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Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan. Interesting read about the life and times of Jesus.
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Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan. Interesting read about the life and times of Jesus.
I just finished that, but the book is quoted mostly out of bible, it is just a good book :)
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I just finished that, but the book is quoted mostly out of bible, it is just a good book :)
But the writer claims that he want to show a different Jesus (historical) than the person mentioned in Bible.
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But the writer claims that he want to show a different Jesus (historical) than the person mentioned in Bible.
Yes he tried making difference between Jesus of Nazerath and Jesus the Christ. But still due to scarcity of historical documents or may be because of poor research, I found book just average.
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Yes he tried making difference between Jesus of Nazerath and Jesus the Christ. But still due to scarcity of historical documents or may be because of poor research, I found book just average.
I started his 'No god but God', but stopped as I found his research shallow.
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I started his 'No god but God', but stopped as I found his research shallow.
History of God by Karen Armstrong is well researched in this regard.
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History of God by Karen Armstrong is well researched in this regard.
yes Karen Armstrong does her research work properly as compared to Reza Asalan. Even her book 'Islam- A short History' is much better work than 'No god, but God'
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Vision in White by Nora Roberts
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Whats it all about. writer sounds familiar 
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I haven’t read much yet.
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Dead Reckoning: History of Bangladesh war
Most neutral account of any war book that I ever read
written by Sharmila Bose
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After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam](After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam by Lesley Hazleton | Goodreads)
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Makers of Modern India, by Ramchandra Guha
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Can you please give few details of it?
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It’s a literary classic, here’s a quick synopsis taken from online:
*Orphaned into the household of her Aunt Reed at Gateshead, subject to the cruel regime at Lowood charity school, Jane Eyre nonetheless emerges unbroken in spirit and integrity.
She takes up the post of governess at Thornfield, falls in love with Mr. Rochester, and discovers the impediment to their lawful marriage in a story that transcends melodrama to portray a woman’s passionate search for a wider and richer life than Victorian society traditionally allowed.
With a heroine full of yearning, the dangerous secrets she encounters, and the choices she finally makes, Charlotte Bronte’s innovative and enduring romantic novel continues to engage and provoke readers.(less)](http://www.paklinks.com/gs/#)
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Thank you..
Firefly lane by Kristin Hannah- it was on sale on my nook for 2.99 a while ago and I downloaded it but never finished. I am actually liking it.
Summary from Barnes and Noble website
In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the “coolest girl in the world” moves in across the street and wants to be her friend. Tully Hart seems to have it all—-beauty, brains, ambition. On the surface they are as opposite as two people can be: Kate, doomed to be forever uncool, with a loving family who mortifies her at every turn. Tully, steeped in glamour and mystery, but with a secret that is destroying her. They make a pact to be best friends forever; by summer’s end they’ve become*TullyandKate.*Inseparable.
So begins Kristin Hannah’s magnificent new novel. Spanning more than three decades and playing out across the ever-changing face of the Pacific Northwest,*Firefly Lane*is the poignant, powerful story of two women and the friendship that becomes the bulkhead of their lives.
From the beginning, Tully is desperate to prove her worth to the world. Abandoned by her mother at an early age, she longs to be loved unconditionally. In the glittering, big-hair era of the eighties, she looks to men to fill the void in her soul. But in the buttoned-down nineties, it is television news that captivates her. She will follow her own blind ambition to New York and around the globe, finding fame and success . . . and loneliness.*
Kate knows early on that her life will be nothing special. Throughout college, she pretends to be driven by a need for success, but all she really wants is to fall in love and have children and live an ordinary life. In her own quiet way, Kate is as driven as Tully. What she doesn’t know is how being a wife and mother will change her . . . how she’ll lose sight of who she once was, and what she once wanted. And how much she’ll envy her famous best friend. . . .
For thirty years, Tully and Kate buoy each other through life, weathering the storms of friendship—-jealousy, anger, hurt, resentment. They think they’ve survived it all until a single act of betrayal tears them apart . . . and puts their courage and friendship to the ultimate test.
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got around 30 books in 3 languages from expo last week. Thinking which one to start first
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I buy from online store, they deliver at designated office, latest I bought is Return of King by William Dalrymple. Online stores have made life easy, now Google Online Shopping Festival has dropped prices a little more 