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What is your favorite book?

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What is your favorite book? You can answer with Spanish or English.

I will answer with Spanish. **Mi libro favorito es Harry Potter. Especialmente, Harry Potter y las Reliquias de la Muerte ** tongue laugh

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updated Feb 1, 2011
edited by JUNGJS
posted by JUNGJS
Cual libro de Harry Potter? Hay siete! - amykay, Dec 17, 2010
Todos. - JUNGJS, Dec 18, 2010

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Obras completas, de Jorge Luis Borges.

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updated Feb 1, 2011
posted by mediterrunio
that looks like the perfect Christmas gift! - nizhoni1, Dec 18, 2010
Nunca pude engancharme con Borges... me resulta tedioso!! pero no me extraña, la negra Sosa era un ícono de la canción y para mi fue siempre una distorcionadora de todos los temas que me gustaban jajaja nací en el país equivocado?? who knows!! - Benz, Feb 1, 2011
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Mi libro favorito es la Borde de la Fundación por Isaac Asimov. Me gustan sus libros de la ciencia ficción.

updated May 13, 2011
edited by Leanahtan
posted by Leanahtan
I really liked that when I read it years ago - nizhoni1, Dec 17, 2010
... de ciencia ficción :) - Benz, Dec 18, 2010
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Esta pregunta es muy difícil. Me gusta La Biblia, pero también todos libros de James Patterson. Cuando era niña mi libro favorito fue llamada "Child of the Silent Night", un libro sobre Helen Keller.

updated Dec 18, 2010
edited by amykay
posted by amykay
good! - JUNGJS, Dec 17, 2010
Helen Keller always blows me away - nizhoni1, Dec 17, 2010
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Anything by Nabakov. Also Shogun. And the Songs of Ice and Fire! wink And War books.

Although the actual best book is Lolita by Nabakov.

updated Dec 19, 2010
edited by jeezzle
posted by jeezzle
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Puckoon , by Spike Milligan. To show me the absurdity of the human

condition ,and give me a laugh.

The complete works of William Shakespeare .To experience the beauty of the

English language , and teach to me it's growth and change .

One hundred stories of O'Henry. For his deliciously funny and irreverent way

with dialogue , which I find quintessentially American, his philosophy is as modern

as today, and still entertains me 60 years after my first fortunate encounter.

updated Dec 19, 2010
posted by ray76
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Hard to pick just one, but I guess I'll go with Exact Solutions to Einstein's Field Equations (2nd ed.).

updated Dec 19, 2010
posted by lorenzo9
Do you actually read that Lorenzo? - nizhoni1, Dec 18, 2010
Yes. I've read the whole thing twice and worked through several chapters in detail. I've read a lot of math and physics books and continue to do so. - lorenzo9, Dec 19, 2010
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I don't think I can pick one! I am a lover of Shakespeare, and I really enjoy the book The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien.

updated Dec 18, 2010
posted by mapletw
" The Cat from Hué " by John Laurence is also a great Viet Nam book. - swampy, Dec 17, 2010
Thank you for letting me know! - mapletw, Dec 18, 2010
The things they carried, you have good taste. - jeezzle, Dec 18, 2010
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Como agua para chocolate escrito por Laura Esquival, uno de mis favoritos en Español smile

updated Dec 18, 2010
posted by globos-rojos
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The Lord of the Rings (El señor de los anillos???????)

updated Dec 18, 2010
posted by drewrywpg
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2666 de Roberto Bolaño Tu rostro mañana de Javier Marias

updated Dec 18, 2010
posted by enniobianco
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I sure would appreciate it if someone would translate this correctly for me: (Thanks)

It is my opinion that the Bible is the only book worth reading, albeit I feel it should be studied more than read. That being said, I have found these books to be quite enjoyable. (In no particular order) Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry; Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell; Animal Farm - George Orwell; Roots: The Saga of an American Family - Alex Haley which also makes me think of The Autobiography of Malcom X. Any biography, especially one of the autobiographical nature is actually my favorite. I was once told the best way to learn history from a certain time period was to read biographies from that time period, and I must agree that that is most assuredly the way to go about it.

Thanks to anyone who translates this for me. My Spanish is not that far progressed. I'm curious as to how far I've come and how far I need to go in order to be able to communicate in an acceptable fashion.

updated Dec 18, 2010
posted by djnotsophat
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mis libros preferidos son libros de cocina

updated Dec 18, 2010
posted by vfratinardo
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There are so many that are good. RIght now I am thinking of The Yearling

updated Dec 18, 2010
posted by nizhoni1
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Break for the Basket by Matt Christopher.

updated Dec 18, 2010
posted by bandit51jd
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"Cien años de soledad" de Gabriel García Márquez

"El Silmarillion" de JRTolkien

"El Padrino" Mario Puzo

"Twilight" Stephanie Meyer

updated Dec 18, 2010
posted by Benz
I recently bought the English version of "One Hundred Years of Solitude". I need to get started on it. - swampy, Dec 17, 2010
No te vas a arrepentir de haberlo comprado. Es una historia magnífica!! - Benz, Dec 18, 2010