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Books 2005

Readings in 2005
  1. Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson (1/3/05) ****
  2. The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino (4/5/05) ****
  3. The Castle of Crossed Destinies by Italo Calvino (2/2/05) ***
  4. Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino (10/1/05) *****
  5. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino (2/6/05) ****
  6. Death Comes As the End by Agatha Christie(10/31/05) ***
  7. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (11/25/05) ****
  8. Justine by Lawrence Durrell (10/24/05) ****
  9. Cocktail Party by T.S. Elliot (11/29/05) ****
  10. A Room with a View by E.M. Forster (6/21/05) ****
  11. Howards End by E.M. Forster (7/13/05) ****
  12. A Self-Portrait by Kahlil Gibran (7/29/05) ***
  13. Broken Wings by Kahlil Gibran (10/27/05) **
  14. Claudius the God by Robert Graves (4/7/05) ***
  15. Doctor Fischer of Geneva or the Bomb Party by Graham Greene (11/16/05) ***
  16. Knulp Hermann Hesse (1/27/05) ***
  17. A Prayer for Owen Meany John Irving (6/15/05) ***
  18. Blossoming Lotus, Sacred Centers in Ann Arbor by A. J. King (11/29/05) **
  19. Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman (3/14/05)****
  20. Children of Gebelaawi by Naguib Mahfouz (12/6/05)****
  21. Of Love and Other Demons by Cabriel Marquez (2/10/05)***
  22. Life of Pi by Yann Martel (3/26/05)**
  23. Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (11/28/05)*****
  24. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inguiry into Values by Robert Pirsig (10/9/05)*****
  25. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (11/20/05) ****
  26. Blindness by Jose Saramago (9/10/05) ***
  27. The Sonnets by Shakespeare
  28. Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain (12/10/05) ****
  29. Slapstick: Or Lonesome No More! by Kurt Vonnegut (4/26/05) ****
  30. A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh (9/19/05) ***
  31. A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf (10/24/05) ****
  32. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (9/29/05) ****

Reference Books, Guide Books, Text Books

  1. Footprint Egypt by Cherine Badawi
  2. The Unanswered Question by Leonard Bernstein (6/17/05) *****
  3. How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A Step-by-Step Guide to Teach Yourself by Mark Collier, Bill Manley
  4. A History of Western Music by Donald Grout and Claude Palisca (6/9/05)
  5. Boundary Waters Canoe Camping by Cliff Jacobson (7/6/05)
  6. National Geographic Traveler: Egypt by Andrew Humphries
  7. Beginner's Arabic Script by John Mace
  8. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Theory by Michael Miller (8/30/05)
  9. The Rough Guide to Egypt by Dan Richardson

Books on Tapes; The Teaching Company (TTC)

  1. TTC: The Great Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt by Bob Brier (10/19/05)
  2. TTC: History of Ancient Egypt by Bob Brier (11/15/05)
  3. Lewis Carroll: A Biography by Morton N. Cohen (10/17/05)
  4. The Science of Jurassic Park: And the Lost World Or, How to Build a Diaosaur by Rob Desalle, David Lindley (10/9/05)
  5. The Great Crash 1929 by John Kenneth Galbraith (8/3/05)
  6. Dude, Where's My Country? by Michael Moore (8/4/05)
  7. TTC: The Philosophy of Mind by John Searle (8/14/05)
  8. Paul: The Mind of the Apostle by A.N. Wilson (8/5/05)

Movies on big screen

  1. Sideways (1/14/05)
  2. Hotel Rwanda (1/28/05)
  3. Postmen in the Mountains (2/13/05)
  4. La mala educacion (2/25/05)
  5. Inside Deep Throat (3/3/05)
  6. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (3/7/05)
  7. Million Dollar Baby (3/12/05)
  8. Born into Brothels (3/26/05)
  9. Nobody Knows (4/15/05)
  10. Aliens of the Deep 3D IMAX (4/16/05)
  11. Kung Fu Hustle (4/29/05)
  12. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (5/6/05)
  13. Gegen die Wand (5/14/05)
  14. The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (5/27/05)
  15. Look at me (5/29/05)
  16. The General (Keaton) (6/7/05)
  17. Oldboy (6/10/05)
  18. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (6/18/05)
  19. Batman Begins (6/26/05)
  20. March of the Penguins (7/2/05)
  21. Me and You and Everyone We Know (7/29/05)
  22. Grizzly Man (8/27/05)
  23. A History of Violence (10/1/05)
  24. Capote (10/28/05)
  25. Good Night, and Good Luck (10/29/05)
  26. Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit (11/6/05)
  27. The Squid and the Whale (11/11/05)
  28. Pride and Prejudice (11/24/05)
  29. Walk the Line (11/27/05)
  30. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (12/3/05)
  31. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (12/19/05, Cairo)

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