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    Books about groups?

    Having just finished Hush by Eishes Chayil, I'm fascinated by books about groups. What are some good ones? Particular interested in that fraternity at either Harvard or Yale or one of those that is secret and you get invited into it by pedigree with secret meetings and most presidents have been...
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    Good sport biographies?

    Mainly looking for swim/bike/run biographies (guess what I do ha), but any sport will do to at least check out the description. I've read quite a bit of SRB and triathlon bios and loved them all, and I also read and loved Lance's and Agassi's. My next read is David Millar's Racing in the dark...
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    Fair Game - please explain this to me? (spoilers)

    1. Is she trying to recruit people to be spies in the CIA or 2. Is she trying to recruit informants (people from other countries that provide info to the CIA?) 1. Is she a spy or 2. Is she a spy handler? (I.e. is she Sydney or Vaughn?) 1. Are her "agents" U.S. CIA agents under her wing...
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    What are MUST read books for both readers and writers?

    I'm looking for 2 lists. One is the essential books every writer SHOULD own... i.e. Elements of Style. The other one is a list of what most people would agree is REQUIRED reading... something like War and Peace. Thoughts? :)
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    Yet another help me find this book thread

    The main character is a preteen or teenage boy, and he lives in an island with an evil man who makes all the boys that live on the island fight with each other for his amusement. For some reason I remember salt. He has one best friend on that island and one main enemy. He's always referring...
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    Getting into Shakespeare

    I'm looking for a book that has ALL works (or as close to all) with annotations. Also, I heard there are books that have the original on one side and a "modern English" translation on the other... anyone know of something like this? Thanks! :)
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    Three of them.

    In one book, there's this island of children with this mean man who keeps them hostage. The story is told by one of the children who always describes himself as being made of stone. He gets into a fight with one of the other boys and their master plays off of it. The main character has a...
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    What are some good comic non-fiction series? I.e. Cartoon Guide To The Universe

    I love the Introducing series (http://www.iconbooks.co.uk/introducingbooks/which.htm). That's my #1. Then there's the Cartoon Guides and Cartoon Histories by Gonick (http://larrygonick.com/html/pub/pub.html). What are some other good non-fiction comic books?
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    How do I find out the technicalities of... (for a book).

    I'm writing a book, and I need to find out the procedures, technicalities, and steps when someone is in a trial and is claiming Not Guilty Due To Insanity. I want it to be real, from the time they pick the person up, to the time the verdict is read, where to get laws for states (I'm in NV and so...
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    What's the name of these books?

    In one book, there's this island of children with this mean man who keeps them hostage. The story is told by one of the children who always describes himself as being made of stone. He gets into a fight with one of the other boys and their master plays off of it. The main character has a...
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