Do you know anyone who has published a book?

My dream in life is to finish college, get a good job and buy a house. In that house I want to have a modest sized library that enters into my office / study. I want to fill that library with unique books that will offer anyone who reads books from my private library (friends...my kids if I would have some :P) a unique view on the world through the eyes of all different kinds of authors. Not just New York Times best selling authors, but un-established writers from all over the world.

So this summer I want to start to bring in some books that I can't get with my Borders reward card. If you know someone who has published a book I would like you to tell me a bit about it and if it is available online (through the publishers website or something) or otherwise, tell me how to get a hold of it.

A good summary and review would be nice. I don't have the money yet to just go and buy any book for the heck of it, I want them to be interesting books.

Thanks!

Check out this one

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780595169740&itm=1

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Do you like me?

Sorry, Tequilafan, but I did not want to start a whole new thread on this.

No, I don know any authors, sorry.  

On a serious note one of my grand-uncles or something or rather is the leading man on the psychology of adolescent minds, so he must have published tons of books.postulio14

[QUOTE="postulio14"]On a serious note one of my grand-uncles or something or rather is the leading man on the psychology of adolescent minds, so he must have published tons of books.Greatgone12

How would you know? ; )

Curse of the Red Cross Ring. Contains a tiny bit of our Newfoundland culture too. EvanSkanes

Looks interesting...It is in English, correct?  

Check out this one

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780595169740&itm=1

Marioarm2

Looks cool, thank you.

I've bookmarked both books and may buy them when I have more funds...lol (after finals basically).

More suggestions would be great. 

some woman wants to publish a bunch of emails that went on between my mom and her freinds.Guiltfeeder566

[QUOTE="postulio14"]On a serious note one of my grand-uncles or something or rather is the leading man on the psychology of adolescent minds, so he must have published tons of books.Greatgone12

:lol: Very clever.

Yup it was titled "If I Was To Do It"Flow4U

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I can't recommend you any book until you tell me which topic you prefer most? You know what you like; don't you?Acetylcholine

Like I said, I want to aquire a TON of books for a library someday when I have my own house. Therefore any book that is unique (in that there isn't 50 copies of it in every book store in the world). That is why I'm asking if you guys know anyone personally who has written a book. I figure that is the best way to start this collection. I don't want to walk into a bookstore and buy random books, but rather have books that most people don't even know about.

So if you know anyone who has written a book on any subject, give it a plug and I'll take a look at it.

[QUOTE="Acetylcholine"]I can't recommend you any book until you tell me which topic you prefer most? You know what you like; don't you?TallicaFan2005

Like I said, I want to aquire a TON of books for a library someday when I have my own house. Therefore any book that is unique (in that there isn't 50 copies of it in every book store in the world). That is why I'm asking if you guys know anyone personally who has written a book. I figure that is the best way to start this collection. I don't want to walk into a bookstore and buy random books, but rather have books that most people don't even know about.

So if you know anyone who has written a book on any subject, give it a plug and I'll take a look at it.

Oh yeah, I just remembered that one of my brother's friends has published some sort of artbook. It's not much, but at least it's something. :|SinkO

Well not posting a way of buying it doesn't help me....lol.

[QUOTE="SinkO"]Oh yeah, I just remembered that one of my brother's friends has published some sort of artbook. It's not much, but at least it's something. :|TallicaFan2005

Well not posting a way of buying it doesn't help me....lol.

Oh sorry, I didn't notice that you asked something like that. :P I'm not sure where you can buy it though, I'm guessing you can just get them from him or his art-galleries. But you're not missing much, it's just pictures of his rather boring paintings, and some text (in Finnish) about what they are supposed to represent. :/