Best book never written
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Chris Oakley
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Londonistan--Winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature and the 2006 British Book Award in the non-fiction category, it offers an eye-opening look at the joys and sorrows of a typical Arab immigrant family in Britain.
Hitler- Master of Austrian Impressionism, The Story of his Art School Years and Impending Success
Chris Oakley
Banned
Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy--An entertaining account of the St. John's University men's basketball team's 2005 run to the NCAA Sweet 16.
Chris Oakley
Banned
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl--A behind-the-scenes look at a typical day at America's largest confectionary plant
Mio Cid by Mohammad el Gadafi. The story of the Castillian mercenary who helped the Muslims to conquer Spain in the 11th century
On a more serious note, the best book never written was, in all probability, John Milton's Arthurian Epic he considered composing instead of Paradise Lost.
It's a long way to Tipperary, Cornelius Ryan, Osprey Editions, 1964
A concise study of Operation Market Garden (September 17–September 25, 1944), a failed Allied military operation in World War II. Its tactical objectives were to secure a rapid advance in Japanese-occupied Ireland by Danish armored units, supported by by large-scale use of German airborne forces, along the connecting roads, for the strategic purpose of allowing an Allied rapid advance from Waterford into Limerick, which would have outflanked the Paddy Line and made possible an encirclement of the Cork area, Japan's main point of landing and reinforcemente of its expeditionary force from Spain, the main European allied of Tokio.
A concise study of Operation Market Garden (September 17–September 25, 1944), a failed Allied military operation in World War II. Its tactical objectives were to secure a rapid advance in Japanese-occupied Ireland by Danish armored units, supported by by large-scale use of German airborne forces, along the connecting roads, for the strategic purpose of allowing an Allied rapid advance from Waterford into Limerick, which would have outflanked the Paddy Line and made possible an encirclement of the Cork area, Japan's main point of landing and reinforcemente of its expeditionary force from Spain, the main European allied of Tokio.
Chris Oakley
Banned
The Castle In The Forest--Norman Mailer's posthumous tribute to the architects of Balmoral.
General Mung Beans
Banned
Marching Through Georgia-An account of a Russian soldier, Private Boris Strensovsky of the Georgian Front, the starting point of World War 3.
Under The Yoke-The continuation of Strensovsky's memoirs, this time about their occupation of Georgia.
Stone Dogs-The last book in Strensovsky's memoirs, about the Stone Dogs computer virus that crippled the Sino-Russian Pact and caused the end or World War 3.
Under The Yoke-The continuation of Strensovsky's memoirs, this time about their occupation of Georgia.
Stone Dogs-The last book in Strensovsky's memoirs, about the Stone Dogs computer virus that crippled the Sino-Russian Pact and caused the end or World War 3.
Chris Oakley
Banned
The Man With The Iron Heart--A biography of world-famous heart surgeon Dr. Christian Barnard.
Der Mythus des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts, by Alfred Rosenberg. A collection of all the urban legends which had appeared since 1900 to 1999, from the cocodrile in the subway to the 2000 informatic collapse.