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Position:Home>Books & Authors> Can anyone suggest some good books for a present to my husband?Question: Can anyone suggest some good books for a present to my husband!? He likes to read things like Fyodor Dostoevsky and that Prince Machiavelli one and who knows what other weird books!. He's very intellectual and I wanted to give him a welcome back present (he's coming home from a business trip) but I have no idea what to give him!. Please give me some suggestions and a short summary of the book!. I really appreciate it!. Thanks so much!Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Do you know what he's read by Dostoyevsky!? His best are: Crime and Punishment The Brothers Karamatzov (spelling!?) The Idiot Notes from the Underground The Devils / The Possessed (same novel, goes by 2 titles) They're all very intense, very Russian!. He just might like Joseph Conrad!. His writing is very different from Dostoyevksy's, but he had the same amazing psychological insight!. People who like one often like the other: Heart of Darkness Nostromo Under Western Eyes (Conrad's response to Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment") The Secret Agent "Leviathan" by Thomas Hobbes agrees, more or less, with the ideas Machiavelli put forth in "The Prince," so he might like that!. And maybe "The Republic" by Plato, which influenced Machiavelli!. You two must have fascinating dinner conversations!Www@QuestionHome@Com "My Experiments with Truth" Mohandas Ghandi Summary: The Story of My Experiments with Truth (or My Experiments with Truth) – the autobiography of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (or Mahatma Gandhi) covers his life from early childhood through to 1920, and is a popular and influential book!. It was initiated at the insistence of Swami Anand and other close co-workers of Gandhi, in his mother-tongue Gujarātī entitled ?????? ??????? ???? ??????? Satyanā Prayogo athvā ātmakathā!. Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) was a charismatic leader who brought the case for India's independence to world attention!. His philosophy of nonviolence, for which he coined the term satyagraha, has influenced nonviolent resistance movements to this day!.Www@QuestionHome@Com The Kite Runner: It tells the story of Amir, a boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul, who is haunted by the guilt of betraying his childhood friend Hassan, the son of his father's Hazara servant!. The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of the monarchy in Afghanistan through the Soviet invasion, the mass exodus of refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the rise of the Taliban regime!. or!.!.!.!.!. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer: It is a bestselling non-fiction book about the adventures of Christopher McCandless!. It is an expansion of Krakauer's 9,000-word article, "Death of an Innocent", which appeared in the January 1993 issue of Outside!.[1] Krakauer intersperses McCandless's story with a discussion of the wilderness experiences of people such as John Muir and John Menlove Edwards, as well as some of his own adventures!. Krakauer first went to Alaska in 1974 and has returned there twenty times since!. He spent three years carrying out the background research work for this biography!.Www@QuestionHome@Com i've recently read a book called 'copycat' by erica spindler!. it's a murder mystery and one of the best that i've ever read!. it challenges the mind and gives you a whole list of suspects after a couple of chapters!. i think if he likes that kind of book, this'll be a great choice!. good luck!Www@QuestionHome@Com Your husband sounds like he enjoys the best of Russian Literature, so I'd suggest Ivan Tergenev's FATHERS AND SONS or Nikolai Gogol's DEAD SOULS!. Machiavelli's THE PRINCE kind of stands alone, but something a bit similar in theme and topic is Cark von Clausewitz' ON WAR!.Www@QuestionHome@Com playboy everyone loves playboy ? or you can give him somthing that'll help him with his bussiness if he's a bussiness man!. or!.!.!.!. playboy! or a golf membership! or better yet!.!.!. a a year long membership to the suicide girls site!!! ? here's the link http://suicidegirls!.com/Www@QuestionHome@Com Les Miserables by Victor Hugo!. It sounds as if he enjoys history/classic literature!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Long Walk to Freedom- it's all about the life of Nelson Mandela or War & Peace by Tolstoy xxxxxxWww@QuestionHome@Com Intro him to the late,great Kurt Vonnegut!!Www@QuestionHome@Com The Zombie survival guide!.!.!. Or just ask Him what he wantsWww@QuestionHome@Com we real cool by bell hooksWww@QuestionHome@Com |