Books I read in 2006 Part 2 of 3

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Of Mice and Men (Pocket Penguin Classics)
1.  Of Mice and Men (Pocket Penguin Classics) by John Steinbeck
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  "Not as good as its reputation, but a classic nontheless."
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Unpeople: Britain's Secret Human Rights Abuses
2.  Unpeople: Britain's Secret Human Rights Abuses by Mark Curtis
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  "Meticulously researched critique of British foreign policy, but Curtis' smug tone lets this otherwise excellent book down."
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A Lover's Discourse (Vintage Classics)
3.  A Lover's Discourse (Vintage Classics) by Roland Barthes
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  "At times poetic, at times indulgent: so-so overall."
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Invisible Monsters
4.  Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
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  "An intricately crafted modern novel with many twists."
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Imperial Ambitions: Conversations with Noam Chomsky on the Post 9/11 World
5.  Imperial Ambitions: Conversations with Noam Chomsky on the Post 9/11 World by Noam Chomsky
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  "Chomsky at his best. All his books are a must!"
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Phantoms in the Brain: Human Nature and the Architecture of the Mind
6.  Phantoms in the Brain: Human Nature and the Architecture of the Mind by V.S. Ramachandran
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  "An interesting companion to Oliver Sacks' "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat"."
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Harper Perennial Modern Classics - Big Sur
7.  Harper Perennial Modern Classics - Big Sur by Jack Kerouac
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  "Not one of his best, but a quick and enjoyable read."
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Popular Classics)
8.  A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Popular Classics) by James Joyce
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  "Very earthy descriptive prose from Joyce. Much more readable than the impossible "Ulysses"."
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Wall and Piece
9.  Wall and Piece by Banksy
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  "Politically astute graffiti art with a wry twist."
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Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings (Penguin Modern Classics)
10.  Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings (Penguin Modern Classics) by Jorge Luis Borges
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  "Stories, essays and parables from Argentina's best writer. Some mindblowing paradoxes and sly twists."
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Bloody Foreigners
11.  Bloody Foreigners by Robert Winder
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  "A history of Britain shown from the eyes of immigrants. Shows how some of the aspects of British culture most lauded as British were in fact contributions by succesive waves of immigrants."
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Go Tell it on the Mountain (Penguin Modern Classics)
12.  Go Tell it on the Mountain (Penguin Modern Classics) by James Baldwin
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  "A personal account of a young boy dealing with a dominating father."
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Four Quartets (Faber Poetry)
13.  Four Quartets (Faber Poetry) by T.S. Eliot
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  "Modernist poetry. Puts many diverse points in time on one axis."
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The Wretched of the Earth (Penguin Modern Classics)
14.  The Wretched of the Earth (Penguin Modern Classics) by Frantz Fanon
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  "A handbook for Algerian freedom-fighters during their fight for independance from French colonial rule."
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How Proust Can Change Your Life
15.  How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton
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  "Subtle displays of utter genius. A brilliant book written by a thoroughly decent chap."
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Faust: Part One: Pt.1 (Oxford World's Classics)
16.  Faust: Part One: Pt.1 (Oxford World's Classics) by J. W. von Goethe
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  "This is high art. Dark, deep and superbly written."
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Endgame
17.  Endgame by Samuel Beckett
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  "Apocalyptic hopelessness from the master of the bleak."
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Utopia (Penguin Classics)
18.  Utopia (Penguin Classics) by Sir Thomas More
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  "50% catholic tract, 50% communist treatise. The book which introduced the term "Utopia"."
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Orientalism
19.  Orientalism by Edward W. Said
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  "Little more than academic timewasting. Why it has such a prestigious status amongst intellectuals, I'll never know."
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The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge (Penguin Social Sciences)
20.  The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge (Penguin Social Sciences) by Thomas Luckmann
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  "While the authors must have worn out their thesauruses with this book, one can't help but think that under all the academic posturing, there is very little substance."
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Norwegian Wood
21.  Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
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  "Murukami writes some of the sharpest dialogue since "Pulp Fiction"."
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Selected Poems
22.  Selected Poems by Langston Hughes
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  "Charming poetry that many can relate to."
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The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies (Routledge Classics)
23.  The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies (Routledge Classics) by Marcel Mauss
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  "Not really what I was looking for, but I suppose someone more interested in anthropology might find something here."
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By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept
24.  By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart
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  "To paraphrase Truman Capote: "This isn't writing, it's typing!""
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The Heart Of A Dog (Vintage Classics)
25.  The Heart Of A Dog (Vintage Classics) by Mikhail Bulgakov
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  "A classic parable about the failings of the Soviet experiment."
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