What are some good and classic satirical books?
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Sex drugs and cocoa puffs by chuck klosterman. oh it makes you think and he writes in such a way where he's sarcastic and at the same time his not. you just have to read it. I loved it. it'd be in any book store or online.
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hey..try project guttenberg , lots of online book there! good luck. Bdway, The Prince by Machiavelli is an interesting read and its THIN :) \n\nhttp://www.gutenberg.org/\n\nHave fun!
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Escapist literature\n\ndeals with fantasy. There is nothing like happily-ever-after in real world :)
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The desire of ages, and the great controversy by ellen white. Also Believing God by Beth Moore. A trip into the supernatural by Roger Morneau, and The purpose driven life by some guy I can't recall.
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My favorite has always been Shakespeare. There's lots of help on the web for it, and it's just classic. To understand Shakespeare will give you lots of laughs especially with these new teen movies out that rip him off :) Plus it's just cool to read the stories that have inspired people for hundreds of years.
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Anything by Charles deLint.  He has books of short stories and full novels.
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The Bonfire of the Vanities - Tom Wolfe     \nLove in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez     \nThe Shell Seekers - Rosamunde Pilcher     \nThe Icarus Agenda - Robert Ludlum     \nAlaska - Jame Michener     \nZoya - Danielle Steel     \nThe Cardinal of the Kremlin - Tom Clancy     \nTill Wee Meet Again - Judith Krantz \n\nThe 8-Week Cholesterol Cure - Robert W. Kowalski     \nTrump: The Art of the Deal - Donald J. Trump with Tony Schwartz     \nSwim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive - Harvey Mackay     \nThriving on Chaos - Tom Peters     \nA Brief History of Time - Stephen W. Hawking     \nThe Rise and Fall of the Great Powers - Paul Kennedy     \nTalking Straight - Lee Iococca with Sonny Kleinfield     \nLove, Medicine and Miracles - Bernie S. Siegel     \n\nPulitzer Fiction\nBeloved, Toni Morrison   \n\nPulitzer Non-fiction\nThe Making of the Atomic Bomb, Richard Rhodes
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Any of the classics .... some of my favorites include To Kill a Mockingbird, Robinson Crusoe, The REd BAdge of Courage, The Sun Also Rises, Of Mice and Men, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Heart of DArkness, Of Human Bondage, The HObbitt, Lord of the Rings, War and Peace, Doctor Zhivago ... should keep you busy for a while.  Good luck with it.
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Yep - I read it in high school and it was hilarious... Sad about the author though, I think the book my have been semi-autobiographical. It was one of only a handful of required reading in high school that I didn't hate: Catcher in the Rye, Caine Mutiny, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest are the only others I can recall that I didn't hate reading.
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"Great Expectations" was a really good book for a first for me.\ncheck it out see if ya like it.
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Here is a really great site for the classics:Classic Book List\n\n http://www.batesville.k12.in.us/sls/staff/fifth/bry/classic_book_list.htm\n\nBook Title.......................Author\n\n \n\nCharlott's Web..............................................................................E.B. White\n\nLittle House in the Big Woods ............................................................Laura Ingalls Wilder\n\n(any book in this series written by this author)\n\nThe Secret Garden.........................................................................Burnett\n\nThe Hobbit...................................................................................Tolken\n\nThe Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Series).......................................C.S. Lewis\n\nHeidi...........................................................................................Spyri\n\nMary Poppins..................................................................................Travers\n\nThe Borrowers.................................................................................Norton\n\nSwiss Family Robinson.........................................................................Wyss\n\nThe Merry Adventures of Robin Hood......................................................Pyle\n\nThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer.............................................................Mark Twain\n\nA Christmas Carol.............................................................................Charles Dickens\n\nAdventures of Pinocchio........................................................................Collodi\n\nThe Jungle Book.................................................................................Kipling\n\nPeter Pan........................................................................................Barrie\n\nThe Moffats....................................................................................Estes\n\nJust So Stories.................................................................................Kipling\n\nAlice's Adventures in Wonderland............................................................Carroll\n\nThe Wind in the Willow.........................................................................Grahame\n\nTreasure Island.................................................................................Robert Lewis Stevenson\n\nJohnny Tremain................................................................................. Forbes\n\nKing Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table............................................Pyle\n\nRip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow...........................................WashintonIrving\n\nTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea..................................................Jules Verne\n\nRobinson Crusoe.................................................................................Daniel Defoe\n\nOtto of the Silver Hand.......................................................................Pyle\n\nLittle Men.......................................................................................Louisa May Alcott\n\nLittle Women....................................................................................Louisa May Alcott\n\nThe Time Machine..............................................................................H.G. Wells\n\nBlack Beauty....................................................................................Anna Sewel\n\nOliver Twist.....................................................................................Charles Dickens\n\nHuckleberry Finn................................................................................Mark Twain\n\nAnnie of Green Gables.........................................................................Montgomery\n\nAnnie of Avonlea..............................................................................Montgomery\n\nCaptains Courageous..........................................................................Kipling\n\nFive Chi
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The Black Book of Communism. Its over 800-pages (but there are small chapters and summaries about people such as Castro.)\n\nThis book has world-wide claim, it was written by people who've come from communist countries and have studied it for a living. It's quite brilliant. I've read most of it. It's not pro-communist so if you are a commie, you'll get offended by the truth.\n\n\n\n-\n\nWhy the hell did I get 2 thumbs-down? Does everyone love communism here?
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sparknotes.com- really good
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Marx's conflict thoery is a fun one.  Or Durkheim's on solidarity.  George Ritzer is a great source to start with.
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There are sooo many books out there to choose from and so many different tastes that it would be hard to recommend something without knowing what you like.  Here's a good website where you can browse through book titles and get reviews by interest:\n http://www.barnesandnoble.com/bookbrowser/Welcome.asp?\n\nI am partial to a few classics that I have read more than once when I was a teenager and still love today (I'm 37).   All are fiction -\n To Kill A Mockingbird - by Harper Lee\n The Three Musketeers - by Alexander Dumas\n The Summer of My German Soldier - by Bette Greene\n The Outsiders - by S.E. Hinton\nDon't forget about going to the local library.  You can go through a lot of books without committing to buying one.\nEnjoy!
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Leo the Late Bloomer is an incredible book. I use it regularly in my Elementary Resource Room. Tacky the Penguin is also good.\n\nhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006443348X/104-3952678-4451922?v=glance&n=283155\n\nhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0395562333/104-3952678-4451922?v=glance&n=283155\n\nHere are some other titles and background info you might like:\nhttp://www.library.uiuc.edu/blog/esslchildlit/archives/2006/01/picture_books_a.html\nhttp://www.libsci.sc.edu/facst/walling/Booksaboutchildrenwithdisabilities.html\nhttp://www.newswise.com/articles/view/521051/\nhttp://www.intellectualdisability.info/how_to/beyond_words.htm
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I would vote for A Midsummer Night's Dream.  It's a great dose of comic silliness with just enough philosophical inquiry into the relationship between dream and reality to give you food for thought.  The last scene alone is worth the price of admission (or rental, or the cost of a good book).