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The Man Who Would be King, Rudyard Kipling

e. e. cummings. I tried. Honest I did. Check out this Amazon link for the first page of his book: http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0141181249/ref=sib_dp_pt/102-0133841-2332962#reader-page

Threads by Nell Gavin does that, but uses reincarnation to put Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn in different centuries and different lifetimes. The modern day lifetime is introduced, but not developed. Maybe it would give you a starting point.

Well, Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe goes back to the 1700s, when it was written, but it isn't short. On the upside, she was pretty slutty. It was also a surprisingly entertaining book, as I recall, for something written two hundred years ago. Moll was quite the scamp.

I adore Dorothy Parker - she's so quotable. Here's a page of the rest of her other TRULY glorious quotes: http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/dorothy_parker/ I tried skimming the many pages of that web site and didn't immediately find it - the site wanted me to register to read more - but I...

Excellent! I really like this one!

When I was on Amazon looking up "A Confederacy of Dunces," I noticed a list that features only authors who committed suicide. The list should contain many books of the sort you want: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/guides/guide-display/-/RO01FV9YAPQC/ref=cm_bg_dp_m_1/002-4819480-2244820

I haven't read this book, but it's on my wish list. "A Confederacy of Dunces", by John Kennedy Toole, who committed suicide in 1969. The book was published posthumously by his mother. From Amazon: Meet Ignatius J. Reilly, the hero of John Kennedy Toole's tragicomic tale, A Confederacy of...

On another forum, someone posted that she'd brought magazines to a hotel where evacuees were staying, and they were VERY grateful for them. However, I need to check with the Salvation Army to see if they'll treat magazines with as much respect as books and let you know. I don't want you to spend...

Tell everyone THANK YOU!!!

I joined bookcrossing thinking it was a book swap site. It took me a few weeks to grasp the concept, and what sold me were the "book rings" where people ship a book to the next person on the list after they're done reading it, and comment on it. It may take a year for you to get a book back, but...

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I'd like to see a picture.

"Violet orbs" would send me up a tree as well. I have no respect for authors who make women's eyes either "violet" or "emerald green." Those are cartoon eyes, created by bad writers. Has anyone EVER seen a pair of eyes (tinted contacts aside) that looked remotely "emerald green?" It just...

I live in Ellis County, Texas, which is hosting refugees from Hurricane Katrina. I am volunteering with the local chapter of the Salvation Army, and have begun a drive to collect books, which the Salvation Army will distribute to the victims in the various shelters around this area. These...

My personal pet peeve is the misuse of the word "which." I've been reading 1984, by George Orwell, and by the time I reached Page 36 was ready to scream. Just out of curiosity, I took a yellow highlighter and went on a Which Hunt. In one paragraph, the one that begins, "What happened in the...

PS. As you can see, I'm presently reading "Cybill Disobedience." Sometimes I also like to read People Magazine. Sometimes you just want "mental candy," you know?

My literary influences could probably be summed up into three books: "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn" for the simplicity of language and the directness of thought, "To Kill a Mockingbird" for its beautiful lyricism, and "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl" for its honesty. I read all of them before...

I'm reading "Cybill Disobedience" by Cybill Sheppard. In fact, just to demonstrate my solidarity with the rest of y'all, and show support for your courage, I'm going to indicate that it is the book I am currently reading. Boo-yah!! It will be replacing "Life of Pi," which I didn't finish.

"A Separate Peace" by John Knowles. Really excellent book - a classic.