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A list of "old school" books that washed ashore with me on this uninhabited Island...

 

1. Plutarch: Roman Lives.

 

2. Marcus Aurelius: Meditations.

 

3. Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War.

 

4. Boethius: Consolation of Philosophy

 

5. Plato: The Last Days of Socrates.

 

6. Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander

 

7. Homer: The Iliad.

 

8. Arrian: Enchiridion of Epictetus.

 

9. Suetonius: The Twelve Caesars

 

10: Tacitus: The Annals of Imperial Rome.

 

These are my "desert Island books" that id be happy to read for the rest of my life. :thumbsup:

Im only supposed to have ONE but how can i choose among these only one.. its like Sophie's Choice, an impossible decision.

So im bumping it to 10.

 

Whats yours? :kopkrab:

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My books are:

 

1) Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov (favourite book)

2) A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess.

3) Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

4) Divine Comedy- Dante Alighieri

5) Goodbye Mr.Chips- James Hilton

6) Lady Chatterley's Lover - D.H Lawrence.

7) Red Alert - Peter George

8) The Notebook- Nicholas Sparks,

9) This House- James Graham.

10) More Anarchy- Woody Allen.

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impressive lists, my one would be Dear Boy the Life of Keith Moon :thumbsup:

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