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See customer reviews on Amazon →Ender's Game pulls you into the mind of a gifted child forced into brutal military training to save humanity. The prose is crisp and efficient, propelling you through battle room tactics and psychological manipulation. The main value lies in its intense focus on leadership, empathy-through-understanding-enemies, and the cost of genius. The limitation: the narrative's relentless grimness and the detached tone can feel cold, and the violence inflicted on children might be off-putting.
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The worldwide bestseller, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card comes to the screen at last in a major motion picture event in November 2013. Starring Hugo's Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, and Ben Kingsley, the movie is sure to inspire a new audience of fans to read the book that started it all.Once again, Earth is under attack. An alien species is poi...
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Recommended by 15 sources and appears in Space Opera, Books Recommended by Ryan Holiday, and Books Recommended by Tim Ferriss.
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Consider The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Recommended by 51 sources.
“A quick, dreamy fable about a shepherd chasing treasure who finds wisdom instead. The prose is easy, almost childlike, and the story moves through symbolic encounters that each deliver a lesson about listening to your heart. You’ll underline a few lines if you’re open to its message, but the charm fades if you bristle at repeated aphorisms. The main limitation: it can feel like a beautifully wrapped box of motivational quotes—inspiring to some, trite to others.”
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