VOTE FOR BOOKS TO READ THIS MONTH _________________________________________ You are invited to vote for the two types of books that we will be reading this month in our BookClub Of Planet Earth (BCOPE) : - *Books from Past and the Current favorites* Click here to join and vote... https://plus.google/112086180309500632054/posts/DKMZuJa5HpN Below are some of the selection, we have made, and we are looking for your inputs too... Please vote by commenting, for one of the books in each section mentioned below, to be read this month in BCOPE and discuss. The final selection will be announced on 15th April and will be discussed across The Planet Earth... CURRENT FAVORITES The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt The Goldfinch is a rarity that comes along perhaps half a dozen times per decade, a smartly written literary novel that connects with the heart as well as the mind....Donna Tartt has delivered an extraordinary work of fiction.--Stephen King, The New York Times Book Review Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who dont know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by his longing for his mother, he clings to the one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the underworld of art. Click here to read more about it... barnesandnoble/w/the-goldfinch-donna-tartt/1114308487 Devotion Of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino I usually don’t read hard core fiction. Murder Plots are the last on my list of fun but “Devotion of Suspect X” by Keigo Higashino, was something more than blood and gore. The book seemed to be one of the biggest – selling Japanese thrillers ever and the inspiration for a cult film. And yes it took me by surprise and really enjoyed reading it. It was a good book, perfectly portraying the mind of a genius mathematician Ishigami and his college mate and kind of competitor, Physics Professor Yukawa in the back drop of the accidental murder of Togashi, ex Husband of the heroine Yasuko. Click here to read more about it... shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.in/2013/12/reader-devotion-of-suspect-x-by-keigo.html SOME OF THE OLD GEMS Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu (Suggested by Moderator / Member +Richard Heby ) After many years, I started reading Tao Te Ching (the translation by R B Blakney) again and realize again that the real great books always gives deeper insight, every time you read it. The book “Tao Te Ching” by Lao Tzu is the most translated book in the world after Bible and reading these books, actually can transport one to the ancient times and align with the thought processes that started thousands of years back and still survive the test of living mankind’s journey across time. Click here to read more about it... shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.in/2013/09/reader-tao-te-ching-by-lao-tzu.html Family Happiness - Leo Tolstoy An interesting story (Novella) that I recently read about life. A girls desires and feelings, before and after marriage to a much older person so beautifully envisaged by Tolstoy. Click here to read more about it... shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.in/2013/06/the-reader-family-happiness-leo-tolstoy.html The Farther Reaches of Human Nature - A H Maslow This is one of the great books that I have recently on the Human Nature and innerself. What I really liked in this book, is that Maslow is trying to give us insights about Spirituality and innerself, peak experiences (kind of toned down enlightenment) scientifically. Click here to read more about it... shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.in/2011/02/reader-farther-reaches-of-human-nature.html The last lecture - Randy Pauch Pausch delivered his Last Lecture, titled Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams, at Carnegie Mellon on September 18, 2007. This talk was modeled after an ongoing series of lectures where top academics are asked to think deeply about what matters to them, and then give a hypothetical final talk, i.e., what wisdom would you try to impart to the world if you knew it was your last chance? A month before giving the lecture, Pausch had received a prognosis that the pancreatic cancer, with which he had been diagnosed a year earlier, was terminal. Before speaking, Pausch received a long standing ovation from a large crowd of over 400 colleagues and students. Click here to read more about it... shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.in/2010/08/reader-last-lecture.html __ Shashi ॐ नमः शिवाय Om Namah Shivaya
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