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[quote=gjg21;368600]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.[/quote]
Great quote. Good writing jumps at you off the page instilling both thought and feeling. Nice.
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There's this book in particular that has the amazing quality of changing your mood on every single chapter, it's never borring, u can read it a million times in a million different ways... just great... and well that would be Rayuela, by Cortazar (Hopscotch). Nosotras que nos queremos tanto (We loved so Much), by Marcela Serrano is sooo important to me, i've read it so many times... it doesen't seems to be an outstanding book at the beggining, but if u try to go further u'll see there's so much these writter has to give. All of her books are amaizing. Roverandoom by Tolkien is also great, as Juan Jose Saers short sotries, and a alottt more, but this is too long already. :oops:
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Thanks Lorn, just saying how it is.
Now if I could come up with about 6,000 more sentences and finish this fucking paper that's due tomorrow, I'd be much happier.
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White Noise - Don Delillo ... "i have trouble imagining death at that income level." so glad i found an author who can use language the way Delillo does, and bends our daily routine behavior into surreal mania...
The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle ... i ain't no zen master, but since i read this book i've never looked at friend's, colleagues, or my own petty drama the same way. definitely gave me perspective.
Magister Ludi - Hermann Hesse ... journey into the life of the mind with Joseph Knect. this is fiction tackling spiritual issues on a whole other level.
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[quote=Vaquita;368624]There's this book in particular that has the amazing quality of changing your mood on every single chapter, it's never borring, u can read it a million times in a million different ways... just great... and well that would be Rayuela, by Cortazar (Hopscotch).[/quote] chapter 7!!! :D
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The Cornelius Chronicles by Michael Moorcock...brilliant writing that sparked a whole genre of fiction
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Bible.
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How to successfully run a forum- by Kamal Datta.
wonderful literature.
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[quote=thesightless;368811]How to successfully run a forum- by Kamal Datta.
wonderful literature.[/quote]
Nice. Is it available at amazon yet?
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[COLOR=Silver][URL="http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=6&q=http://www2.pfeiffer.edu/%7Elridener/DSS/Mead/MINDSELF.HTML&e=14905&ei=Mbv1RMiLO6Xa2AKl_PG2BA&sig=__uCzp4GobLWv_qG9uWqXH5053oCw="][B]George Herbert Mead[/B] - Mind, Self, and Society[/URL] [/COLOR] [COLOR=Silver]this one is quite hard to understand but when you do its very enlightening
[/COLOR] [COLOR=Silver][B]Herman Hesse[/B] Siddhartha
[/COLOR] [COLOR=Silver][URL="http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=4&q=http://danny.oz.au/anthropology/notes/mutant-message.html&e=14905&ei=Tr_1RL_FCZqaigKmsJXCCg&sig=__BJIVElZCem9hVUdkzl8cO_aO0do="][B]Marlo Morgan's[/B] Mutant Message Down Under[/URL] after reading this one I felt like the biggest spoiled child there is, then I started to doubt some stories she claims are true but are so impossible to belive
[/COLOR] [COLOR=Silver]The Art of Loving by [B]Erich Fromm[/B]
[/COLOR] [COLOR=Silver]The sane society by [B]Erich Fromm[/B]
[/COLOR] [COLOR=Silver]Well almost every book I read during my study at the university changed me a little – my study included anthropology, sociology, philosophy, psychology – although anthropological books can really mess up your point of view so I deliberately ignored some facts couse its quite impossible to lead a normal life if you try to comprise those fact into your way of thinking – and since then I can understand why almost all anthropologists are nuts![/COLOR]
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[COLOR=lemonchiffon]^ Nice, I just bought The Art of Loving as well as The Art of Listening thanks for the recommendation dude.[/COLOR]
I found this book very interesting and urge people to read it, you will view communicating much differently.
[COLOR=darkorange][B]"Games People Play" - [/B][/COLOR][URL="http://www.amazon.com/s/104-2238100-6667132?ie=UTF8&index=books&rank=-relevance%2C%2Bavailability%2C-daterank&field-author-exact=Eric%20Md%20Berne"][COLOR=darkorange][B]Eric Md Berne[/B][/COLOR][/URL]
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Collected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke.
Written in German I have the translated works by Stephen Mitchell. Truly remarkable poetry. Mind engrossing stuff.
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1984 - Orwell - just changed me because it fueled my interest in politics and my distaste of authority. Always inspires me when I hear idiots saying 'you can't change the system etc'
The Catcher in The Rye - J D Salinger - changed me because it made me smile during a hard time in my life. Holden Caulfield is my hero.
There are loads of non-fiction books about politics and genocide that just changed me because they taught me that the media isn't the only viewpoint.
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The Bible
Siddhartha - Herman Hesse
Emotional Intelligence - Daniel Goleman
The Celestine Prophecy - James Redfield
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I see Hesse has a lot of influence around here 8)
I absolutely love [I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Fairy_Tales_of_Hermann_Hesse"]The Complete Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse [/URL] [/I]
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[LIST] []Noam Chomsky - Deterring democracy [] Marshall McLuhan - The medium is the message [] The diary of Anne Frank [] Muhammed Ali Al-Hashimi - The ideal muslim man [*] my syllabi on communication psychology[/LIST]
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^^^noam chomsky, yes!!!
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the stranger - albert camus the metamorphosis - franz kafka
didnt change me, but one of my faves.. great expectations
very interesting thread
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^^ Great Expectations sure is good. Reading it again right now.
Dickens has a way with words. Fascinating.
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[quote=lilsensa;372289]^^^noam chomsky, yes!!![/quote]the funny thing is that what he described in that book (1991) has been happening since Bush came into office. fuck michael moore, noam for emperor :RightOn:
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Read "The Art of Listening" not exactly what I had in mind, as its all about therapy, but thats my fault for not investigating better...still a fun read. Fromm has a great writing style, very interesting, thanks for the recom.
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1984 from Orwell
Dale Carnegies's 'how to win friends and influence people' - dam good book
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^1984 sure is a read.
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The Tipping Point
Almost any book however I feel as a pretty signficant impact on me.
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Rich Dad Poor Dad
Biography of Edgar Cayce
The Three Pillars of Zen; Teaching Practice and Enlightenment
Reminices of a Stock Operator
Men Only - Issue Feb 2006
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[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elegant_Universe]The Elegant Universe; by Brian Greene[/url]
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[quote=nikolic;375086][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elegant_Universe"]The Elegant Universe; by Brian Greene[/URL][/quote]
THANK YOU! DEF. BUYING THIS ONE!:D
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Fabric of the Cosmos, is another title by Brian Greene which is worth looking at aswell. I haven't read it yet... but seems interesting.
I'd recommend watching the 3 hour doco before commencing the book, not as a replacement for the knowledge, but as a good "kick start" for the ideas presented. They're pretty out there, and getting a general run down of the theorectical framework can help understand the detailed explanation in the book.
[URL="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html"]Doco snippets[/URL]
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Missed Fortune 101
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[quote=nikolic;375610]Fabric of the Cosmos, is another title by Brian Greene which is worth looking at aswell. I haven't read it yet... but seems interesting.
[URL="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html"]Doco snippets[/URL][/quote]
I found Fabric of the Cosmos much more interesting than The Elegant Universe. I would recommend reading it first because it's more general, and covers quantum mechanics, general relativity, space and time, over a book just about string theory. Both require a lot of thinking, neither one is a light read.
If you want to read books [I]against[/I] string theory, try Not Even Wrong by Peter Woit, or The Trouble With Physics, by Lee Smolin. Both are new and are getting decent reviews. I haven't read either, yet.
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Imre Kert?sz-[I]Fatelessness[/I] Primo Levi- [I]Survival in Auschwitz[/I] Albert Camus - [I]The Stranger[/I] Thomas Mann[I]- The Magic Mountain[/I] J.D. Salinger- [I]Catcher in the Rye[/I]
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pdowney. I can't comment on Fabric of the Cosmos, but... The Elegant Universe covers quantam mechanics, special/general relativity, and space and time. There's no doubt it gives you an entry level understanding of these so you can properly understand string theory. General relativity and space/time is extremely interesting. That one unusual property of light is still doing my head in. However, I've found quantam mechanics very hard to grasp.
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^^Like most of us.
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Stephen King - IT I never liked reading books like that until I read IT. I've been a Stephen King fan ever since!
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Interesting! What was it about "IT" that was so engaging?
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The whole thing...not only is it about the story but there are other things within the story that tie it to other books. So essentially you need to read his other books to fully understand what is going on (as in it ties to for example The Dark Tower series).
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^The name itself is intriguing.
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The book was definitely a white knuckler.
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I'll have to check it out.
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"Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures", by Mary Baker Eddy. You can buy it at amazon or read it here: [URL]http://www.spirituality.com/dt/toc_sh.jhtml[/URL] [URL]http://www.spirituality.com/dt/about_home.jhtml[/URL]