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Charlotte's Web
Design,
2nd Ed.--the story of a girl, a pig, and the web designer who manages
workflow, makes a great team with the girl and the pig, and meets the
deadline in the end.
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A Thousand Splendid Acres--Loosely based on Shakespeare's
King Lear, this work gives us a
rare glimpse into the suffering and sacrifice of farm women and their
utter helpless dependence on their patriarch.
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The
Unbearable Lightness of Being and Nothingness--This tome is
long, and hard to read, but the author constructs a compelling
theory of being, based on love and sex.
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The
Catcher on the Right Side of the Brain--Classic
coming-of-age story in which a boy named Holden enhances his self his self-expression by running away to draw.
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Lady Chatterley's
Love Bug--A
young married woman with an impotent husband becomes physically involved
with their gardener's car--a self-aware and talented Volkswagen--which
is sorely in need of a service.
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The Inheritance of
Lost--an award-winning tale of cultural identity and personal
connections on an island full of strangers and mystery and secrets.
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The Cider House Rules
of Engagement--An
orphan named Homer prays for 30 days to be adopted, but God instead
makes Homer grow up a parentless ob-gyn. (This story illustrates the
reality that no matter how much power people ascribe to them, prayers
are often "answered" with "Are you kidding? There's no way that will
happen!")
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The Namesake of the
Rose--a
mystery story of cultural and personal identity of a first-generation
monk, and of the girl and heart that he left behind.
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Silas Marnie--Meet
a miserly recluse who gets redeemed by a kleptomaniac orphan girl with a
mysterious and traumatic childhood.
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The Spy Who Came in
From the Cold
Mountain--The
hero--a disillusioned Cold War soldier named Inmas--is sent to find
spies deep in enemy territory. He instead deserts to seek his own
wounded soul on a lonely trek home, shadowed by betrayal.
2.
funky new words *
- creatoonist--one
who believes without question in the sketchy idea of
intelligent design, in
three easy panels
- gazebozo--an
outdoor pavilion where clowns or politicians may gather
- vaquiero--a
cowboy that I just have to love
- revulscion--a
really disgusting offspring. (See some U.S. Presidents)
- amathema--a
curse or denunciation of your frustrating trigonometry homework. Also, the
trig homework itself.
- propagrandma--the
misinformation by your parent's mother about things (e.g. the
nutritional value of cookies and candy, for the purpose of rotting
your teeth. but not your permanent teeth, so it's ok, right?)
- gnomenclature--the naming
system used by small garden dwellers
*
It's fun: You take any word and add or
change one or two or so letters (loose rules rule!) to come up with a
new but somehow related and/or maybe funny new word. The definition is
where you can be creative, too.