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Dear LM_Netters, The Detroit News Book Editor, Linnea Lannon included her list of contemporary great books "...an armful of books that made my life worth living these past nine years." in her last column on April 27th as she is leaving this position. FYI --Here is her list: 1. "A Prayer for Own Meany" by John Irving 2. "Means of Ascent" by Robert Caro 3. "Rabbit at Rest" by John Updike 4. "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien 5. "What I Lived For" by Joyce Carol Oates 6. "A Civil Action" by Jonathan Harr 7. "The Moor's Last Sigh" by Salman Rushdie 8. "The Diving Bell & the Butterfly" by Jean-Dominique Bauby 9. "The Stone Diaries" by Carol Shields 10. "My Own Country" by Abraham Verghese 11. "What It Takes" by Richard Ben Cramer 12. "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt 13. "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer 14. "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" by Anne Fadiman 15. "Titan" by Ron Chernow 16. "King of the World" by David Remnick Enjoy! Cathy Hay LMS Abbott MS W. Bloomfield, MI =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST), send email to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST 3) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv For LM_NET Help & Archives see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=