List some books that have significantly changed your perspective on life here are a few that come to my mind.

[B][COLOR=silver]The Alchemist[/COLOR][/B]

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[B][COLOR=silver]The 48 Laws of Power[/COLOR][/B]

[COLOR=silver][B]Theory of Communicative Action - [/B][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurgen_Habermas"][COLOR=silver][B]Jurgen Habermas[/B][/COLOR][/URL]

[B][COLOR=silver]7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey[/COLOR][/B]

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Herman Hesse - Steppenwolf Terence Mackenna - Foods of the Gods Gabriel Garcia Marquez - 100 años de Soledad Jeremy Narby - The Cosmic Serpent Jack Kerouack - On the Road William Burroughs - The Western Lands Jose Arguelles - The Mayan Factor

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the very hungry caterpillar - eric carle

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tom brokaw- the greatest generation dennis smith- report from ground zero spanking the donkey by matt taibbi brave new world- huxley. hate to say it, but the bible.(i went to catholic school).just the general principles, not the rules of church. history from the other side- i forgot the authors name- but it was a history book written from the loser's point of view in all major historical wars.

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• the metaphysics club (excellent history on the evoultion of pragmatisim and american academia)

• The Quantum Brain (best trip on the world of quantum physics as a day to day philosphy, mindblowing experience through the most amazing discoveries of our time)

• The Origin of Wealth ( throw traditional Economic Theories to the trash can and open your self to complex adaptive economics, a must read for anyone interested in comprehending the markets).

-Fooled by Randomness ( Do we have control?)

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Kama Sutra

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Books have not changed me people have.

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My mixes are flawless now

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[quote=Gatz]Books have not changed me people have.[/quote]

K, what books did you like alot because they gave you a different point of view to think about?

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Jane Jacobs: The Death & Life of Great American Cities

This book provided a lot of reasoning behind my infatuation with cities and pushed me into my chosen career path.

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Dale Carnegie - How To Stop Worrying & Start Living Ernest Nightingale - Lead The Field

couple good ones to start...got a lot more I haven't scraped yet as they are audio versions.

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Women - Charles Bukowski

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[quote=anonin]the very hungry caterpillar - eric carle

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:lol:

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Carlos Castaneda's works should be required reading imo. There are twelve books in all and every one of them will totally reinvent the way you look at the world, no exception.

If you saw What the Bleep Do We Know or read stuff like The Four Agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz, Conversations with God - Neale Donald Walsch or Dan Millman's Peaceful Warrior series, just to name a few, then check out Castaneda - he's the original. Without him none of these other guys would have ever put pen to paper.

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Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins [URL="http://www.economichitman.com/"]http://www.economichitman.com/[/URL]

Billions and Billions by Carl Sagan [URL="http://www.2think.org/bab.shtml"][/URL]

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Max Weber: The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism Harrison & Huntington: Culture matters, How values shape human progress the celestine prophecy by James Redfield

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celestine prophecy.... wow. i read the 3 books he wrote. while using a fictional story, he wrote about some of the best ideas on living life i have ever seen. there was an underlying message throughout those books about keeping aroudn people who have positive impact on your life, treating others with compassion and so so much more.

forgot aobut those. might have to go re read.

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Moby Dick by Mellville Tale of Two Cities by Dickens Story of Civilization by Will Durant The Bible Elliot Wave Principle by Frost & Prechter Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad Dune by Frank Herbert Macbeth by Shakespeare Heaven & Hell by Swedenborg Great Expectations by Dickens

Reading is such a great thing. If it wasn't for music and books life would pretty much suck.

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i would put vaginal insertion above those two. maybe weed too.

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^^You might be right.

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i know i am. i'm always right.

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[quote=jabondan] -Fooled by Randomness ( Do we have control?)[/quote]

good choice :!:

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Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game and following series

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Doors of perception - Aldous Huxley Marriage of Heaven and Hell - William Blake

I have never perceived the world the same after reading those books, of course, mescalin really helped. :p

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[B]Viven! [/B]

The true story of a group of rugbiers that have an accident in the Cordillera de los Andes and need to eat (for eg) his friends and parents to survive.

Excelent book!!!

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[quote=Ikenator]Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game and following series[/quote]

Great series.

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Nonfiction:

Richard Dawkins - The Selfish Gene Why Things Bite Back: Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences - Edward Tenner [URL="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0688172172/sr=8-1/qid=1156291839/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-8967722-5986365?ie=UTF8"][B][COLOR=#003399]Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind[/COLOR][/B][/URL] by V. S. Ramachandran, Sandra Blakeslee

Fiction: gotta go with Ender's Game Lord of the Rings, even though it totally bores me now

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To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee

Exodus - Leon Uris

Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan

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[quote=davetlv]To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee [/quote]

forgot about that book...great story

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instruction manual for the roland jp8000 :RockOn:

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[quote=gjg21]Jane Jacobs: The Death & Life of Great American Cities

This book provided a lot of reasoning behind my infatuation with cities and pushed me into my chosen career path.[/quote]

[COLOR=silver]fascinating!:D what is your chosen career path?[/COLOR]

The Death & Life of Great American Cities: [URL="http://www.mmisi.org/ir/35_01/50worst.pdf"][COLOR=silver]Best Books of the Twentieth Century[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=silver] and was #39 on [/COLOR][URL="http://www.nationalreview.com/100best/100_books.html"][COLOR=silver]National Review's list of the 100 best non-fiction books of the century[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=silver].[/COLOR] [COLOR=#c0c0c0][/COLOR] [COLOR=#c0c0c0]*How to win friends & influence people" is another good one to read imo[/COLOR]

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Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse

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Paul Auster, Irving Wallace, Isaac Asimov, Gary Jennings, Margaret George, Vladimir Navokov, Erich Fromm, Bram Stoker, Paulo Coelho,Isabel Allende, Juan Rulfo, Gabriel García Márquez, Jose Agustín,etc,etc,etc

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rayuela (hopscotch) by Cortazar 100 years of solitude by garcia marketing. the unbearable... by kundera the aleph by borges fight club by chuck palahniuk

and many more. these are the ones that come to mind now.

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Flow My Tears The Policeman Said: Philip K Dick The Sheltering Sky: Paul Bowles [I]The Colossus of Maroussi: Henry Miller[/I] [I]Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: Hunter S. Thompson[/I] [I]1984: George Orwell[/I] [I]Journey to the End of the Night: Ferdinane Celine[/I] [I]Collected Works of Antonin Artaud[/I]

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This has to be one of the most interesting threads I've ever found in this board. I'll actually take sometime to post mine. Seems like some people are listing books that they liked, or perhaps really liked. But having a deep impact in ones life is something else. It would be good if people would expand a bit on how the books have changed their lives.

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The Rape of Nanking (the forgotten holocaust of world war II) by Iris Chang Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Persing The Electric Kool Aide Acid Tests by Tom Wolfe The Oddessy by Homer

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[quote=nicomax;367360]This has to be one of the most interesting threads I've ever found in this board. I'll actually take sometime to post mine. Seems like some people are listing books that they liked, or perhaps really liked. But having a deep impact in ones life is something else. It would be good if people would expand a bit on how the books have changed their lives.[/quote]

This thread inspired me to get On the Road from the library today. Something I've always wanted to read, now I will.

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[quote=pdowney;368421]This thread inspired me to get On the Road from the library today. Something I've always wanted to read, now I will.[/quote]

Word! Thats the idea...great shares so far.:!:

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[quote=floridaorange;366644][COLOR=silver]fascinating!:D what is your chosen career path?[/COLOR]

The Death & Life of Great American Cities: [URL="http://www.mmisi.org/ir/35_01/50worst.pdf"][COLOR=silver]Best Books of the Twentieth Century[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=silver] and was #39 on [/COLOR][URL="http://www.nationalreview.com/100best/100_books.html"][COLOR=silver]National Review's list of the 100 best non-fiction books of the century[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=silver].[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#c0c0c0]*How to win friends & influence people" is another good one to read imo[/COLOR][/quote]

I'm on the design side of urban planning, still often fighting the status quo that was the source of much of Jane's ire. We were all a bit sad when she died earlier this year.