I've been trying to pick out a book or two as a present recently, and I can't come up with anything. So, I now reach out to all of you, who apparently read more than I do to give me some suggestions.
Here's the background: The father of one of my friends joined the Peace Corps late last year. He is teaching English at a university in Kyrgyzstan (a former Soviet republic). As you can imagine, he doesn't have a whole lot of English language material readily available and he's a big reader. He likes things like history, biography, and current events.
Unfortunately, I haven't read a book other than Harry Potter in ages. However, I know Opie has been reading presidential biographies lately. And I think moM always seems to have a book in progress. Perhaps some good Canadian suggestions from Alex?
I'm hoping a nice set of comments from you all will help me with this dilemma. Come on, give me a nice high comment count with great ideas!
i sincerely do not know what you are doing here. are you lost? were you
looking for your delicate calico cat, and did you follow her up two flights of stairs
to this room? she is not here. she was here, yes. we gave her a warm bowl of milk, we talked with her about campaign finance reform for a time, and then she bid us good day. i believe she was
going to the post office two blocks down, but i don't quite recall.
for surely you did
not find your way from prinsiana, the least traveled site on
the internet. if you did, though, perhaps you are looking for humor. perhaps you are looking for profundity. perhaps you are looking for answers.
i'm sorry, but you shall go naught-for-three.
