http://zenken.vox.com/library/posts/tags/mitch+albom/page/1/ This place is killing me slowly.... en Vox Wed, 14 May 2008 17:43:37 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss mitch albom http://zenken.vox.com/library/post/books-9.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Zen Ken) http://zenken.vox.com/library/post/books-9.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://zenken.vox.com/library/post/books-9.html?_c=feed-rss-full Wed, 14 May 2008 17:43:37 -0700 <p>1. Secret Societies<br />2. 1984<br />3. Animal Farm<br />4. Cicero<br />5. Catch-22<br />6. Dumb Witness<br />7. Lord of the Flies<br />8. The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights<br />9. Ulysses<br />10. Eats, Shoots &amp; Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation<br />11. The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time<br />12. Girl With A Pearl Earring</p><p>13. Candide by Voltaire</p><p> </p> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c225270d0a8fdb00fa967576510003" at:format="large" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-large book-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item book-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://zenken.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225270d0a8fdb00fa967576510003.html"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c225270d0a8fdb00fa967576510003-320pi" alt="Candide, Zadig, and Selected Stories (Signet Classics)" title="Candide, Zadig, and Selected Stories (Signet Classics)" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://zenken.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225270d0a8fdb00fa967576510003.html" title="Candide, Zadig, and Selected Stories (Signet Classics)">Candide, Zadig, and Selected Stories (Signet Classics)</a></div> <div class="enclosure-asset-subtitle overflow-hidden">Francois Voltaire</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <p>An intensely critical and humorous piece of work and in light of the events around Voltaire&#39;s life at the time of writing, a pretty brutal recanting of the religious theory that &#39;all is best that is&#39;.</p><p><br /><p></p>14. For One More Day by Mitch Albom</p> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c225270d0a8fdb00fa967576540003" at:format="large" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-large book-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item book-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://zenken.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225270d0a8fdb00fa967576540003.html"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c225270d0a8fdb00fa967576540003-320pi" alt="For One More Day" title="For One More Day" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://zenken.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225270d0a8fdb00fa967576540003.html" title="For One More Day">For One More Day</a></div> <div class="enclosure-asset-subtitle overflow-hidden">Mitch Albom</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <p><br />I find Albom&#39;s work a bit on the Lifetime Original movie flavor of work, though having read it just after Mother&#39;s Day really let it&#39;s point hit home to me: tell your mother you love her and don&#39;t let the last things you&#39;ve said to her be in anger or a lie (or both in this case).&#160; A bit syrupy at times, but I find the style refreshing, especially when I&#39;m looking for an easy read.<br /></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://zenken.vox.com/library/post/books-9.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225270d0a8fdb00fad687e8b60004?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> books voltaire mitch albom candide for one more day