Track this topic | Email this topic | Print this topic

This thread is inspired by a situation that I'm in. You see, I've been working at the public library down the street for nearly 6 years. The library is allowing me to select a book for them to buy in my honor, something the library does for everyone who works there 5 years. This isn't a book for me to keep, but rather a book that will be put on the shelf with a big sticker on the inside cover saying something like "This book is dedicated to *first name* *last name* in honor of his/her 5 years of service to library patrons everywhere."

I'm not asking for suggestions, but rather it would be fun to see what you guys and gals would pick.

Now during my time at the library, I have seen a whole lot of materials making the assumption that evolution is true, from adult biology books to children's videos and books about dinosaurs. However there are no science books explaining intelligent design. Doesn't it help to have an open mind? Certainly. I will be selecting a book on the modern theory of ID. I have read 3 books of this nature and after using this material in debates, I definately approve of their contents.

Here's what I have in mind:
No Free Lunch - Hard Cover 365 pages

--------------------

FFXI (Siren server)
Tauu the Windurstian Tarutaru!
White Mage & Paladin

As we discussed in chat, I would want to do a book about Sol Lewitt and his art. Here's one I found at Amazon that looked good: Sol Lewitt.

Good topic!

This post has been edited by Rangers51 on 27th January 2004 18:49

--------------------

"To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly

Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN?

A copy of the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook.
Except of course the fact that its techincally Illegal to put that in a library unless the words DO NOT PHOTOCOPY! are on the front page.

But since thats a no no, probably a copy of a Terry Pratchett book. Or The St. Mirren "Millenium Champions" book marking the first division championship in 99/00

--------------------

"Only the dead have seen the end of their quotes being misattributed to Plato."
-George Santayana

"The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here..."
-Abraham Lincoln, prior to the discovery of Irony.

I'd recommend any of Bevin Alexander's military strategy books.

--------------------

~Status Report~

* Completed... Dragon's Head
* Completed... Soldiers of the Empire: Disciples (release pending)
* In Progress/Undecided... Of Love and Betrayal
* Planning/Assembly... Where it all Began

The Art of War - Sun Tzu

the Kama Sutra

--------------------

My second daughter, if we have girls, will be named Rikku. I'm not kidding.

the Quran...!

I suggest any books realting to Math or Science. I love reading up on intellectual people such as Einstein, Archimedes, and those sorts of people and what they acclompished.

--------------------

"The Hero I am not. I can do naught."

Respect Frog...

Geez, I wonder what most libraries don't have.

A book of the artwork of Hieronymous Bosch, or maybe Clive Barker's Books of Blood. Then again, maybe most libraries have those... I don't know.

--------------------

Get me off this Disciplinary Committee so I can play any FF except for FF8!!!

I would have to go with Del on this one. I would probably take The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett, with hopes that reading this one book would spark their curiosity to read the others in this extremely funny series.

--------------------

"My impersonation of an ordinary person was flawless." - Neal

"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." - Dr. Seuss

I'd go with a copy of Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky. This is my favorit novel, as I've stated often in other topics. Reading this book makes a profound impact on one's philosophy and outlook on life.

P.S. There is another model of the origen of life which you may be interested in being acquanted with, as it solves many of the problems inherent in evolution (though wether or no it has any bases in history is still to be seen). And just as a side note, God's "Intellegent Design" could have been evolution, the two are not opposed, as most assume they are. (If you'd like to respond, please do so via PM, or in another topic.)

I might suggest anything by Chuck Palahniuk, but specifically Lullaby or Fight Club which was a book before it was ever a movie. I've never encountered a library that has anything Chuck has written, and this stuff is rather creative in both the story concepts and writing styles.

--------------------

"Like an Angel from the underworld, or a devil from paradise" Faye Valentine: Cowboy Bebop

Too many to choose...

A book about people? The Razor's Edge By W. Somerset Maugham

A book about faith? Siddartha By Herman Hesse

A book about war? The Things They Carried By Tim O'Brian

A book about adventure? All The Pretty Horses By Cormac McArthur

A book about life? Tuesdays With Morrie By Mitch Albom

A book about a teenage boy? Boy By Roald Dahl


I could go on...

--------------------

"Hit hard, hit first, hit often."

--Adm. William "Bull" Halsey, USN

Everything I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulgham

--------------------

Hip-Hop QOTW:

"Yeah, where I'ma start it at, look I'ma part of that
Downtown Philly where it's realer than a heart attack
It wasn't really that ill until the start of crack
Now it's a body caught every night on the Almanac"

"Game Theory"
The Roots

wheres waldo.



i would ask them to put up an adult section. not like the childrens section and then the adult section kind of adult section. more like the childrens section, the adult section and the ADULT section. think about it.

--------------------

You watch the world exploding every single night
Dancing in the sun, a newborn in the light
Say goodbye to gravity and say goodbye to death
Hello to eternity and live for every breath

Your time will come...

I too would endorse the book "Tuesdays With Morrie" by Mitch Albom. Excellent book, one of the best I've ever read.

This post has been edited by TheEvilEye on 28th January 2004 05:34

"The Hobbit" by J. R. R. Tolkein. Very awesome book.
Another good book, or so I hear, is "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" or some title like that. I don't quite remember.

--------------------

Wow. 1,000 posts.

I miss you all now that I'm in boarding school! ;_;

I love The Phantom Tollbooth. What a fantastic book. I can read it even now when I should be reading more intellectually stimulating books.

--------------------

Hey, put the cellphone down for a while
In the night there is something wild
Can you hear it breathing?
And hey, put the laptop down for a while
In the night there is something wild
I feel it, it's leaving me

I would go for "In the Eye of the Dragon" by Stephen King (may have messed up the title a bit).

I don't own it, surprisingly, but I love that book. I've read it about 7 times, always borrowing it from the library, and there's something about it that just pulls me in each time.

--------------------

I had an old signature. Now I've changed it.

Hmmm..I really love the "Biggles" series by Captain W.E. Johns so I would probably choose one of them.

Oh yeah, another good one is "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl. Maybe a children's book, but a classic nonetheless.

--------------------

Wow. 1,000 posts.

I miss you all now that I'm in boarding school! ;_;