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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 363 times as 2003)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,954,709 ratings — published 2003
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 141 times as 2003)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,593,863 ratings — published 2003
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 102 times as 2003)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,493,286 ratings — published 2002
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 100 times as 2003)
avg rating 4.58 — 5,083,803 ratings — published 1999
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 98 times as 2003)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,382,400 ratings — published 2000
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 85 times as 2003)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,892,400 ratings — published 1997
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 81 times as 2003)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,702,223 ratings — published 1998
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as 2003)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,640,190 ratings — published 2003
The Secret Life of Bees (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as 2003)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,375,883 ratings — published 2001
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as 2003)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,792,887 ratings — published 2001
The Nanny Diaries (Nanny, #1)
by (shelved 54 times as 2003)
avg rating 3.47 — 392,145 ratings — published 2002
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as 2003)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,629,516 ratings — published 2003
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 50 times as 2003)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,189,328 ratings — published 1954
The Time Traveler's Wife (ebook)
by (shelved 47 times as 2003)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,881,502 ratings — published 2003
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
by (shelved 47 times as 2003)
avg rating 3.81 — 280,576 ratings — published 1998
The King of Torts (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as 2003)
avg rating 3.73 — 92,879 ratings — published 2003
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
by (shelved 45 times as 2003)
avg rating 4.59 — 1,097,849 ratings — published 1955
The Devil Wears Prada (The Devil Wears Prada, #1)
by (shelved 44 times as 2003)
avg rating 3.82 — 954,567 ratings — published 2003
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as 2003)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,470,496 ratings — published 2000
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as 2003)
avg rating 4.00 — 786,978 ratings — published 2003
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as 2003)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,660,669 ratings — published 1937
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as 2003)
avg rating 4.00 — 296,526 ratings — published 2003
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as 2003)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,251,780 ratings — published 1954
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as 2003)
avg rating 4.02 — 841,752 ratings — published 2003
Atonement (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as 2003)
avg rating 3.96 — 581,215 ratings — published 2001
The Hours (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as 2003)
avg rating 3.96 — 152,342 ratings — published 1998
Bel Canto (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as 2003)
avg rating 3.94 — 342,306 ratings — published 2001
To the Nines (Stephanie Plum, #9)
by (shelved 34 times as 2003)
avg rating 4.17 — 128,583 ratings — published 2003
Seabiscuit: An American Legend (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as 2003)
avg rating 4.23 — 171,446 ratings — published 1999
Shutter Island (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as 2003)
avg rating 4.14 — 241,714 ratings — published 2003
Middlesex (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as 2003)
avg rating 4.04 — 674,576 ratings — published 2002
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as 2003)
avg rating 4.01 — 232,956 ratings — published 2003
Holes (Holes, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as 2003)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,405,899 ratings — published 1998
Girl with a Pearl Earring (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as 2003)
avg rating 3.94 — 801,703 ratings — published 1999
Bleachers (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as 2003)
avg rating 3.55 — 48,110 ratings — published 2003
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as 2003)
avg rating 4.21 — 438,173 ratings — published 2003
The Little Friend (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as 2003)
avg rating 3.48 — 88,128 ratings — published 2002
The Eternity Code (Artemis Fowl, #3)
by (shelved 26 times as 2003)
avg rating 4.05 — 142,563 ratings — published 2003
Empire Falls (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as 2003)
avg rating 3.95 — 128,423 ratings — published 2001
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as 2003)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,042,871 ratings — published 1813
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as 2003)
avg rating 3.64 — 69,806 ratings — published 2000
East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as 2003)
avg rating 4.46 — 761,409 ratings — published 1952
A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as 2003)
avg rating 3.80 — 226,516 ratings — published 2003
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as 2003)
avg rating 4.06 — 250,599 ratings — published 2003
Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as 2003)
avg rating 3.86 — 567,231 ratings — published 2001
The Corrections (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as 2003)
avg rating 3.85 — 205,184 ratings — published 2001
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as 2003)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,031,258 ratings — published 1951
Inkheart (Inkworld, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as 2003)
avg rating 3.93 — 448,710 ratings — published 2003
Wolves of the Calla (Dark Tower, #5)
by (shelved 22 times as 2003)
avg rating 4.20 — 209,310 ratings — published 2003
Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as 2003)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,042,211 ratings — published 1996
“At least two important conservative thinkers, Ayn Rand and Leo Strauss, were unbelievers or nonbelievers and in any case contemptuous of Christianity. I have my own differences with both of these savants, but is the Republican Party really prepared to disown such modern intellectuals as it can claim, in favor of a shallow, demagogic and above all sectarian religiosity?
Perhaps one could phrase the same question in two further ways. At the last election, the GOP succeeded in increasing its vote among American Jews by an estimated five percentage points. Does it propose to welcome these new adherents or sympathizers by yelling in the tones of that great Democrat bigmouth William Jennings Bryan? By insisting that evolution is 'only a theory'? By demanding biblical literalism and by proclaiming that the Messiah has already shown himself? If so, it will deserve the punishment for hubris that is already coming its way. (The punishment, in other words, that Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson believed had struck America on Sept. 11, 2001. How can it be that such grotesque characters, calling down divine revenge on the workers in the World Trade Center, are allowed a respectful hearing, or a hearing at all, among patriotic Republicans?).
[. . . And Why I'm Most Certainly Not! -- The Wall Street Journal, Commentary Column. May 5, 2005]”
―
Perhaps one could phrase the same question in two further ways. At the last election, the GOP succeeded in increasing its vote among American Jews by an estimated five percentage points. Does it propose to welcome these new adherents or sympathizers by yelling in the tones of that great Democrat bigmouth William Jennings Bryan? By insisting that evolution is 'only a theory'? By demanding biblical literalism and by proclaiming that the Messiah has already shown himself? If so, it will deserve the punishment for hubris that is already coming its way. (The punishment, in other words, that Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson believed had struck America on Sept. 11, 2001. How can it be that such grotesque characters, calling down divine revenge on the workers in the World Trade Center, are allowed a respectful hearing, or a hearing at all, among patriotic Republicans?).
[. . . And Why I'm Most Certainly Not! -- The Wall Street Journal, Commentary Column. May 5, 2005]”
―
“When you're a kid, the world can be bounded in a nutshell. In geographical terms, a child's universe is a space that comprises home, school and—possibly—the neighbourhood where your cousins or your grandparents live. In my case, the universe sat comfortably within a small area of Flores that ran from the junction of Boyacá and Avellaneda (my house), to the Plaza Flores (my school). My only forays beyond the area were when we went on holiday (to Córdoba or Bariloche or to the beach) or occasional, increasingly rare visits to my grandparents' farm in Dorrego, in the province of Buenos Aires.
We get our fist glimpse of the big wide world from those we love unconditionally. If we see our elders suffer because they cannot get a job, or see them demoted, or working for a pittance, our compassion translates these observations and we conclude that the world outside is cruel and brutal. (This is politics.) If we hear our parents bad-mouthing certain politicians and agreeing with their opponents, our compassion translates these observations and we conclude that the former are bad guys and the latter are good guys. (This is politics.) If we observe palpable fear in our parents at the very sight of soldiers and policemen, our compassion translates our observations and we conclude that, though all children have bogeymen, ours wear uniforms. (This is politics.)”
― Kamchatka
We get our fist glimpse of the big wide world from those we love unconditionally. If we see our elders suffer because they cannot get a job, or see them demoted, or working for a pittance, our compassion translates these observations and we conclude that the world outside is cruel and brutal. (This is politics.) If we hear our parents bad-mouthing certain politicians and agreeing with their opponents, our compassion translates these observations and we conclude that the former are bad guys and the latter are good guys. (This is politics.) If we observe palpable fear in our parents at the very sight of soldiers and policemen, our compassion translates our observations and we conclude that, though all children have bogeymen, ours wear uniforms. (This is politics.)”
― Kamchatka
