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Denim Deb

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What types of things does she want to learn? I've found that one of the best ways to learn about history is to read historic novels set in the time period I wish to learn about.
 

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I suggested some Mitchener novels. I loved Hawaii.
 

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how old is she? love many of the books you listed

here are some books off the top of my head many of these would be suitable for an older student, highschool or college

catcher in the rye
hucckelberry finn, tom sawyer and other books by < oh his name slips me
diary of anne frank
the children behind the wall
the great gatsby
walden
notes from the underground
the death of ivan ilych
the hunchback of notre dame
the idiot
the metamorphosis
the count of monte cristo
candide
the quest for cosmic justice sowell
happiness is a serious problem prager
think a second time prager
the federalist papers
the adams jefferson letters
animal farm
of mice and men
the odessey
the devine comedy
the republic of plato
foxes book of martyres
two lives of charlemaign
marco polo
second treastise of government locke
columbus the four voyages
the journals of captain john smith
of plymouth plantation
common sense and the rights of man thomas paine
journals of lewis and clark
the diary of benjamin franklin
the diary of thomas jefferson
the forgotten man
amusing our selves to death postman
dumbing us down
shadow university
mans search for meaning frankel
basic economics by sowell
tyranny of kindness
the vision of the self annointed
the book of virtues
the handbook of nature study
the constitution of the us
the 5000 year leap
the decline of the roman empire
the art of war
shakesspeare
poe
the greek myths
freekenomics
thank God for rocks
 

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The Story of O huh? how old is she again??;)

Amy Tan The bonesetters daughter and The kitchen Gods Wife

Tolstoy Anna Karenina

Audrey Niffenegger The Time Travelers Wife

Alison Hover Bartlett The man who loved books too much

and for some non fiction fun..

Super Freakonomics :)

Stephen Hawking The universe in a nutshell

Mark Kurlansky Salt ( it sounds dull yes, but its fascinating and there are even recipes )

Sam Kean The Disappearing Spoon.

Malcolm Gladwell Blink

Robert White The Evolution of God

Steven Waldman Founding Faith

Stephen R. Covey The Seven habits of highly effective people

Bill Bryson A Short History of Nearly Everything

Robert J. Sawyer Calculating God

Steve Wozniak and Gina Smith IWoz

Jeff Jarvis What Would Google Do

I can have a better list for you in a few days.. its late and those are just the ones off the top of my head.
 

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When DD was in Junior HS, she read among many other books:

Wuthering Heights,
Gone with the Wind and it's sequel
Stepford Wives
The whole Redwall series (she still owns every book)
There is a biography of John Steinbeck, which I loved
Travels with Charlie

DSS just read
Aztec by Gary Jennings, considering he is not much of a reader, it must be good. I haven't read it yet
ETA
[i]I looked through this book last night, it is very violent and has some strong sexually inappropriate for a young teen content. I herewith remove my recommendation for this book. O don't think I even want to read it, the parts I did read totally grossed me out[/i]

Why not just go to the library and browse. I love being able to take home an armfull of books, reading as many as I can, renewing the ones I didn't get to read or finding out that I didn't care for certain ones and just returning them, without having spent a dime (unless I returned the late, of course :p)

I have discovered so many topics, I didn't think to look for. I can easily spend 2-3 hours in the library, just browsing. I do that in bookstores too, but there I cannot take all the books home that interest me ;)
 

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abifae said:
Sea...Frankenstein...Do Sheep have Electric Sleep??
Do you mean "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick?

I would also add "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood, one of my all-time favorites & very provocative.
 

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