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GIRLS GET BUSY’S BLOG TAKEOVER: OOMK Zine - Day 4 

Today OOMK Zine give us some great book recommendations!

The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy

The God of Small Things is the debut novel of Indian writer Arundhati Roy. It is a story about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by the “Love Laws” that lay down “who should be loved, and how. And how much.”

King of the Castle. Choice and Responsibility in the Modern World - Charles Le Gai Eaton

This book examines closely many of the unquestioned assumptions by which we live our lives, comparing them with the beliefs that have shaped and guided human life in the past. It begins with a consideration of how secular societies attempt to possess their citizens, body and soul and how, as a consequence, the necessity of redefining human responsibility becomes an ever more urgent imperative.

Prophet - Kahlil Gibran

The Prophet is a book of 26 prose poetry essays written in English by the Lebanese artist, philosopher and writer Kahlil Gibran. It was originally published in 1923 by Alfred A. Knopf and has never been out of print. It is Gibran’s best known work.

Cosmicomics - Italo Calvino

Cosmicomics is a book of short stories by Italo Calvino first published in Italian in 1965 and in English in 1968. Each story takes a scientific “fact”, and builds an imaginative story around it.

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is a memoir by Dave Eggers released in 2000. It chronicles his stewardship of younger brother Christopher “Toph” Eggers following the cancer-related deaths of his parents.

— oomk.net

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