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... Counting the pages will work better for me.
1. The Holy Bible - 1508pgs.
2. Nights in Rodanthe - 222pgs.
3. Roots - 688pgs. I just listed the following:
snow flower and the secret fan by lisa see MOOCHED
roots by alex haley MOOCHED
a million little pieces by james frey
christmas letters from hell by michael lent
don't make me stop this car by al roker
what to expect the first year ... ... in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
As the Crow Flies by Jeffrey Archer
The Vineyard by Barbara Delinsky
Roots by Alex Haley Roots by Alex Haley Several books do four generations and many were modeled from East of Eden. Haley's, Roots, sprouted from Steinbeck's creation. Lost Man's River or the trilogy compilation Shadow Country would be my recomendation. Matthiessen has the son of a legendary character study the legend and ... ... Bruce Hoadley
Jan 1 - Jan 24
2. Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood
by bell hooks.
Jan 25 - Feb 18
3. Roots
by Alex Haley
Feb 4 - Feb 10
4. Philadelphia Architecture
by Thom Nickels
Feb 19 - Feb 19
5. Historic Photos of Philadelphia
by ... ... a few other Classics too so I just picked In Cold Blood. Also in my High School l Library we had two copies of the book Roots where there was a long waiting list to read the book because of the mini-series that was due to becoming out at the time. I put my name on the list and had to wait ... ... 224 copies
N O N F I C T I O N
1. The Final Days, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein 392 copies
2. Roots, Alex Haley 1,288 copies
3. Your Erroneous Zones, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer 228 copies
4. Passages: The Predictable Crises of Adult Life, Gail Sheehy 22 ... ... to Chapel Hill, and I was in graduate school there. He was pretty interested in my immediate family, and very gracious. (In Roots it is the Thomas Murrays, in Alamance County, North Carolina. I am Thomas Murray Richmond III. My family is not too original with names. My son is a IV.)
I also ... Just a guess. Is it Roots? Borrowed from the local library last night:
The Steep Approach to Garbadale by Iain Banks
Roots by Alex Haley
I keep getting sent money off vouchers by Borders, which ya gotta use really, haven't you, to buy stuff like:
All The King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
Shooting an Elephant ... ... The System is connected to feelings of deep distrust. If you do not understand why, please see any or all of the following: Roots, Black Boy and Native Son, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, The Women of Brewster Place, Brothers and Sisters and anything Maya Angelou has written (you ... Roots by Alex Haley
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Walden; Or, Life In The Woods by Henry David Thoreau
A Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Grahame I finished Roots over the long weekend. It wasn't as good as I remembered (it had been a frequent reread of mine in high school), but it was still very compelling. I think the flaw is in the clumsy workings of historical events into the narrative. They're all presented as conversation amongst the ... ... which I read for a discussion over at the Reading Globally group. I found it very emotionally involving.
I'm now back to Roots for my RL book club.
On audio, I'm now reading The Four Feathers by A. E. W. Mason. Luck by Joan Barfoot
Wheels by Arthur Hailey
Roots by Alex Haley
Moo by Jane Smiley
Mike by P.G. Wodehouse I had a (recently deceased) corydoras catfish named Toby for the character in Alex Haley's Roots. I am currently in Juffure, in west Africa, but all too soon headed for a slave ship bound for America, in Alex Haley's Roots. ... a long time to get going, and was capped off by the worst ending I've encountered in a long time.
I'm now rereading Roots by Alex Haley for my book club. ... bookstore on a fluke and absolutely loved. After that will probably start Down the Nile or Coastliners. I also have Roots staring at me, but I think I will save that for cooler weather.... can't believe summer is almost over :-( citygirl: I couldn't agree more about Roots. This conversation is making me think our university really needs a course in Southern Lit. And I wish history classes would include more literature. And literature classes should have more history in them, too.
varielle: I can recall the first ... ... Wind that I understand (one view of) the roles of carpetbaggers during Reconstruction and privateers during the Civil War. Roots should be required reading, along with quite a few others. #1, Whether or not you choose to read it, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, which he wrote with Alex Haley of Roots fame, is a fascinating book, and a classic. ... To Kill a Mockingbird and Little Women were the books that most affected me in childhood.
As an adult:
20s: Roots
30s: Women's Room, The Chalice and the Blade
40s (a busy decade - went back to school): Beloved, Ishmael, Artist's Way, House of the Spirits, People's ... ... it is?
La nostalgie de la boue? here's where I'm a bit wobbly: nostalgia/homesickness for the mud/dirt/earth/soil? it might mean homesick for your roots but not sure
Une gamine de New York?: a street-girl/urchin from New York?
Enfin, tue es adorable: Finally/in short you are ... ... grows in Brooklyn is a classic, because it addresses a universal experience for a certain population. Using that criteria Roots does the same and is thus a classic. Same with World of our Fathers. ... did take my copy of Truly Tasteless Jokes from my Grandfather because she was afraid I'd read it.
I'd read Roots in the 6th grade without a problem. Which was probably more disturbing than all the others. ... a chunk of the middle of a book. I'm sorry, but the 100 or so pages on raising chickens were not an interesting part of Roots (an otherwise wonderful book). To angelott08: It's many years since I read Roots, but it's one of those books one never forgets. I'm not sure that 'enjoyable' is quite the right word for this book, but I hope you find is as worth reading as I did. 5. The Color of Water by James McBride. Think Roots meets An Orphan in History. Subtitled A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother, this memoir touches on growing up black in America in the sixties; on growing up poor in America; on interracial marriage in the 50's and 60's; on Easte ... cjacklen, message 64:
It does sound familiar, but I can't place it. The only similar one I can think of would be Roots by Alex Haley, but somehow I don't think that's it (it is certainly worth reading anyway!).
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