR World Drama |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. good selections |
thanks!
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 10:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I would add this one (the only time a movie was better than the book) |
The 25th Hour
Gheorghiu's best-known book depicts the plight of a naive young farmhand, Johann Moritz, under German and Soviet occupation. Johann is sent to a labor camp by a police captain who covets his wife, Suzanna. Traian, son of the priest Koruga, is a famous novelist and minor diplomat whose first internment comes when he is picked up as an enemy alien by the Yugoslavs. Once imprisoned, the two heroes begin an odyssey of torture and despair. In the end, Traian dies in a concentration camp, while Johann enlists in the army, just as World War III is about to start. In 1967, Carlo Ponti produced a film based on Gheorghiu's book. The movie was directed by Henri Verneuil, with Anthony Quinn as Johann, Virna Lisi as Suzanna, and Serge Reggiani as Traian. * Ora 25, 1949. The twenty-fifth hour (translated from the Romanian by Rita Eldon), Alfred A Knopf, NY, 1950 |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
3. Too many books. I stopped counting at 80 and there were plenty more... |
probably around 120 or so. Who the fuck is requiring this and how much time do the students have left for reading what they want rather than what they're told to read. Pfeh!
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 10:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. These are books they expect a freshman to have read or as suggestions |
for catching up:)
In 1968, when I went off to Kansas University, the list was as long (if not longer) and included some Shakespeare & Greek literature too :) but back then we had no electronic entertainment and only 3 channels on tv (many still had only black & white tv), and most teens did not have their own cars, so we did read more back then :) |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. God, when will teachers stop inflicting "Ethan Frome" on poor kids? |
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