Books everyone must read
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Learn_To_Know wrote:
Jayden wrote: I thought long and hard about this question...
I believe the best book I've ever read, is the book I'm reading now.
Jayden
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Fifty Shades of Gray is that good, huh?
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I deserve that after such a vague post. Let me clarify. The best book depends on what interests you today. Five years ago I would have told you The prophet, two years ago The Tibetan book of living and dying but today maybe Mystery teachings from the living earth.
We are forever changing and so should the books we read.
It is way too difficult to choose just one book.
That being said, maybe I will try reading fifty shades of grey.
Jayden
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Though, like Lykeios, I'm also a big fan of The Tao of Pooh.
Both of which are in TotJO's library!
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Art of war By Sun Tzu
Fiction :
A game of thrones By George R R Martin
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"The Kybalion" - Three Initiates
"Conversations with God" - Neale Donald Walsch
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"The Celestine Prophecy" - James Redfield
"The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight" and "The Prophet's Way" - Thom Hartmann
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Better to leave questions unanswered than answers unquestioned
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Paradise Lost
If my home were to catch on fire tonight then my very old, tattered, dog-eared and scribbled-on college copy (the approximate size and weight of a house-brick) would be all I'd be carrying on my way out of the window.
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Callan wrote: One book to rule them all?
Paradise Lost
If my home were to catch on fire tonight then my very old, tattered, dog-eared and scribbled-on college copy (the approximate size and weight of a house-brick) would be all I'd be carrying on my way out of the window.
You are my new favourite person.
I have an 1800s copy of Paradise Lost that's barely holding together but it would totally be the first thing I saved in a fire.. (well the first non-living thing.. I have a zoo to save first).
Otherwise, I would bring
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (non-fiction) and
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice (fiction) which is completely my favourite book.
"Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult."
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Fiction: The Lord of the Rings (buy it as one big book to make it count as just one.
Non-Fiction: The Book of Five Rings as translated by Stephen Kauffman.
I seem to have a thing for rings. :laugh:
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Fiction: Girl with the Dragon tattoo series
These are my two recommendations. If you love mystery, romance, violence, or sadness these books are for you.
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How about:
A Whack On the side of the Head
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
Custer Died For Your Sins
Paradise
Utopia
The Clan Of the Cave Bear series
"O Great Spirit, Help me always to speak the truth quietly, to listen with an open mind when others speak, and to remember the peace that may be found in silence"
Kaylee: How come you don't care where you're going?
Book: 'Cause how you get there is the worthier part.
Firefly Series
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Jedi_Roz wrote: Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
Custer Died For Your Sins
I read Vine Deloria Jr. years ago. I haven't heard his name in forever.
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"O Great Spirit, Help me always to speak the truth quietly, to listen with an open mind when others speak, and to remember the peace that may be found in silence"
Kaylee: How come you don't care where you're going?
Book: 'Cause how you get there is the worthier part.
Firefly Series
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Gisteron wrote: Four pages in and nobody mentioned The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams yet?
This book, seriously, is amazing. If you could only pick one "funny" book to learn life lessons from, it should be this or something by Pratchett.
My picks are:
Fiction - Frank Herbert's Dune . It is not an exaggeration to say that this book completely changed my life.
Non-Fiction - An interesting little book called F**k It: The Ultimate Spiritual Way .
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Alan Watts - Here and Now: contributions to psychology, philosophy and religion, edited by Peter J. Columbus and Donadrian L. Rice, State University of New York Press, 2012.
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The Eye of the Hunter by Dennis L. McKiernan.
Loved that book, man. Read it so many times.

It was the first book I read where the author jumps back and forth in time through the story, instead of it just being one long piece in a continuous flow of events. I miss that book. Time to pull it back out again.
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