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  • nestee
    Fresh Peossy
    • Jun 2007
    • 39

    #91
    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"

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    • Kat
      A pretty fn good milkshake
      • Mar 2006
      • 4695

      #92
      Re: Books that changed you...

      great thread
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      • GLD
        Gold Gabber
        • Apr 2006
        • 636

        #93
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        "The curious incident of the dog in the night-time" - Mark Haddon

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        • Who?
          Getting warmed up
          • May 2007
          • 87

          #94
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          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

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          • SyntaxTerror
            Occupation: Playtex Sales
            • Jun 2004
            • 964

            #95
            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.
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            • res0nat0r
              Someone MARRY ME!! LOL
              • May 2006
              • 14475

              #96
              Re: Books that changed you...

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

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              • peloquin
                Till I Come!
                • Jun 2004
                • 8643

                #97
                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

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                • runningman
                  Playa I'm a Sooth Saya
                  • Jun 2004
                  • 5995

                  #98
                  Re: Books that changed you...

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

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                  • peloquin
                    Till I Come!
                    • Jun 2004
                    • 8643

                    #99
                    Re: Books that changed you...

                    Originally posted by runningman
                    Where the red fern grows... damn I wish the dogs didnt' die..
                    no need to read it now then...

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                    • res0nat0r
                      Someone MARRY ME!! LOL
                      • May 2006
                      • 14475

                      Re: Books that changed you...

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

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                      • fisheye
                        Addiction started
                        • Aug 2004
                        • 251

                        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

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                        • Bender420
                          Tickle me Elmo!
                          • Jun 2004
                          • 1512

                          Re: Books that changed you...

                          the prophet - kahlil gibran
                          zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance - robert persig
                          many lives, many masters - brian weiss
                          Don't let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's in walking distance.


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                          • TheMightyGreg
                            Editor Shmeditor
                            • Nov 2006
                            • 1361

                            Re: Books that changed you...

                            Originally posted by SyntaxTerror
                            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'
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                            • cheshirepk8
                              Fresh Peossy
                              • Jun 2007
                              • 13

                              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.

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                              • peloquin
                                Till I Come!
                                • Jun 2004
                                • 8643

                                Re: Books that changed you...

                                Originally posted by TheMightyGreg
                                Salman Rushdie - 'The Ground Beneath Her Feet'
                                excellent

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