Books that changed you...

[peloquin]

Re: Books that changed you...

Salman Rushdie - 'The Ground Beneath Her Feet'

excellent

[cheshirepk8]

Re: Books that changed you...

The Myth of Sanity: Divided Consciousness and the Promise of Awareness - Martha Stout

Book is one of the 5x7 size and maybe like 150 pages long.
I am a major bookworm, and this was a very hard read for me. Not technical-wise, it's the way she explains the stories of her patients. Very emotional. I needed to take a breather every chapter or so.

[TheMightyGreg]

Re: Books that changed you...

Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts

I read this amazing book recently and recommend it very highly. Without spoiling too much it's about an aussie who escapes from a maximum security prison in Australia, gets over to New Zealand for a few years and then ends up in India on minimal funds, which is where the book starts.

From there he ends up living in the slums (by choice), starting up a free health clinic, becoming involved in the Bombay mafia, running a movie extras scouting business, and finally fighting in Afghanistan.

All of this is based on a true story, and it's being turned in to a movie with Johnny Depp playing the lead role.

It weighs in at 933 pages, but it's a gripping read from start to finish. I wish it never ended. His outlook on life is amazing and the things he gets up to are extremely inspirational.

You won't regret it.

Read it last year..is an absolute epic.

Salman Rushdie - 'The Ground Beneath Her Feet'
Alain De Buton - 'The Art of Travel'

[Bender420]

Re: Books that changed you...

the prophet - kahlil gibran
zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance - robert persig
many lives, many masters - brian weiss

[fisheye]

Re: Books that changed you...

Stranger in a Stange Land - R.A. Heinlein

Caves of Steel : - Isaac Asimon

The Freedom of Morailty ; C Yiannaras

Orthodox Spirituality: Dimitru Staniloae

[res0nat0r]

Re: Books that changed you...

^^what they made a book outta that movie??

[peloquin]

Re: Books that changed you...

Where the red fern grows... damn I wish the dogs didnt' die..

no need to read it now then...

[runningman]

Re: Books that changed you...

Where the red fern grows... damn I wish the dogs didnt' die..

[peloquin]

Re: Books that changed you...

had Shantaram recommended to me by tons of people. going to pick it up one of these days for sure

[res0nat0r]

Re: Books that changed you...

^^checked that book out on amazon, it looks really interesting

[SyntaxTerror]

Re: Books that changed you...

Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts

I read this amazing book recently and recommend it very highly. Without spoiling too much it's about an aussie who escapes from a maximum security prison in Australia, gets over to New Zealand for a few years and then ends up in India on minimal funds, which is where the book starts.

From there he ends up living in the slums (by choice), starting up a free health clinic, becoming involved in the Bombay mafia, running a movie extras scouting business, and finally fighting in Afghanistan.

All of this is based on a true story, and it's being turned in to a movie with Johnny Depp playing the lead role.

It weighs in at 933 pages, but it's a gripping read from start to finish. I wish it never ended. His outlook on life is amazing and the things he gets up to are extremely inspirational.

You won't regret it.

[Who?]

Re: Books that changed you...

The Dancing Wu-Li Masters by Gary Zukav
A New Model of the Universe by PD Ouspensky
The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell

[GLD]

Re: Books that changed you...

"The curious incident of the dog in the night-time" - Mark Haddon

[Kat]

Re: Books that changed you...

great thread

[nestee]

Re: Books that changed you...

The Invisible Man- Ralph ellison
Tale of Two Cities- Charles Dickinson

How to make love like a pornstar- Jenna Jameson, you could include her in "videos that changed me"