Which book or books ( other than Bible or other religious texts) have influenced how you view & interact with the world?
14 Answers to "Which book or books ( other than Bible or other religious texts) have influenced how you view & interact with the world?"
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'Touch Wood' by Duncan Hamilton, a brilliant British racing driver in the 50's. Loaned to me by my Science Teacher, Mrs. Bowring. Gave me a lasting love of British cars, particularly Jaguars and Aston Martins, and led to me managing Australia's largest Roll-Royce workshop for some years.
Sounds a little selfish I know, but left me with the message that 'good taste is it's own reward'.
By the way, 'The Power Of One' and 'Watership Down' get a look-in as well.Like (2)
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Good list, thanks. Don't recall reading Watership Down but know a bit of the story...
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It's worth it. Can't believe I didn't put in 'Dr. Suess's Sleep Book'! I still read it to girlfriends!
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Old man and the sea, by Hemingway. It's basically one big metaphor about never quiting.
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Vaguely recall from HS, will get it at the Library. Thanks.
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You're welcome. I didn't get it in HS, but it makes so much sense after all those years.
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Malleus Maleficarum
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Will look it up.
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How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World by Harry Browne. You can still find it in used bookstores and online. Worth whatever you have to pay.
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Title is intriguing...will look for it, there are a couple of good used book stores around and wil check online price. Thanks.
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Animal Farm (George Orwell), Five People You Meet in Heaven (Mitch Albom), Our Bodies, Ourselves, and Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie).
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Great, GREAT books!! Thanks
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Oh, and also "The Art of Racing in the Rain" (Garth Stein) and "Pope Joan" (Donna Woolfolk Cross). Which genres do you prefer? I'll post more as I think of them.
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Buddhism, especially the practise of Vipassana meditation.
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Thanks. Have one book of teachings but always interested in others.
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The Happy Hooker, by Xaviera Hollander.
We didn't get adequate sex-ed in school, and my parents were too shy to talk to us about it.Like (1)
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Not familiar. Rip of Fanny Hill?
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Nope. Straight up *****, made the bestseller lists around 1974.
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a whole bundle a tiny bit of each of them
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Just a bit?
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That's a hard one to answer, because there are so many (which is why my library is overflowing). But if I had to take only one author with me as i was stranded on a desert Island, It would be the Seth Material - all volumes included.
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Seth Material? I love it when I hear of something new (to me) Thanks!
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Animal Farm.
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Good one!
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Les Miserables changed my life.
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So many good books! I should work at a bookstore.
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Green Eggs and Ham
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On the bookshelf!
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Siddhartha, complexity, third chimpanzee, mans search for meaning, and the work of Theodor Schwenk
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Excellent!
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Best Answer (Chosen By Asker):
Posted by ARestlessSoul May 15th, 2012 at 7:46AM
Every single book I've ever read.
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Reply by PeaceJourney May 15th, 2012 at 7:48AM
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