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  • #31
    It is painful, melancholic, complicated and above all, ambiguous. All these Bronte sisters had terrible lives and died young from infectious diseases. I wish we had cure for the diseases then, so that they had lived longer and enriched the English literature.Alas!
    By the way, signifies death??? LOL
    Originally posted by Levanaye Zalmaye View Post
    Really? I thought it was kinda sad... Poor Heathcliff.... and all those dying people! Even the author died young. There's an aura of death around that book!
    "O Pakhtuns!, Your house has fallen into ruin, let us rebuild it".
    "I want to see my people educated and enlightened. A people with a vision and a strong sense of justice, who can carve out a future for themselves in harmony with nature".

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    • #32
      Originally posted by gulalai View Post
      Added!!and thanks once again..you are like pata khazana. Kho by the end of this night I would be bankrupt!
      LOL! The Speaking in God's Name book is very expensive :S (Or at least it was when I was buying it!)

      Don't buy every book. Do what I do to save a lot of money: Borrow the book from the library (if you go to a university/college, they have very convenient ways for you to get a book from a different institution -- even out of state! -- if your own school library doesn't have it. This way, you can get hold of any book in the country!). If you decide you loved it and it's worth buying, then only then buy it.

      Or... there are many online sources that let you read a book for free. Lemme know if you need those. Sometimes you have to register, but the registration is free. Goodgle Books doesn't have all books, and not all of the ones it does have are offered in their entirety, but it's still not bad. WorldCat.org tells you where the book is located close to you as well. (I was told it provides free access to books, but I haven't tried this myself yet.)

      I'm keeping a library and plan to have one -- a large one -- so, if that's your plan as well, then go ahead and buy as many as you can that you love the reviews for, though. But otherwise, buy them only after you see they're worth the price.

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      • #33
        Originally posted by Levanaye Zalmaye View Post
        Hmm like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? :P

        By the way, another sad book of the sort that I'm sure you've read is "To Kill a Mocking-bird". I'm not a huge fan of fiction but it always stands out for me. Plus the bigger surprise is that I like it despite its author being a woman.
        Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh!! Yeaahh! To Kill a Mockingbird is SUCH a great book! I love it! Do add it to your collections, Gulalai! It was so long ago that I read it; I need to re-read it to see how I'd react to it this time.

        LOL @ your last line, LZ! Rrrruue!

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        • #34
          Thank you!thank you!! I completely forgot about this one...my fav too..I still can't forget this one line which goes something like "I think there is just one kind of folks. Folks."
          When I read it first, I did not get it. The next time I took it to my village and read it and then I understood,lol.
          Originally posted by Levanaye Zalmaye View Post
          Hmm like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? :P

          By the way, another sad book of the sort that I'm sure you've read is "To Kill a Mocking-bird". I'm not a huge fan of fiction but it always stands out for me. Plus the bigger surprise is that I like it despite its author being a woman.
          "O Pakhtuns!, Your house has fallen into ruin, let us rebuild it".
          "I want to see my people educated and enlightened. A people with a vision and a strong sense of justice, who can carve out a future for themselves in harmony with nature".

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          • #35
            Dera Dera Manana!
            I have this 'cheenjay' of owning/keeping books and oftentime when I have to move from one place to another as a gypsy, the biggest problem is to move the books.But old habits die hard. (So even you yearn for a personal library...question, we might have been sisters in 'peechlay janum' or might have lost you in some 'qum ka maila'. You will get the bizzare looking stuff if you have watched bollywood movies of 70's and 80's..hahaahhah)
            Well yeah, I am gonna take my time, and buy and read one by one..plus I already have two new books coming next week plus the one that I ordered tonight...
            Thanks for suggesting all great resources for books. I do visit these some time besides the libraries's access at my school.But still being on Amazon 24/7 is the biggest temptation I am unable to control..ughh!!!


            Originally posted by Qrratugai View Post
            LOL! The Speaking in God's Name book is very expensive :S (Or at least it was when I was buying it!)

            Don't buy every book. Do what I do to save a lot of money: Borrow the book from the library (if you go to a university/college, they have very convenient ways for you to get a book from a different institution -- even out of state! -- if your own school library doesn't have it. This way, you can get hold of any book in the country!). If you decide you loved it and it's worth buying, then only then buy it.

            Or... there are many online sources that let you read a book for free. Lemme know if you need those. Sometimes you have to register, but the registration is free. Goodgle Books doesn't have all books, and not all of the ones it does have are offered in their entirety, but it's still not bad. WorldCat.org tells you where the book is located close to you as well. (I was told it provides free access to books, but I haven't tried this myself yet.)

            I'm keeping a library and plan to have one -- a large one -- so, if that's your plan as well, then go ahead and buy as many as you can that you love the reviews for, though. But otherwise, buy them only after you see they're worth the price.
            Last edited by PFgulalai; 06-30-2010, 01:15 AM.
            "O Pakhtuns!, Your house has fallen into ruin, let us rebuild it".
            "I want to see my people educated and enlightened. A people with a vision and a strong sense of justice, who can carve out a future for themselves in harmony with nature".

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            • #36
              Gotcha!! I was thinking along those lines too...ROFL!
              Originally posted by Qrratugai View Post
              LOL @ your last line, LZ! Rrrruue!
              "O Pakhtuns!, Your house has fallen into ruin, let us rebuild it".
              "I want to see my people educated and enlightened. A people with a vision and a strong sense of justice, who can carve out a future for themselves in harmony with nature".

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              • #37
                I am a huge fan of Virginia Woolf too. In case you have not read her work, I would recommend reading her best work--A Room of One's Own' and 'Three Guineas'. Oh!! I can't forget Bertrand Russell too...well lemme stop now..I don't want to inundate this thread with my posts anymore
                Originally posted by Qrratugai View Post
                Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh!! Yeaahh! To Kill a Mockingbird is SUCH a great book! I love it! Do add it to your collections, Gulalai! It was so long ago that I read it; I need to re-read it to see how I'd react to it this time.

                LOL @ your last line, LZ! Rrrruue!
                "O Pakhtuns!, Your house has fallen into ruin, let us rebuild it".
                "I want to see my people educated and enlightened. A people with a vision and a strong sense of justice, who can carve out a future for themselves in harmony with nature".

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                • #38
                  Gulalai,
                  You should read a stranger in a strange land.
                  Even Adobe Photoshop can't change me.

                  A line[Durrand line] of hatred that raised a wall between the two brothers -Hamid Karzai

                  For generations, the Hindus of India prayed for deliverance from "the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the vengeance of the Afghan."


                  The men of Kábul and Khilj also went home; and whenever they were questioned about the Musulmáns of the Kohistán (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistán, but Afghánistán; for there is nothing there but Afgháns and disturbances." Thus it is clear that for this reason the people of the country call their home in their own language Afghánistán, and themselves Afgháns. The people of India call them Patán; but the reason for this is not known. But it occurs to me, that when, under the rule of Muhammadan sovereigns, Musulmáns first came to the city of Patná, and dwelt there, the people of India (for that reason) called them Patáns—but God knows!

                  -Ferishta, 1560–1620

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                  • #39
                    Ahh!! never heard/read it before...google-ed it and I am just engrossed ...goes to my to-order-soon list!
                    Manana Admina!!
                    Originally posted by Admin Khan View Post
                    Gulalai,
                    You should read a stranger in a strange land.
                    "O Pakhtuns!, Your house has fallen into ruin, let us rebuild it".
                    "I want to see my people educated and enlightened. A people with a vision and a strong sense of justice, who can carve out a future for themselves in harmony with nature".

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                    • #40
                      Originally posted by gulalai View Post
                      I am a huge fan of Virginia Woolf too. In case you have not read her work, I would recommend reading her best work--A Room of One's Own' and 'Three Guineas'. Oh!! I can't forget Bertrand Russell too...well lemme stop now..I don't want to inundate this thread with my posts anymore
                      Nooooo! Don't worry! Keep giving all these names, marey!

                      And, omg!! Virginia Woolf!!! Speaking of her, you should TOTALLY watch this movie called "The Hours." One of the characters represents Virginia (she's played by Nicole Kidman, I believe). There's a book with the same title and I haven't read it yet, but I'm not sure if the movie is based on the book. Either way, it's a fabulously powerful and breathtaking movie, and, judging by your posts here, I know you'll LOVE it!

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                      • #41
                        i used to be a bookworm. i get physically sick now when i see a book. i had to hide the novels i had collected as a teen with a piece of cloth over the shelf.

                        I am no bird, and no nest ensnares me.

                        non commercial would cost less if he was in charge himself which he plans on doing. right now it's n herat but soon it will be in qanadahar.

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                        • #42
                          Originally posted by gulalai View Post
                          Ahh!! never heard/read it before...google-ed it and I am just engrossed ...goes to my to-order-soon list!
                          Manana Admina!!
                          Its a classic. After you finish reading it, let me know what you thought of it.
                          Even Adobe Photoshop can't change me.

                          A line[Durrand line] of hatred that raised a wall between the two brothers -Hamid Karzai

                          For generations, the Hindus of India prayed for deliverance from "the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the vengeance of the Afghan."


                          The men of Kábul and Khilj also went home; and whenever they were questioned about the Musulmáns of the Kohistán (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistán, but Afghánistán; for there is nothing there but Afgháns and disturbances." Thus it is clear that for this reason the people of the country call their home in their own language Afghánistán, and themselves Afgháns. The people of India call them Patán; but the reason for this is not known. But it occurs to me, that when, under the rule of Muhammadan sovereigns, Musulmáns first came to the city of Patná, and dwelt there, the people of India (for that reason) called them Patáns—but God knows!

                          -Ferishta, 1560–1620

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                          • #43
                            Ohh!! I have re-read THE HOURS many times! It's such an marvelous piece of work by Cunningham (the same guy who wrote A Home At The End Of The World).Both these books are Pulitzer prize winners.
                            Yeah Nicole played the Woolf's character. The other two characters are also from Woolf's other novels.So all these three characters in THE HOURS are affected by Woolf.
                            Very rarely would the movies be a true depiction of a writer's creativity but THE HOURS movie did justice to the book. Both are my favs!!



                            Originally posted by Qrratugai View Post
                            Nooooo! Don't worry! Keep giving all these names, marey!

                            And, omg!! Virginia Woolf!!! Speaking of her, you should TOTALLY watch this movie called "The Hours." One of the characters represents Virginia (she's played by Nicole Kidman, I believe). There's a book with the same title and I haven't read it yet, but I'm not sure if the movie is based on the book. Either way, it's a fabulously powerful and breathtaking movie, and, judging by your posts here, I know you'll LOVE it!
                            "O Pakhtuns!, Your house has fallen into ruin, let us rebuild it".
                            "I want to see my people educated and enlightened. A people with a vision and a strong sense of justice, who can carve out a future for themselves in harmony with nature".

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                            • #44
                              Whoa!!that's pretty intense. Why don't you donate it to needy people like me in case you don't need them?
                              Originally posted by DaZahroJaam View Post
                              i used to be a bookworm. i get physically sick now when i see a book. i had to hide the novels i had collected as a teen with a piece of cloth over the shelf.
                              "O Pakhtuns!, Your house has fallen into ruin, let us rebuild it".
                              "I want to see my people educated and enlightened. A people with a vision and a strong sense of justice, who can carve out a future for themselves in harmony with nature".

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                              • #45
                                Yeah, I am already curious...oh,I have to wait to read it
                                Originally posted by Admin Khan View Post
                                Its a classic. After you finish reading it, let me know what you thought of it.
                                "O Pakhtuns!, Your house has fallen into ruin, let us rebuild it".
                                "I want to see my people educated and enlightened. A people with a vision and a strong sense of justice, who can carve out a future for themselves in harmony with nature".

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