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Any recomendations for my 10 year old Son?

He has to do a book report in a week from something in Historical Fiction.

(Barely)Over 100 pages I believe..

 

I never heard of Historical Fiction and personally think most History Books are works of fiction.

 

I'm thinking of suggesting/looking for something on the Mayan culture.

When I was a kid I loved Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I suppose it depends on his interests.

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One of the best classics I've read (well, reread) recently was The Great Gatsby. There aren't too many writers with Fitzgerald's gift around. I really need to read more of his stuff as soon as I can squeeze it in.

 

I have 'This Side of Paradise' queued up. I'm reading 'Frankenstein' right now, so maybe I'll read that next. I liked 'The Great Gatsby.' Read it in one night, the night after I moved back to Nebraska from California, with no furniture in the apartment, no wife, nothing to do. It was swell.

Frankenstein is excellent. It wasn't what I expected.

 

Gatsby, likewise.

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One of the best classics I've read (well, reread) recently was The Great Gatsby. There aren't too many writers with Fitzgerald's gift around. I really need to read more of his stuff as soon as I can squeeze it in.

 

I have 'This Side of Paradise' queued up. I'm reading 'Frankenstein' right now, so maybe I'll read that next. I liked 'The Great Gatsby.' Read it in one night, the night after I moved back to Nebraska from California, with no furniture in the apartment, no wife, nothing to do. It was swell.

Frankenstein is excellent. It wasn't what I expected.

 

Gatsby, likewise.

I re-read Gatsby about a year ago. It's a classic. Might have to add Frankenstein to the ole reading queue.

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I'm thinking about tearing into Machiavelli's "The Prince" tonight. Anybody read it? I feel like it was something I should have read in a class somewhere along the line, but didn't.

 

I should read that, too. It's on the Barnes & Noble Classics kiosk, and right now they have a "Buy Two, Get One Free" deal on the Classics. I just bought six, including Frankenstein, This Side of Paradise, Dracula, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Ivanhoe and Vanity Fair.

 

Here's a list of their classics. For the money, you almost can't pass on these books. Most of them are essential reading.

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I'm thinking about tearing into Machiavelli's "The Prince" tonight. Anybody read it? I feel like it was something I should have read in a class somewhere along the line, but didn't.
I should read that, too. It's on the Barnes & Noble Classics kiosk, and right now they have a "Buy Two, Get One Free" deal on the Classics. I just bought six, including Frankenstein, This Side of Paradise, Dracula, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Ivanhoe and Vanity Fair. Here's a list of their classics. For the money, you almost can't pass on these books. Most of them are essential reading.

 

Amazon has a lot of those classics for free if you have a Kindle. That's where I got Dracula last year (it was awesome) and some others like A Tale of Two Cities and The Prince.

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I'm thinking about tearing into Machiavelli's "The Prince" tonight. Anybody read it? I feel like it was something I should have read in a class somewhere along the line, but didn't.
I should read that, too. It's on the Barnes & Noble Classics kiosk, and right now they have a "Buy Two, Get One Free" deal on the Classics. I just bought six, including Frankenstein, This Side of Paradise, Dracula, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Ivanhoe and Vanity Fair. Here's a list of their classics. For the money, you almost can't pass on these books. Most of them are essential reading.

 

Amazon has a lot of those classics for free if you have a Kindle. That's where I got Dracula last year (it was awesome) and some others like A Tale of Two Cities and The Prince.

 

None of my books need batteries.

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I'm thinking about tearing into Machiavelli's "The Prince" tonight. Anybody read it? I feel like it was something I should have read in a class somewhere along the line, but didn't.
I should read that, too. It's on the Barnes & Noble Classics kiosk, and right now they have a "Buy Two, Get One Free" deal on the Classics. I just bought six, including Frankenstein, This Side of Paradise, Dracula, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Ivanhoe and Vanity Fair. Here's a list of their classics. For the money, you almost can't pass on these books. Most of them are essential reading.

 

Amazon has a lot of those classics for free if you have a Kindle. That's where I got Dracula last year (it was awesome) and some others like A Tale of Two Cities and The Prince.

 

None of my books need batteries.

 

None of my books require cutting down trees :lol:

 

 

Edit:

 

You jerk! You made me waste my 5000th post!! lol

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Slaying the Badger: LeMond, Hinault and the Greatest Ever Tour de France by Richard Moore

 

After LeMond helped the 'Badger' win the 85 tour, he promised to return the favor and help Greg win in 86.

 

A really good read about what happened in one of the great duels of the Tour.

 

A good sports book, even if you don't give two hoots about bike competition or the Tour.

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