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Originally Posted by acprinter
I would love to have all of Irving Stone's books made into ebooks. If you have never read them I highly recommend them. When he died in 1989 I felt that I had lost a true friend and was saddened to think that there were would never be another book from him to read.
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Cheers to that. In middle school and high school I think I read 7 or 8 of his books, pulling them off my parents or grandparents bookshelves or the school library. Haven't read any in a long time but I have fond memories of learning much from them.
My requests -
Patrick O'Brian (the Aubrey-Maturin series)
Dorothy Dunnett (the Lymond Chronicles and The House of Niccolo)
Eliyahu Goldratt (The Goal)
Raymond E. Feist (The Riftwar Saga)
Robert Jordan (the Wheel of Time series)
John D. MacDonald (The House Guests, The Travis Magee series)
William Manchester (The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932-1972)
Roger Caras (Dangerous To Man, A Dog Is Listening)
CJ Cherryh (the rest of the Compact Space and Alliance/Union series, and Devil to the Belt)
JRR Tolkien (The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings)
Adachi Mitsuru manga (Touch, H2, Katsu, Crossing Game)
Rumiko Takahashi manga (Maison Ikkoku)
Larry McMurtry (Lonesome Dove)
Tad Williams (Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series)
Harpo Marx (Harpo Speaks)
Michael LeBoeuf (GMP: The Greatest Management Principle)
Robert Ruark (Something of Value)
Edward O. Wilson (The Diversity of Life)
Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (Dragonlance Chronicles, Dragonlance Legends, Darksword and Rose of the Prophet series)
Jim Corbett - (Maneater of Kumaon)
David Brin (the Uplift Novels)
Larry Niven (Ringworld, Dream Park, Lucifer's Hammer)
Bob Edwards (Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism)
Arthur C. Clarke (Rendevous With Rama)
Frederick Pohl (Gateway)
Ian Fleming (Casino Royale, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, You Only Live Twice)
Jennifer Roberson (Sword Dancer)
John Steakley (Armor)
Dave Duncan (The rest of the Seventh Sword trilogy, only 1st is in ebook) ***nevermind, available at BAEN***
Terry Goodkind (The Sword of Truth)
Alexander Kent/Douglas Reeman (all of his books)
C.S. Forrester (all of his books, Hornblower and others)
Lindsay Davis (all the Falco books)
George MacDonald Fraser (all the Flashman books)
R.D. Wingfield (all the Frost books)