UrbanGadfly

“Don't condemn me for having an e-reader”

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UrbanGadfly

41-year-old man in Scarborough, ON, Canada
Seeking a woman, 28 to 38
The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Hated it when I first had to read it it in high school. I discovered it again when it was a book club selection and enjoyed it much more the second time around. How was I as a teenager to...more »

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Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army [Revised and Updated]

Blackwater

Jeremy Scahill

My suggestion for the Book Club. An interesting view on the role of private security in international conflicts. Although it may seem dated with the end of the Bush administration, I don't...more »

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Confessions (Oxford World's Classics)

Confessions

Saint Augustine, Henry Chadwick

A required reading of my Christianity and Culture class from back in undergrad, I enjoyed it terribly because it puts out the viewpoint of someone not in a faith and how they reconcile...more »

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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time

Three Cups of Tea

Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin

A book club suggestion that I otherwise would not have read but I'm glad that I did. Mortenson is made of the stuff that I wished I possessed more of. I get the impression that he was far...more »

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The Sound and the Fury: The Corrected Text

The Sound and the Fury

William Faulkner

A required reading of my first year English course in undergrad, it is a book that remains with me still. The idea of telling a tale from the point of view of so many diverse characters...more »

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